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Americans' cash reserves have experienced a boom bust cycle in the last few years, and the latest data spells bad news. Americans now hold a record level of credit card debt, according to recent data from the Federal Reserve. It comes as they see their pandemic savings and cushions depleted, and as the labor market cools from its red-hot post-vaccine highs. It shows just how much direct stimulus spending bolstered the economy and created a group of workers accustomed to support that likely won't come back — and it may spell even further economic doom as student loan bills get...

It was a rough month for FOX News. For anyone who’s been paying any attention to what a post-Tucker Carlson landscape would look like at Fox News, two things are pretty apparent: That landscape is pretty barren. The suddenly-beleaguered news network has lost so many viewers, its stock was downgraded. Fox News is trying anything — or perhaps flailing about — in response to hemorrhaging viewers, including some shakeups to its primetime lineup. Following all of the recent turmoil FOX News has lost the trust of American conservatives. Only one-third of self-described conservatives trust FOX News the most. They may...

The song was written and sung by Pete Ham and produced by George Harrison, who plays some of the slide guitar parts of the song along with Ham. The record also features Leon Russell on piano. As the song was unfinished at the time Harrison left the Badfinger album to produce the Concert for Bangladesh, the final mix was done by Todd Rundgren, who took over Straight Up after Harrison's departure

As space travel becomes more common, so does the possibility that someone might die along the way. Houston: There's no question that sending human beings to space is an extraordinarily difficult and perilous proposition. Since human space exploration began just over 60 years ago, 20 people have died – 14 in the NASA space shuttle tragedies of 1986 and 2003, three cosmonauts during the 1971 Soyuz 11 mission, and three astronauts in the Apollo 1 launch pad fire in 1967. Given how complicated human spaceflight is, it's actually remarkable how few people have lost their lives so far. But NASA...

Former President Bill Clinton was spotted grabbing a bite to eat at Papa Al's Pizza in Newtown on Sunday. According to Dritan Hodza, a chef at Papa Al's, the former president came into the restaurant with a security detail and ordered a couple of slices of pizza and garlic knots. Hodza said that Clinton was kind and had a "smiley face" during his visit.

One major claim that Mr. Smith cites as an example of Trump peddling “false assertions” is a statement from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) that there was zero evidence of voting systems being compromised in the 2020 election. This is where Smith runs into major trouble according to Trending Politics. The claim in the indictment is contradicted by the Department of Justice itself. Just the News reported back in November 2021 that Biden’s DOJ charged two Iranian hackers who successfully hacked into a state computer election system. The hackers, Seyyed Mohammad Hosein Musa Kazemi and Sajjad Kashian, stole...

There have been at least six times now where new evidence was released implicating the Biden Crime Family and then President Trump is indicted by the Biden regime the next day. Trump was hit with 4 counts for challenging the fraudulent 2020 election: Conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights. In his 45-page indictment of retread January 6 Committee talking points and misinformation, Jack Smith revealed on Tuesday that Mike Pence was taking secret notes from conversations with Trump. On page 33...

President Biden's administration is placing the blame for the United States' drop in credit rating on former President Donald Trump and the Jan. 6 riots. Fitch announced Tuesday it has officially downgraded the United States' long-term foreign-currency issuer default rating to "AA+" from "AAA," saying the downgrade "reflects the expected fiscal deterioration" and the nation's heavy debt burden. An administration official claimed to FOX Business on Wednesday that the underlying model was AAA until former President Donald Trump's administration. The administration official claimed the model dipped in the Trump-era and despite efforts since 2020, Fitch's change in consideration on a...

Workers in the United States believe they will need to save around $1.8 million for retirement, as inflation continues to fuel anxieties over savings, according to a survey from Charles Schwab. This estimate is up from last year’s $1.7 million, with 37 percent of respondents stating they think it’s very likely they will reach this number, down 10 percentage points from last year, according to the survey. The survey of 401(k) participants found 62 percent of workers think of inflation as a challenge to saving for a “comfortable retirement,” up from last year’s 45 percent, while 42 percent said stock...

Wilson said that the Hollywood 'cool kids' all put on an act and pretend they are 'alienated outcasts' Nikolas LanumBy Nikolas Lanum | Fox News "However, it must be said you are also familiar with this idea if you work in insurance, solar panel sales, Uber driving, agriculture, or the manicure and pedicure industry, because Duḥkka is everywhere these days," Wilson said, arguing that nearly everyone in modern society is wired to feel sorry, suffering and unhappiness in their own lives. However, Wilson refuted the idea that negative energy should be entirely removed from people's lives to live positively and...

The Biden brand is an “abuse of soft power,” Devon Archer told Tucker Carlson during an interview released Wednesday on Twitter. Archer was Hunter Biden’s best friend in business. Together they sat on Burisma Holding’s board and co-founded BHR Partners, a Chinese state-backed investment fund. “Obviously, the brand of Biden, you know, adds a lot of power when your dad’s vice president,” Archer told Carlson. Ep. 12 Part 1. Devon Archer pic.twitter.com/ElEzAZtBcA — Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) August 2, 2023

A Japanese hibachi steakhouse in Florida permanently closed its doors after seven customers alleged they tested positive for methamphetamine hours after eating at the restaurant earlier this month. Management at Nikko Japanese Steak House, a hibachi restaurant in Pace, which is about 15 miles north of Pensacola in northwest Florida, wrote in a Facebook post on July 7 that they would permanently close the restaurant after 10 years in business, blaming news reports and online social media posts about the allegations. The Santa Rosa Sheriff's Office opened an investigation on July 10 after two groups of people who were seated...

Surveillance footage captured dancer O'Shae Sibley vogueing in the parking lot of a Brooklyn gas station on Saturday, moments before being stabbed to death in what police now say was an anti-gay hate crime. Sibley, 28, was attacked at the Mobil Gas Station after being confronted while dancing with his friends to a Beyonce song. He was shirtless and wearing shorts, which offended a group of young, 'Muslim' teens nearby. One is said to have yelled at him to stop dancing, shouting: 'I'm Muslim'. Police have identified the teenager, who is 17, but have not released his name to the...

On Saturday, trying to do the right thing led to Republican Rep. Ronny Jackson of Texas being put in handcuffs and briefly detained. The incident happened at the White Deer Rodeo in the town of White Deer about 40 miles from Amarillo, according to the Texas Tribune. A statement from Jackson’s office said he was attending the rodeo when he was “summoned by someone in the crowd to assist a 15-year-old girl who was having a medical emergency nearby.” The statement that Jackson, who was a White House doctor for former President Barack Obama, was informed by a relative that...

The former Auburn football player allegedly targeted by his wife in a murder-for-hire plot helped her and her accused accomplices bail out of prison in the Bahamas. Prosecutors withdrew their objection Tuesday to the release of Linsday Shiver, 36, her alleged lover Terrance Bethel, 28, and Faron Newbold, 29, after speaking with Linday’s estranged husband Robert Shiver, Bahamas Court News reported. Lindsay and her alleged accomplices were arrested on July 21 after police stumbled upon a plan to kill Robert, 38, while searching Bethel’s phone in an investigation over a burglary at a Bar on Great Guana Cay. The three...

For years, politicians have been facing the prospect of holding a referendum to remove outdated language which refers to women in the home from the Constitution. Now, time for a final decision is rapidly approaching and the Government is discovering it is entering a territory littered with landmines. This week, the Taoiseach said the Government remains committed to holding the referendum, but admitted an inter-departmental group which is working on the wording has struggled to agree on the precise question or questions to be asked. The proposed Referendum on Article 41 has three objectives: remove gendered language referring to women...

Several hosts of The View expressed interest in having former President Donald Trump's federal case for his third indictment be aired live on television, as his "MAGA cult" will not believe "anything." On Tuesday, Trump was indicted by a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., on four new charges related to the Jan. 6 protest on Capitol Hill in 2021 and alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Co-host Joy Behar claimed on Wednesday that it is important that Trump's trial be aired on television, though she noted that a rule forbids cameras in federal courts. "This is an important...

Biden's DOJ has indicted Donald Trump for the third time, but this one is different. Jack Smith has brought an indictment against Donald Trump that criminalizes free speech. The counts: Conspiracy to defraud the United StatesConspiracy to obstruct an official proceedingObstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceedingConspiracy against rights. Professor Jonathan Turley described it this way: George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley said Smith issued “the first criminal indictment of alleged disinformation.” “If you take a red pen to all of the material presumptively protected by the First Amendment, you can reduce much of the indictment to...

This is a hard to find old recording on Vinyl of a band I first heard at a Ren Faire in the late 1980s, it's become one of my favorite albums.00:00 Bonny at Morn04:40 Walls of LisCarroll06:44 The Blacksmith09:30 Blackbird14:36 Three Polkas18:05 Hogan's Alley21:35 Restless Waters27:15 Scarce O'Taties29:15 Jock O'Hazeldean33:40 Rights of Man37:15 Irish Ways and Irish Laws42:00 A Cry for PeacePendragon - Music in the Celtic Tradition | 43:25Shiny Shadows | 71 subscribers | 1,683 views | July 13, 2023

Mayor Eric Adams is tapping New York’s college students to assist thousands of migrants with their asylum claims, The Post has learned. Adams’s office plans on announcing a partnership with NYU, Columbia University School of Social Work and City University of New York campuses including Hunter College’s School of Social Work to help migrants navigate the complicated process, sources familiar with the program said. “There is tremendous talent in the student bodies of both the public and private colleges. There are students who are multilingual and they’re used to taking exams and filling out applications,” a source familiar with the...