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NEWARK, Del. — It may not summon up a sense of international intrigue like Geneva or Luxembourg, but this small city, just off the Interstate and down the road from Wilmington, can now boast that it has joined those more glamorous locales as a tax haven for art collectors. Fritz Dietl, who for years watched collectors ship artworks from sales in New York to tax-advantageous free ports overseas, has opened his own here in a former foam peanut packing factory beside the train tracks. He is gradually filling it with plywood crates containing artworks. The warehouse, he says, offers art owners the same benefits as its better known European counterparts: discretion, security and tax savings. “In the past, they would have shipped it to Switzerland,” he said one morning recently, gesturing at about 20 large crates in a 16,000-square-foot, climate-controlled space. The artworks packed in the crates were worth in total about $10 million to $15 million, he said. But more would … [Read more...] about Art Collectors Find Safe Harbor in Delaware’s Tax Laws

close Video Supreme Court hearing arguments in tech free speech cases Fox News contributor Jonathan Turley joined Americas Newsroom to discuss two cases before the Supreme Court dealing with free speech on the internet. FIRST ON FOX – The Supreme Court has been asked to rule on a Washington state law that bans therapists from encouraging patients against transitioning to a different gender. On Monday, the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), a civil rights nonprofit firm, filed a petition to the Supreme Court for Brian Tingley, a licensed marriage and family therapist in the state who claims the law is unconstitutional because it prohibits certain private client-counselor conversations on sexual orientation and gender. ADF says the law only allows a one-way discussion about gender transitioning. "For example, it allows counseling conversations that aim to steer young people toward a transgender identity but prohibits conversations that aim … [Read more...] about Supreme Court asked to rule on state law that prohibits therapists from counseling against gender transition

Madonna will protest Tennessee’s laws protecting children from transgender and drag queen ideology by donating profits from the Nashville stop of her upcoming tour to various transgender groups. On Monday, the Material Girl announced eight additional stops on “The Celebration Tour,” while singling out Tennessee. “The oppression of the LGBTQ+ is not only unacceptable and inhumane, it’s creating an unsafe environment; it makes America a dangerous place for our most vulnerable citizens, especially trans women of color,” Madonna said in a statement, which was reported by Variety . “Also, these so-called laws to protect our children are unfounded and pathetic. Anyone with half a brain knows not to fuck with a drag queen. Bob [the Drag Queen] and I will see you from the stage in Nashville where we will celebrate the beauty that is the queer community.” (Bob the Drag Queen — a former contestant on RuPaul’s Drag Race — is opening for Madonna during the tour.). … [Read more...] about Madonna to Protest Tennessee Law Banning Child Sex Change Operations by Donating Concert Proceeds to Transgender Groups

close Video Parents have the 'fundamental right' to direct their children's education: Tiffany Justice Tiffany Justice, co-founder of Moms for Liberty, weighs in after the House passed the 'Parents Bill of Rights.' The public and journalists often chastise Congress for passing "messaging" bills. Here’s more on a "messaging" bill. The House or Senate know a bill doesn’t stand much of a chance of becoming law. But the party in power wants to send "a message." Sometimes that message is directed to the base. A bill may declare "We hear you. We know you want us to pass this." The message is sometimes protective. Congress could face criticism for not acting on a given issue. So, the legislation serves as a fig leaf. Speaking of messages, Congressional Republicans certainly got the message during the pandemic about public education. Online schooling for K-12 exposed what GOPers contend are deep flaws in public education. Parents grew agitated … [Read more...] about Sending a message: Why Congress passes bills that have little or no chance of becoming law

(CNN Business) An entire generation of internet users has approached search engines the same way for decades: enter a few words into a search box and wait for a page of relevant results to emerge . But that could change soon. This week, the companies behind the two biggest US search engines teased radical changes to the way their services operate, powered by new AI technology that allows for more conversational and complex responses. In the process, however, the companies may test both the accuracy of these tools and the willingness of everyday users to embrace and find utility in a very different search experience. Real estate agents say they can't imagine working without ChatGPT now On Tuesday, Microsoft announced a revamped Bing search engine using the abilities of ChatGPT, the viral AI tool created by OpenAI, a company in which Microsoft recently invested billions of dollars. Bing will not only provide a list of search results, but will also … [Read more...] about The way we search for information online is about to change

Protesters near Mar-a-Lago. Photo: Giorgio Viera/AFP via Getty Images In March, as Donald Trump put out word that he was about to be arrested — by a “SOROS BACKED ANIMAL” for “A CRIME THAT DOESN’T EXIST” — Florida governor Ron DeSantis floated a subtle contrast. “Look, I don’t know what goes into paying hush money to a porn star to secure silence over some type of alleged affair. I just — I can’t speak to that,” he told reporters, alluding to Trump’s very extant crime. To emphasize his own, porn-star-free marriage, DeSantis gave an interview to Piers Morgan in the New York Post. The Post, like most of the Murdoch media empire, has been operating almost indistinguishably from DeSantis’s proto-campaign for president. (“We see him as the future of the party,” a Fox News producer wrote in an email a few years ago.) This article fawned over DeSantis’s family, showing the devoted couple and their adorable children in a series of photos. And yet the weak point in this pitch … [Read more...] about What Ron DeSantis Can’t Fake