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Biden said the United States "is not in a recession," despite Thursday's GDP report, saying it is "no surprise that the economy is slowing down" amid inflation.

Former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said Wednesday on MSNBC’s “All In” that if the Department of Justice failed to prosecute former President Donald Trump, it would harm our democracy.Johnson said, “Based upon everything we know from public sources, including, most notably, the January 6 hearings, I believe that an aggressive prosecutor would be willing to take on the case against Donald Trump for participation in a seditious conspiracy, for a violation of the insurrection statute. In my opinion, January 6 was the very definition of an insurrection. And the statute punishes those who incited the insurrection and those who...

After more than a year of expressing his concerns about the impact of inflation, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W. Va., has signed off on a massive tax and spending bill that only would push prices for working families even higher. The deal, which Manchin made with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D.-N.Y., was reached only hours before the Department of Commerce announced that the economy shrank for the second quarter in a row, which most economists consider a recession. With inflation hitting 9.1% in June, this is a stagflationary economy. Inflation-adjusted wages for the average American worker have fallen by nearly...

Former prison guard says army tried to silence her, implored public to call for investigative committee over scandal that allegedly saw female soldiers 'pimped' to inmates A former IDF soldier has said she was repeatedly raped and sexually abused by a Palestinian security prisoner while she served in Gilboa Prison, with the full cooperation of her commander. The anonymous woman, identifying under the pseudonym "Hila", made her allegations in a post on a crowdfunding site BeActive, where her attorney Keren Barak set up a campaign to support her. "Hila" said she was "handed over" by her commander to a dangerous...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden declared his support Thursday for the “historic” inflation-fighting agreement struck by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and holdout Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, an expansive health care and climate change package that had eluded the White House and seemed all but lost. Biden said the bill will be a “godsend” for American families. “This bill would be the most significant legislation in history to tackle the climate crisis,” Biden said. He said it will also lower healthcare costs for millions of Americans who buy their own health insurance under the Affordable Care Act. Biden vowed...

Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón has asked a local judge to reverse the death penalty handed down to a murderer who executed two innocent college students, one from Japan, in a car hijacking in the parking lot of a grocery store in 1994. The controversial prosecutor, who won election in 2020 with the help of tmillions of dollars in spending from left-wing billionaire George Soros, vowed to end the death penalty as soon as he took office. He continues to pursue that goal, despite a massive crime wave and a likely recall election in November, the result of the...

Host Whoopi Goldberg apologized personally Thursday on ABC’s “The View” for claiming that Turning Point USA (TPUSA) “embraced” neo-Nazis at its Student Action Summit in Tampa, FL over the weekend. On Monday, co-host Whoopi Goldberg said, “Let me make a quick clarification about the neo-Nazis at the Turning Point event. They were outside protestors. My point was more metaphorical. You embraced them at your thing, I felt.” After that broadcast, ABC News received a cease and desist letter from Turning Point USA (TPUSA). On Wednesday, co-host Sara Haines said, “So, on Monday, we talked about the fact there were openly...

Known for her aggressive Twitter comments and brusque treatment of the media, the Florida governor’s press secretary has used taunts to solidify a tough image

The Washington Free Beacon unearthed a trove of documents outlining how far President Joe Biden's government was willing to push Big Tech to censor criticism of COVID-19 vaccines. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) “coordinated with social media companies and Google to censor users who expressed skepticism or criticism of COVID-19 vaccines,” The Beacon reported. Thirty-five pages of documents reportedly shared by America First Legal with The Beacon indicated “CDC officials regularly communicated with personnel at Twitter, Facebook, and Google over ‘vaccine misinformation.’” The documents showed correspondence between officials from Facebook, Twitter and Google and the CDC. At...

The Biden Administration on Wednesday announced new steps to tackle the housing supply crisis. The plan(link is external) by the U.S. Department of the Treasury allows the use of $350 billion in American Rescue Plan funds by state, local, and tribal governments toward the development, repair, and operation of affordable housing units. The following is a statement from National Association of Realtors® President Leslie Rouda Smith: "The top issue around the country among our 1.5 million members is housing supply. NAR commends the White House for addressing this challenge head-on and working across agencies on a comprehensive plan to provide...

Larry Fink really has let all of those trips to Davos go to his head. In what is, so far as I know, the BlackRock CEO’s most recent act of public grandiloquence, he and BlackRock have urged the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) to modify its proposed greenhouse-gas emissions disclosure rule. That standard Fink megalomania comes not from the request itself, but from its grounds. He does not ask that it be withdrawn because it is illegally beyond the SEC’s statutory remit, though it surely is, especially in light of a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling. He doesn’t seek its...

"Experts" tell him this will reduce inflation costs. I would hope so, given the stupid name.

Tony Dow, the actor who personified the role of America’s big brother as the elder sibling Wally Cleaver on the TV classic sitcom Leave It to Beaver, died today. He was 77, and had been battling cancer. His death comes a day after his passing was mistakenly reported by his management team and his wife. Hollywood & Media Deaths In 2022: Photo Gallery A statement on his Facebook page now reads: We have received confirmation from Christopher, Tony’s son, that Tony passed away earlier this morning, with his loving family at his side to see him through this journey. We...

Germany’s economy hasn’t grown for nearly five years. Its recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic has been weaker than any major advanced economy. Its ability to fill its energy needs is in question. And now the country once known as the economic engine of Europe is teetering on the brink of a recession. It’s a sharp turn of fortunes for Germany’s large manufacturing sector, which flourished over the past two decades just as other Western nations saw industrial jobs migrate to Asia. Germany’s big and long-successful bet on manufacturing relied on four engines: Free and open global trade, surging demand from...

A new poll shows gubernatorial incumbent Brian Kemp edging out challenger Stacey Abrams, with Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker essentially tied in the race for Senate. On November 8, Georgians will cast their ballots to choose their state's next governor and senator. A new poll shows gubernatorial incumbent Brian Kemp edging out challenger Stacey Abrams, with Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker essentially tied in the race for Senate. The poll, conducted by the Atlanta Journal Constitution and the University of Georgia, surveyed 902 likely voters between July 14 - 22. It found that 48 percent of respondents preferred Kemp, with...

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) was in fine form on Tuesday. As we noted earlier, he got in a sweet dunk at Whoopi Goldberg and Hunter Biden. But he also raised an incredibly significant issue during the questioning of a witness from the Biden State Department. While he was asking about the State Department, it’s a question that likely needs to be asked across the Biden Administration — because the Biden Administration is likely trying to staff radicals across the departments. Cruz was questioning State Dept Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley. She was appointed in April 2021, and he...

1232 The impossible regulatory state of Joseph Biden is greatly increasing inflation and it’s virtually ignored except for occasional articles or brief mentions on network TV. The Foundation for Government Accountability, a nonprofit think tank, published a paper on the regulatory kingdom that is turning our economy into a hyper-controlled federal government entity. It’s shocking and doesn’t bode well for the future. It’s leading to inflation in ways that slip through the cracks of public attention. People are moving out of blue states over crime and taxes and economic regulations that kill small businesses. “The size of the regulatory state...

Sanctions strengthened Putin and caused “unfriendly nations” to form a closer alliance against the West. As the West suffers from an energy crisis with no solution in sight, Russia is benefitting from this in more ways than one. You may have heard of the China–Russia East-Route Natural Gas pipeline or the Yakutia–Khabarovsk–Vladivostok pipeline. Construction was approved in 2007, and in 2012, Putin ordered Gazprom to begin construction and renamed the project “Power of Siberia.” China and Russia signed a 30-year deal for $400 billion in 2014, and by December 2019, the pipeline was functional. The mainstream media focuses on the...

New Zealanders are dying from COVID-19 at record rates as the country battles a new wave of the Omicron strain that is particularly affecting the older population. Deaths from the virus reached 151 in the seven days to July 16, compared with 115 in the worst week of the previous wave, in March, according to Health Ministry data. In the latest 24 hours, 26 people died from COVID, all aged over 60, the ministry said in a statement on Friday. The Omicron BA.5 sub-variant is driving the current wave in New Zealand, which has 5.1 million people. There have been...

Nearly three years after the first cut of steel for the first Great Lakes freighter in nearly 40 years, the 639-foot M/V Mark W. Barker embarked on her maiden voyage today from Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding. “This is a monumental day for our company and the US flag fleet as our much-anticipated freighter departs on her first voyage in what will be a long life of service on the Great Lakes,” says Mark W. Barker, President of The Interlake Steamship Company and namesake of the vessel – the company’s first new build since 1981. “The construction of this vessel, which was...