Economy
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Cash-Strapped NYC Plans to Charge Commuter Toll to Marathon Runners
(Headline USA) The New York City Marathon organizers will soon have to pay a bridge toll, just like every other commuter, if New York transit officials have their way. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is demanding the New York Road Runners, organizers of the venerable race generally held the first Sunday of each November, pay roughly $750,000 for…
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Dems in Deep-Blue Maryland Panic that Tax Policies May Cost Senate Seat
(Headline USA) A push in Maryland’s legislature for hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes and fees has some Democrats concerned that the package may bolster Republican former Gov. Larry Hogan’s campaign for U.S. Senate and cost the party its already-narrow majority. While a Republican hasn’t won a Senate race in Maryland since 1980, Hogan is widely…
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Pro-Trump Super-PAC Creates Website to Highlight Biden’s Inflation
(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) A super-PAC supporting Donald Trump launched a new website that allows people to compare Trump-era grocery prices to the current high prices under Joe Biden’s administration. The Biden-Mart.com website that was created by the Make America Great Again Inc. PAC includes over two dozen common grocery items that a website visitor could…
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California Fast-Food Workers to Make $20 an Hour on Monday
(Headline USA) Most fast-food workers in California will be paid at least $20 an hour beginning Monday when a new law is scheduled to kick in threatening to raise prices in a state already infamous for its high cost of living. Democrats in the state Legislature passed the law last year. The law was supported…
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Majority of Voters Say U.S. Heading in the Wrong Direction
(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) – Sixty-two percent of voters say the U.S. is moving in the wrong direction in advance of the 2024 election, according to a new poll, but the responses show it depends on who is answering the question. The Center Square Voters’ Voice Poll, conducted in conjunction with Noble Predictive Insights,…
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Biden’s Push for Billions in Spending on Gender, Race Ideology Under Fire
(Casey Harper, The Center Square) – Joe Biden’s persistent push for billions of dollars in taxpayer funding toward progressive ideology on gender and race at home and abroad is under fire. Since Biden took office, the federal government has doled out huge sums to prop up Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and LGBTQ projects in the…
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San Francisco Mayoral Candidate Vows to Call in National Guard to Deal w/Drug Crisis
(Headline USA) A San Francisco mayoral candidate vowed this week to ask the state to send in the National Guard to help deal with the city’s spiraling drug crisis if he is elected, Politico reported Thursday. Mark Farrell, a venture capitalist who served as interim mayor of San Francisco for six months in 2018 and…
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Big Moves Up in Gold Heading into Easter Weekend
(Mike Gleason, Money Metals News Service) We’re seeing another big move in the gold market. The monetary metal reached a new record high on Thursday to close out this holiday-shortened trading week. Gold finished the week, the month, and the quarter on a high note at $2,243 an ounce, gaining 3.1% since last Friday’s close.…
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Gold and Silver: A Hedge Against Currency Risk
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Holding fiat currency is risky business and that’s not going to change any time soon. Currency risk is one of the factors driving the recent rally in gold and silver. It’s no coincidence that the recent gold and silver rally started as the U.S. ramped up threats to seize…
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‘Secret’ Police Report Warns of Impending Economic Collapse and Civil Rest in Canada
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) As Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and other officials continue to insist that the U.S. economy is booming, America’s neighbors to the north are apparently prepping for a deep recession that could lead to civil unrest. According to the Canadian newspaper National Post, a heavily redacted “secret” police report has been released, warning…
