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Transcript: 0:00 Bank runs have started I'm your host 0:03 Steve Van Meter and thanks for joining 0:04 me today and our lead story today 0:06 there's Widespread Panic in the U.S 0:08 banking system as fears of a systemic 0:11 liquidity crisis are causing depositors 0:14 to flee in mass now those of you who've 0:17 watched this show for a long time know 0:19 that I've said that the small and 0:21 mid-sized banks will not be immune 0:23 during the next Crisis that they're at 0:25 risk they're going to face liquidity 0:27 issues and many of...

Actress Jane Fonda appeared to suggest on “The View” Friday that people “murder” pro-lifers.Fonda declared that society “will not go back” to a pre-Roe v. Wade world after the Supreme Court overturned the ruling in the case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. She then appeared to suggest “murder” in response to co-host Joy Behar’s question about other methods besides protesting, however it’s unclear if it the comment was intended as a joke.

I didn’t think it was possible for Stanford University to sink any lower into the woke abyss, but they have found a way. This week the Stanford Law Federalist Society invited Fifth Circuit Judge Kyle Duncan to speak. A mob of students decided to heckle him such that he could not speak.Judge Duncan requested that an administrator come and address the situation, and hence arrived Tirien Steinbach, Stanford’s Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Who then took the side of the heckling students, lecturing Judge Duncan about how his rulings and views inflicted “harm” on Stanford’s students.Here is the...

The total number of Russian deaths in Ukraine is likely to have exceeded all fatalities in 16 of the nation's military actions since the Second World War, it has been claimed. The rate of soldiers being killed per month in the first year of the war was 25 times higher than in Chechnya and 35 times higher than in the Soviet Union's ten-year war in Afghanistan, a US think-tank said. It is thought Russian troops are dying at five times the rate of Ukrainians, at a total of around 70,000. The Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) said Russia...

Former President Donald Trump on Friday slammed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over a past move to end a prized ethanol mandate, foreshadowing a likely primary clash to come in Iowa, the state that will kick off the entire process. "Why on earth (farmer's love earth!) would the wonderful people of the GREAT State of Iowa vote for Ron DeSanctimonious when he voted and fought to KILL Ethanol (and will definitely do so if given the chance) ..." Trump wrote in part in an early morning post on his social media platform, Truth. DeSantis, Trump concluded, would "beg for mercy" in...

On Wednesday, Whoopi Goldberg, a co-host of ABC’s “The View,” went ballistic after 45th President Donald Trump was exonerated by new bombshell findings by Fox News’ Tucker Carlson released earlier this week of previously never before seen raw footage of the January 6, 2021 protest at the Capitol. Carlson, in what Trump has called “one of the biggest scoops as a reporter in U.S. history,” was granted access by Speaker Kevin McCarthy three weeks ago to 41,000 hours of raw footage of the Capitol protest unseen by the public. Carlson’s part one of coverage aired Monday evening and his final...

The question of Ron DeSantis entering the race for the 2024 GOP nomination is an issue of ‘when’ not ‘if’. Anyone who is still holding the opinion that nothing is certain until everything is certain are simply being obtuse in the extreme.Before getting to the current status of the Florida governor appearing in Iowa, the context for the appearance needs some background.With former Cruz Crew leader Ken Cuccinelli coordinating the latest Political Action Committee (PAC) “Never Back Down”, the motives clarify when you consider the need to transfer the excess DeSantis 2022 campaign money into a federal race. The best...

On Monday night, following the release of shocking new footage of the January 6 riot, former president Donald Trump called for the release of all prisoners arrested over their participation in the event. The roughly 40,000 hours of clips, which were released by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and aired on FOX News' Tucker Carlson Tonight, revealed never before seen angles of the riot, casting doubt on numerous claims made by Democrats and parroted by the media about what really happened that day. "Congratulations to Tucker Carlson on one of the biggest 'scoops' as a reporter in U.S. history," Trump posted...

MOORE, Okla. (KOKH) — A cheerleading coach in Oklahoma has been arrested and she lost her job. She's accused of having a sexual relationship with a former student for five years. According to an affidavit, the alleged victim is in a rehab program in California, and he sent a detailed letter to Moore Public Schools, south of Oklahoma City. He said the sexual relationship started when he was a 16-year-old sophomore in 2017, and ended last October 2022. The coach, Jennifer Hawkins, reportedly explained the relationship began while the victim was living with her and her family for a few...

Former President Donald Trump boasts the highest favorability in Morning Consult’s latest hypothetical 2024 Republican primary lineup poll.The latest survey shows Trump dominating his challengers — some potential, some formally in the race — with a majority, 53 percent, selecting him as their number one choice. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is the only potential challenger who comes remotely close, but even he falls 25 points behind, with just 28 percent support. Notably, this same survey shows Trump with a slight edge over President Joe Biden in a head-to-head matchup, leading by a single percentage point. Republican respondents were asked to...

Former President Donald Trump reacted to Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson releasing new and unseen footage from the Capitol Hill riot that unfolded on January 6, 2021, which appears to portray a different picture than the one that former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) painted.Throughout Tucker Carlson’s segment on Monday, footage showed scenes that ran contrary to some of the narratives put forth by the likes of former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) and the January 6 committee by claiming that rioters had participated in an “insurrection.” One particularly jarring piece of footage actually appeared to show Jacob Chansley, a.k.a. the...

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New York court workers must be rehired — and given back pay with interest — if they were fired because they refused to get the COVID-19 vaccine, the state’s Public Employment Relations Board has ruled. ... Unified Court System must immediately “cease and desist” from enforcing policies that require all non-judicial employees to be vaccinated or undergo regular testing. In addition, anyone “who lost accrued leave, compensation or employment” will have to be made “whole,” with interest paid “at the maximum legal rate,” ... The decision affects at least about 25 court officers who were fired, said Dennis Quirk, president...

Several regional bank stocks were halted Friday morning amid a market selloff led by SVB Financial Group, owner of startup-focused Silicon Valley Bank. First Republic Bank, PacWest Bancorp, Western Alliance Bancorp and Signature Bank were all halted for volatility after sharp declines in early trading. First Republic had fallen by as much as 50%. PacWest and Western Alliance had slid more than 30%. Signature was down by about 25%. SVB Financial said it would sell securities at a nearly $2 billion loss on Wednesday in the face of larger-than-expected deposit outflows. Its stock, which was halted early Friday, has fallen...

Silicon Valley Bank was aptly named: It held the funds of hundreds of U.S. tech companies and was a crucial player in the valley’s economy. But on Friday, it became the second largest bank failure in U.S. history after a rapid run on its deposits. Some $175 billion in customer accounts were taken over by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), which is now tasked with returning money to the bank’s customers. But more than 85% of the bank’s deposits were uninsured, according to estimates in a recent regulatory filing. That’s because FDIC deposit insurance is meant for everyday bank...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — With aged senators increasingly absent from sessions to treat their illnesses and injuries, Congress has passed new rules giving control of the Senate to whichever party has fewer people in the hospital. "These people are dropping like flies," said one anonymous staffer on Capitol Hill. "At this point, I think the average age for a senator is around 98 years old. Their decrepit bodies are finally starting to just give out." Sources confirm that over the last few years, the Capitol Building has become a de facto nursing home to hundreds of elderly politicians who overstayed their...

Sometimes ministers and church volunteers make mistakes. Usually, these can be corrected, and the adults who made them can learn how to be better and continue their ministry. As many evangelicals proudly assert, forgiveness and reconciliation are important in the walk with Christ. But when children are in danger, where do we draw the line with mistakes? At Kanakuk Kamps, a popular evangelical Christian summer camp outside Branson, Mo., the line has been blurry for decades. For years, Kanakuk leadership allegedly has been aware of abuse at the hands of camp counselors and staff. Reports from victims and their parents...

A team of climate scientists from France, Russia and Germany has found that ancient viruses dormant for tens of thousands of years in permafrost can infect modern amoeba when they are revived. For their study, reported on the open-access site Viruses, the group collected several giant virus specimens from permafrost in Siberia and tested them to see if they could still infect modern creatures. Prior research has shown that permafrost—frozen soil—is an excellent preservative. Many carcasses of frozen extinct animals have been extracted from permafrost in the Northern Hemisphere. Prior research has also shown that plant seeds lying dormant in...

At the end of 2022, SVB had uninsured deposits in its US offices of $151.5 billion, versus total deposits of $173 billion. That's 88% of all SVB deposits that didn't have FDIC insurance.

Remote work may boost marriage rates and encourage women who are already parents to have more children, a new paper found. Economist Adam Ozimek and demographer Lyman Stone, analyzing the survey data of 3,000 American women between the ages of 18-44 from the Demographic Intelligence Family Survey, hypothesize that “remote work during COVID made a positive contribution to the U.S. and potentially other developed countries’ fertility rates.” The findings come after the U.S. reported the lowest fertility rate on record in 2020.