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    Zillow traps buyers into overpriced mortgages, and it’s costing Americans $65 billion annually

    Americans who bought homes since 2022 now collectively pay an estimated $65 billion annually in avoidable mortgage costs. That figure, published in new Bankrate research based on 3.2 million mortgage originations tracked in federal housing data…

    Originally published inWashington Examiner

    Patrick M. Brenner  |  July 8, 2026

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    Global carbon accounting lets unelected foreign-led NGOs pick winners and losers

    Americans are increasingly being governed by rules they never voted for, written by people they will never elect, and enforced through systems they cannot challenge. Foreign-led institutions are effectively controlling U.S. domestic environmental policy. Behind the…

    Originally published inWashington Examiner

    Patrick M. Brenner  |  May 14, 2026

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