ALL SMALL BUSINESSES ARE CRIMINALS ACCORDING TO THE GOVERNMENT!

Get this, our nasty Senators and Congressmen have now activated a LAW that considers all businesses with less than $5 million in revenue and 20 employees or less to be FIRST considered as financial criminals.

LUCKILY PRESIDENT TRUMP STOPPED THIS FARCE!

On March 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced that, consistent with the Department of the Treasury’s March 2, 2025, announcement it was issuing an interim final rule that removes the requirement for U.S. companies and U.S. persons to report beneficial ownership information (BOI) to FinCEN under the Corporate Transparency Act. FinCEN published this interim final rule on March 26, 2025.

In the interim final rule, FinCEN revises the regulatory definition of “reporting company” to mean only those entities that are formed under the law of a foreign country and that have registered to do business in any U.S. State or Tribal jurisdiction by the filing of a document with a secretary of state or similar office (formerly known as “foreign reporting companies”). FinCEN also exempts entities previously known as “domestic reporting companies” from BOI reporting requirements. Thus, through this interim final rule, all entities created in the United States — including those previously known as “domestic reporting companies” — and their beneficial owners will be exempt from the requirement to report BOI to FinCEN.

The law now mandates reporting of the BENEFICIAL OWNERS of ALL companies and businesses operating in the USA FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK (FInCEN) or face fines and JAIL!

AS SMALL BUSINESS YOU ARE ALL SUSPECTED CRIMINALS1

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a final rule implementing the bipartisan Corporate Transparency Act’s (CTA) beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting provisions. The rule will enhance the ability of FinCEN and other agencies to protect U.S. national security and the U.S. financial system from illicit use and provide essential information to national security, intelligence, and law enforcement agencies; state, local, and Tribal officials; and financial institutions to help prevent drug traffickers, fraudsters, corrupt actors such as oligarchs, and proliferators from laundering or hiding money and other assets in the United States.

Illicit actors frequently use corporate structures such as shell and front companies to obfuscate their identities and launder their ill-gotten gains through the United States. Not only do such acts undermine U.S. national security, they also threaten U.S. economic prosperity: shell and front companies can shield beneficial owners’ identities and allow criminals to illegally access and transact in the U.S. economy, while disadvantaging small U.S. businesses who are playing by the rules. This rule will strengthen the integrity of the U.S. financial system by making it harder for illicit actors to use shell companies to launder their money or hide assets.

Recent geopolitical events have reinforced the point that abuse of corporate entities, including shell or front companies, by illicit actors and corrupt officials presents a direct threat to the U.S. national security and the U.S. and international financial systems. For example, Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 further underscored that Russian elites, state-owned enterprises, and organized crime, as well as Russian government proxies have attempted to use U.S. and non-U.S. shell companies to evade sanctions imposed on Russia. This rule will enhance U.S national security by making it more difficult for criminals to exploit opaque legal structures to launder money, traffic humans and drugs, and commit serious tax fraud and other crimes that harm the American taxpayer.

At the same time, the rule aims to minimize burdens on small businesses and other reporting companies. Millions of businesses are formed in the United States each year. These businesses play an essential and important economic role. In particular, small businesses are a backbone of the U.S. economy, accounting for a large share of U.S. economic activity and driving U.S. innovation and competitiveness. U.S. small businesses also generate millions of jobs, and in 2021, created jobs at the highest rate on record. It is anticipated that it will cost reporting companies with simple management and ownership structures—which FinCEN expects to be the majority of reporting companies—approximately $85 apiece to prepare and submit an initial BOI report. In comparison, the state formation fee for creating a limited liability company (LLC) can cost between $40 and $500, depending on the state.

Beyond the direct benefits to law enforcement and other authorized users, the collection of BOI will help to shed light on criminals who evade taxes, hide their illicit wealth, and defraud employees and customers and hurt honest U.S. businesses through their misuse of shell companies.

The rule describes who must file a BOI report, what information must be reported, and when a report is due. Specifically, the rule requires reporting companies to file reports with FinCEN that identify two categories of individuals: (1) the beneficial owners of the entity; and (2) the company applicants of the entity.

The final rule reflects FinCEN’s careful consideration of detailed public comments received in response to its December 8, 2021 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the same topic, and extensive interagency consultations. FinCEN received comments from a broad array of individuals and organizations, including Members of Congress, government officials, groups representing small business interests, corporate transparency advocacy groups, the financial industry and trade associations representing its members, law enforcement representatives, and other interested groups and individuals.

Balancing both benefits and burden, the following are the key elements of the BOI reporting rule:

Reporting Companies

The rule identifies two types of reporting companies: domestic and foreign. A domestic reporting company is a corporation, limited liability company (LLC), or any entity created by the filing of a document with a secretary of state or any similar office under the law of a state or Indian tribe. A foreign reporting company is a corporation, LLC, or other entity formed under the law of a foreign country that is registered to do business in any state or tribal jurisdiction by the filing of a document with a secretary of state or any similar office. Under the rule, and in keeping with the CTA, twenty-three types of entities are exempt from the definition of “reporting company.”
FinCEN expects that these definitions mean that reporting companies will include (subject to the applicability of specific exemptions) limited liability partnerships, limited liability limited partnerships, business trusts, and most limited partnerships, in addition to corporations and LLCs, because such entities are generally created by a filing with a secretary of state or similar office.
Other types of legal entities, including certain trusts, are excluded from the definitions to the extent that they are not created by the filing of a document with a secretary of state or similar office. FinCEN recognizes that in many states the creation of most trusts typically does not involve the filing of such a formation document.

Beneficial Owners

Under the rule, a beneficial owner includes any individual who, directly or indirectly, either (1) exercises substantial control over a reporting company, or (2) owns or controls at least 25 percent of the ownership interests of a reporting company. The rule defines the terms “substantial control” and “ownership interest.” In keeping with the CTA, the rule exempts five types of individuals from the definition of “beneficial owner.”
In defining the contours of who has substantial control, the rule sets forth a range of activities that could constitute substantial control of a reporting company. This list captures anyone who is able to make important decisions on behalf of the entity. FinCEN’s approach is designed to close loopholes that allow corporate structuring that obscures owners or decision-makers. This is crucial to unmasking anonymous shell companies.
The rule provides standards and mechanisms for determining whether an individual owns or controls 25 percent of the ownership interests of a reporting company. Among other things, these standards and mechanisms address how a reporting company should handle a situation in which ownership interests are held in trust.
These definitions have been drafted to account for the various ownership or control structures reporting companies may adopt. However, for reporting companies that have simple organizational structures it should be a straightforward process to identify and report their beneficial owners. FinCEN expects the majority of reporting companies will have simple ownership structures.

Company Applicants

The rule defines a company applicant to be only two persons:
1. the individual who directly files the document that creates the entity, or in the case of a foreign reporting company, the document that first registers the entity to do business in the United States.
2. the individual who is primarily responsible for directing or controlling the filing of the relevant document by another.
The rule, however, does not require reporting companies existing or registered at the time of the effective date of the rule to identify and report on their company applicants. In addition, reporting companies formed or registered after the effective date of the rule also do not need to update company applicant information.

Beneficial Ownership Information Reports

When filing BOI reports with FinCEN, the rule requires a reporting company to identify itself and report four pieces of information about each of its beneficial owners: name, birthdate, address, and a unique identifying number and issuing jurisdiction from an acceptable identification document (and the image of such document). Additionally, the rule requires that reporting companies created after January 1, 2024, provide the four pieces of information and document image for company applicants.
If an individual provides their four pieces of information to FinCEN directly, the individual may obtain a “FinCEN identifier,” which can then be provided to FinCEN on a BOI report in lieu of the required information about the individual.

Timing

The effective date for the rule is January 1, 2024.
Reporting companies created or registered before January 1, 2024 will have one year (until January 1, 2025) to file their initial reports, while reporting companies created or registered after January 1, 2024, will have 30 days after receiving notice of their creation or registration to file their initial reports.
Reporting companies have 30 days to report changes to the information in their previously filed reports and must correct inaccurate information in previously filed reports within 30 days of when the reporting company becomes aware or has reason to know of the inaccuracy of information in earlier reports.

Next Steps

The BOI reporting rule is one of three rulemakings planned to implement the CTA. FinCEN will engage in additional rulemakings to (1) establish rules for who may access BOI, for what purposes, and what safeguards will be required to ensure that the information is secured and protected; and (2) revise FinCEN’s customer due diligence rule following the promulgation of the BOI reporting final rule.
In addition, FinCEN continues to develop the infrastructure to administer these requirements in accordance with the strict security and confidentiality requirements of the CTA, including the information technology system that will be used to store beneficial ownership information: the Beneficial Ownership Secure System (BOSS).
Consistent with its obligations under the Paperwork Reduction Act, FinCEN will publish in the Federal Register for public comment the reporting forms that persons will use to comply with their obligations under the BOI reporting rule. FinCEN will publish these forms well in advance of the effective date of the BOI reporting rule.
FinCEN will develop compliance and guidance documents to assist reporting companies in complying with this rule. Some of these materials will be aimed directly at, and made available to, reporting companies themselves. FinCEN will issue a Small Entity Compliance Guide, pursuant to section 212 of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, in order to inform small entities about their responsibilities under the rule. Other materials will be aimed at a wide range of stakeholders that are likely to receive questions about the rule, such as secretaries of state and similar offices. FinCEN also intends to conduct extensive outreach to all stakeholders, including industry associations as well as secretaries of state and similar offices to ensure the effective implementation of the rule.
THIS RULE HAS BEEN STAYED FOR NOW:

jansen@sterlingcooper.us sent you this article.

Comment:

Benficial owmersip rul

Monday, January 13, 2025

The law aims to curtail the use of anonymous shells and track illicit money.

Ownership-Reporting Law’s Return Sought

Supreme Court is asked to stay an injunction pausing its implementation

The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule soon on the national injunction issued by a lower court that paused the implementation of the Corporate Transparency Act, a law requiring companies to disclose their true ownership.

The Justice Department, on behalf of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, in an application filed on New Year’s Eve asked the Supreme Court to stay the injunction issued by a Texas district judge in early December.

The attorneys representing FinCEN said the government is likely to succeed in defending the constitutionality of the law and that the district court’s injunction was “vastly overbroad,” according to the filing.

The lawyers said the Supreme Court, at a minimum, should narrow the injunction to the plaintiffs in the case.

HUMANOID ROBOTS ARE BECOMING THE NEXT WORKFORCE? CHINA IS LEADING THE WAY!

Humanoid robots show off their language and boxing skills in Hong Kong

HONG KONG (AP) — A humanoid robot about the size of a primary school student had something to share in Hong Kong — it sang songs and spoke to people in Mandarin and English, answering whatever questions they posed and delighting the audience around it.

More than 100 robots were showcased at two exhibitions starting Monday at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center. The X2 Ultra robot from China’s prominent humanoid robot manufacturer AGIBOT Innovation (Shanghai) Technology Co. was among them.

When asked about its hobbies, the robot’s list went from doing sports and dancing to studying technology and listening to music. Describing the people in front of it is no challenge either: “a woman holding a phone, a woman holding a bag and a phone, a man holding a camera,” it said at one point.

Calvin Chiu, the chief operating officer of Novautek Autonomous Driving, AGIBOT’s agent in Hong Kong, said that the robot can provide emotional satisfaction to humans through conversations and serve as a teacher to older adults and children. Different robots can be programmed with different personalities, too.

“It would be like a friend,” Chiu said.

Chinese manufacturers among leading players

In China, technology has evolved into an area of competition with the U.S., with national security implications. Beijing’s latest five-year plan vows to “target the frontiers of science and technology.” Speeding up the development of products like humanoid robots and their applications is part of the 2026-2030 plan for the world’s second-largest economy.

Official data showed China had more than 140 humanoid-robot manufacturers and more than 330 models in 2025.

London-based technology research and advisory group Omdia recently ranked three of them — AGIBOT, Unitree Robotics and UBTech Robotics Corp. — as the only first-tier vendors in its global assessment in terms of shipment numbers. They all shipped more than 1,000 units of general-purpose embodied intelligent robots last year, with the first two companies shipping more than 5,000 units, the report said.

In February, humanoid robots were among the highlights of the CCTV Spring Festival in China, a television show celebrating the Lunar New Year. A martial arts performance by children and robots stole the spotlight.

s a bill allowing closed-door trials for national security reasons

Diverse applications and manufacturing advantages

Some Chinese exhibitors flexed their advances at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center on Monday, showing robotic capabilities that ranged from talking to humans, punching and sand painting to doing backflips and catching suspects with nets during security patrol demonstrations.

Robert Chan, global strategy officer at EngineAI, based in Shenzhen, brought its PM01 robot to showcase its mobility, including doing a front flip. His company plans to launch two factories in China for mass production this year.

He said that China enjoys advantages in certain areas, such as low-cost engineering. He also pointed to the pattern of sharing know-how between companies, unlike in the United States and Europe, where companies typically shield their own technology.

Human-looking robots

Chan foresaw that the next stage of robotics would move toward robots featuring bodies looking like people, with more emotional exchanges and facial expressions, or even looking like they can breathe. That is about plugging the gap in robots’ interactions with humans, he said.

“The warmth and emotion exchange with the human being. Besides, helping humans to make the decision and helping humans to complete their task,” he said.

One company in the exhibition appears to be moving toward that direction.

From a distance, three women appear to be greeting guests at an exhibition booth at one corner. Up close, they turn out to be humanoid robots that could be the future of customer service and museum tour guides.

Wang Zuhua, business director at Shenzhen DX Intech Technology Co., said that the company sold more than 400 robots designed with female features and soft synthetic faces. Some are already working in museums and government venues on the mainland, where they can lead guests to washrooms and offices or provide venue tours, he said.

Malaysian visitor Russel Lupang was amazed by their appearances and movements.

“It’s beautiful, but not real feeling,” he said.

WARREN BUFFETT AGREES WITH STERLING COOPER’S ANALYSIS OF THE HIDDEN VALUE OF BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY, INC.

Intrinsic value is superior to book value when assessing the true worth of a business, Warren Buffett says.

Key Takeaways

Warren Buffett has pointed out that book value can significantly misstate the intrinsic value of a business.
He prefers using intrinsic value, “the discounted value of the cash that can be taken out of a business during its remaining life.”
Buffett goes so far as to say, “In all cases, what is clear is that book value is meaningless as an indicator of intrinsic value.”

Warren Buffett has repeatedly reminded investors that book value is often a poor measure of a business.

The calculation itself is simple: take the total assets minus liabilities. But book value, Buffett says, frequently misrepresents reality, whether by overstating or understating what a business is truly worth.

Over the years, Buffett has written about the shortcomings of using book value per share (BVPS) to value Berkshire Hathaway. As chair of the company, Buffett has preferred to focus on a company’s intrinsic value instead.

Buffett: Book Value Is a Limited Tool

Warren Buffett believes that book value, although an easily calculable number, is of limited use. For businesses where Berkshire Hathaway had full control, for example, the carrying value of those assets on the balance sheet could be far different from the businesses’ true intrinsic value.

Fast forward to December 2001, and book value per share had grown to nearly $38,000, and almost $100,000 by December 2011. However, those figures actually understated the intrinsic value of the company, with the stock’s price-to-book ratio falling from around 2.0 to 1.15 over the same ten years. As Buffet noted, most of Berkshire Hathaway’s underlying businesses were “worth far more than their carrying values.”

The moral of the story: book value can mislead in both directions. It can overstate or understate the true value of a business.

Book Value vs. Intrinsic Value vs. Market Price

Intrinsic value is “the discounted value of the cash that can be taken out of a business during its remaining life.” This is an estimate, and as such is subjective and sensitive to both interest rates and future cash-flow assumptions. But it is the only logical basis for valuation, Buffett says.
Book value is an accounting measure and not a reflection of a business’s real economic value. At Berkshire Hathaway, Buffett only uses the change in book value per share as a rough proxy to track changes in intrinsic value, but cautions investors to never confuse the two.
Market price is a third number that can get in the way, as it often reflects short-term market sentiment more than anything else.

Buffett’s Way of Doing Business

“[B]usinesses logically are worth far more than net tangible assets when they can be expected to produce earnings on such assets,” Buffett wrote. He prefers to measure a business’s “economic” performance, which is far superior to tracking its book value or even its earnings per share.

Look-Through Earnings

To assess a firm’s economic performance, Buffett likes to focus on the look-through earnings, rather than accounting constructs.

To make his point, Buffett has used the analogy of a college education. The tuition paid and lost income and experience while attending school is the “book value.” The relevant value, however, is the present value of the lifetime incremental earnings that the degree makes possible. For some, the intrinsic value (i.e., economic payoff) is greater than the price (cost). For others, it’s not.

The analogy emphasizes his overall point: focus on intrinsic value rather than cosmetic accounting. In either case, the book value concept has no real use in assessing one’s professional value creation.

RUSSIA SEIZING USA COMPANIES’ ASSETS

Russia Seizes Control of US-Linked Aluminum Giant

While Moscow extends diplomatic overtures toward Washington in hopes of normalizing relations and advancing Ukraine peace talks, the Kremlin continues to nationalize valuable foreign assets on its soil. The latest high-profile case involves CANPACK, a major aluminum beverage can manufacturer with deep Pennsylvania ties, whose entire Russian business has been stripped away by presidential decree. This development exposes the sharp contradiction at the heart of current U.S.-Russia dynamics: talk of renewed economic partnership on one hand, aggressive property redistribution on the other.

CANPACK’s Russian operations, built over nearly three decades and commanding an estimated 35 to 40 percent of the domestic aluminum can market, were placed under state “external administration” through a decree signed by Vladimir Putin on December 31, 2025. Company CEO Peter Giorgi described the reality bluntly: after state administrators arrived in mid-January, the owners lost all control. “I’m only a nominal shareholder,” Giorgi told Fox News Digital. “I lose all control of the company.” The business, valued at roughly $700 million, now answers to Kremlin-appointed managers through a shell entity called Stalelement.

This is no isolated incident. Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, authorities have increasingly invoked a 2023 legal framework to assume temporary control over foreign-owned assets. Similar actions have targeted subsidiaries of Danish insulation maker Rockwool, French food giant Danone, and brewer Carlsberg. Experts estimate dozens of companies have faced such measures. The pattern reflects a broader Kremlin strategy of bringing profitable or strategically important enterprises under tighter state influence, often justified as protecting “national interests” amid Western sanctions and corporate exits.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a December 31, 2025 decree placing CANPACK’s Russian operations—valued at roughly $700 million—under state “external administration,” transferring 100% control to Kremlin-appointed managers.
CANPACK, owned by a Pennsylvania-based holding company, lost all operational authority in mid-January 2026; senior executives including the general manager and CFO were removed.
The takeover follows a pattern of asset seizures targeting Western firms that remained in Russia after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, including subsidiaries of Rockwool, Danone, and Carlsberg.
Despite the move, Putin’s envoy Kirill Dmitriev has been meeting with Trump administration officials to discuss Ukraine peace negotiations and future economic cooperation.
Analysts note American-linked companies have sometimes faced lighter treatment than European ones, as Moscow seeks to preserve possibilities for improved U.S. relations.
CANPACK operated in Russia for nearly 30 years and held 35-40% of the country’s aluminum beverage can market before the seizure.
The company reported pressure on remaining executives and significant financial transfers to pro-Kremlin causes, including support linked to the war effort.

Yet even as these seizures multiply, Russian officials signal interest in rebuilding bridges with the United States. Putin’s special envoy for foreign investment, Kirill Dmitriev, has traveled to Washington for discussions with members of President Donald Trump’s administration on potential Ukraine peace terms and longer-term economic cooperation. The timing raises pointed questions. How does one reconcile the nationalization of a major U.S.-linked manufacturer with overtures for renewed partnership? The mixed signals suggest Moscow seeks selective engagement—preserving leverage through asset control while testing Washington’s appetite for de-escalation.

Observers note that American-linked firms have sometimes received comparatively cautious treatment compared to their European counterparts. Alexander Kolyandr of the Center for European Policy Analysis observed that “American companies fared much better than the European ones,” attributing the difference to Russia’s desire to keep future U.S. ties viable. Still, the CANPACK case demonstrates that even U.S.-connected businesses remain vulnerable when they remain in Russia long after many peers departed. Giorgi explained that the company weighed leaving but struggled to unwind decades of investment or find a fair buyer, choosing instead to “stay the course” in hopes conditions would stabilize.

Under external administration, CANPACK’s Russian executives have reportedly faced pressure to approve financial decisions, with threats of dismissal for noncompliance. The company has had no direct access to or communication with its former operations. Russian business outlet Vedomosti reported that the division donated approximately 500 million rubles to a pro-Kremlin fund supporting the war in Ukraine. Company sources indicated roughly $18 million may have flowed to state-linked causes, with another $6 million directed toward a Russian Orthodox church—figures the firm has not independently verified but which underscore how quickly financial flows can shift once control is lost.

The episode carries clear lessons for Western investors and policymakers. Remaining in a hostile jurisdiction carries escalating risks, particularly when geopolitical tensions persist. Property rights that appear secure under normal commerce can evaporate through decree when governments prioritize state control. For American companies and their shareholders, the CANPACK seizure illustrates the limits of hoping for stability in an environment where rule of law bends to political necessity.

From a broader strategic standpoint, the contrast between asset seizures and diplomatic outreach highlights the transactional nature of Kremlin policy. Russia appears eager to ease sanctions pressure and reopen economic channels with the United States, yet unwilling to relinquish tools of coercion at home. This duality tests the wisdom of any renewed engagement. History warns that partnerships built on selective property respect and uneven reciprocity rarely deliver lasting mutual benefit.

As the Trump administration navigates these overtures, the CANPACK matter serves as a sobering case study. American interests demand clear-eyed realism. Economic cooperation cannot flourish where private enterprise faces arbitrary seizure, nor can genuine peace negotiations proceed without addressing the pattern of aggression that prompted Western sanctions in the first place. Families and businesses watching from afar deserve policies that protect rather than expose hard-earned assets to foreign predation.

The seizure of CANPACK’s Russian holdings stands as more than a corporate footnote. It reveals the enduring tension between Moscow’s ambitions for renewed Western engagement and its domestic practices of centralized control. Until Russia demonstrates consistent respect for property rights and international norms, any talk of partnership must be met with caution. In the meantime, Western firms would do well to learn from this episode: presence in uncertain markets requires more than hope—it demands rigorous risk assessment and contingency planning.

Ultimately, the path forward for U.S.-Russia relations hinges on deeds, not declarations. Nationalization of foreign assets while courting American goodwill sends a contradictory message that prudent leadership cannot ignore. The American people, long weary of entanglements that favor adversaries, expect policies rooted in strength, reciprocity, and the defense of legitimate economic interests.

BARRON TRUMP NOW HAS HIS OWN COMPANY!

Barron Trump’s new drink company announces first flavor ahead of launch

Barron Trump, the youngest son of President Donald Trump, is one of five partners in a new beverage business called Sollos Yerba Mate Inc

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20: Barron Trump arrives to the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Donald Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th president of the United States. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Barron Trump’s new drink company is gearing up for its launch(Image: Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images)

Barron Trump’s new drink company is gearing up for its debut, and the brand has unveiled its first flavor.

The youngest son of President Donald Trump, who made a disturbing sex comment on stage that silenced the alarmed audience, and first lady Melania Trump is listed as one of five partners in Sollos Yerba Mate Inc., based on business filings submitted in Florida and Delaware this past January. Yerba mate is a caffeinated herbal beverage – a trendy drink option that often serves as a substitute for coffee across America.

Mar-a-Lago has 1 ‘unspoken rule’ about Barron that everyone must follow

It the forthcoming product launch on LinkedIn, posting footage of a carton of Sollos Yerba Mate-branded beverages perched on a surfboard drifting across the water. It comes after Melania Trump was left humiliated by a screaming kid’s 3-word comment as he pointed at her.

The post’s text announced, “Introducing our 12-pack: Pineapple + Coconut. Launching May 2026.”

The debut offering of the caffeinated, earthy beverage will feature tropical notes. On their LinkedIn profile, the Sollos Yerba Mate squad characterizes the enterprise as a “lifestyle beverage brand built around yerba mate and clean, functional ingredients.”

Speaking to Newsweek, a company representative explained, “In the foreseeable future Sollos will only have one recipe. We didn’t set out to make a flavor lineup; we set out to make the perfect drink. Most brands launch with five flavors, hoping you’ll like one of them. We spent all of our time, energy, and resources obsessing over a single recipe until it was flawless.”

Get More of Our News on Google

Set The Mirror US as a ‘Preferred Source’ to get quicker access to the news you value.

Sollos announced the first flavor of its yerba mate drinks will be pineapple and coconut(Image: Linkedin)

What role does Barron play in Sollos Yerba Mate?

The 20 year old is registered as a director of the company along with Spencer Bernstein, Rudolfo Castello, Stephen Hall, and Valentino Gomez.

The firm secured $1 million in funding via a private placement, according to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission documents. The filing listed the five partners’ names and the business address.

Sollos operates from a 4,500-square-foot location in Palm Beach, Florida, situated roughly 1 mile from the president’s Mar-a-Lago estate.

Barron is presently a second-year student at New York University’s Stern School of Business. He relocated to the Washington, D.C., campus at the beginning of his sophomore year last autumn, following his freshman year at NYU’s Manhattan location.

Bernstein, who serves as SOLLOS Chief Operating Officer, and co-founder Hall revealed in separate LinkedIn announcements that they are taking temporary leave from university to concentrate on Sollos, though both intend to resume their studies and complete their degrees.

Barron’s drink business has link to father’s campaign donor

Barron’s latest business endeavor has sparked some scrutiny following revelations that Sollos is connected to his father’s campaign contributor and former tennis partner.

Trump’s long-time associate Jay Weitzman is the proprietor of the $16 million five-bedroom residence near Mar-a-Lago where the company is headquartered, based on a Newsweek investigation. Weitzman runs a parking enterprise that has been awarded federal contracts since 2005, and he has previously contributed to the president.

There is no suggestion of wrongdoing. Weitzman made clear to Newsweek that he holds no stake in, nor any connection to, Sollos. He explained that the company is registered at his address simply because his grandson, Bernstein, who serves as one of the firm’s directors, resides with him.

CHARLIE’S ANGELS SERIES CELEBRATES 50 YEARS, OUR AIRLINE IN THE CARIBBEAN WAS FEATURED ON THAT SHOW!

Kate Jackson, Jaclyn Smith and Cheryl Ladd reunite for ‘Charlie’s Angels’ 50th anniversary

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Once upon a time there were three little girls who starred as private detectives answering to a never-seen boss in a show that turned into a pop culture phenomenon called “Charlie’s Angels.”

Kate Jackson, Jaclyn Smith and Cheryl Ladd reunited to mark the show’s 50th anniversary at PaleyFest LA on Monday night. They were greeted with a standing ovation and whoops and cheers from an audience at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

The hour-long crime adventure series debuted on Sept. 22, 1976, in a pre-internet and streaming world when there were just three major television networks. It was a top-10 hit for ABC in its first two of five seasons, ending in 1981.

“I knew the show was different, special and unique,” Smith told the audience. “Three women chasing danger instead of getting rescued.”

Jackson added, “We made an impact, I think.”

Farrah Fawcett-Majors became a 1970s icon with her feathered hair and sexy swimsuit poster. She left after the first season to pursue a film career. She died in 2009.

She was replaced by Ladd, who showed up on her first day wearing a Farrah Fawcett Minor T-shirt. She had turned down producer Aaron Spelling three times, knowing how beloved Fawcett had been.

“I knew that there was nobody that was going to replace Farrah, so I made a joke of myself,” Ladd said on the red carpet. “Everybody laughed. Farrah would have done something like that.”

Jackson added, “Cheryl stepped in and we didn’t miss a beat.”

Critics weren’t kind, however, calling the show “jiggle television” because the women dressed scantily to go undercover and slamming it for vapid acting.

“It didn’t bother me,” Jackson said on the red carpet. “I knew what we were doing and Gloria Steinem knew what we were doing, and some other very impressive people knew what we were doing. We were helping to punch a hole in that glass ceiling and that makes a big difference.”

Five decades later, the show remains popular in reruns and DVDs, having spawned a film series starring Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz and Lucy Liu.

“We were giving people an hour to sit back, put their feet up, forget everything and watch television,” Jackson said, “and then again just kind of subtly getting the message in there that women are just as capable, intelligent, can do anything that a man can do.”

The mostly older audience cheered and laughed as scenes from various episodes were played. Included in the highlights were Shelley Hack, who lasted one season after replacing Jackson, and the late Tanya Roberts, who appeared in the final season. Smith and the late David Doyle, who played Charlie’s go-between, were on the show’s entire run.

Smith, who is 80, and Ladd, who is 74, went on to prolific careers in made-for-TV movies and guesting on other shows. Jackson, who quit after three seasons, later starred in the CBS hit “Scarecrow and Mrs. King.”

Jackson left the business nearly 20 years ago to raise her son. Now 77, she said, “I’m ready to go back.”

The trio’s sisterhood includes all of them overcoming breast cancer, with Ladd revealing for the first time publicly Monday that she had an aggressive form of the disease. She didn’t say when it occurred.

hen Cheryl called me,” Smith said, “the first thing I did was send her my wigs.”

Smith was at Jackson’s bedside during her cancer battle. Each of them urged the audience to have regular health screenings.

In one of many lighter moments, the women were asked to name their favorite outfits.

“I wore a lot of turtlenecks,” Jackson said, drawing laughs.

Smith singled out her tiny white bikini seen in the opening credits.

Ladd recalled, “Bikinis, a lot of bikinis.”

Smith joked, “Our ratings went up.”

Jackson, Smith and Ladd will reunite again on May 14 when they are among the recipients at the Paley Honors gala in New York. Smith’s memoir titled “I Once Knew a Guy Named Charlie” comes out in September.

“I was really proud to be part of that show,” said Ladd, who always welcomed fans expressing their fondness for the Angels. “I felt so loved. You couldn’t be in a bad mood. It was always uplifting to hear it.”

EUROPE PROVED MASS MIGRATION CAUSES CRIME AND MORE CRIME!

Europe’s Slow Right Turn: Backlash Against Open Borders, Migrant Crime, and Welfare

A crowded inflatable boat carrying migrants navigates through open water, highlighting the challenges faced during their journey. — Refugees on a boat crossing the Mediterranean sea, heading from Turkish coast to the northeastern Greek island of Lesbos, 29 January 2016.

American mainstream media and Europe’s left manipulate statistics to support claims that illegal aliens and migrants do not increase crime and that they benefit the economy. The data tell a different story. Immigrants are disproportionately represented in arrests, convictions, prison populations, and on welfare rolls across EU countries.

In Germany, foreigners represent roughly 17% of the population but accounted for 41.8% of all criminal suspects in 2024 and approximately 39% of all convictions in 2023, a new high. In France, foreigners make up about 7.8% of the population by citizenship, yet account for 17% of all criminal suspects, more than twice their population share, rising to 40% of suspects for vehicle theft, 38% for burglary, and 31% for unarmed robbery.

In Italy, foreigners are approximately 8.9% of the population but are implicated in 28% of murders and attempted murders, 33% of assaults, and 41% of rapes, and make up 31% of the prison population as of mid-2022. In Spain, foreigners represent 13% to 14% of the population, account for 28% of criminal convictions, and make up 31% of the national prison population, rising to 49% in Catalonia. Belgium presents the most extreme disparity: foreigners are 13% of the population but constitute 43% of the prison population, with roughly 30% of those foreign inmates holding no valid residence permit.

The welfare data are equally stark. Of the 5.6 million people on welfare in Germany as of May 2024, 2.7 million — nearly half — were not German citizens. The unemployment rate among foreigners in Germany stood at over 16% in 2023 to 2024, roughly double the national average. EU-wide research identifies France, Belgium, Austria, the Netherlands, and the Nordic states as places where social benefits are higher for immigrants than for natives, with dependency persisting even after controlling for age, education, and work experience.

In France, 57% of Afghan signatories to integration contracts were unemployed 18 months after signing, with only half reaching an elementary level of French. In Italy, absolute poverty among foreign families is almost six times higher than among Italian-only families. According to official Italian government statistics for the 2022 to 2023 school year, 26.4% of students with foreign citizenship experienced school delays, compared with 7.9% of Italian students, and the dropout rate for students with foreign citizenship was 40.3%, nearly three times the 13.7% rate for Italian students.

Many in Europe are growing weary of open borders and unbridled migration, and a number of right-wing parties have made gains in recent elections. However, the battle for control remains contested, and the left has also notched recent victories. In France’s municipal elections that ended last Sunday, centrist and left-leaning forces held Paris, Lyon, and Marseille, where the National Rally had hoped to make inroads. In Slovenia’s parliamentary election, liberal Prime Minister Robert Golob’s Freedom Movement edged out the right-wing Slovenian Democratic Party led by former Prime Minister Janez Janša.

Italian voters rejected Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s flagship judicial reform in a constitutional referendum. The reform would have separated judges and prosecutors into distinct career tracks, a change Meloni’s party argued was crucial to reducing corruption and creating greater judicial independence. The loss weakens her ahead of the elections she must face by 2027.

The broader European picture nonetheless favors the right. Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party has been in power since 2022. France’s National Rally, led by Marine Le Pen, holds the largest share of seats in France’s parliament and advocates for strict immigration controls, French nationalism, and opposition to EU integration. Right-wing populists are now in government or supporting ruling coalitions in Belgium, Croatia, Finland, Hungary, the Netherlands, Slovakia, and Sweden. Poland’s Law and Justice party (PiS), which governed from 2015 to 2023, maintained close ties with conservative Catholic groups, sought to restrict abortion, and opposed special rights for LGBTQ people.

PiS lost power in 2023, and the current government under Donald Tusk is centrist and pro-EU, though Poland’s 2025–2030 migration strategy, introduced in 2024, is still framed around security, control, and selectivity, launched under the banner “Regain control. Ensure security.”

Though PiS lost power in 2023 to Donald Tusk’s centrist government, Poland’s 2025 to 2030 migration strategy is still framed around security, control, and selectivity. Slovakia, under Prime Minister Robert Fico, governs from a nationalist, socially conservative position aligned with Hungary’s Viktor Orbán; in 2025, the Slovak government amended its constitution to recognize only two genders and has resisted EU migrant relocation quotas.

“Another key example is Austria, where the Freedom Party, led by Herbert Kickl, secured 29.2% of the vote in September 2024 parliamentary elections, the first far-right election victory in Austria since World War II. Three centrist parties then formed a coalition government that excluded the FPÖ, following the longest government formation process in Austrian postwar history. Despite being blocked from power, the FPÖ now polls at around 36.4%, far ahead of the People’s Party at 20.8% and the Social Democrats at 18.1%.

Hungary under Viktor Orbán remains the most explicit example of a government fusing Christianity with a closed-border immigration policy. Orbán has declared that “Christianity is Europe’s last hope” and warned that Western European politicians “opened the way to the decline of Christian culture and the advance of Islam.” His government recognizes immigration as a threat to Hungary’s ethnic, cultural, and Christian identity, grants asylum to fewer than ten non-Europeans annually, has rewritten the constitution to define marriage exclusively as a union between a man and a woman, banned materials related to LGBTQ issues in schools, and built a razor-wire fence along Hungary’s southern border.

In June 2024, the European Court of Justice fined Hungary 200 million euros and imposed a daily penalty of one million euros for failing to implement EU asylum laws, describing Hungary’s conduct as “an unprecedented and exceptionally serious breach of EU law.” Hungary refused to pay, and the European Commission deducted the fine from Hungary’s EU budget allocation.

As of July 2025, €18 billion in cohesion and recovery funds remain withheld from Hungary.

Orbán’s response has been defiant. He posted publicly that the ECJ’s decision was “outrageous and unacceptable” and that “illegal migrants are more important to Brussels bureaucrats than their own European citizens.” He had previously promised in 2021 to “maintain the existing regime even if the European court ordered us to change it.” In 2023, Hungary recorded the lowest positive asylum decision ratio among all 27 EU countries, approving just 1.44% of claims.

In Germany’s most recent federal election, the center-right CDU/CSU won with 28.5% of the vote, while the anti-immigration AfD doubled its 2021 result to finish second at 20.8%, gaining 10.4 percentage points. The left-wing SPD collapsed to 16.4%, their worst federal result ever, the Greens secured 11.6%, and the FDP fell out of parliament entirely with just 4.3%. Voter turnout hit 82.5%, the highest since reunification. The AfD’s gains were strongest in the former East German states, where it won between 32.5% in Brandenburg and 38.5% in Thuringia. Despite finishing second nationally, the AfD remains locked out of government, as CDU leader Friedrich Merz and all mainstream parties have refused to govern with them.

Lorenzo Caccialupi, a right-leaning nationalist and outspoken Christian who became a popular content creator documenting migrant crime after appearing in a Charlie Kirk video, recently interviewed Alexander Sell, an AfD Member of the European Parliament from Germany. Sell called the result a historic shift. “This was a very important, historic day,” he said. “We have realized a right-wing majority with all of the right-wing parties from all over Europe and the Christian Democrats in the center, and this makes it possible to better return illegal migrants from Europe. That’s our mission.”

Sell added that the upcoming elections in Germany could further strengthen this movement, saying it was approaching 40 percent support. The two closed out the interview by pledging to “Make Italy Great Again” and “Make Germany great Again.”

Unfortunately, in Europe’s multi-party parliamentary systems, winning votes and holding power are two different things. The AfD finished second in Germany with 20.8% of the vote, but remains completely locked out of government because all mainstream parties have agreed never to form a coalition with it. The likely outcome is a CDU-SPD grand coalition that excludes the AfD entirely, meaning roughly one in five German voters elected a party with zero cabinet seats and zero ability to pass legislation.

BILLIONAIRES ALL MOVING TO MIAMI???

4 of the world’s 5 richest people now have waterfront estates in the Miami area

What do four of the world’s five richest people have in common?

They all have megamillion waterfront estates in Miami and Miami Beach — including a $170 million property for Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg that recently broke a record as the county’s most expensive home sale ever.

Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Zuckerberg are the second-, third-, fourth- and fifth-wealthiest people in the world, respectively, according Forbes’ 2026 billionaire list, published this month.

All are recent transplants to the area, buying impressive waterfront homes within the last three years. All four seem to have prioritized privacy in their real estate buys, opting for gated communities like Indian Creek and Allison Island, both just off Miami Beach, or secluded parts of Coconut Grove.

Three of them — Page, Brin and Zuckerberg — have scooped up properties in the last few months alone. Bezos, who spent his teenage years in Miami, moved to the exclusive island community of Indian Creek in 2023. Together, the four men have an estimated net worth of around $940 billion.

The only billionaire in Forbes’ top five not buying Miami real estate seems to be Tesla’s CEO and the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, who lives in Texas and has a net worth of $839 billion.

Some have speculated that the surge of interest in Miami from ultra-wealthy buyers has been driven by a recent wealth tax proposal in California.

Most billionaires have numerous homes, and few spend the whole year in one place. But billionaires hoping to take advantage of Florida’s low taxes have to live in the state for more than half of the year to establish residency.

Larry Page

Page created the search engine Google with Brin in 1998. He has served as the CEO of Google and of its parent company Alphabet Inc., and his net worth of $257 billion makes him the second-richest person in the world on this year’s Forbes list.

Page has reportedly spent around $188 million amassing a waterfront property in Coconut Grove in recent months. His purchases included Banyan Ridge, a 4.5-acre compound he picked up for $101.5 million, plus nearby $15 million and $71.9 million homes, the Real Deal Reported.

He was one of the first in a recent wave of Silicon Valley tech billionaires to make big real estate purchases in South Florida, kicking off speculation that the wealth tax proposal was sending billionaires fleeing to Florida. Page began assembling his compound in the Grove late last year.

Sergey Brin

Brin, Page’s Google co-founder, is the third-richest person in the world, with a net worth of $237 billion. He also made a major purchase in South Florida around the same time as Page. The tech billionaire reportedly purchased a home on a double lot on Allison Island for $51 million.

Allison Island is located within the city limits of Miami Beach, near La Gorce Island. Although the gated island was clearly up to the standards of the world’s third-richest man, it hasn’t always been the buzziest Miami Beach community.

ISLAMIZATION HAS STARTED IN SOUTH FLORIDA!!! WHAT HAPPENED TO FREEDOM OF RELIGION INSTEAD OF FORCED RELIGION???

Civilizational Jihad in South Florida: Mayors in Hijabs, Cops at Mosques — Brotherhood Networks Capture 14 Cities During Ramadan 2026

Southern Florida is quietly falling to the Muslim Brotherhood’s insidious civilizational jihad, as local leaders—from mayors donning Islamic garb to police and FBI officials—roll out the red carpet for Brotherhood-tied groups at Ramadan 2026 iftars across 14 cities, betraying the state’s anti-terror stance and legitimizing networks bent on subverting American institutions through smiling infiltration and “diversity” rhetoric.

Southern Florida is under quiet but relentless assault, not by overt violence, but by the Muslim Brotherhood’s insidious external infiltration strategy: polished “radicals with a smile” courting mayors, police chiefs, school boards, and commissioners at Ramadan iftars and open houses, all while building alliances that embed Islamic influence in American institutions.

Mayors strutting in full Islamic garb to personally host these events, police departments posting excited videos and sending official greetings from mosques, commissioners and candidates joining “interfaith” dinners sponsored by Emgage Florida, ICNA Relief, and the South Florida Muslim Federation, these are not innocent gestures of tolerance or inclusion.

They are textbook civilizational jihad in action: the Muslim Brotherhood’s explicit, documented plan (from their 1991 Explanatory Memorandum) to infiltrate and subvert American institutions through influence, coalitions, and gradual capture, one smiling photo-op, one police greeting, one city-proclaimed banner at a time.

In a state that prides itself on resisting radical threats, local leaders in Broward, Miami-Dade, and beyond are doing the exact opposite: rolling out the red carpet for Brotherhood-tied groups during Ramadan 2026, legitimizing networks that seek to undermine constitutional order through “community advocacy” and “diversity” rhetoric.

This is the external front of Islam’s two-front conquest strategy, using America’s openness against itself to force submission, one compromised institution at a time.

Another red state falling, betrayed by those sworn to protect it.

Over the past month, over 14 cities in Southern Florida, Islamic organizations, centers, and mosques have been influencing your government, schools, and police departments. The South Florida Muslim Federation has been promoting these open house events on its website across Southern Florida.

14 Invaded Cities Across Southern Florida

1. Miramar Cultural Center

Mayor Wayne Messam, dressed in full Islamic garb, hosted the Annual Ramadan Iftar Dinner at the Miramar Cultural Center. Local PD was also in attendance. The entire event was centered around him, with his name and image displayed everywhere. Attendees could even pose for photos in front of a banner showcasing that he was hosting the gathering.

2. Islamic Center of Greater Miami (ICGM)

This event didn’t draw any notable political leaders from the area, but it did draw one man, who claimed to work with the University of Miami with Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Faith leaders.

3. Coral Springs Center for the Arts

The Coral Springs Iftar event was hosted by Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer Bowen on February 26th, 2026. The Vice Mayor personally invited everyone on her official Instagram page. It was sponsored and hosted by Emgage FL and Helping Hands for Relief and Development. Nearly 100 attendees gathered, including Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer Bowen, Commissioners Shawn Cerra and Anthony Caggiano, and community candidates Oliver Larkin and Jeff Adelman.

4. Lauderhill– Inverrary Community Center

The Lauderhill iftar event on February 26, 2026, was the Special Ramadan Iftar Dinner hosted by the City of Lauderhill, presented by Commissioner S. “Ray” Martin. The city of Lauderhill posted the event on its official government website.

The City of Lauderhill hosted an Iftar dinner organized by Commissioner Ray Martin. Attendees included Mayor Denise D. Grant, Commissioner Melissa P. Dunn, and City Manager Kennie Hobbs, Jr. Other guests included Abdul Rauf Khan, CEO of ICNA Relief USA; Mian Tahir Ismail, President of the Islamic Center of Greater Miami; ICNA Social Justice Directors Ahsan Asad and Muhammad Irshad; Corey Shearer, President of the Democratic Black Caucus of Broward and Emgage Associate; and Rafeeq ul Haque, Director of the Bangladeshi Friends Circle. Mugahed Alameri was the Event coordinator.

Commissioner Melissa P. Dunn was in attendance. She posted a picture on her official Instagram page of her attending the event. Behind her shows a banner for ICNA Relief, a Muslim Brotherhood-linked organization.

5. Islamic Center of Broward (ICBR)

The Islamic Center of Broward (ICBR) hosted Ramadan open house/iftar events on February 26, 2026, and March 4, 2026, both starting at 5:00 PM.

The Islamic Center of Broward (ICB) welcomed community leaders and esteemed guests to its Open House Iftar Dinner, including City of Sunrise Assistant Deputy Mayor Latoya Clarke, Life Point Church Pastor Robbie, Imam Masjid Jamaat Al’Mu-mineen Margate Mufti Izhar Khan, Imam Islamic Center of Broward Mufti Ameer uddin, ICB President Dr. Asghar Chaudhry, Director Imran Bashir, Shakeel Ahmad, renowned Florida Defense Attorney Omer Saleh, Attorney Alfredo.

6. Islamic Center of South Florida (ICOSF)

The Islamic Center of South Florida (ICOSF) hosted a Ramadan open house/iftar event on February 27, 2026, at 6:00 PM.

The Broward County police department had members in attendance. One Muslim police officer offered greetings on behalf of Broward County Sheriff Gregory Tony, who couldn’t attend due to a scheduling conflict.

7. Coconut Creek Community Center

The Coconut Creek iftar event on March 4, 2026, was a Ramadan open house/iftar listed in the South Florida Muslim Federation’s (SoFlo Muslims) regional series.

Local PD and prominent Muslim members were in attendance, including Mian Tahir Ismail, Muhammad Irshad, Abdul Rauf Khan, Asif Malik, Moiz Uddin, and Muhammad Farooqui.

8. Cooper City Community Center

On March 7, 2026, Emgage Florida participated in another Iftar gathering in Cooper City, Florida, alongside the UMC Free Clinic, South Florida Muslim Federation, Islamic Center of Greater Miami, Islamic Relief USA, ICNA Social Justice, Friends of Humanity, and the Jafferia Center.

Cooper City Mayor James Curran was there to welcome residents to the Annual Ramadan Iftar dinner. The event brought together City Commissioner Lisa Mallozzi, city officials, BSO representatives, and community leaders. Key attendees included Tahir Ismail, President of the Islamic Center of Greater Miami; Vice President Dr. Zafar Qureshi; Muhammad Irshad, Director of ICNA Social Justice; Riaz Merchant and Adam Abutaa of Emgage Florida; Samir Kakli of the South Florida Muslim Federation; Younus Ismail of Humanity International; Jameel Rizvi, Director of the Jaffria Center; and event coordinator Naima Khan.

9. Islamic Foundation of South Florida (IFSF)

On March 12, 2026, the Islamic Foundation of South Florida hosted an “Interfaith” Iftar in Sunrise, Florida, in coordination with Emgage Florida.

In attendance were Sunrise Mayor Michael Ryan, Sunrise Chief of Police Daniel Ransone, members of the Broward County School Board, representatives from the Broward County State Attorney’s Office, the Broward County Sheriff’s Office, congressional candidates, Commissioner Easton Harrison of Lauderdale Lakes, and countless community leaders who continue to uplift and strengthen our community.

10. Masjid Al-Ansar

The Masjid Al-Ansar iftar event on March 12, 2026, at 6:00 PM was a Ramadan open house/iftar hosted at the mosque as part of the South Florida Muslim Federation’s (SoFlo Muslims) regional series. It was co-hosted by Emgage Florida.

Lavern Deer, Candidate for City of Miami Gardens, District 2, dressed up in full Islamic garb, including a hijab. She posted on her official Instagram page that it was her first time visiting a mosque and felt that it was such a very special event.

Miami Dade County’s Mayor Daniella Levine Cava joined the community at the Annual Community Iftar Dinner at Masjid Al-Ansar, along with Emgage Organizing Associate Corey Shearer.

11. Islamic Center of Greater Miami in Miami Gardens

The Miami Gardens iftar event during Ramadan 2026 was the Ramadan Open House Iftar at the Islamic Center of Greater Miami (ICGM), also known as Masjid Miami Gardens. Chief Delma K. Noel-Pratt and Assistant Chief Hughes attended the Annual Ramadan Open House at the Islamic Center of Greater Miami in Miami Gardens.

The Miami Gardens Police Department was so excited to attend this event that they made a clip of their experience and posted it to the Police Department’s official Instagram and Twitter pages.

12. Islamic Center of Greater Miami (ICGM)

On February 25, 2026, the Islamic Center of Greater Miami hosted its Iftar event. This one is especially notable for its attendee list, which included the mayor, FBI agents, and the local police department.

Miami Mayor Daniella Levine Cava attended the Islamic Center of Greater Miami’s Ramadan Open House, joined by county dignitaries, interfaith leaders representing diverse faiths, the FBI Miami Division team, and representatives from the Miami-Dade County Police Department and the Miami Gardens Police Department. Also in attendance was Samir Kakli, an executive with the South Florida Muslim Federation.

FBI Special Agent in Charge of the Miami Division, Brett Skyles, addressed attendees and spoke about issues related to safety, security, and prevention.

The FBI Miami branch posted on their Facebook page that FBI Outreach Specialist Green and Special Agent in Charge Skiles attended this event.

Days before, SAC Skiles was at Mar-a-Lago investigating an officer-involved shooting.

Miami Mayor Daniella Levine Cava shared a personal message about her attendance on her official Facebook Page, where she posted pictures of herself speaking at the event and wearing a scarf to cover her hair.

Mayor Cava said, “Ramadan reminds us of our shared humanity. It offers a message of unity, of humility, and of forgiveness. It is a roadmap for bringing people together and healing divided communities.”

13. Lauderdale Lakes-Hazelle P. Rogers Multi-Purpose Center

On February 20, 2026, Commissioner Easton K. Harrison co-hosted an Iftar dinner at the Hazelle P. Rogers Multi-Purpose Center.

Commissioner Easton K. Harrison of Lauderdale Lakes hosted an iftar dinner which included guests like Florida State Legislature Lisa Dunkley, Former Broward County Mayor Dale V. C. Holness, Broward County Commissioner Hazelle P. Rogers, Lauderdale Lakes Mayor Veronica Edwards Phillips, Margate Vice Mayor Anthony N. Caggiano, Islamic Center of Greater Miami President Mian Tahir Ismail, ICNA Relief USA CEO Abdul Rauf Khan, Former South Florida Muslim Federation President Samir Kakli, Emgage Organize Associate Corey Shearer.

More pictures of the event can be found here, provided by the City of Lauderdale Lakes.

14. Islamic School of Miami

Miami-Dade County Mayor Danielle Levine Cava hosted the Islamic School of Miami’s Iftar event on March 10, 2026.

On March 11th, the FBI Miami page posted that they attended the Islamic School with Assistant Special Agent in Charge Flec and Community Outreach Specialist Green.

Broward County Police and Their Ties to CAIR

The majority of these Iftar events took place in Broward County, where virtually every mosque, Islamic organization, and foundation appears to maintain close ties with the local police department. This comes as no surprise if you look at Broward County’s Deputy Sheriff Nezar Hamze.

Hamze has served as a Deputy Sheriff since September 2010, holding the position for over 14 years. During this time, he also served as Executive of Operations for CAIR Florida from 2010 to 2018. According to his LinkedIn profile, in his role at CAIR Florida, he was responsible for providing strategic leadership to drive growth and manage day-to-day operations, while overseeing staff across the state.

He supported the Board in strategic planning, developed and executed annual operational plans with milestones to meet organizational goals, and managed finances to maintain a healthy budget. He also met with local elected officials to advocate on issues affecting the Muslim community and collaborated with civil rights organizations on shared initiatives.

If Hamze was working at CAIR and meeting with elected officials to advocate for CAIR’s agenda while maintaining his role as a Deputy Sheriff, it is reasonable to assume he may have used his position as Sheriff to encourage the PD to attend Muslim-related events within his jurisdiction.

CAIR is an unindicted co-conspirator of the Holyland Foundation Trial, where organizations were caught funneling money to Hamas, a designated terrorist organization. CAIR’s leader, Nihad Awad, was caught on an FBI wiretap in 1993 supporting Hamas.

The Red Carpet Must Be Rolled Up

Southern Florida’s leaders — from mayors in hijabs and full Islamic garb, to police departments posting celebratory videos from mosques, to commissioners and even FBI representatives attending Brotherhood-linked iftars — are not merely practicing inclusion. They are actively participating in the Muslim Brotherhood’s documented strategy of gradual institutional infiltration and subversion, as outlined in their 1991 Explanatory Memorandum: a “civilizational jihad” to embed influence “one smiling photo-op at a time.”

Over 14 cities in just one month during Ramadan 2026 have hosted or endorsed events tied to organizations like the South Florida Muslim Federation, Emgage Florida, ICNA Relief, and others with established connections to the Brotherhood network. These are not isolated acts of goodwill; they are coordinated efforts to build alliances, gain legitimacy, and erode resistance from within.

In a red state that has prided itself on vigilance against radical threats, this betrayal by elected officials and law enforcement is particularly alarming. Florida took bold steps in late 2025 when Governor DeSantis designated the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR as foreign terrorist organizations via executive order—directing state agencies to cut ties—yet local leaders in Southern Florida continue to roll out the red carpet, defying state-level vigilance even amid ongoing legal challenges to the order.”

The external front of Islam’s two-front conquest is advancing not through force, but through flattery, interfaith rhetoric, and “diversity” initiatives. If unchecked, Southern Florida — and America — risks another red state falling, not to overt violence, but to insidious capture.

It is time for citizens, oversight bodies, and remaining principled leaders to demand accountability:

Investigate these ties and influence operations.
Cease official participation in events sponsored by Brotherhood-affiliated groups.
Reaffirm that true tolerance does not mean surrendering institutions to those who seek to subvert them.

The smiling faces at these iftars mask a long-term plan. Wake up before the photo-ops become the new normal — and the Constitution becomes optional.

STATES WITH THE HIGHEST AND LOWEST INCOME TAX OVERALL RATES!

Taxes never feel so burdensome as during tax season, which runs for another month in 2026.

And if you happen to live in Oregon, you may be feeling that burden more than most.

Oregon has the highest effective tax rate of any state, according to a report from the personal finance site FinanceBuzz, which uses median income and state and federal tax rates to measure the total average tax rate in all 50 states.

day smyour inbox each morning.

The lowest overall tax rate is in Florida, FinanceBuzz found, followed by Nevada: two states with no income tax.

The report illustrates how tax rates and incomes interact. States with the highest effective tax rates tend to have higher tax rates and larger median incomes. States with the lowest tax rates generally have no income tax and lower incomes.

map visualization

An “effective” tax rate is the percentage of annual income that you pay as tax: total tax divided by income.

Oregon, Massachusetts have the highest overall tax rates

Oregonians have a relatively high median income, $65,249 for individual taxpayers. Based on that income, and relatively high state taxes, the typical Oregonian faces a total tax burden of $15,925, or 24.4% of their income, the report found.

The February report looks at tax rates in every state for 2025, estimating what the typical individual and married couple will owe in taxes with the returns they file in 2026.

For simplicity’s sake, we’ll focus mostly on individual tax rates.

Massachusetts has the second-highest individual tax burden: $18,538 in total tax, or 23.5% of the median individual income in that state, $78,811.

“Massachusetts has one of the, if not the highest median incomes of any state in the country, which puts them into the highest tax bracket,” said Josh Koebert, data scientist and researcher at FinanceBuzz.

“Oregon, on the other hand, is at the top because they just have remarkably higher state taxes than anyone else,” he said.

Oregon’s effective state tax rate is 7.9% for an individual filer with a median income, the report found. That’s nearly three percentage points higher than the next-highest effective state tax rate, 5.1%, for Hawaii.

Florida, Nevada have the lowest tax rates

Florida has the lowest individual tax rate. With a median income of $54,375 and no state taxes, the typical Floridian will pay $8,557 in tax, or 15.7% of their income.

The second-lowest tax burden falls on Nevada. That state, too, has no income tax, but the median income is a bit higher than Florida’s at $54,796.

For married couples, oddly enough, the lowest overall tax rate is not in Florida or Nevada, but in Tennessee. The median income for married couples is $105,402 in that state. With no state income tax, the total average tax burden for married couples there is 15.7%.

President Donald Trump campaigned on tax cuts. In response, a round of “tax competition” has broken out in the states, especially among those led by Republicans, according to the nonpartisan Tax Foundation.

Eight states lowered their income tax rates in 2026, the Tax Foundation reports. Ohio introduced a flat tax, joining 14 other flat-tax states, another trend.

“A lot of states are going to flat taxes to try to simplify things,” Koebert said. “They’re making it easier for everyone to understand what they owe on their state taxes.”

The FinanceBuzz analysis uses median income data from the U.S. Census and determines state-level tax rates based on state and federal tax codes for 2025.

These states have the highest overall tax rates

Here are the 10 states with the highest effective individual tax rates:

Oregon: With a median income of $65,249 and an effective state tax rate of 7.9%, Oregon has a total effective tax rate of 24.4%
Massachusetts: Median income of $78,811. Effective state tax rate of 4.7%. Total effective tax rate of 23.5%.
Maryland: Median income of $74,296. Effective state tax rate of 4.3%. Total effective tax rate of 22.4%.
New York: Median income of $70,122. State tax rate of 4.6%. Total tax rate of 22.1%.
New Jersey: Median income of $73,606. State tax rate of 3.4%. Total tax rate of 21.5%.
Minnesota: Median income of $66,826. State tax rate of 4.6%. Total tax rate of 21.4%.
Virginia: Median income of $67,034. State tax rate of 4.5%. Total tax rate of 21.4%.
Illinois: Median income of $65,318. State tax rate of 4.7%. Total tax rate of 21.3%.
Hawaii: Median income of $60,531. State tax rate of 5.1%. Total tax rate of 21.2%.
Colorado: Median income of $71,700. State tax rate of 3.4%. Total tax rate of 21.16%.

. . . And these states have the lowest tax rates

And here are the 10 states with the lowest effective individual tax rates:

Florida: Median income of $54,375. No state income tax. Total tax rate of 15.7%
Nevada: Median income of $54,796. No state tax. Total tax rate of 15.77%
Tennessee: Median income of $55,245. No state tax. Total tax rate of 15.8%
South Dakota: Median income of $55,597. No state tax. Total tax rate of 15.82%.
Wyoming: Median income of $56,994. No state tax. Total tax rate of 15.9%.
Texas: Median income of $58,229. No state tax. Total tax rate of 16%.
North Dakota: Median income of $60,086. No state tax. Total tax rate of 16.1%.
Alaska: Median income of $66,828. No state tax. Total tax rate of 16.9%.
New Hampshire: Median income of $69,187. No state tax. Total tax rate of 17.3%.
Louisiana: Median income of $52,496. State tax rate of 2.3%. Total tax rate of 17.9%.

HOW MANY BILLIONAIRES ARE THERE IS THE USA?

How Many Billionaires Are in the U.S.? More Than Any Other Nation

Exactly how many billionaires are in the U.S. today? According to the Forbes annual list, 813 billionaires call the United States home as of 2024. That makes the U.S. the country with the most billionaires by a wide margin. Together, they hold a combined wealth of 5.7 trillion dollars.

The number of billionaires continues to increase, with fortunes fueled by booming tech stocks, booming asset markets and massive share ownership.

The U.S. economy produces more self-made billionaires than any other country, and they dominate industries from artificial intelligence to space travel.

Contents

Who Tops the U.S. Billionaire Rankings?

The richest person in America is Elon Musk, with an estimated net worth near $195 billion, thanks to his roles at Tesla and SpaceX.

He has traded the No. 1 spot with Jeff Bezos, the Amazon founder, over the past few years. Close behind is Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder of Facebook, now Meta.

The Forbes list shows that America’s richest men often come from tech or hold large shares in public companies. But legacy industries like oil, retail and real estate still contribute to high net worth totals.

Which States Have the Most (and Least) Billionaires?

California, New York, Texas and Florida host the most billionaires, representing huge hubs of business and finance. Cities like San Francisco, New York City and Miami account for a large share of the total wealth in the country.

But not every U.S. state has billionaires. As of the latest report, West Virginia, Delaware and Alaska have zero billionaires. These states lack the business density and venture capital ecosystem that fuel massive fortunes.

What Makes Someone a Billionaire?

Being a billionaire means having a net worth — assets minus debt — of at least $1 billion. Assets can include stocks, real estate, companies, art and more.

Most billionaires have significant equity in private or public companies, sometimes shared among family members or held through a family office.

Net worth fluctuates with market conditions. A drop in share price or increase in debt can knock someone off the list. Conversely, one big IPO can launch a founder into the billionaire club overnight.

Self-made vs. Inherited Wealth

Forbes ranks billionaires not just by wealth, but also by how they got there. Many are self-made, meaning they started their companies or investments from scratch. Think of Bill Gates, who co-founded Microsoft, or Oprah Winfrey, who built a media empire.

Others inherited money and expanded on family fortunes. This includes heirs to retail giants, oil empires or conglomerates. The Forbes list often marks these as “inherited” or “inherited and growing.”

Billionaires by Gender and Age

Men still dominate the global billionaire club, but women are gaining ground. There are now over 300 women on the world’s billionaires list, many representing family businesses or their own ventures. Some of the youngest billionaires include tech founders and crypto entrepreneurs.

The first person to become a billionaire at a young age in recent years? That might be Kylie Jenner, depending on how you count assets (she was initially hailed as the youngest self-made billionaire at 21, but Forbes later determined her net worth was just under $1 billion).

Age and access continue to shape who appears on the list.

Global Billionaire Trends

There are more than 2,700 billionaires globally, according to Forbes. After the U.S., China, India, Germany and Russia have the most. Countries like Mexico and Brazil are also home to billionaires, though fewer in number.

Billionaires around the world face unique economic pressures. Some, especially in Russia, have seen fortunes shrink due to sanctions. In contrast, Indian billionaires have seen rapid increases tied to tech and infrastructure.

Why Forbes Matters

The Forbes annual list has become the go-to report for tracking the richest people in the world. It ranks by estimated net worth, but also includes details on industry, company roles (like director or co-founder) and country of residence.

The team reviews public filings, private accounts and interviews to estimate wealth.

Though it’s an estimate, the list holds major sway. Billionaires continue to appear on it year after year, knowing how hard it is to climb onto the list — and how much harder it is to stay there.