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October 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM

Profile in Courage: TPA Weekly Update — October 3, 2025

Profile in Courage: TPA Weekly Update — October 3, 2025 Here we go again, more shutdown drama... Here we go again, more shutdown drama. Congress failed to reach an agreement that would pass a continuing resolution (CR) and fund the government, triggering…

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September 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM

Good, Bad, and Ugly at the FDA - TPA Weekly Update - September 19, 2025

Good, Bad, and Ugly at the FDA - TPA Weekly Update - September 19, 2025 It’s been a wild few weeks at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The Good, Bad, and the Ugly at the FDA It’s been a wild few weeks at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The…

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September 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM

Fighting EU Tech Overreach & Rising Deposit Insurance Limits - TPA Weekly Update: September 12, 2025

Fighting EU Tech Overreach & Rising Deposit Insurance Limits - TPA Weekly Update: September 12, 2025 Digital technologies transcend borders, and digital regulations extend far beyond the borders of the jurisdictions that enact them. Digital technolog…

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September 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM

Back to School (Congress Edition) – TPA Weekly Update: September 5, 2025

Back to School (Congress Edition) – TPA Weekly Update: September 5, 2025 Earlier this week, Judge Amit Mehta issued a tailored remedies decision in the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) antitrust case against Google Search. Earlier this week, Judge Amit Meht…

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August 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM

Profile in Courage - Rep. Brian Mast: TPA Weekly Update - August 29, 2025

Profile in Courage - Rep. Brian Mast: TPA Weekly Update - August 29, 2025 Few Americans elected to higher office maintain the integrity to stand up for what they believe in. Profile in Courage – Rep. Brian Mast   Few Americans elected to higher office ma…

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August 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM

Summer Reading – Tobacco Harm Reduction: TPA Weekly Update – August 22, 2025

Summer Reading – Tobacco Harm Reduction: TPA Weekly Update – August 22, 2025 As the summer heats up, heated debates about tobacco harm reduction (THR) have millions of consumers sweating. Summer Reading – Clearing the Air on Tobacco Harm Reduction   As t…

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August 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM

Broadband Report Updated - The Grift is Growing: TPA Weekly Update - August 15, 2025

Broadband Report Updated - The Grift is Growing: TPA Weekly Update - August 15, 2025 On Tuesday, the Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) released an update of its 2024 report “Government Broadband Consultants – The Big Grift.” Updated Broadband Report – …

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August 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM

RFK Jr. & HHS in Crisis and Summer Reading - TPA Weekly Update: August 8, 2025

RFK Jr. & HHS in Crisis and Summer Reading - TPA Weekly Update: August 8, 2025 On Tuesday, the Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) launched a new project to spotlight the harmful policies and rhetoric of HHS Secretary On Tuesday, the Taxpayers Protec…

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August 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM

Profile in Courage and Summer Reading - TPA Weekly Update: August 1, 2025

Profile in Courage and Summer Reading - TPA Weekly Update: August 1, 2025 On Wednesday, TPA filed an amicus brief at the Supreme Court supporting an emergency application for relief... On Wednesday, the Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) filed an amicus…

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July 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM

Postal Reform and Strict Recycling Regs Belong in the Trash: TPA Weekly Update - July 25, 2025

Postal Reform and Strict Recycling Regs Belong in the Trash: TPA Weekly Update - July 25, 2025 Earlier this week, the Trump administration unveiled its new report for artificial intelligence (AI). Earlier this week, the Trump administration unveiled its …

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July 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM

In Support of the AI Moratorium and Sports Betting Misinformation: TPA Weekly Update - July 18, 2025

In Support of the AI Moratorium and Sports Betting Misinformation: TPA Weekly Update - July 18, 2025 This week, while more drama unfolded about tariffs, the cost of a First-Class stamp increased from 73 to 78 cents. This week, while more drama unfolded a…

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July 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM

Baby Bonus is a Bust and Reject European Censorship - TPA Weekly Update: July 11, 2025

Baby Bonus is a Bust and Reject European Censorship - TPA Weekly Update: July 11, 2025 People across the country enjoyed Amazon Prime Days this week. People across the country enjoyed Amazon Prime Days this week. For the Taxpayers Protection Alliance, it…

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June 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM

Big Beautiful Bill Still Needs Some Work - TPA Weekly Update: June 27, 2025

Big Beautiful Bill Still Needs Some Work - TPA Weekly Update: June 27, 2025 The Senate has released its version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), introducing various changes to the House of Representatives’ proposal Big Beautiful Bill Still Need…

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June 20, 2025 at 5:05 PM

Making the Wrong Bet and MAHA Report Missed the Mark - TPA Weekly Update: June 20, 2025

Making the Wrong Bet and MAHA Report Missed the Mark - TPA Weekly Update: June 20, 2025 Since a landmark Supreme Court decision in 2018, sports betting has gained legal status nearly nationwide Making the Wrong Bet   Since a landmark Supreme Court decisi…

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June 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM

A Complex and Dangerous Tax and Food Stamp Fraud Crackdown: TPA Weekly Update - June 13, 2025

A Complex and Dangerous Tax and Food Stamp Fraud Crackdown: TPA Weekly Update - June 13, 2025 The administration’s attempt to increase tax revenue while disincentivizing illegal immigration comes in the form of a refundable remittance tax. The Remittance…

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June 6, 2025 at 6:49 PM

Credit Card Regulations and Over the Counter Opportunities- TPA Weekly Update: June 6, 2025

Credit Card Regulations and Over the Counter Opportunities- TPA Weekly Update: June 6, 2025 Congress is back at it again with more last-minute legislative antics. Credit Card Regulations   Congress is back at it again with more last-minute legislative an…

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June 2, 2025 at 6:42 PM

Profile in Courage: Baltimore County Inspector General Kelly Madigan - TPA Weekly Update: June 2, 2025

Profile in Courage: Baltimore County Inspector General Kelly Madigan - TPA Weekly Update: June 2, 2025 World No Tobacco Day (May 31st) is personal to me. World No Tobacco Day (May 31st) is personal to me.  My Dad smoked 3 ½ packs of cigarettes a day for …

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May 23, 2025 at 5:17 PM

It's the Spending and Destructive Price Controls - TPA Weekly Update: May 23, 2025

It's the Spending and Destructive Price Controls - TPA Weekly Update: May 23, 2025 At least one member of Congress wants to take away your credit card rewards points. At least one member of Congress wants to take away your credit card rewards points.  Le…

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May 16, 2025 at 1:50 PM

TPA Releases New Report on Intellectual Property - TPA Weekly Update: May 16, 2025

TPA Releases New Report on Intellectual Property - TPA Weekly Update: May 16, 2025 Protecting Intellectual Property: A Primer This week, the Taxpayers Protection Alliance released a new report “Protecting Intellectual Property: A Primer.” Intellectual Pr…

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May 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM

Celebrating Small Business Week and Antitrust Stranglehold on Tech - TPA Weekly Update: May 9, 2025

Celebrating Small Business Week and Antitrust Stranglehold on Tech - TPA Weekly Update: May 9, 2025 This Small Business Week, Protect Franchisees   This being Small Business Week, entrepreneurs, workers, and consumers have plenty to celebrate and plenty t…

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May 2, 2025 at 6:39 PM

Profile in Courage and Celebrating World IP Day: TPA Weekly Update - May 2, 2025

Profile in Courage and Celebrating World IP Day: TPA Weekly Update - May 2, 2025 Profile in Courage: Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.)   In a hyper-partisan climate marred by endless taxes and regulations, it takes real guts to call out bank-breaking policies pushe…

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April 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM

Back to the Future with Antitrust and Smoke Free Surge Stalled by Feds - TPA Weekly Update: April 18, 2025

Back to the Future with Antitrust and Smoke Free Surge Stalled by Feds - TPA Weekly Update: April 18, 2025 As Congress negotiates the critical extension of the provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), it’s been reported that some have begun to cons…

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April 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM

The Tax Man Cometh - TPA Weekly Update: April 11, 2025

The Tax Man Cometh - TPA Weekly Update: April 11, 2025 T.S. Eliot wrote “April is the cruelest month” in his poem The Waste Land.  Those words were written in 1922, but might as well been written in 2025 with Tax Day approaching and the tariffs bringing p…

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April 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM

Terrible Tariffs and Promising Push on Plastics - TPA Weekly Update: April 4, 2025

Terrible Tariffs and Promising Push on Plastics - TPA Weekly Update: April 4, 2025 Terrible Tariffs   American politicians are turning protectionist. In recent years, the Republican and Democratic parties both have found bipartisan agreement in advocating…

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March 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM

Profile in Courage and A Somber 20-Year Anniversary - TPA Weekly Update: March 28, 2025

Profile in Courage and A Somber 20-Year Anniversary - TPA Weekly Update: March 28, 2025 Profile in Courage: Sen. Alan Simpson (R-Wyoming)   The national debt is soaring to scary new heights. There’s now more than $36 trillion on the national credit card. …

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March 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM

2025 Roadmap To Fiscal Sanity - TPA Weekly Update: March 21, 2025

2025 Roadmap To Fiscal Sanity - TPA Weekly Update: March 21, 2025 The 119th Congress is in full swing.  Members of Congress have an opportunity to truly change the governing and policy paradigm in Washington, D.C. And, with a new administration taking cha…

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March 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM

A Sane Approach to March Madness and U.S. and Canada Taxpayers Unite Against Tariffs: TPA Weekly Update - March 14, 2025

A Sane Approach to March Madness and U.S. and Canada Taxpayers Unite Against Tariffs: TPA Weekly Update - March 14, 2025 A Sane Approach to March Madness   The road to March Madness that culminates in a champion being crowned in One Shining Moment is here…

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February 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM

Profile in Courage and Amid Postal Chaos, Reform Direly Needed: TPA Weekly Update - February 28, 2025

Profile in Courage and Amid Postal Chaos, Reform Direly Needed: TPA Weekly Update - February 28, 2025 The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) was a landmark piece of tax legislation that lowered taxes for individuals and corporations, increased investmen…

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February 21, 2025 at 7:29 PM

Trump Can Protect Seniors' Healthcare and FAA Nominee is a Mistake - TPA Weekly Update: February 21, 2025

Trump Can Protect Seniors' Healthcare and FAA Nominee is a Mistake - TPA Weekly Update: February 21, 2025 Trump Can Protect Seniors' Healthcare   In the waning days of the Biden presidency, the administration proposed yet another blow to the Medicare Adva…

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February 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM

Congress Must Save the Tax Cuts and The Path Forward for the FTC - TPA Weekly Update: February 14, 2025

Congress Must Save the Tax Cuts and The Path Forward for the FTC - TPA Weekly Update: February 14, 2025 In a new policy brief, the Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) analyzes the impact of roadworthiness regulations by federal, state, and local lawmakers…

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February 7, 2025 at 7:10 PM

Harmonize Tax Exemptions for Charitable Giving and RFK Jr.'s Legal Problem - TPA Weekly Update: February 7, 2025

Harmonize Tax Exemptions for Charitable Giving and RFK Jr.'s Legal Problem - TPA Weekly Update: February 7, 2025 Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) is getting set to release his plan for reconciliation and tax reform. The Taxpayers Protection Allia…

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January 31, 2025 at 7:59 PM

Profile in Courage and Shut Down the CFPB: TPA Weekly Update - January 31, 2025

Profile in Courage and Shut Down the CFPB: TPA Weekly Update - January 31, 2025 Profile in Courage: Javier Milei    There’s been plenty of focus in the U.S. on America’s change in leadership and what that change might portend for the size of government an…

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January 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM

Trump’s Big First Day of Economic Policy: TPA Weekly Update - January 24, 2025

Trump’s Big First Day of Economic Policy: TPA Weekly Update - January 24, 2025 As Congressional Republicans prepare their reconciliation package, the Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) urges Congress and President Donald Trump to repeal the budget-bustin…

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January 17, 2025 at 8:44 PM

Postal Service Competition and Protecting the Atlanta IG: TPA Weekly Update January 17, 2025

Postal Service Competition and Protecting the Atlanta IG: TPA Weekly Update January 17, 2025 Yesterday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized the marketing of 20 ZYN oral nicotine pouch products under the premarket tobacco product application …

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January 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM

Countdown to Tax Cut Expiration: TPA Weekly Update - January 10, 2025

Countdown to Tax Cut Expiration: TPA Weekly Update - January 10, 2025 Happy New Year!  I hope everybody had a nice relaxing holiday.  This year is shaping up to be a busy year with the expiration of the tax cuts looming and many other issues to address.  …

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December 20, 2024 at 6:46 PM

Private Investment is Closing Digital Divide and Cutting Medicare Waste: TPA Weekly Update - December 20, 2024

Private Investment is Closing Digital Divide and Cutting Medicare Waste: TPA Weekly Update - December 20, 2024 This is the last Weekly Update of 2024.  I want to thank everybody who has supported the Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) in 2024 and over th…

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December 13, 2024 at 5:00 PM

Extend the 2017 Tax Cuts and Tech's Free Market Energy Abundance Agenda - TPA Weekly Update: December 13, 2024

Extend the 2017 Tax Cuts and Tech's Free Market Energy Abundance Agenda - TPA Weekly Update: December 13, 2024 Extend the 2017 Tax Cuts   If voters sent one clear message in November’s election, it was that the average American is feeling the painful effe…

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December 6, 2024 at 6:24 PM

Profile in Courage and the Misguided Border Adjustment Mechanism - TPA Weekly Update: December 6, 2024

Profile in Courage and the Misguided Border Adjustment Mechanism - TPA Weekly Update: December 6, 2024 Profile in Courage - Dr. Colin Mendelsohn   For most of the 1.2 billion cigarette smokers around the world, quitting is no easy feat. Even relatively ef…

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November 22, 2024 at 8:14 PM

Thanksgiving Travel Turkey and Make America Healthy Again (the right way): TPA Weekly Update - November 22, 2024

Thanksgiving Travel Turkey and Make America Healthy Again (the right way): TPA Weekly Update - November 22, 2024 At the end of last week, President-elect Donald Trump named longtime Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Brendan Carr as the …

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November 15, 2024 at 8:00 PM

Time for Entitlement Reform and Wasteful Defense Contracts: TPA Weekly Update: November 15, 2024

Time for Entitlement Reform and Wasteful Defense Contracts: TPA Weekly Update: November 15, 2024 The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) reported a $9.5 billion loss for fiscal year (FY) 2024. This is a significant increase from last year, when the USPS reported a…

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November 8, 2024 at 6:59 PM

Tax Cut Extension Looks Promising and Outdated Transplant Laws - TPA Weekly Update: November 8, 2024

Tax Cut Extension Looks Promising and Outdated Transplant Laws - TPA Weekly Update: November 8, 2024 Congratulations Donald Trump!  Let’s Get to Work On Extending the Tax Cuts   Building a strong economy appears to be a top priority as President-elect Don…

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November 1, 2024 at 7:29 PM

Profile in Courage and the Wrong New York State of Mind - TPA Weekly Update: November 1, 2024

Profile in Courage and the Wrong New York State of Mind - TPA Weekly Update: November 1, 2024 Profile in Courage: Massachusetts State Auditor Diana DiZoglio   From the Boston Tea Party to the first shots of the American Revolution fired at Lexington and C…

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October 25, 2024 at 8:29 PM

The 2024 Taxpayer Tricks and Treats - TPA Weekly Update: October 25, 2024

The 2024 Taxpayer Tricks and Treats - TPA Weekly Update: October 25, 2024 From Nosferatu to Norman Bates, plenty of things go bump in the night. However, some of the scariest stuff happens in broad daylight. Congress has been spending money like a drunken…

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October 18, 2024 at 7:29 PM

Big Tech is a Big Help and California Streaming: TPA Weekly Update - October 18, 2024

Big Tech is a Big Help and California Streaming: TPA Weekly Update - October 18, 2024 On Tuesday (October 15) the Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) submitted an amicus curiae brief to the Supreme Court in support of Wages and White Lion Investments, L.L…

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October 11, 2024 at 6:14 PM

Stop the Zyn-sanity and the IRS's Political Vendettas : TPA Weekly Update - October 11, 2024

Stop the Zyn-sanity and the IRS's Political Vendettas : TPA Weekly Update - October 11, 2024 Hurricanes Helene and Milton have devastated North Carolina and Florida.  This will be a very expensive clean up. Yesterday, the Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TP…

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October 4, 2024 at 8:00 PM

Profile in Courage and The Growing FOIA Problem - TPA Weekly Update: October 4, 2024

Profile in Courage and The Growing FOIA Problem - TPA Weekly Update: October 4, 2024 Profile in Courage - Detroit Inspector General Ellen Ha   Being an Inspector General (IG) is no easy gig, just ask Kelly Madigan and Isabel Cumming. These public servants…

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September 23, 2024 at 2:49 PM

The Economy Needs Tax Certainty and Flooded With Stadium Subsidies: TPA Weekly Update - September 23, 2024

The Economy Needs Tax Certainty and Flooded With Stadium Subsidies: TPA Weekly Update - September 23, 2024 Last week, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) unveiled his “Six Penny Plan,” a proposal to achieve a balanced budget in five years by cutting six pennies for ev…

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September 13, 2024 at 7:44 PM

Walz's Broadband Boondoggles and Risking Medical Innovation - TPA Weekly Update: September 13, 2024

Walz's Broadband Boondoggles and Risking Medical Innovation - TPA Weekly Update: September 13, 2024 Everybody’s talking about China, as they should be. This week has been “China Week” in Congress as elected officials consider various legislative proposals…

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September 6, 2024 at 6:00 PM

Back to School – Postal Edition: TPA Weekly Update - September 6, 2024

Back to School – Postal Edition: TPA Weekly Update - September 6, 2024 Back to School – Postal Edition   Lawmakers are heading back to Washington, D.C. to (hopefully) do their jobs and stave off another government shutdown. But, like a poorly managed mail…

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August 30, 2024 at 7:44 PM

Summer Reading: Back to School - TPA Weekly Update: August 30, 2024

Summer Reading: Back to School - TPA Weekly Update: August 30, 2024 Summer Reading – Back to School Edition   It’s the end of summer, and the signs are everywhere. D.C. denizens on a night out on the town are reaching for their sweaters, and schoolkids ar…

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