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A sweeping new analysis of tariff policy spanning 150 years suggests that the economic establishment may have fundamentally misunderstood how tariffs affect prices and employment, a finding with profound implications for understanding President Donald Trump’s trade policy and the proper response by the Federal Reserve. Researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco examined major tariff changes from 1870 through 2020 across the United States, the United Kingdom, and France. Their conclusion challenges the conventional wisdom that dominated economic policy debates in recent years: when countries raise tariffs, prices actually fall, not rise. “We find that a tariff hike...

A unanimous Nevada Supreme Court on Thursday revived the criminal case against six prominent allies of President Donald Trump who falsely claimed to be legitimate presidential electors amid Trump’s effort to subvert the 2020 election. The justices concluded that Attorney General Aaron Ford properly brought the forgery case in Las Vegas, overruling a lower-court decision that found the case should have been brought in Carson City, where the pro-Trump elector nominees signed the false documents. The 6-0 decision comes just days after Trump pardoned dozens of allies — including the six defendants in Nevada — for any potential federal crimes...

I wonder what Bishop Marcel Lefebvre would make of Cardinal Raymond Burke celebrating the pre–Vatican II “Latin Mass” in St. Peter’s Basilica on October 25. Lefebvre, of course, was a seminal figure in traditionalist Catholicism, who early on distanced himself from the reforms of Vatican II and in 1970 founded the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) to train traditionalist seminarians. The SSPX was canonically suppressed by the Holy See in 1975, but Lefebvre termed the action illegal and decided to ignore it. Then, in 1988, Pope John Paul II declared that Lefebvre was automatically excommunicated for consecrating four bishops...

CBS News chief Barry Weiss is shaking up the network, reportedly courting CNN’s Scott Jennings after meeting Fox’s Bret Baier. Patrick Bet-David’s panel breaks down Weiss’s recruitment strategy, CBS’s rebrand push, and the power shift behind her mission to restore “The Tiffany Network.”

A fusion of woke ideology and Islamist activism has hollowed out Europe’s moral compass—and Jews are paying the price. Europe is experiencing a convulsion whose moral center is failing just when clarity is most needed. What once appeared to be isolated debates about Middle East policy have become a sweeping civilizational crisis: a convergence of post-modern indignation, mass immigration and political opportunism that has normalized hostility to Israel and resurrected old antisemitic patterns in new guises. The spectacle is striking. Public figures and intellectuals repurpose incendiary vocabulary—“apartheid,” “genocide” and “ethnic cleansing” —not as qualifications in narrow legal debate but...

Vice President J.D. Vance discussed the nation’s affordability crisis and the difficulty for young Americans to purchase homes during an interview with FOX News host Sean Hannity. "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive," Vance told Hannity. "Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens, and at the same time, we weren't building enough new houses to begin with even for the population that we had, so what we're doing is trying to make it easier to build...

'Astonishingly lethal': James Landale reports from site of deadly Russian strikeA Russian drone has slammed into a block of flats in eastern Kyiv, killing six people and wounding dozens of others, during a wave of strikes throughout the Ukrainian capital.As emergency workers sifted through the wreckage in the Lisovyi area, one Kyiv resident called Vita described how the drone had pierced the building, exploding on the other side.Meanwhile, Ukraine stepped up its attacks on Russia's oil infrastructure, with drone strikes on one of its biggest export terminals in Novorossiysk, on the Black Sea coast.Fire broke out at the Sheskharis oil...

Saint Robert of Hyannisport? Could happen—if Joe Scarborough were somehow granted the power of canonization. On Friday's Morning Joe, Scarborough chatted with ex-MSNBC host Chris Matthews about his latest book on the Kennedys, focusing on Robert F. Kennedy Sr. After proclaiming that Bobby "has long been one of my heroes," Scarborough continued: "His brother [JFK], you know, cool. Some would say cold, detached, cerebral. But but again, as far as relations with people, you know, he was, he was cold. "Bobby was so much like, you know, Peter, who Jesus built his church on. Get the rest of the story...

Church buildings, businesses destroyed over pork sales near mosque.NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Five Christians were killed and 44 others injured on Nov. 4 after an Islamist leader incited Muslims to attack Christians over pork sales near a mosque in Yumbe, northern Uganda, sources said.The violence erupted after reports spread that Christian merchants were openly selling pork near Munir Mosque, a move many Muslims described as provocative and disrespectful to their religion, which forbids consumption of pork.According to police sources, the unrest began following a video that circulated on social media showing Sheikh Kasim Abdalla of Munir Mosque urging...

Learn about the man who transformed Japan and revolutionized the philosophy of quality. This episode dives into Deming's System of Profound Knowledge, his holistic management philosophy designed for continuous improvement and long-term success.

President Trump said on his Truth Social platform Friday that he is asking Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s links to prominent Democratic officials and banks like JP Morgan. “Now that the Democrats are using the Epstein Hoax, involving Democrats, not Republicans, to try and deflect from their disastrous SHUTDOWN, and all of their other failures, I will be asking A.G. Pam Bondi, and the Department of Justice, together with our great patriots at the FBI, to investigate Jeffrey Epstein’s involvement and relationship with Bill Clinton, [former US Treasury Secretary] Larry Summers, [venture capitalist] Reid Hoffman,...

"The U.S. Coast Guard routinely monitors maritime activity around the Hawaiian Islands and throughout the Pacific to ensure the safety and security of U.S. waters," Capt. Matthew Chong said The Coast Guard said it has responded to a Russian military spy ship near Hawaii and continues to monitor the vessel.The military branch announced Thursday that the Vishnya-class intelligence ship was detected on Oct. 29 about 15 nautical miles south of Oahu, Fox News reported.The Coast Guard responded to the Russian Federation Navy Auxiliary General Intelligence ship, Kareliya, with the HC-130 Hercules from Air Station Barbers Point and the Coast Guard...

https://babylonbee.com/news/childrens-church-sermon-jam-packed-with-heresies DALLAS, TX — The children's pastor of Flame Passion Born Again Friends Fellowship Church caught the community's attention after she gave an inspiring children's church teaching that was once again jam-packed with heresies. A popular children's church pastor for kids who are under age 6, Stacey Ventura gained the trust of all the parents to always be there on Sunday to take their annoying children off their hands so that they could get their lattes and pay attention in "big church" without any distractions, even if she tended to fill her classes with egregious heresy. "Yeah I thought my...

SEATTLE — Jenny McCoy, a local bookstore clerk with deep anxiety over climate change, reportedly transferred so much of her own trauma over to her emotional support dog that her emotional support dog had to get an emotional support dog. Flash, a Jack Russell terrier that McCoy received from local nonprofit Canine Support, had begun experiencing nervous ticks and depression as a result of PTSD developed while emotionally supporting his owner. McCoy, concerned for her dog, took him to the vet, where he was prescribed his own support animal, a dachshund named Stick. "Flash was suffering from emotional outbursts,...

A million times worse than Watergate. Arctic Frost was the worst abuse of power by a presidential administration in the last 75 years. It easily exceeded not only Watergate, but even the Obama era which had pioneered the practice of spying on opposing members of Congress under the guise of conducting counterintelligence operations, first against Israel and then Russia, climaxing in ‘Russiagate’. The Biden administration discarded the ‘foreign’ pretext and began treating political opponents as ‘threats to democracy’ and the Jack Smith witch hunt not only targeted President Trump, but cast a net so wide that its Arctic Frost campaign...

Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has introduced a new bill to "END the mass replacement of American workers" by ultimately phasing out the H-1B visa program. The move by Greene to introduce legislation aimed at ending the H-1B visa program signifies an intensifying split within the Republican Party over immigration and U.S. labor policy. The debate puts a spotlight on differing visions for the future of America's workforce, U.S. competitiveness in global technology and research sectors, and the policies that shape immigration and employment. It also brings to the forefront the challenges President Donald Trump faces as he seeks to...

Indiana’s attorney general took two major enforcement actions this week targeting potential migrant trafficking. This week, Todd Rokita’s office sent subpoenas to several Indiana entities, including Fort Wayne, the state’s second-largest city; Amazon; and Catholic Charities.“I believe these entities have vital information to root out labor trafficking right here,” Rokita said in a press conference at the Allen County courthouse Nov. 13. His office declined to disclose the subpoena contents beyond mentioning business, financial, and client records and relationships, saying confidentiality is legally required because subpoenas do not accuse recipients of wrongdoing but solely seek information.On Nov. 6, Rokita’s office...

Israel has begun negotiations with the United States on an expanded security pact at a moment when political pressure around the relationship between the two countries is rising in Washington. Axios, breaking the story on Thursday, reports “growing frustrations with Israel, including within Trump’s MAGA base,” and says Israeli officials now view this political shift as a factor that makes early action necessary.According to the outlet, which cites American and Israeli officials,Israel is seeking a new 20-year security agreement with the U.S. — doubling the usual term and adding “America First” provisions to win the Trump administration’s support.No previous framework...

Nearly 100 years ago, Ernest Hemingway wrote that a character went bankrupt “Gradually and then suddenly.” Likewise, the disparate impact doctrine in civil rights law is ending first gradually, and then suddenly.In civil rights law, disparate impact occurs when the demographics of selected individuals (e.g., hired applicants or admitted students) does not reflect the population of applicants.Disparate impact makes organizations vulnerable to legal challenges of discrimination. For example, employers sued for disparate impact must prove that their practices serve a legitimate business purpose and are the least discriminatory option available. At no point in this legal process does intent come...

16,551,945 views Apr 25, 2023 This is body cam footage that we obtained from the Fort Worth Police Department via TPIA.