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via fuw.ch: Danielle DiMartino Booth is a vocal critic of the Federal Reserve. The former analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas condemns the devotion of the unelected academics to their theoretical models. In her book «Fed Up» she writes about arrogance and tunnel vision that drive core policies of the Fed and explains why … Read more
Some upstate New York county clerks are taking a stand against the state’s controversial new lawgranting driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants. Clerks in Erie, Rensselaer, Niagara and Allegany counties have said they won’t be handing out the licenses, despite the legislation signed Monday by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Erie County Clerk Michael Kerns said he believes the … Read more
The Koch brothers are also working with the ADL to silence conservatives. Koch brothers have immigration agenda, want Republicans to be soft on crime. #Tucker #FoxNews h/t John
by MauldotheLastCrafter Reuters: U.S. President Donald Trump plans to issue an executive order on Monday asking health insurers and doctors to disclose new details about healthcare costs, in an attempt to improve price transparency, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. The order will direct federal agencies to initiate regulations … Read more
In just five years, Slack has grown to have more than 10 million users and has become a verb in the process. “I’ll Slack you” is shorthand for sending a message via the workplace chat platform. On Thursday, the company took that popularity to the New York Stock Exchange, where its shares soared on its … Read more
by Lance Roberts “The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.” – The Usual Suspects (1995) Just recently, Politico ran a story by Brain Faler entitled: “Big Businesses Paying Even Less Than Expected Under GOP Law.” To wit: “The U.S. Treasury saw a 31 percent drop in corporate tax revenues last year, almost twice … Read more
The Corbett Report shows four very illuminating examples of the Washington establishment discussing the possibility of staging an attack and blaming it on Iran in order to manufacture consent for retaliatory strikes or full scale conflict against Tehran.
via dailywire: Ocasio-Cortez was angered by Todd calling her out and responded to him on Twitter, writing: “Well, @chucktodd – the fact that you slipped in ‘Nazi’ when I never said that is pretty unfortunate. Almost as unfortunate as the fact that you spent this whole time w/o discussing DHS freezers, “dog pounds,” missing children, & … Read more
https://twitter.com/BreakingNLive/status/1141782352894541829 Court Rules President Trump Can Defund Planned Parenthood, Will Cut Almost $60 Million in Taxpayer Funding NATIONAL STEVEN ERTELT / JUN 20, 2019 | 11:40AM / WASHINGTON, DC A federal appeals court today ruled President Donald Trump can partially defund planned Parenthood while the abortion business’ lawsuit agaisnt his administrations new rules moves … Read more
The interest payment on our debt is currently $300 billion dollars per year, heading towards a projected $1 trillion dollars within a decade. At that point, a fifth of all federal taxes will go towards the interest on the debt, not education, infrastructure, and defense – you know, the stuff government is supposed to do. … Read more
via pjmedia: I left Los Angeles for Nashville slightly over a year ago. When I call friends back in my former home (for 50 years), most of them tell me I got out just in time. Actually, they’re wrong. I should have gotten out ten or even fifteen years before. The handwriting was on the wall. … Read more
I watched the whole thing back when it was on. Both witnesses were seriously intelligent dudes, one had a super cool Boston accent if I recall correctly. Hillary was strung up completely by the testimony. I remember shock too at hearing Huber kept losing all the docs they forwarded. AC
by Shaun Richards It is good to be ahead of the pack as I note that this morning the Resolution Foundation has caught up with one of my main themes. Housing costs have put increasing pressure on living standards for all generations alive today, compared to predecessors at the same age. Housingcost-to-income ratios fell faster … Read more
via pjmedia: “Where do I go to get my reputation back, even though nobody knows I lost it?” That seems paradoxical, since your reputation is what people generally think of you — but in digital publishing what really counts is what computers think of you. Earlier this week, secret algorithms besmirched my digital reputation, in ways that could … Read more
Oregon’s Democratic governor, Kate Brown, has dispatched state troopers to find missing Republican senators and bring them back to Salem to legislate. All 11 Republican senators are in hiding, at least some of them out of state, in order to prevent the Senate from having the quorum it needs to operate. They can’t abide the Democrat-backed … Read more
When Donald Trump’s campaign manager said in Miami recently that he planned to launch a national Hispanic outreach effort in Florida, Democrats took notice. The state’s 2.2 million Hispanic voters make up an outsized portion of Florida’s electorate, and nearly two-thirds voted in 2016 for Hillary Clinton. Last year, Trump’s hard-line immigration policies and rhetoric contributed to sweeping Republican … Read more
The cap on state and local tax (SALT) deductions has already begun to driveOpens a New Window. some residents away from high-taxOpens a New Window. states like New York and New Jersey, but experts say that trend is only going to intensify. “It took a few months for taxpayers to realize the dollar implications – until they actually filed … Read more
via WSJ: Google’s ubiquitous internet platform shapes what’s real and what isn’t for more than 2 billion monthly users. Yet Google Maps, triggered by such Google queries as the one Ms. Carter made, is overrun with millions of false business addresses and fake names, according to advertisers, search experts and current and former Google employees. … Read more
by Brian Maher of The Daily Reckoning The announcement came rolling from the Eccles Building at 2 p.m. Eastern… No rate hike. Jerome Powell has decided to sit on his hands — for now. In his very words: It’s important that monetary policy not overreact to any one data point… The FOMC will closely monitor the … Read more
Facebook’s cryptocurrency, officially unveiled on Tuesday, heralds the rise of the corporation-government, potentially shaping the already vast powers of the Silicon Valley giants into a borderless, unaccountable techno-oligarchy. The crystal ball is dark, and we should be afraid. Facebook’s cryptocurrency, Libra, is to be used in a standalone application or its messaging platform, à la … Read more