via twitchy: Now, let’s take a look at Legend’s numbers, shall we? In his first tweet, he’s linking to the CDC’s stats on “Firearms Mortality” which shows Wyoming (death rate of 25.9/100,000) is more dangerous than Illinois (death rate of 14.1/100,000.) But if you look at the CDC’s stats on “Homicide Mortality by State,” you find … Read more
Democrats are growing increasingly concerned that a spike in ObamaCare premiums could hit this fall right before the midterm elections. The party is already facing major headwinds from inflation and President Biden’s lagging approval ratings, and a health care premium spike would add a major blow. The American Rescue Plan signed by President Biden last … Read more
by ThinkValue2021 As interest rates go up and the Federal Reserve prepares to unload the lowest quality securities starting in June, one may start looking at a recession as a more likely scenario. Realistically, the above paragraph may look quite optimistic depending on when you read it. The goal of this essay is to evaluate what … Read more
D.C. JURY NULLIFICATION? Durham’s flop: Jury acquits Hillary lawyer in Russiagate. This probably puts a spike through any further efforts by John Durham to probe the depth of the Alfa Bank dirty trick, let alone the origins of the larger Russia-collusion obsession. A jury acquitted Durham’s first criminal trial target of lying to the FBI about his connections … Read more
The Office of Government Ethics quietly dropped Fed Chair Jay Powell’s annual financial disclosure for his 2021 transactions over the long holiday weekend. Surely, that wasn’t intentional. Surely, Wall Street-owned corporate media will cover it. If you couldn’t tell, we’re being sarcastic. You can review the disclosure yourself here: https://extapps2.oge.gov/201/Presiden.nsf/PAS+Index/C449CA3633F7780285258850002EC7B0/$FILE/Jerome-H-Powell-2022-278.pdf But we’ll give you the quick … Read more
via mishtalk: PCE from BEA, CPI from the BLS, chart by Mish PCE vs CPI PCE stands for Personal Consumption Expenditures. Those numbers come from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) CPI stands for Consumer Price Index. Those numbers come from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) The key difference is the PCE includes prices paid … Read more
There’s talk of razing Robb Elementary School and rebuilding it. Here’s what happened after other school massacres “Gutierrez said there is a federal grant process for schools to be razed after a mass shooting. And that fact alone is depressing. “What kind of world are we living in that legislation was created for razing these … Read more
by rightlibcapitalist https://www.stocktendie.com/post/stocks-politicians-buy According to a comprehensive assessment of the reports, lawmakers have so far disclosed over 45,000 stock trades worth more than $2.2 billion in volume. Nearly 4,000 different companies have been traded by US politicians through these transactions. More than 40% of members in Congress, or more than 220 representatives and senators, own … Read more
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre says proposals that deal with "hardening schools…is not something that" President Biden "believes in" b/c "the problem is with guns" in America. pic.twitter.com/l19Mo0Yw3h — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) May 31, 2022
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