The Friday Five – Crushing the Middle Class
Near-record inflation is combining with skyrocketing prices for energy and food for a perfect economic storm that’s lowering the standard of living for millions.Continue Reading
Near-record inflation is combining with skyrocketing prices for energy and food for a perfect economic storm that’s lowering the standard of living for millions.Continue Reading
At least 20 million households in the US are behind on power bills as soaring electricity prices and inflation put a squeeze on family budgets. Some analysts are predicting a wave of utility disconnections as winter approaches.Continue Reading
Former President Trump filed a motion Monday to have a third party review the documents taken during the FBI raid on his home. It looks as though the Department of Justice has been trying to provoke Trump into a confrontation.Continue Reading
It’s a question being asked by some Taiwanese government officials after Pelosi Jr., the second-largest investor in a major Chinese tech firm, accompanied his mother on her visit to the island. Specifically, why are children of prominent Democrats so skilled at landing high-paying jobs with foreign companies?Continue Reading
The optics of Monday’s raid on former President Trump’s Florida home may have the opposite of its intended effect as the weaponization of the Justice Department by the Deep State reenergizes Trump’s base.Continue Reading
The FBI raided Mar-a-Lago, the home of former President Trump, ostensibly looking for documents improperly removed from the White House. Given the FBI’s behavior in the Russian collusion hoax, we have low confidence that the warrant, the search, or the motives behind it are legit.Continue Reading
Two members of congressional intelligence committees are warning Americans that information gathered from DNA testing services could be used to develop bioweapons targeting specific ethnic groups, or even individuals.Continue Reading
The FBI’s efforts to interfere in the last two presidential elections on behalf of Democrats brings to mind the Praetorian Guard in the Roman Empire. Once the Guard realized it had the power to make and break emperors, who learned to play ball—or else.Continue Reading
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) says FBI whistleblowers allege a widespread effort inside the bureau to downplay or discredit negative information about Hunter Biden in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election.Continue Reading
A pair of Russian lawmakers investigating biolabs in Ukraine claim that Ukrainian POWs show evidence of military experiments. The deputy chair of the State Duma says the goal is to create “cruel killing machines.”Continue Reading
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