Personal Finance
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The Fed’s Bank Bailout Program Is Closed! Now What?
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) The Federal Reserve’s bank bailout program shut down on March 11. So, what next? The Fed created the Bank Term Funding Program (BTFP) after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank last March. The program was set up so banks could easily access cash “to help assure…
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Federal Government Paying Rural Hospitals to Close Overnight Services
(Headline USA) As rural hospitals continue to struggle financially, a new type of hospital is slowly taking root, especially in the Southeast. Rural emergency hospitals receive more than $3 million in federal funding a year and higher Medicare reimbursements in exchange for closing all inpatient beds and providing 24/7 emergency care. While that makes it…
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As Left Lays Groundwork to Discredit SCOTUS, Justices Team Up to Tout ‘Civility’
(Headline USA) With the Supreme Court having weathered a sustained and well-coordinated partisan attack backed by left-wing billionaires who hope to undermine it through politicization, two justices have teamed up to promote the art of disagreeing without being nasty about it. The unprecedented lawfare campaigns being waged by the Left have foisted upon the court…
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‘Not on My Watch’: Trump Debunks Biden’s Social Security, Medicare Lies
(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) On March 13, 2024, Donald Trump once again confirmed that he would never touch Social Security or Medicare after Joe Biden twisted his words to make people think otherwise. Trump pledged that he would never do anything to cut Social Security or Medicare during his first print interview since locking down…
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NBC Uses Familiar ‘No Evidence’ Trope to Deny Haitian Cannibals Entering U.S. En Masse
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A left-wing media outlet has attempted, albeit unsuccessfully, to discredit credible concerns regarding the turmoil unfolding in Haiti and its potential ramifications for the southern border and U.S. national security. In a news piece published on Thursday, NBC News dubiously claimed that conservative voices, including Elon Musk, are “weaponizing unverified claims of cannibalism…
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BREAKING: Rep. Ken Buck to Leave Congress Next Week
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., made a surprise announcement Tuesday that he will be leaving Congress by the end of next week. Buck announced his retirement last November, but indicated at the time that he intended to serve the rest of this term. Buck’s Tuesday announcement did not explain the change in…
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Pete Buttigieg’s Lover Exposed as Groomer after Picking Fight w/ Libs of TikTok
(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) Chasten Buttigieg, the partner of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, attacked Libs of TikTok in a Sunday tweet, arguing that the popular social-media influencer lacked the necessary credentials to understand the difficulties of raising and educating children. Initially, the lesser-known Buttigieg complained about Chaya Raichik, who runs the Libs of TikTok accounts,…
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EXCLUSIVE: GOP’s Youngest Influencer, Jaiden Rodriguez, Reveals Future Under Gen. Alpha
(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) With access to an unending stream of information at their fingertips, one of the defining characteristics of Gen. Alpha—those born in the early 2010s and after—is their striking precocity. Their Gen.-Z forebears already have cultivated a bad rap—whether deserved or not—for their sense of unearned entitlement, particularly in the workplace. Yet,…
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Can You Borrow Your Way to Prosperity? U.S. Consumers Give It a Shot!
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Can you borrow your way to prosperity? American consumers are certainly giving it the old college try. Consumer debt surged once again in January, rising by $19.5 billion, according to the latest data from the Federal Reserve. On an annual basis, consumer debt rose by 4.7 percent to a…
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Fed Admits It Was Wrong – Kind Of
(Thomas L. Hogan, Money Metals News Service) During the pandemic recovery, inflation reached the highest rates in 40 years, largely driven by the Federal Reserve’s excessive monetary policy. The Fed got “behind the curve” by not raising its interest rate target fast enough, even once it became apparent its own policy was to blame. While…
