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Bidenomics is forcing Americans to live hand to mouth. Or as Lou Chrisite sang, “Lightning Strikes …. Americans” leaving them worse off under Bidenomics. The cost of living has been soaring, and our standard of living has been steadily going down. Coping with inflation is tough for American households where consumer debt is up 19.$ under Biden while the free-spending Federal government’s public debt is up only 16.5%. As a result, over 60 percent of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck at this point, and debt levels are rising to unprecedented levels. Now, 78% of consumers earning less than $50,000...

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Students and staff in one class at a public school in Montgomery County, Maryland, are being told that they must wear masks for the next 10 days after three “or more” people tested positive for COVID-19. In a letter sent home to parents on Tuesday, Rosemary Hills Elementary School principal Rebecca Irwin Kennedy wrote that KN95 masks would be distributed and students and staff in “identified classes or activities” will be required to mask up while in school for the next 10 days “except when eating or drinking.” The letter states that after a 10-day period, “masks will become optional...

While off the Japanese island of Chichijima on this day in history on Sept. 2, 1944, then-future President George H.W. Bush was the only survivor after his aircraft was shot down by enemy fire, according to the National WWII Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana. At the time, Lt. Junior Grade George Bush was a pilot with Torpedo Squadron Fifty-One (VT-51) aboard the aircraft carrier USS San Jacinto (CVL-30), a light carrier that was deployed in the North Pacific, according to U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. Bush’s squadron was conducting a bombing mission when it encountered heavy anti-aircraft fire, according...

Just. Wow. We've heard so much about Joe Biden's plagiarism during his time in law school, but seeing it in a thread from someone who personally witnessed it? All sorts of WOW. Check this out. My first assignment as a junior editor at the Harvard Journal on Legislation (1999-2000) was to cite check an article submitted by one Sen. Joseph R. Biden. I was shocked by the plagiarism I discovered. 🧵 https://t.co/0CSqJBZR7E — Roger Severino (@RogerSeverino_) September 4, 2023 Shocked by the plagiarism he found. Oh keep going, it gets better. Worse? Cite checking involves formatting case citations under highly...

Former Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday will call on Republicans to choose classic conservative principles over "the siren song of populism" he sees pervading the party, a movement largely inspired by his former running mate. But he'll do so without directly naming Donald Trump in what's being called a "major" speech at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at St. Anselm College. Campaign advisers told reporters on a preview call Tuesday that the speech was not directed at one candidate in particular, such as Trump or biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, whom Pence has recently hammered over a slate of...

Former Trump administration press secretary Kayleigh McEnany argued on “Jesse Watters Primetime” that President Joe Biden is not well-perceived by the public which could stunt his 2024 election chances. McEnany claimed that Biden’s “nightmare scenario” was revealed in a recent Wall Street Journal poll which poured cold water on his reelection hopes. McEnany said that 40% of the poll’s respondents claim they would “definitely” vote for Trump if he is the nominee, while only 39% say the same about Biden. Although the polling numbers place the likely nominees in a dead heat, McEnany argues that Trump’s base will be more...

With former President Donald Trump now facing four indictments, one recalls Lloyd Bentsen’s famous remark that Dan Quayle was no Jack Kennedy. The appropriate parallel today is to say that Donald Trump is no Richard Nixon. The Trump-Nixon comparisons are facile but superficial and in crucial respects wrong. They ignore fundamental differences between a serious and accomplished public servant whose overwrought ambition led him astray, and a self-centered dilettante whose main interest in government service is to feed his boundless ego. The contrasts between the two men are far more significant than the similarities. Confronted with clear indications that his...

6 September 2023 Wednesday of week 22 in Ordinary Time Saint Begga's Collegiate Church, Andenne, Belgium Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingColossians 1:1-8 ©The message of the truth has reached you and is spreading all over the worldFrom Paul, appointed by God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and from our brother Timothy to the saints in Colossae, our faithful brothers in Christ: Grace and peace to you from God our Father. We have never failed to remember you in our prayers and to give thanks for you to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus...

KEY POINTS: The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($726,200 or less) decreased to 7.21% from 7.31% Applications for a mortgage to purchase a home fell 2% for the week and were 28% lower than the same week one year ago. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ After rising sharply for several weeks, mortgage interest rates pulled back slightly last week, but not enough to revive mortgage demand. Total mortgage application volume fell 2.9% last week, compared with the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index. The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages...

New York City education officials were scrambling Tuesday to get as many migrant kds registered before the start of school in two days. About 19,500 kids currently live in temporary housing — most of them asylum seekers — according to recent numbers released by City Hall — and most have been enrolled since 2022. With public schools set to open on Sept. 7, the Big Apple is moving into the next phase of the humanitarian crisis: finding room, money, and teachers to handle the influx of children who speak more than a dozen languages. At a Long Island City Holiday...

The federal deficit is expected to nearly double this year, from about $1 trillion last year to $2 trillion for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30 Why it matters: There's no precedent for deficits this large, as a share of the economy — outside war, deep recession or pandemic. The WashPost's Jeff Stein reported Sunday on the stunning projected figure from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. Between the lines: Such huge spending imbalances contribute to high interest rates for consumers — including mortgages — in the short run. In the long run, it means interest costs will likely...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Kyiv on Wednesday in a gesture of support as Ukraine's counteroffensive against Russian forces grinds into its fourth month with only small gains. Blinken took the typical route to the Ukraine, arriving in Poland on Tuesday evening before taking an overnight train to Kyiv. He has taken the trip to the war-torn country four times since the invasion began and the sixth since taking office. As Blinken made the journey under the cover of darkness, Russian aircrafts were pummeling the Ukrainian capital with cruise missiles, hours after Putin's forces targeted the port city...

Republican Mike Rogers, who served in Congress for 14 years and chaired the House Intelligence Committee, is running for an open U.S. Senate seat in Michigan that Democrats have held for over two decades. The announcement, which was provided to The Associated Press in a campaign video on Wednesday, instantly shakes up a Senate race that had been relatively quiet and dominated by Democratic candidates. It's seen as a recruiting victory for Michigan Republicans, who have struggled to win statewide races with a state party in turmoil. A former Marine and FBI agent, Rogers was elected to Congress in 2000...

Heatwaves, droughts and wildfires struck Asia, Africa, Europe and North America over the last three months, with dramatic impact on economies, ecosystems and human health. The average global temperature in June, July and August was 16.77 degrees Celsius, smashing the previous 2019 record of 16.48C, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said in a report. "The three months that we've just had are the warmest in approximately 120,000 years, so effectively human history," C3S deputy director Samantha Burgess told AFP. "Climate breakdown has begun," said UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. "Scientists have long warned what our fossil fuel...

The Communist head of the American Library Association (ALA) said that public schools and libraries need to be “sites of socialist organizing” at the Socialism 2023 conference in Chicago over the weekend. Self-avowed “Marxist Lesbian” Emily Drabinski was initially scheduled to be a featured speaker at the event, but her session was quietly canceled after conservative media publicized her Marxist leanings earlier this year, according to independent journalist Karlyn Borysenko, who infiltrated the event. The Socialist conference featured dozens of far-left speakers, including infamous communists Bill Ayers and Angela Davis. The schedule included panels on “Kids as Comrades”; “The Environmental...

Pray For The Peace of JerusalemJohn 11The Plot to Kill Jesus 45 Therefore many of the Jews who had come to visit Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, believed in him. 46 But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. 47 Then the chief priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the Sanhedrin. “What are we accomplishing?” they asked. “Here is this man performing many signs. 48 If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our...

Joe Biden, who represented DELAWARE in the U.S. Senate for 36 years: "I wouldn't have been elected to the United States Senate in the first place were it not for Philadelphia! That's not a joke."

COVID-19 certainly didn't take a vacation this summer. Virus levels in the US have been on the rise for weeks, but it's hard to know exactly how widely it's spreading. Federal data suggests that the current increases have stayed far below earlier peaks and notable surges. But judging by word of mouth among family, friends and coworkers, it can seem like everyone knows someone who's sick with COVID-19 right now. "We have several folks down with COVID, unfortunately," one health-focused nonprofit told CNN when seeking comment for this story. Rates of severe disease may be staying at relatively low levels,...

Poland’s largest power producer, state-owned PGE, has withdrawn a strategy to accelerate the transition towards climate neutrality less than a week after announcing it. The decision comes after complaints from coal miners – a politically influential group – about the plans, with reports suggesting the government considered acceding to the demands of miners that PGE’s CEO, Wojciech Dąbrowski, be dismissed. Last Tuesday, Dąbrowski unveiled plans for PGE to achieve climate neutrality by 2040, ten years earlier than previously planned. As part of that effort, it pledged to end the use of coal – which still produces around 70% of Poland’s...