Author: Brick Tungsten

Brick Tungsten was forged in a Ford F-150 during a Toby Keith guitar solo and baptized in the smoke of a backyard BBQ. A former bass fisherman, amateur theologian, and full-time enemy of tofu, Brick believes America peaked somewhere between the invention of the Budweiser tallboy and Reagan’s first cold stare into the Soviet soul. He doesn’t write columns. He delivers freedom sermons. Each one is a bugle-blast of righteousness straight from the front lines of the culture war—where gender is a science, guns are gospel, and facts are best when cooked medium rare. Brick doesn’t trust the government, but he does trust his gut, his Glock, and the guy who sold him raw milk out of a barn in 2014. He quotes the Constitution like Scripture, Scripture like prophecy, and anything on AM radio like it was beamed straight from Sinai. Every week, he unleashes verbal roundhouse kicks on WOYJO.com—targeting liberal elites, soy-sympathizers, woke kindergarten teachers, and anyone who thinks freedom is optional. His motto? “Live free, grill hard, and don’t apologize.” He has six American flags, one wife (Betsy), two kids named Liberty and Buckshot, and zero regrets.

  • CAPE Tariff Refund Portal: When Bureaucrats Turn Liberty Into a Password Problem

    ByBrick Tungsten

    Tonight the air smells like charcoal and hot circuitry. I am watching a U.S. government refund portal try to cook up justice for American importers, and so far the only thing getting “refunded” is patience. The CAPE tariff-refund system launched, and some businesses are reporting glitches, account problems, and frustrating delays just to file the paperwork.

    Day-one stumbling: CAPE portal glitches, error messages, and hold times

    Customs and Border Protection built CAPE, its Consolidated Administration and Processing of Entries tool, so companies could request refunds for IEEPA tariffs the U.S. Supreme Court ruled were not authorized. After it went live, some businesses told CBS News they hit error messages and had to wait on hold with CBP to fix issues before they could even submit claims.

    CBP also set expectations that refunds are not instant. The reporting says valid claims are expected to be paid within 60 to 90 days after approval, but mistakes, missing details, or system hiccups can slow things down. And the early scope is limited: CAPE is accepting requests tied to estimated tariffs and certain entries finalized within the past 80 days, so not every problem gets solved at the same speed.

    When the refund line turns into a software waiting room

    Let me say it plain, like a Fourth of July sermon. When a bureaucracy controls the spigot, it controls the timing. Money is oxygen. Delay the refund, and you do not just postpone a payment. You buy time. You stretch cashflow. And you create openings for middlemen to profit off the backlog.

    Sure, governments need systems. But a glitchy portal does not just mean “bad IT.” It signals the same old incentive stack: agencies that want control, contractors that get paid to patch forever, and a grifter economy that charges importers and brokers for navigating the maze. If your motive is power and status, you hide behind technicality. If your motive is grift, you sell certainty while keeping the timeline foggy.

    If you are a small business trying to keep payroll steady, you cannot say, “No worries, the government is thinking about it.” You either have the money to stock shelves and ship orders or you do not. A refund portal that feels like a locked saloon door turns paperwork trouble into a cash-flow crisis.

    What it means for America: refunds, rule of law, and the timeline question

    This is economy stuff, not just trade nerd stuff. Tariffs are taxes with a louder name, and taxpayers can pay through higher prices and tighter margins. When the Supreme Court knocks down unlawful tariffs, the country should not treat the refund process like a scavenger hunt.

    AP reported the refund system can cover hundreds of thousands of importers and is tied to tens of billions of dollars in collected duties, depending on eligibility and entry details. That is a lot of money, and a lot of risk concentrated in one digital submission pipeline. If CAPE works, good. If CAPE is glitching, that is not a minor inconvenience. It becomes a national question about whether rule of law means anything once the paper gets routed through agencies.

    My AM-radio verdict is simple: liberty should not require a troubleshooting ticket. When the government finally says, “Refund approved,” it should also mean, “No more holds, no more errors, no more delays.”

  • Cherfilus-McCormick Slips the Expulsion Hook, and the Ethics Smoke Gets in Your Eye

    ByBrick Tungsten

    Smoke from the Capitol grill is not going anywhere. You can almost hear the AM radio hiss of accountability, because on April 21, Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick resigned just before the House Ethics Committee was poised to recommend punishment. In plain sight, it looks less like due process and more like a scripted exit.

    Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick resigns from Congress

    According to Axios, she stepped away from Congress on Tuesday right before the Ethics Committee was set to recommend a penalty. The resignation was read on the House floor minutes later. The committee had already found her guilty of multiple charges, most notably funneling $5 million in COVID relief funds to her congressional campaign, though she denied wrongdoing.

    In her statement, Cherfilus-McCormick complained the process was not fair. She said the Ethics Committee refused her new attorney’s request for time to prepare a defense, and she argued that acting while a criminal indictment is pending would trample due process. She described the investigation as a “witch hunt” and chose to step away effective immediately. AP reported she quit moments before a hearing that could have led to a recommendation that she be expelled.

    The money trail and the criminal overlay

    Because this is America, the story does not stop at resignation. It points back to money. Axios reports the Ethics Committee’s key finding involved $5 million in COVID relief funds going to her campaign. CBS News adds the criminal overlay, saying she has been charged with stealing nearly $5 million in FEMA funds for her campaign and has pleaded not guilty.

    AP also notes the Ethics Committee investigation lasted more than two years, and that it determined she violated multiple federal laws and House rules. And the timeline is crucial: multiple outlets describe the resignation as happening moments before the committee could determine sanctions.

    Why resigning matters

    The incentive is simple. If you are on the cusp of a vote that could expel you, you duck the vote by walking out. Axios reports she was likely nearing expulsion, and even fellow House Democrats were saying they could no longer countenance her continued presence. AP frames it as pressure within her party, with support increasingly in doubt right as the committee was ready to act.

    What this means for America

    Cherfilus-McCormick argued against punishing before due process is complete, and AP quoted her warning that due process should not be overridden by allegations alone. That matters.

    But here’s the core point: due process protects both sides. It protects people from unfair punishment and it protects the public from watching officials dodge oversight with a stage-managed exit. If Congress keeps rewarding resignation-without-resolution, then the only thing that becomes certain is that the blueprint gets used again.

    So what comes next: tougher anti-grift standards, cleaner reporting, and stricter enforcement of campaign finance rules tied to federal relief money. Ethics should work like a safety inspection, not weekend entertainment. Tell me, America, when they smell accountability coming, are they going to keep walking out the side door, or are we finally going to make the exits slam from the inside?

  • Resigning Before the Fire: Cherfilus-McCormick Dodges the Ethics Heat

    ByBrick Tungsten

    Washington feels like a grill left too long on high. The committees, the subpoenas, the smoke of a years-long probe. And then, Tuesday, Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick stepped out of the spotlight a moment before a House Ethics Committee hearing could recommend sanctions. In plain terms, it is ducking out of the yard before the brisket hits the fire.

    Democrat Cherfilus-McCormick resigns before the House can sanction her in ethics case

    According to the Associated Press, her resignation came right before the Ethics Committee hearing that could have led to a recommendation to expel her. The committee’s probe, spanning more than two years, looked at whether she violated federal laws and House rules. AP reports the committee issued 59 subpoenas, conducted 28 witness interviews, and reviewed more than 33,000 pages of documents.

    And the smoke gets thicker. Time reports the Ethics Committee found her guilty of 25 ethics violations connected to the allegations. CBS adds the federal-criminal overlay: she has been charged in federal court for allegedly stealing nearly $5 million in FEMA funds for her campaign, and she has pleaded not guilty.

    This is not due process, it is dodging the smoke

    The House Ethics Committee, by its own public statement, was set to hold a hearing on April 21, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. The chairman later said the panel had lost jurisdiction after she resigned, meaning the scheduled sanctions path went cold. Cherfilus-McCormick said the committee denied her new attorney’s request for more time to prepare a defense, and she argued the process was unfair. She chose to step away instead of waiting for the outcome, calling it something like a witch hunt.

    When you resign, the incentives win

    Here is the incentive problem that keeps showing up. Resigning can preserve reputation, shift the district debate toward the next candidate and how to spin the story, and, most importantly, disrupt the calendar that was supposed to land a formal label on misconduct. If the midstream can be dodged, then the ethics system becomes smoke, all haze and no clarity.

    AP notes expulsion requires two-thirds of members to vote for expulsion, a high bar rooted in the Constitution’s gatekeeping. But by leaving before a recommendation could even reach the floor, the gate never opens, and voters are stuck with the aftermath instead of a direct ethics endgame.

    Cherfilus-McCormick is legally presumed innocent in the criminal case, and she says she is not guilty of ethics violations. But politics still has obligations. This timing sends a loud message about what the system rewards: not accountability, just the escape route.

  • Vercel, Context.ai, and the OAuth Backdoor: The Supply Chain Grift That Burns Everyone

    ByBrick Tungsten

    The air in the server room smells like hot dust and cold certainty. One minute you are shipping code, the next minute Vercel is telling the world it found unauthorized access inside its own walls.

    Vercel says the trail starts when Context.ai is compromised via OAuth

    Vercel, the cloud platform behind the Next.js ecosystem, says it identified unauthorized access to certain internal systems and has been actively investigating with incident response help. It also says it notified law enforcement and will update the bulletin as the investigation progresses.

    Here is the part that makes the warning lights pop: Vercel initially found a limited subset of customers whose non-sensitive environment variables stored on Vercel were compromised. Those are variables that decrypt to plaintext, meaning an attacker had a path to grab what should have stayed protected behind proper controls.

    Vercel also says the incident did not begin with Vercel code or some magical software supply chain backdoor. Instead, it traces the origin to a compromise of Context.ai, a third-party AI tool used by a Vercel employee. Vercel says the attacker used that access to take over the employee’s Vercel Google Workspace account. From there, the attacker gained access to some Vercel environments and to environment variables that were not marked as sensitive.

    Vercel further draws the line: it says it currently has no evidence that values marked as sensitive were accessed. It also states that it and collaborators confirmed no npm packages published by Vercel were compromised, and it believes the supply chain for those published packages remains safe.

    Everybody loves AI tools until OAuth becomes the side gate

    This is the modern version of leaving the cellar door open because you were busy lighting the grill. OAuth is supposed to be convenience with guardrails. But when you hand a third-party tool more access than it needs, you are not buying innovation. You are buying risk.

    TechCrunch reported that hackers claimed to have stolen sensitive customer credentials and were selling the data online, pointing back to the Context.ai connection. TechCrunch also notes details are still emerging and it is unclear who is behind the breach at Vercel or Context.ai. It mentions that the threat actor selling the data claimed ties to ShinyHunters, and that ShinyHunters reportedly told Bleeping Computer it was not involved.

    Who benefits? The grifter gets paid, the customer gets the bill

    In these stories, the incentive is money and leverage. Tom’s Hardware says the threat actor operating under the ShinyHunters name has claimed responsibility and reportedly sought $2 million for the stolen data. That is not a harmless prank. That is a payday.

    And when credentials and keys are the prize, the harm does not stay in one corner. OAuth trust mishandled in one place can pull downstream developers, startups, and other platforms into the same smoke cloud.

    Vercel’s recommendations: basic controls, no vibes

    Vercel’s guidance is straightforward: turn on multi-factor authentication. Review and rotate environment variables that were not marked as sensitive. Inspect activity logs for suspicious behavior and investigate unexpected deployments. It is the same common sense your uncle uses when he says, “Lock the toolbox before you brag about your new tools.”

    What this means for America

    Freedom is built on participation. When identity access is abused and supply-chain incidents hit development platforms, it stops being just an IT story. It becomes an extortion risk mid-deploy.

    So the takeaway is simple: if OAuth trust is the weak link, why are we still treating security as optional seasoning while the ShinyHunters payday keeps getting served?

  • Taxpayers, Fireworks, and the NWSL Griddle: Columbus Roars Into 2028

    ByBrick Tungsten

    The air is thick like hickory smoke in a closed garage, the kind that makes you believe in a good Saturday. Then the news lands like a lifted F-150 climbing a curb: Columbus just won an NWSL expansion franchise, with play set to begin in 2028 at ScottsMiracle-Gro Field.

    NWSL awards Columbus its 18th expansion team, set for 2028

    This is straightforward and hot: the NWSL is placing its 18th franchise in Columbus. Nationwide reports the ownership group includes Haslam Sports Group and the Edwards family, and the expectation is that the club starts in the 2028 NWSL season at the Crew home. Sports Business Journal adds that the consortium led by Haslam Sports Group is paying a record $205 million expansion fee.

    The park fight, where residents ask for receipts

    But the story is not just matchday. WOSU reports Columbus City Council approved a $25 million agreement for team facilities and training space tied to McCoy Park, passed in a 5 to 3 vote. Residents criticized the plan for forfeiting a park meant to become therapeutic recreation space for people with disabilities.

    In response, the owners would pledge $3 million to help fund a replacement park. The agreement includes milestones, including an opening by the end of 2027.

    Taxpayer risk, built into the fine print

    For anyone who likes their deals with a budget thermometer, the city plans to recoup its contribution through ticket revenue at ScottsMiracle-Gro Field. WOSU says the Crew admissions fee would rise from 5% to 7% for Crew events, with an additional 2% from other events going toward repayment.

    WOSU also reports Columbus and Franklin County each approved $25 million in contributions, meaning the public side is carrying real risk. So the villain here is not the athletes or the sport. It is the dealmaking class that treats transparency like a suggestion and timelines like a negotiable rumor.

    If the replacement park schedule slips, or public access gets squeezed, the entire pitch weakens. That is why people demanding accountability are not anti-soccer. They are pro-community.

    Now tell me, are you cheering the NWSL expansion into 2028, or side-eyeing the taxpayer tab like you would side-eye someone who keeps flipping the grill control after saying it was set?

  • The DOJ Ballot Bonfire in Wayne County: When Civil Rights Smells Like a Fishing Expedition

    ByBrick Tungsten

    Picture hickory smoke and an AM-radiosmile, then add a new kind of stink. In Wayne County, Michigan, the Justice Department is asking for a wide pile of 2024 ballot materials, and local election officials are warning about the pressure and timing.

    DOJ demands Wayne County hand over 2024 federal election ballots

    A sweeping request, with a short fuse

    Here’s the core, verified fact: Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon sent a letter dated April 14 demanding that Wayne County election officials turn over all ballots from the November 2024 federal election, including absentee and provisional ballots, plus ballot receipts and ballot envelopes. The letter includes a two-week deadline, and officials warned the federal government could seek a court order if the materials are not turned over in time.

    This is not a tidy, narrow request for specific records. It reads like a wholesale grab, like the government showed up asking for every burger you cooked last season and demanded it by Tuesday.

    The law they waved, the scope they swung

    Reporting says Dhillon’s stated goal was to ensure election laws were followed in the 2024 balloting. The demand cites Title III of the Civil Rights Act of 1960.

    Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel rejected the demand. In her response, she argued it was built on discredited theories and stale allegations tied to the 2020 election, not specific problems in the 2024 election. She also emphasized that Title III requires a statement of basis and purpose, and that it provides records for inspection and copying at the custodian’s principal office, not a broad authority for federal officials to demand wholesale production the way a fishing expedition might reel in everything.

    Who benefits when election trust gets put on the grill?

    When federal inquiries turn into sweeping, short-deadline ballot grabs, the practical effect is more than paperwork. It creates churn, cost, and political anxiety, even when local officials argue the justification is weak or misapplied. And the public pressure becomes part of the story, not just the legal process.

    Checks and balances are not optional

    Federalism matters, and election administration is generally supposed to live in the state lanes except where Congress clearly authorized otherwise. If courts review the dispute, that is where the rules and accountability belong. Until then, the harm is not imaginary: deadlines and broad ballot-related requests can push local officials to scramble and comply.

    So, in plain F-150 language: if the federal government wants to check election integrity, it should do it with respect for process and scope, not vibes that make everyone feel like the next bonfire is already lit.

  • HUD’s Homelessness Funding Power Play Got Thrown Back on the Grate

    ByBrick Tungsten

    The grill was still roaring when I heard it on AM radio. Smoke in the air, everybody hungry, and then here comes HUD with paperwork thick as charcoal. Only this time the fire is homelessness, and the match is a court fight.

    On Monday, the federal government dropped its appeal of a Rhode Island court decision that blocked HUD from carrying out its Continuum of Care (CoC) funding restrictions. For now, the injunction stays in place while the case heads toward summary judgment and longer odds in court.

    Federal government drops appeal of HUD Continuum of Care restrictions

    Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a news release that the administration withdrew its attempt to overturn the preliminary injunction. He pointed out that CoC is HUD’s flagship program for funding affordable housing and services for people experiencing homelessness, and that a rollback of assistance is exactly what the courts stopped for the moment.

    Here’s the villain’s move: HUD tried to turn a housing program into a compliance game. Reporting on the dispute says HUD sought to limit how much of the money could go toward permanent housing, including a 30 percent cap. It was not presented as a small tweak, but as a reshaping of where funding would flow.

    Paperwork as leverage

    CalMatters also reports HUD sought to steer the money toward temporary shelter approaches and programs that require residents to be sober. The restrictions, as described in complaint filings and coverage, were tied up with conditions that would have disadvantaged certain providers and strategies, including diversity and inclusion efforts, support for transgender clients, and harm reduction approaches intended to reduce overdose deaths.

    Look, government grants should be about keeping people housed and stable, not setting up a political obstacle course and then acting surprised when the courts smack the obstacles out of the way.

    Control over solutions

    Federal agencies don’t just change rules. They change timelines. Local governments, Continuums of Care, shelters, and housing providers are the ones forced to adjust budgets and service plans on short notice while families and individuals are left with uncertainty. Meanwhile, the real winners are the people who get to say, “This is too complicated,” while the complexity is manufactured.

    The federal government tried to keep litigating and sought to pause the injunction during the process, but an earlier First Circuit decision refused to let HUD pause the injunction. Dropping the appeal is not the same thing as admitting wrong, but it is a sign the attempt to impose those restrictions was not a clean enough fight to finish.

    What it means for America

    This is a test of whether federal agencies can use grant programs as leverage for political preferences, or whether the legal system will enforce Congress’s intent and keep funding rules steady. Housing is already hard. When last-minute restrictions pile on more uncertainty, local efforts become more fragile.

    Brick’s bottom line is simple: fund proven stability, listen to local partners, and stop using homelessness grants as a fireworks show for bureaucratic ideology.

    Now tell me, are you tired of watching federal agencies light up the grill with rules that get people displaced, and then act shocked when a court throws the match back in their face?

  • Geck vs. the DPA Bulldozer: Courts Keep the Permit Chain

    ByBrick Tungsten

    The air feels thick like hickory smoke, but tonight it is courtroom air. In Santa Barbara, a judge kept an injunction in place, and the message was plain: a Defense Production Act based order does not erase the state court rules that govern how oil pipelines can restart.

    Donna Geck Upholds the Injunction Against Restarting Sable Pipelines

    Judge Donna Geck kept the injunction against restarting Sable pipelines. In the ruling, the court addressed claims about whether Sable still had to keep complying with the injunction, and whether the Trump administration could simply wish away that requirement through a federal order.

    In plain language, the court’s point was not “maybe” or “in time.” It was that state law still counts. And when a company begins or continues operating while the dispute is still playing out, courts pay attention to whether the injunction is being honored, or bulldozed.

    The press calls it “override.” The ruling called it something else

    Noozhawk reported that the ruling dealt with the claim that Sable was required to keep obeying the injunction and that the administration could not just cancel it out with an order.

    So if the federal push was meant to act like emergency legal fireworks, the court basically said: those fireworks still have to land somewhere. They do not automatically erase what the injunction requires.

    Why This Fight Matters Beyond One Pipeline

    Here is the bigger lesson for anyone who thinks court orders are optional. If you can get an injunction, ignore it, and then argue federal authority makes the whole thing disappear, you are teaching the wrong rulebook to every operator and every organizer.

    Governor Gavin Newsom, in statements tied to the broader dispute, said the state court ruling confirmed that the federal order did not cancel out the injunction requiring legal and safety compliance before operations could resume.

    Energy independence is not a shortcut around permits

    Want domestic energy? Then do it the American way, with rules that actually apply to everybody. State regulators, safety requirements, and court orders are not enemies of supply. They are the steering wheel that keeps the system from careening off the road.

    So tell me: are you pro energy independence, or are you pro whoever has the thickest legal checkbook to overrule everyone else?

  • CMS’s API Leash: SBA Warns Small Health Businesses About Another Reporting Burden

    ByBrick Tungsten

    When the federal government starts sniffing around your paperwork, the grill gets hotter and your workload gets heavier. This week, CMS is pointing at American health businesses and asking for more data, more reporting, and more endpoints.

    SBA Flags a CMS Proposal With More API and Prior Authorization Reporting

    On April 20, the U.S. Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy highlighted a CMS proposed rule that would require “impacted payers” to support electronic prior authorization. The proposal also points to reporting requirements for people and organizations that build software or run small operations, including reporting interoperability API endpoints and API usage metrics to CMS.

    If you are a small clinic, a health plan, a clearinghouse, or a health IT vendor trying to keep operations running, this is not a minor policy adjustment. SBA describes it as a sudden detour on a supply chain highway, where the truck is loaded and then the GPS says to stop and redo the route. In the middle of that, time and money get burned before you even reach the work.

    CMS Says It’s About Transparency. SBA Says It Burdens Small Entities.

    CMS frames the proposal as a way to improve transparency and streamline the prior authorization process, including extending requirements into the drug world. In a fact sheet, CMS says the agency proposes to require impacted payers to support electronic prior authorization, make decisions within shorter timeframes, and increase transparency for prior authorization of drugs. CMS also says it proposes to update health IT standards and to report API endpoints and API usage metrics.

    But SBA’s Office of Advocacy says the proposed rule impacts small entities, including providers and clinics that transmit electronic information, hospitals, health plans, health care clearinghouses, and support service vendors. In other words, SBA describes a system where the small guys inherit the compliance load, while the bigger players with existing capacity are better positioned to handle upgrades and requirements.

    What’s Being Set Up: Centralized Reporting and a Harder Compliance Track

    This is where the “API leash” point comes in. SBA highlights that CMS is proposing centralized reporting of endpoint details and usage metrics tied to electronic prior authorization, including for drugs, along with tighter timing for decisions. The proposed rule is not yet law, but it is close enough to feel like pressure now.

    SBA also notes that comments are open, with comments due June 15, 2026. So if you build or operate in the health space, SBA’s message is clear: don’t let the paper pushers decide your future without your input.

    In the end, the question is simple for America: when agencies demand endpoints and usage metrics from small providers, are we improving competition and outcomes, or just adding another compliance layer for the folks who cannot fight back?

  • The Pump Delivered the Punchline: Retail Sales Jumped 1.7% as Gas Prices Flared

    ByBrick Tungsten

    The Census Bureau just handed out an advance snapshot, and the numbers look strong on the first glance. But read it like you read tire pressure in the cab of an F-150: the headline is only part of the story. March retail and food services sales jumped 1.7%, and gasoline was the standout driver.

    Census says retail rose 1.7% to $752.1B

    The U.S. Census Bureau reported advance estimates for March 2026. Total retail and food services sales came in at $752.1 billion, up 1.7% from February and up 4.0% from March 2025.

    Then the gasoline component starts yelling.

    Reuters and AP: the Iran-war spike hit the pump

    Reuters, using the same government release, said retail sales rose on the back of a war-driven spike in gasoline prices tied to the conflict with Iran, pointing to a record surge in receipts at service stations.

    AP made the same general point: shoppers spent most of the extra money at the gas pump as gas prices rose because of the Iran war, with gas station business up sharply.

    Strip out gas, and the “prosperity” story changes

    Now watch the numbers when you remove gasoline stations from the picture. The Census advance table also showed totals excluding gasoline stations rising less than the headline. That indicates a chunk of the increase was not consumers suddenly deciding to live like kings. It was households spending more because the price of fuel got pushed higher by an outside shock.

    Tax refunds and other cushions, but not a free pass

    Reuters tied the overall strength to war-driven gasoline price pressure and tax refunds helping spending in other categories. AP similarly noted that when you exclude gas prices, the gain looks more modest, and that tax refunds and warm weather helped cushion the blow.

    So households were juggling: pay more at the pump, then lean on temporary support elsewhere.

    What to take away for America

    Remember, this is an advance estimate, and totals are affected by price and volatility. The point is not to deny retail can be resilient. The point is to admit what is driving the resilience right now: gasoline prices higher due to a war-linked shock.

    That also matters for how people interpret inflation and interest rates, because energy costs that keep eating budgets can make the economy look better on paper while feeling worse in real life.

    Here’s the freedom sermon close: when your economy is held together with gasoline receipts, you are not watching prosperity. You are watching a bill come due. And the smoke is already in the kitchen.

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