Michael Smith

Tulsa

Tulsa World movie critic and feature writer

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Articles

Prison King’s $304 Million Wealth Powered by Trump Deportations

5 days ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Dylan Sloan |Michael Smith |Michaël Smith

Not far from Ellis Island, “Golden Door” for 12 million immigrants, things are looking up for a growth opportunity in today’s America: deportation. Just west of the historic landmark in New York Harbor, the nation’s largest for-profit prison company, GEO Group Inc., is reopening a controversial outpost.
Trump’s Migrant Crackdown Adds to Miami’s Real Estate Woes

6 days ago | insurancejournal.com | Augusta Saraiva |Michael Smith |Michaël Smith |Anna J Kaiser

President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown is making it harder for foreigners to buy and rent homes, threatening a key pillar of Miami’s half-decade-long economic boom. Miami, like much of the US, had already been seeing a real estate slowdown driven by higher mortgage rates and record prices.
Like cars, rockets evolve: Navy’s ramjet test proves game-changing potential

1 week ago | dvidshub.net | Michael Smith |Michaël Smith

7 Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division successfully air-launched a Solid Fuel Integral Rocket Ramjet (SFIRR) from an unmanned vehicle for the first time, one step toward modernizing missile technology. The test also integrated the use of a fire control system on a BQM-34 unmanned target vehicle for live firing, demonstrating advancements in high-speed, long-range weapon capabilities.
The Trump counterrevolution and the moral ledger

1 week ago | artesianews.com | Michael Smith |Michaël Smith

Victor Davis HansonDespite the media hysteria, President Donald Trump’s counterrevolution remains on course. Its ultimate fate will probably rest with the state of the economy by the November 2026 midterm elections. But its success also hinges on accomplishing what is right and long overdue — and then making such reforms quietly, compassionately, and methodically.
Deutsche Wirtschaft kommt nicht in Schwung

1 week ago | wll.news | Michael Smith |Michaël Smith

Das Bruttoinlandsprodukt (BIP) ist laut Statistischem Bundesamt im 1. Quartal gegenüber dem 4. Quartal 2024 – preis-, saison- und kalenderbereinigt – um 0,2 Prozent gestiegen, nachdem es zum Jahresende 2024 zurückgegangen war. Sowohl die privaten Konsumausgaben als auch die Investitionen seien höher als im Vorquartal, heißt es aus Wiesbaden. „Die deutsche Wirtschaft ist gut in das neue Jahr gestartet.
Siewert & Kau Computertechnik setzt auf Sanierung

1 week ago | wll.news | Michael Smith |Michaël Smith

Das Amtsgericht Köln hat daraufhin am 5. Mai die sanierungserfahrene Rechtsanwältin Marion Rodine, Partnerin in der Kanzlei Runkel Rechtsanwälte, als vorläufige Insolvenzverwalterin bestellt und einen vorläufigen Gläubigerausschuss eingesetzt. Die vorläufige Insolvenzverwalterin ist seit Montag mit ihrem Team vor Ort, um den Geschäftsbetrieb so schnell wie möglich zu stabilisieren. „Wichtigste Aufgabe ist es, die Finanzierung für die kommenden Monate sicherzustellen.
Trump’s Migrant Crackdown Is Adding to Miami’s Real Estate Woes

1 week ago | finance.yahoo.com | Augusta Saraiva |Michael Smith |Michaël Smith |Anna J Kaiser

(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown is making it harder for foreigners to buy and rent homes, threatening a key pillar of Miami’s half-decade-long economic boom. Most Read from Bloomberg Miami, like much of the US, had already been seeing a real estate slowdown driven by higher mortgage rates and record prices.
Kyocera und Optimal Systems beschließen strategische Zusammenarbeit

1 week ago | wll.news | Michael Smith |Michaël Smith

Die Vereinbarung markiert den Beginn einer intensiveren Zusammenarbeit auf Basis der hoch skalierbaren Technologieplattform „yuuvis Momentum“. Über das bundesweite Händlernetz von Kyocera sollen sowohl standardisierte als auch kundenspezifische Lösungen angeboten werden. Die Partnerschaft konzentriert sich auf die Entwicklung moderner cloudbasierter Lösungen.
Take out Iran's nuclear facilities now

1 week ago | artesianews.com | Michael Smith |Michaël Smith

Cal ThomasBefore basketball’s 24-second rule, there was a tactic called freezing the ball. The team that was ahead would attempt to run out the clock by holding onto the ball as long as it could to deny the opposing team an opportunity to score. That looks like what Iran is again doing – “freezing” negotiations while finishing the final stages of nuclear enrichment on the way to building a deliverable nuclear weapon. It is important for the U.S. to take Iranian leaders at their word.
What is Democratic legality?

2 weeks ago | artesianews.com | Michael Smith |Michaël Smith

Victor Davis HansonSince 2021, the Left has waged a veritable war against the American legal system in a variety of ways. One serial target of Democrats and the Left has been the Supreme Court. In 2020, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., spoke to an angry throng of pro-abortion protestors assembled at the very doors of the court chambers. He threatened two of the justices, Kavanaugh and Gorsuch, by name.