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May 20 2022
News
The Russian Collusion Circus Suffers Another Massive Blow in the First Durham Trial
The first trial stemming from the investigation by Special Counsel John Durham into the origins of the Russian collusion circus that set up shop inside the Obama Department of Justice is underway. Mia has a great overview of the trial involving former Clinton lawyer Michael Sussmann who is accused of lying to the FBI. For those who still think Donald Trump is a Kremlin agent, that long-
TownhallAug 31 2022
Opinion
Biden's Transfer of Wealth to the Wealthier
President Joe Biden acted as if he was being compassionate to people suffering economic hardships when he announced last week his plan for forgiving billions of dollars in student loans.
"Using the authority Congress granted the Department of Education, we will forgive $10,000 in outstanding federal student loans," he said.
"In addition, students who come from low-income families
CNSNews.comMay 20 2022
Analysis
Good luck finding cheap flights anywhere in the US right now
If you were eagerly awaiting domestic travel in the US this summer, you should be ready to shell out big bucks.
Prices for flights rose 33.3% in the last year, 18.6% in the month of April alone, according to new data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (pdf). That’s “the largest one-month increase since the inception of the series in 1963,” and far outpaces the already-high consumer
QuartzJan 28 2022
News
Why Neil Young's Spotify standoff matters to the music industry
Spotify will remove Neil Young's music from its streaming platform, because the 76-year-old rock icon objected to the company's response to vaccine misinformation.
The big picture: This matters more than you'd think, given the popularity of old music.
70% of the music streamed online is older than 18 months, according to MRC Data's 2021 year-end report.
Yes, but: Many of
AxiosJun 16 2022
News
'A Big Mistake': Economists Warn Fed Rate Hikes Risk Plunging US Into Recession
The Federal Reserve's decision Wednesday to hike interest rates by 75 basis points—the largest increase since 1994—heightened fears among economists that the central bank's attempt to tame inflation risks plunging the U.S. economy into recession and inflicting more pain on vulnerable workers.
The Fed's move came on the heels of worse-than-expected federal data showing that inflation
Common DreamsAug 29 2022
News
US shares fall on threat of interest rate rises
Stock markets in the US opened lower on Monday amid concerns the country's central bank will push ahead with further interest rate rises.
Jerome Powell, chairman of the Federal Reserve, said hikes would continue in a bid to stem the rate of rising prices.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average, the technology heavy-Nasdaq and S&P 500 indexes all fell in early trading.
BBC NewsAug 19 2022
News
San Francisco, Cleveland and Portland’s downtowns most deserted in US: study
Democratic cities San Francisco, Cleveland and Portland have the most deserted downtown areas in the US in the wake of the pandemic, which has driven away workers and tourists, according to a new study.
Researchers at the Institute of Governmental Studies at the University of California at Berkeley found that San Francisco’s downtown was only 31% active between March and May, compared
New York Post (News)Oct 11 2022
News
Crime Ads Play Big Role in Competitive House, Senate Races
Republicans in competitive House and Senate districts are hitting Democrats with a barrage of ads focused on voters’ increased fears about the surge in violent crime in recent years, with the issue playing a central role in many tight races.
Republicans have called Democrats too tolerant of crime after social-justice protests in 2020 swept through the country over policing abuses, and
Wall Street Journal (News)Aug 19 2022
News
CDC Shakeup
“The head of the nation’s top public health agency on Wednesday announced a shake-up of the organization, saying it fell short responding to COVID-19 and needs to become more nimble. The planned changes at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — CDC leaders call it a ‘reset’— come amid criticism of the agency’s response to COVID-19, monkeypox and other public health threats. The
The Flip SideJun 23 2022
Analysis
A week of highs: See where climate change made heat worse in America
Last week, 96 percent of people in the contiguous United States experienced nighttime temperatures more likely to occur due to human-caused warming. The findings come from a Washington Post analysis of data provided by the nonprofit Climate Central, which released the world’s first tool to show how climate change is affecting daily temperatures in real time.
Overnight temperatures, as
Washington Post