'You shouldn't need a private company to fill out paperwork for you'

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Americans 'shouldn’t have to pay a private company to complete legally mandated paperwork'
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'Is paying to file your taxes a scam?'

Alex Falcone at Time

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'A tariff meltdown for American chocolate makers'

The Wall Street Journal editorial board

President Donald Trump "seems to think border taxes are a Willy Wonka golden ticket for the U.S. economy," says The Wall Street Journal editorial board. But "what does it do to America's artisan chocolate businesses when huge duties raise the cost of cacao?" Whatever Trump "thinks he's doing with his global tariffs, this is the bitter reality for American chocolate businesses." He is "messing with prices and supply chains on a whim, and it isn't as if the U.S. can repatriate the raw material."

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'Magical thinking about a miracle mineral'

Zeynep Tufekci at The New York Times

If anti-fluoride "bills pass, what will occur is no mystery," says Zeynep Tufekci. More "children's teeth will rot, which will cause pain, social stigma, impaired development and lifelong health problems, and raise the costs of their medical care." The "worst effects will fall on disadvantaged children, the kids who don't have access to frequent dentist visits." The "effects of all this will emerge slowly but surely, over many years, and persist long after this administration."

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'Is the Supreme Court about to make police violence much worse?'

Robyn Nicole Sanders at Slate

The "Constitution does not arrive at the scene of the crime in time to stop the killing," says Robyn Nicole Sanders. But an "underexamined Supreme Court case, Barnes v. Felix," could "close the door on the postmortem reckoning, leaving the Constitution as a distant echo." It will "determine how the law defines accountability in the exercise of state power — whether the Constitution arrives at the scene of police violence to cradle the dying or wraps itself around the one who pulled the trigger."

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Justin Klawans, The Week US

Justin Klawans has worked as a staff writer at The Week since 2022. He began his career covering local news before joining Newsweek as a breaking news reporter, where he wrote about politics, national and global affairs, business, crime, sports, film, television and other news. Justin has also freelanced for outlets including Collider and United Press International.