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White House Blasts Ousted ‘Squad’ Rep. For ‘Inflammatory’ Meltdown
(Headline USA) The Biden White House blasted “Squad” Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., for going on an “inflammatory” and unhinged rant after losing her primary race this week. Bush, who lost to Democratic challenger Wesley Bell on Tuesday, sought to intimidate those who helped defeat her, including the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, while claiming that she…
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Trillion-Dollar Coins: A Dumb Idea That Some Gov’t People Take Seriously
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) When I was about 7 years old, my friend Tommy and I decided we were going to dig a cave. We envisioned a massive cavern we could stand up in. It would be our secret fort. We went as far as digging a pretty deep hole in Tommy’s backyard. …
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Another Recession Signal: Credit Card Spending Is Slowing Significantly
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) America runs on debt. And American consumers may be getting close to their credit card limits, yet another signal the U.S. economy could be teetering on the brink of a recession. (If it’s not there already.) According to the latest data released by the Federal Reserve, revolving credit cratered in…
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Psych Patients for Kamala: Leftist Group Registering Voters at Mental Hospitals
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Republicans are worried about illegal immigrants voting, but at least migrants presumably know where they are. The same can’t be said for another dubious voting block sought after by the Democrats: insane people. The non-profit group “Vot-ER” has been hitting up the hospitals to scrape every voter possible for the 2024…
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Three Months from Election Day, Georgia Election Board Alters Rules
(T.A. DeFeo, The Center Square) Georgia’s election board has approved a measure that allows county election boards to make a “reasonable inquiry” before certifying election results. However, critics of the move are sounding the alarm, saying it will open the door to overreach. “The majority on the State Election Board has created the opportunity for…
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Report: New York City Failed to Control Overspending on Migrants
(Christian Wade, The Center Square) The Adams administration failed to provide oversight of a $432 million contract to provide services to newly arriving migrants, wasting millions of taxpayer dollars, according to a new audit. The report by City Comptroller Brad Lander, who is challenging Eric Adams in next year’s Democratic mayoral primary, blasts the city’s Department of…
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Vance Encounter: Trump’s VP Pick Dings Kamala over Media Silence at Wisc. Tarmac Run-In
(Headline USA) Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, may have hoped to give Vice President Kamala Harris one of her first official interviews since becoming Democrats’ presidential nominee after the two rival campaigns had a chance encouter Wednesday on a Wisconsin tarmac. Other than scoping out Air Force Two—the plane he hopes soon to make his—Vance’s only…
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Wall Street Whiplash: Analyzing the Recent Meltdown and Recovery
The financial landscape experienced a seismic shift last week, reminiscent of hitting rumble strips on the interstate—jerking investors awake to the underlying economic dangers. Monday’s drastic stock market selloff, triggered by various catalysts, left investors reeling, though the panic seemed to abate by week’s end. But is everything truly back to normal, or was this…
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Another ‘Squad’ Member Defeated as County Prosecutor Clinches Win in Missouri’s Democratic Primary
() A second member of “The Squad,” the radical band of non-white progressives in the U.S. House, was defeated in a primary on Tuesday. County prosecutor Wesley Bell defeated incumbent Cori Bush in the Democratic primary for Missouri’s 1st District. Bell, who dropped out of the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate seat held by Republican…
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FBI Seizes Phone of GOP Lawmaker Leading Impeachment Effort against Kamala Harris
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The FBI has executed a search warrant on Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., about two weeks after he introduced articles of impeachment against Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Harris. The FBI seized Ogles’s phone during the search, reportedly as part of an investigation into his campaign finances. The Campaign Legal Center filed a complaint against Ogles in…
