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A broad majority of Americans — more than 6 in 10 — believes the Supreme Court bases its decisions more on the justices’ political views than on the Constitution and law, a national survey released Wednesday shows. The new data, which came from the polling firm Selzer, appeared to reflect a growing disappointment with the … Read more

WASHINGTON — The quickening pace of Democratic retirements in the House may be the clearest indication yet that the party’s hopes of maintaining its narrow majority are fading amid President Biden’s sagging approval ratings, ongoing legislative struggles and the prospect of redrawn congressional districts that will put some seats out of reach. In recent days, … Read more

by WallStreetPoopStain Sauce: https://www.digitaljournal.com/business/troubled-developer-evergrande-to-resume-trading-warns-of-financial-obligations/article ​ For those not wanting to click the link here is a copy paste: By AFP Published October 20, 2021, Chinese developer Evergrande will resume trading in Hong Kong on Thursday, it said in a filing, but warned there was “no guarantee” it would be able to meet its financial obligations. The company … Read more

A pair of highly paid Atlanta government employees took hundreds of hours of paid time off to consult for Sen. Raphael Warnock’s (D., Ga.) political campaign, a double dip that saw them rake in nearly $100,000. According to campaign finance records, Phillana Williams and Erica Pines received a combined $97,500 from Warnock during the Georgia … Read more

PITTSBURGH — Twenty years ago, Paul Carson said he never would have hesitated to speak out at a school board meeting about any issue affecting his children’s education. But one day, that changed. “I just don’t do it,” Carson told me. A physician who practices medicine in an urban Pittsburgh hospital, Carson said it has … Read more

by Chris Black The stock has priced in 75 million cars delivered per year.  They were just a bit off that number.  You can’t be valued as much as every other car company on Earth combined, unless you sell more cars than every other car company on Earth combined.  Plus Ford makes more profit off … Read more

by Chris Black Part of the labor shortage is indeed that a lot of people have more money now than before the pandemic, but I think the main cause of the labor shortage is people realized during the lockdown that spending time with your family is better than working like a dog all year to … Read more

by Chris Black Look at those trannies bully this nerd. The right is pathetic.  Either go full fascist or do nothing.  If we were worthy we would be having protests outside those labs where they do transsexual experiments demanding they be shut down and all doctors inside put in prison. 🚨#BREAKING: Dozens of Netflix employees … Read more

by Chris Black Don’t be fooled.  The FBI is responsible for every police officer killed by black criminals due to hesitation to act.  The threshold is very low to trigger an FBI “civil rights” investigation when the suspect is black. As we saw with Derek Chauvin, you will not only be arrested, but also railroaded … Read more

by Chris Black A common misconception about the world I’ve noticed among Vaush and Destiny-type people is the belief that IQs have been rising for the past 200 years and continue to rise to this day.  In reality, Western IQs peaked during the Victorian Era.  World IQ has been dropping since 1950 and is projected … Read more

by Chris Black Build Back Better, Joe Biden’s campaign slogan, is the next phase of the Rabbi officiated unholy wedding of neoliberalism & communism; and it won’t cost you a dime according to the regime’s message whore, who has also stated that the modern equivalent to bread lines are a good thing. According to the … Read more

by Chris Black Correct instincts, subverted at every turn by bad actors, bad personnel, and bad decisions. Tucker Carlson said it best about Trump. He’s the guy that will tell you the problem, but he’s not the guy to take action. In the spring of 2020, Donald Trump’s ​defense secretary quashed a proposal to send … Read more

Democrats hold bare majorities in both chambers, but their spending and domestic policy priorities are being held up by infighting among the party’s progressive and moderate wings. Specifically, as Politico noted in a Monday report, the battle between Sens. Joe Manchin and Bernie Sanders is holding up President Joe Biden’s “Build Back Better” legislation that … Read more

by joeskunk Several days ago, I posted a chart flagging an opportunity with CIFR, which is now up ~15% today. However, there were several errors with the chart and presentation. Attached is an updated chart with corrections made and using the latest market data. Many thanks to the folks who commented on the initial post and offered … Read more

San Jose, California-based PayPal has recently approached Pinterest about a potential deal, the people said, asking not to be identified because the talks are private. The companies have discussed a potential price of around $70 a share, the people said. That would value Pinterest at about $45 billion for the entire company, including its Class … Read more

Quarles elaborates on why the Fed’s stance might have to change—if inflation expectations rise much further *or* demand runs hotter after what’s looking like a longer interval of supply disruptions, for example, from “additional fiscal programs currently under discussion.” pic.twitter.com/k5fqo8wfJn — Nick Timiraos (@NickTimiraos) October 20, 2021 Quarles: If inflation stays at 4% through "next … Read more