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They don’t care if the lies are plausible, you’ll s*ck them up. https://twitter.com/Rothbard1776/status/1449880892734902276  

PULLMAN, Wash. – To better identify and prevent future pandemics, WSU has entered into a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to head up a new five-year, approximately $125 million global project. The USAID Discovery & Exploration of Emerging Pathogens – Viral Zoonoses, or DEEP VZN project, will build scientific capacity … Read more

Fox News host Maria Bartiromo is reporting that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi may be planning to step down. During a segment on “Sunday Morning Features,” Bartiromo said that sources had told her that Pelosi is stepping down after Democrats pass Joe Biden’s Build Back Better agenda. https://twitter.com/SlayerWolf11/status/1449742906940604421?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw GET FULL STORY HERE

President Biden: "We have fewer Democracies in the world today than we did 15 years ago. Fewer. Not more, fewer." pic.twitter.com/Dicv7l1ARm — The Hill (@thehill) October 16, 2021  

MUST SEE: Senator @LindseyGrahamSC just returned from the Yuma sector of the border and has stunning new details about an additional surge of migrants who are infiltrating our country. pic.twitter.com/IxivscsGWh — Jeanine Pirro (@JudgeJeanine) October 17, 2021 Sen. Lindsey Graham said on Sunday that President Joe Biden has committed an impeachable offense by neglecting to … Read more

In a further sign that Democrats are losing faith in keeping the House during next year’s midterm elections, two more long-serving members of the party are throwing in the towel and calling it quits. “Reps. Mike Doyle (D-Pa.) and David Price (D-N.C.) will not seek reelection, they will announce later Monday,” Politico reported earlier in the day. … Read more

The White House is contending opposition to its tax enforcement proposals, targeting amounts as small as $600, is based on banks being too lazy to deal with the extra paperwork. The tax enforcement measures are aimed at helping pay for President Joe Biden’s social welfare and climate spending package. The focus is on the wealthy … Read more

Industrial production fell a sharp 1.3% in September, the Federal Reserve reported Monday. Adding to the sense of weakness in the data, industrial output in August was revised to a fall of 0.1% versus the prior estimate of a 0.4% gain. Capacity utilization fell to 75.2% in September, the lowest rate since April. This is the … Read more

by banditorama You want to talk about massive corruption? Look no further than the no name NFL team. They more or less pimped out cheerleaders against their will First, they took the cheerleaders’ passports. Then, they told them they were required to be topless for a photo shoot as sponsors and FedExField suite holders, who all … Read more

  The wealthiest 10% of Americans own a record 89% of all US stocks. https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/1450143648746770432 h/t squaremild

DURAND, Mich. (AP) — Need a tomato for a sandwich? In one small community, it’s as easy as picking one from a plant growing downtown. Durand in Shiawassee County, southwest of Flint, offers an “edible landscape,” a variety of free fruits and vegetables. https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-health-flint-679dae7e26c0c9c329d21ccd52aa6c17

In 2008, a box of 30 anti-inflammatory rectal suppositories that treats arthritis, called Indocin, had a price tag of $198. As of Oct. 1, the price of that same box was 52 times higher, totaling $10,350. Why it matters: As federal lawmakers continue to waver on drug price reforms, Indocin is another example of how nothing prevents … Read more

Zillow, it seems, has over-flipped. The company that has prided itself on its technology to outsource a lot of human work is suddenly referring the work right back to humans. Zillow Group’s automated home-flipping business has stopped pursuing new home acquisitions temporarily, Bloomberg reported on Sunday. In a statement for this article, a Zillow spokesperson … Read more

Elon Musk is now so wealthy that he has more money than Bill Gates and Warren Buffett combined. With his fortune clocking in at $236 billion (£171 billion), Musk is now not just the world’s richest person—he is richer than the two billionaires who previously held the title. On Twitter Musk joked that “Maybe Buffett should invest in … Read more

Well, I hope you look forward to your new Chinese masters soon. https://twitter.com/dogbot5/status/1449910120364879880     h/t Swingline