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Originally from San Francisco, the 18-year-old spent most of her childhood there and attended high school there. Additionally, she has been accepted to Stanford University. Her mother Yan is reportedly a first-generation Chinese immigrant, while her father is reputedly American, but he has never been named publicly. For most of her freestyle skiing career, Gu … Read more

“We’re just seeing mountains and mountains of fraud in this area,” said Ryan Korner, special agent in charge of the Los Angeles field office at the IRS’s criminal investigation division. The division is tasked with probing tax crimes and related financial crimes.  Celebrities aren’t immune to the IRS’s criminal probes, Korner said late Tuesday at … Read more

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She’s the queen of Twitter — but less successful at lawmaking. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was among the least effective members of the last Congress according to a new survey from the nonpartisan Center for Effective Lawmaking — a joint project of Vanderbilt University and the University of Virginia. AOC introduced a total of 21 bills … Read more

https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/01/journalists-used-to-correct-their-mistakes/ David Harsanyi, writing for National Review, accuses journalists Nina Totenberg and Jane Mayer of playing fast and loose with the facts in an ideologically motivated effort to discredit a conservative Surpreme Court. Harsanyi compares their misguided efforts to Walter Cronkite’s exaggeration of the number of back-alley abortion deaths in 1965, a false number that … Read more

via Reddit: Nothing makes sense. Nobody has any explanation. Everyone is guessing. Everyone is pretending to know wth they’re talking about. P/E this P/E that pffftt yeah right. Buffet this Buffet that get outa here with that bs. When are we going to stop lying to ourselves and admit we’re gambling on some level or … Read more

LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson was braced for the conclusions of an investigation into allegations of lockdown-breaching parties, a document that could help him end weeks of scandal and discontent, or bring his time in office to an abrupt close. Senior civil servant Sue Gray could turn in her report to the government … Read more

U.S. trade deficit in goods top $1 trillion in 2021 for first time ever The numbers: The U.S. trade deficit in goods topped $1 trillion in 2021 for the first time ever, as an economic recovery enabled Americans to snap up a record amount of imports such as toys, cell phones and appliances. For all of … Read more

By the end of last year, the value of Hasten Carter’s cryptocurrency holdings had climbed to about $250,000. He moved to a nicer apartment, bought a new truck, and started thinking about pursuing his dream of a full-time career in game development. But over the past two months, the value of cryptocurrencies has plummeted, taking … Read more

Labor tightness still evident in ⁦@Conferenceboard⁩ Consumer Confidence Index … 'Jobs Plentiful' component remains near its highest level on record pic.twitter.com/bzkTWUnLee — Liz Ann Sonders (@LizAnnSonders) January 26, 2022

This is the reason that many analysts think the Fed will ignore recent stock-market turbulence: Credit markets have remained very well behaved. There isn't any sign of panic or fundamental distress. https://t.co/1D5ljWanDe — Lisa Abramowicz (@lisaabramowicz1) January 26, 2022

NYC IS BACK! pic.twitter.com/PRtzxXVKrz — Kenny Lay (Parody) (@EnronChairman) January 26, 2022 https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1486190902636736512

https://twitter.com/Ben__Rickert/status/1486166646301786112 Breakdown of CPI #inflation component increases from ⁦@pewresearch⁩ shows that gas prices have risen most … used cars and rentals right behind with solid double-digit gains⁦@BLS_gov⁩ pic.twitter.com/hr2pzna6yg — Liz Ann Sonders (@LizAnnSonders) January 26, 2022 This is going to impact the consumer spending pic.twitter.com/8542MjyheB — Alessio (@AlessioTMAD) January 26, 2022 Inflation Explodes to Record-Breaking … Read more

call delta : put delta is nearing the put-heavy extremes from Dec '18 and Mar '20. pic.twitter.com/Tkv1WUN5qx — SpotGamma (@spotgamma) January 26, 2022 Only 5% of Tech stocks are trading above their 50d moving average, the lowest since beginning of April 2020 pic.twitter.com/djjeasWowL — Liz Ann Sonders (@LizAnnSonders) January 26, 2022 Here is where credit … Read more

by john_macdoe

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