The trucking industry is short 80,000 drivers, a record high, Chris Spear, President and CEO of the American Trucking Association, tells CNN. That’s a 30% increase from before the pandemic, when the industry already faced a labor shortage of 61,500 drivers. “That’s a pretty big spike,” Spear added. Many drivers are retiring, dropping out of … Read more
The Biden administration on Thursday said it will begin to comply with a federal order to reinstate the Trump-era “Remain in Mexico Policy,” known as the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), by mid-November. MPP requires those applying for asylum in the U.S. to remain in Mexico while they wait for their immigration hearing, which often takes … Read more
GRASS VALLEY (CBS13) — California’s last remaining Kmart is closing before Christmas. A worker at the Grass Valley store says they got word of the impending closure last week. The store is now set to be closed for good on Dec. 19. https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2021/10/19/kmart-grass-valley-closing-december/
Republican Congressman Rep. Jeff Fortenberry announced in a YouTube video Tuesday morning that he expects to be indicted on a charge of lying to the FBI. He said investigators “accused me of lying and are charging me with this.” .. Fortenberry is one of several lawmakers who investigators said received illegal campaign contributions from the Lebanese-Nigerian … Read more
A 17-year-old Florida boy was shot and killed by police after he turned what witnesses called a “military-style rifle” on officers. The gun turned out to be an airsoft rifle.. ..officers received 911 calls Saturday night about someone waving a rifle at cars driving past the downtown intersection. Two officers responded and ran toward the … Read more
Walmart goes woke with a full-blown program of racial indoctrination, but why? The reason has something to do with its CEO Doug McMillon who makes $22 million a year, nearly a thousand times the salary of his employees. — Dinesh D’Souza is an author and filmmaker. A graduate of Dartmouth College, he was a senior … Read more
A laid off Keystone Pipeline worker blasted President Joe Biden on gas prices and how it’s been “nothing but a total failure” during a segment on Fox News’ “Fox & Friends First” with Carley Shimkus, Heather Childers, Rob Schmitt, and Jillian Mele on 10/19/2021. Be sure to like, subscribe, and comment below to share your … Read more
https://twitter.com/NancyTracker/status/1450532160700616706 Classic Barron's. Nothing problematic about a guy who PRICE-FIXES INTEREST RATES & MONETIZES BONDS trading stonks. Bring in Cornerstone Macro founding partner & former senior Fed staffer Perli to opine. Add Jason Furman for balance. FFS. @LisaBeilfuss https://t.co/7dFZ5GgGPI pic.twitter.com/TL7t89isKy — Rudy Havenstein, Senior Markets Commentator. (@RudyHavenstein) October 19, 2021
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In the United States, the phenomenon dubbed as the “Great Resignation” seems to be picking up speed. A record 4.3 million U.S. workers quit their jobs in August, according to new data from the Labor Department — a figure that expands to 20 million if measured back to April. Many of these resignations took place … Read more
Food Shortages Next Supply-Chain Nightmare… ‘People Hoarding’… (Bloomberg) — In Denver, public-school children are facing shortages of milk. In Chicago, a local market is running short of canned goods and boxed items. But there’s plenty of food. There just isn’t always enough processing and transportation capacity to meet rising demand as the economy revs up. … Read more
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The indictment of Hillary Clinton lawyer Michael Sussmann for allegedly lying to the FBI sheds new light on the pivotal role of Democratic operatives in the Russiagate affair. The emerging picture shows Sussmann and his Perkins Coie colleague Marc Elias, the chief counsel for Clinton’s 2016 campaign, proceeding on parallel, coordinated tracks to solicit and … Read more
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Nancy Pelosi is reportedly averaging a 69% annualized rate of return on her investments, and the Twitter page which tracks her alleged insider trading has been hit with a cease and desist order. I have said it before, and I will say it again: if it is a crime to expose criminal acts then you … Read more
Feel free to leave a message of ‘thanks’! https://www.gasbuddy.com/gaspricemap?lat=38.822395&lng=-96.591588&z=4 White House Boasts Cookouts Are 16 Cents Cheaper This Year and the Internet Isn’t Impressed Planning a cookout this year? Ketchup on the news. According to the Farm Bureau, the cost of a 4th of July BBQ is down from last year. It’s a fact you … Read more
by confoundedinterest17 Goin’ down! GDP, that is. The Atlanta Fed’s GDPNow model estimate for real GDP growth (seasonally adjusted annual rate) in the third quarter of 2021 is 0.5 percent on October 19, down from 1.2 percent on October 15. After recent releases from the US Census Bureau and the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, the nowcasts of third-quarter real … Read more
