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Listening to Powell speak during the press conference, one would think that when it comes to the economy, it’s blue skies as far as the eye can see: ◾*POWELL: ‘THERE’S NO SIGN’ OF A BROADER SLOWDOWN IN THE ECONOMY ◾*POWELL: REAL GDP GROWTH HAS PICKED UP THIS QUARTER ◾*POWELL: APPEARS US ECONOMY IS IN A STRONG POSITION Unfortunately, that’s not exactly “true”… …as Jeff Gundlach was quick to point out… *GUNDLACH ASKS CNBC ‘WHERE IS THE STRONG ECONOMY’ PEOPLE MENTION Duh, it’s in: c:\Fed\FRBUS\strong_economy.xls — zerohedge (@zerohedge) June 15, 2022 … and the latest CEO confidence print outright refuted Biden’s...

Loudoun County commonwealth's attorney Buta Biberaj was a top prospect for the George Soros-funded Justice and Public Safety PAC when she ran for the post in 2019. Three years in, she's losing allies amid mounting scandals and rising crime. Top Democrats in the county, including board of supervisors chair Phyllis Randall, are searching for a candidate to take on Biberaj, according to two sources with knowledge of their thinking. The embattled official, who faces an ongoing recall effort, was elevated by nearly a million dollars from Soros in 2019 and is up for reelection next year. The Democratic turn against...

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Ecuadorean indigenous leader Leonidas Iza has been freed on a judge's orders as protesters flocked to the capital Quito for the third day of anti-government protests led by his organization. Some on foot and others on the back of trucks, protesters streamed into the city on Wednesday as police and soldiers kept watch, planning to gather in the historical center that houses the seat of government. Indigenous Ecuadoreans embarked on an open-ended protest on Monday, blockading roads countrywide with burning tires and barricades of sand, rocks and tree branches to protest high fuel prices and living costs...

CNN’s media-centric show “Reliable Sources” hosted by Brian Stelter had its worst-rated episode since September 2019. Stelter’s show logged just 580,000 last Sunday, and a mere 73,000 viewers in the all-important 25-to-54-year-old demographic, Fox News reported. The show lost 13% of the total audience and it marked Stelter’s smallest audience since Sept. 15, 2019. “MediaBuzz,” which airs at the same time on Fox News, averaged 1.4 million total viewers and 189,000 in the 25-54 demo, crushing Stelter’s show, which has been under a microscope since Chris Licht, CNN’s new boss, took the helm in May. Licht, who succeeded Jeff Zucker...

[Catholic Caucus] Proudly a “Restorer”In a recent interview Pope Francis lamented the existence of “restorers,” a label he appears to tag on those who do not “accept the Council.” He said,Restorationism has come to gag the Council. The number of groups of ‘restorers’ — for example, in the United States there are many — is significant.I was struck by the pope’s use of the term, “restorers.” Whether the pope meant it as an insult or just a descriptive label, I take it as an accurate description of my views and the views of many other Catholics (a “significant” number, according...

US — Charlotte, North Carolina. Convicted child sex offender Chad Sevearance-Turner is a highly esteemed activist for transgender rights in Charlotte, North Carolina. As president of Charlotte’s LGBT Chamber of Commerce (CLGBTCC), Mr Sevearance-Turner led the effort to overturn North Carolina’s law barring people from using restrooms, locker rooms and dressing room facilities reserved for the other sex. He received multiple honors for his work at CLGBTCC, including Person of the Year. Continue reading Serial Child Rapist is an Esteemed Transgender Advocate Who Fought for Mixed-Sex Restrooms | Women Are Human. Read more at: https://www.womenarehuman.com/transgender-rights-activist-chad-sevearance-turner-has-history-of-sexually-abusing-children/

[Catholic Caucus] Psychopathy and the imminent end? By Caminante-WandererIn recent weeks there has been insistent talk of a conclave approaching as Francis would step down, or else his natural end would be much closer than the Vatican would be willing to admit. We do not know.However, the publication of the dialogue he had with the editors of the European Jesuit cultural magazines almost a month ago, and which was published June 13 by La civiltà cattolica, shows that the Supreme Pontiff's biggest problem is not his bad knee or his intestinal diverticula; it is something much more serious and affects...

The NY Times Magazine has published a lengthy story about the fight going on inside and outside the organization that sets standards of care for trans people, including children. The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) last published standards of care in 2012 and has been working on revising them for months. But the issue has become far more contentious this time around, partly because some states are trying to ban some interventions for children and also partly because the pro-trans left is determined to punish anyone who seems to show any signs of weakness when it comes to...

Native American mascots are being phased out around the country at every level of sports, but four Connecticut school districts are still hanging onto theirs for dear life. And it's going to cost them. School districts for Derby, Killingly, Windsor, and Woodbury/Bethlehem are choosing to defy the state law which bars schools with Native American mascots from receiving tribal funding, Alex Putterman of CT Insider reported Wednesday.

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ Playful Pup Army Spc. Sadie Kinney plays with military working dog Aszlam at Fort Carson, Colo., Photo By: Army Spc. Kelsey Simmons Canteen Mission StatementShowing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies' militaryand family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. Beaming Performance Air Force’s Briona Carswell performs on the balance beam at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., Photo By: Sarah Goldblum, Air Force This Or That? Air Force Airman 1st Class James Tychingco, a dental assistant, asks children...

Reflections as Joe Biden takes on the furnace manufacturers... Regulator-in-Chief Joe Biden's latest demands on the manufacturing community include attacking the makers of furnaces and other household heating appliances for using too much energy (which is only so expensive because of their policies), and for producing too much carbon dioxide (you know, the stuff we all exhale every day of their lives, without ill effect). The Biden-Harris regime is therefore "proposing" new efficiency standards for manufacturers and distributors of such appliances, requiring the use of much more expensive manufacturing and operating processes. If we had a divided government, with either...

On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “New Day,” Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm stated that the Biden administration wants oil and gas companies to increase production now, but also to “become diversified energy companies, to be able to produce other means of clean energy.” Co-host John Berman asked, “Do you want five years from now, ten years from now, are you telling me you want them drilling for more oil, you want the refineries putting out more gasoline in five or ten years?”

A report claims texts recovered from Hunter Biden’s laptop show he lambasted his sister-in-law Hallie Biden over her disposal of his gun, mentioning her son’s firearms, as well as guns stored at his father’s house. According to the Washington Examiner, Hunter was triggered by discovering Hallie had allegedly “thrown his gun in the trash near a Delaware high school in October 2018.” He texted Hallie afterward, outraged that he might be investigated over the disposal of the gun. Hunter texted, “That’s now in the hands of the FBI.” On October 23, 2018, Hunter wrote: “Beau owned a handgun issued by...

Hillary Clinton has weighed in on what President Joe Biden needs to do as his popularity among American voters plummets amid surging inflation and a cost of living crisis. In an interview with the British magazine the New Statesman, conducted while the former secretary of state and two-time presidential candidate was in northeast England under the invitation of British former Labour foreign secretary David Miliband, Clinton said the nation needs a president who can project "hope," as she said her husband Bill Clinton and Barack Obama did during their presidencies.

President Biden struggled to correctly use the latest politically correct acronym to refer to homosexual and transgender Americans during a “Pride” event at the White House. During his speech, Biden vowed to defend “LGBTQL” Americans before correcting himself. “I,” he added, correcting himself, “Excuse me – ‘plus’ Americans.” The president also misread the word “lesbian” as “liberation” when he was reading the title of an executive order he signed at the event. Biden’s executive order instructs the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Education to create new sample policies for states to enact in order to...

CNN is holding a town-hall meeting on Thursday amid a turbulent two months at the cable news network, which is promising a new direction one month into the tenure of its new President Chris Licht. Licht and the leadership at CNN’s new corporate owner, WarnerBros Discovery, have signaled they’d like to make a shift in the company’s direction from former chief Jeff Zucker, who left his post amid controversy.

The Walt Disney Co.'s relocation timeline to Central Florida appears to be on the rocks. Reports from various blogs and sites indicate Disney's (NYSE: DIS) plans to move 2,000 jobs from California to Orlando's Lake Nona community are being pushed back to 2026 — a move of at least three years. Disney Spokeswoman Jacquee Wahler confirmed to OBJ that the plans have shifted. "While a growing number of our employees, who ultimately will work at the campus, already have made the move to Central Florida, we also want to continue to provide flexibility to those relocating, especially given the anticipated...

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Jane’s Revenge, the group responsible for firebombing dozens of pro-life pregnancy centers throughout the country, has now threatened acts of domestic terrorism. In an open letter issued to pro-life centers across the country, Jane’s Revenge took ownership for acts of violence and vandalism at pregnancy centers throughout the country and promised to escalate their tactics if pro-lifers continue operations as usual. The group declared: Your 30 days expired yesterday. We offered an honorable way out. You could’ve walked away. Now the leash is off. And we will make it as hard as possible for your campaign of oppression to continue....