An 8-Year Kidnap Victim Strikes Back | Tax Revolt Inside the GOP

Refocusing taxes around working families could be good politics for the GOP.

In a sweaty summer for the stock market, the Dow climbed to a record high in July, after President Donald Trump signaled he would consider a trade deal anew with China and amid optimism that the Federal Reserve would cut rates. It should have been heady, unapologetic times for the Grand Old Party, with numbers that typically signal a winning economy — including record-low unemployment — under a Republican presidency.

Only, Sen. Marco Rubio wasn’t happy. While the New York Stock Exchange was ringing its opening bell on the longest bull market in history, the Florida Republican senator was pulling the fire alarm. In a 40-page report he released in May, Rubio warned that “behind recent positive numbers, there is plenty that isn’t working the way it should.” Then, he turned more pointed. “Business investment, one of the most basic economic activities of the free enterprise system, is declining.” On Twitter, he railed against the “financialization” of the economy that emphasized the stock market over ordinary people.

Tortured and silenced for eight years, Natascha Kampusch has reemerged as a powerful advocate against hate speech.

On Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2006, a frantic 18-year-old pounded on the window of a house not far from where she had been held for more than 3,000 days in a makeshift room underneath a garage.

After eight years, Natascha Kampusch, the Austrian girl who had been thrown into a white delivery van while walking to school, was free and seemingly the entire country rejoiced. Then came the backlash.

This Suns guard is a scoring outburst waiting to happen – and well worth watching this season.

It’s March 28, 2019, and Devin Booker is just 22 years old — younger than some of the NCAA players about to be selected in the NBA Draft after March Madness. And yet, the 6-foot-6 shooting guard is putting on a scoring clinic in the pros: pulling up for deep-threes, draining mid-range jumpers and blowing past defenders on his way to easy baskets.