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  • O’Leary: Trump not going to fire Powell

    04/22/2025 6:24:14 AM PDT · by RandFan · 4 replies
    The Hill ^ | 04/22/25 9:14 AM ET | by Filip Timotija
    “Shark Tank” investor Kevin O’Leary suggested Monday that President Trump will not oust Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, whom the president has heavily criticized in recent days after the central bank decided to hold interest rates steady last month. “You don’t want to whack the Fed. That’s a really bad idea,” O’Leary said on NewsNation’s “The Hill” in an interview Monday night. “You want the Fed and the executive to be working together. You know, that’s the markets want an independent fed.” “The whole world wants an independent Fed. The Fed maintains the debt market too,” he continued. “You gotta...
  • Al Gore compares Trump administration to Nazi Germany

    04/22/2025 2:18:49 AM PDT · by RandFan · 60 replies
    politico ^ | April 22 | By Debra Kahn
    SAN FRANCISCO — Former Vice President Al Gore on Monday compared President Donald Trump’s administration to Nazi Germany and issued a dire warning about Trump’s use of power in a speech devoted to climate change. Speaking at an event at the start of San Francisco’s Climate Week, Gore said the Trump administration was “trying to create their own preferred version of reality” to achieve their sweeping objectives similar to Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Party in the 1930s and ‘40s. “I understand very well why it is wrong to compare Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich to any other movement,” Gore said to an...
  • Texas Republican county official stabbed, husband killed in home attack (grandson)

    04/22/2025 1:32:06 AM PDT · by Libloather · 19 replies
    Fox News ^ | 4/21/25 | Adam Sabes
    A Texas politician was stabbed and her husband was killed after their grandson allegedly attacked them at their Lewisville home early Monday morning. Republican Denton County Commissioner Bobbie Mitchell, 76, and her husband were stabbed early Monday morning by their grandson, according to police. Fred Mitchell, Bobbie Mitchell's husband, was pronounced dead just after 5 a.m. Bobbie Mitchell was taken to a local hospital and is expected to survive her injuries. The Lewisville Police Department said on Facebook that the double stabbing happened on Monday at 3:53 a.m. Mitchell Blake Reinacher, the couple's 23-year-old grandson, was arrested at the house...
  • 'Drag Race' stars melt down over UK Supreme Court's landmark ruling on legal definition of woman

    04/22/2025 1:23:36 AM PDT · by Libloather · 12 replies
    Fox News ^ | 4/21/25 | Taylor Penley
    The UK Supreme Court's landmark ruling limiting the definition of a woman to biological sex stirred outrage among the stars of BBC’s "RuPaul’s Drag Race UK," who pledged to "fight back" against the decision they say will "marginalize" the transgender community. "The fight back starts today," season one runner-up Divina De Campo wrote in an X post last Wednesday, adding, "We will not go back into the shadows to make you comfortable. F--- all the way off." LGBTQ+ news outlet PinkNews reported on season two finalist Tayce's rage expressed through Instagram with posts calling the UK Supreme Court a "POS...
  • Education Department to resume collections on defaulted federal student loans for first time since 2020

    04/22/2025 1:15:21 AM PDT · by Libloather · 12 replies
    Fox News ^ | 4/21/25 | Diana Stancy
    The Department of Education is poised to resume collections on defaulted federal student loans in May for the first time since 2020. While the first Trump administration paused referring federal student loans to collections in March 2020 at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the extended lapse has prompted Trump administration officials to worry that the federal student loan portfolio is "headed toward a fiscal cliff if we don't start repayment in collections," according to a senior department official. "The result has been that the federal government student loan portfolio has continued to grow, and we've got a record number...
  • PETER SCHIFF says tonight marks the end of the US Dollar dominance (Gold nearly at $3,500!)

    04/21/2025 8:28:58 PM PDT · by RandFan · 38 replies
    X ^ | April 21 | Peter Schiff
    @PeterSchiff Gold is not just any commodity, it's money. Under normal circumstances gold does not move the way it is now. It's already up another $58 tonight, trading above $3,483. This is the end of the U.S. dollar's dominance. Life in America is about to change in ways few can imagine.
  • In Highest Comedy, David Brooks, Arch-Priest of "Elites," Calls for "Civic Uprising"

    04/21/2025 7:34:36 PM PDT · by bitt · 22 replies
    https://www.racket.news/ ^ | Apr 21, 2025 | Matt Taibbi
    Yuppies of the world, unite! New York Times columnist David Brooks, calling for a “mass civic uprising” against Donald Trump: "We live in a country with catastrophically low levels of institutional trust. University presidents, big law firms, media organizations and corporate executives face a wall of skepticism and cynicism. If they are going to participate in a mass civic uprising against Trump, they have to show the rest of the country that they understand the establishment sins that gave rise to Trump in the first place… [that] this is not just defending the establishment; it’s moving somewhere new." You don’t...
  • GOP Senator [Ron Johnsson - WI] Pushes Conspiracy Theory That 9/11 Was an Inside Job: ‘My Eyes Have Been Opened’

    04/21/2025 7:09:49 PM PDT · by RandFan · 49 replies
    mediaite ^ | April 21 | Kipp Jones
    Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) suggested Monday that the US government may have played a role in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks during an interview with MAGA influencer Benny Johnson on The Benny Show. The senator, who sits on the Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, questioned the official explanation for the collapse of World Trade Center Building 7 and echoed claims frequently raised by conspiracy theorists on the fringes of the internet. “Within these agencies, a lot of them are going to cover their tracks and cover things up and destroy a lot of evidence,” the senator said. “It’s gonna...
  • The True Story Behind Happy Face, According to the Daughter of the Notorious Serial Killer

    04/21/2025 12:55:11 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 3 replies
    Time ^ | Mar 22, 2025 | JP Mangalindan
    When Melissa G. Moore came home one afternoon in the spring of 1995, her mother Rose Hucke took her and her two younger siblings aside. The Shadle Park High School senior immediately knew something was very wrong: her parents never held family meetings. In the unfinished basement of Moore’s grandmother’s Spokane, Wash., home where the family lived at the time, Rose shared that the children’s father, Keith Hunter Jesperson, was in prison for murder. The news rocked Moore to the core. “I had a cot and a cellar area that I designated as my bedroom. I just remember going in...
  • A serious car crash occurs every 7 minutes on Long Island — and NY rep is demanding action: ‘National crisis’

    04/21/2025 12:35:57 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 55 replies
    NY Post ^ | 04/20/2025 | Brandon Cruz
    Long Island Rep. Laura Gillen is urging the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to hold an emergency hearing on the nationwide “surge” in deadly traffic accidents — after an unsettling investigation revealed that a serious car crash occurs every seven minutes on Long Island. “The failure to secure our roads has led to thousands of lives being cut short, families being ripped apart, and a terrible void being left in too many communities,” Gillen wrote in her letter compelling the committee to take action. The Democratic lawmaker’s campaign comes after an investigation by Newsday revealed that Long Island drivers get...
  • Hegseth in the news?

    04/21/2025 6:04:42 AM PDT · by RandFan · 39 replies
    Politico (email) ^ | April 21 | Politico email
    HEGSETH ON DEFENSE: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is braced for further accusations of turmoil and dysfunction in his department today after a barrage of Easter weekend revelations sparked fresh calls for him to be fired. POLITICO last night published a damning op-ed by newly-departed Pentagon spokesperson John Ullyot — who had served Donald Trump in various senior roles since 2016 — describing “total chaos” and “disarray” at the DOD under Hegseth’s leadership, and suggesting Hegseth’s departure is all but inevitable. That came less than two hours after the NYT revealed Hegseth had shared top secret battle plans for an imminent...
  • Thune quietly met with BRIAN KEMP (Georgia) on Senate Race

    04/21/2025 5:51:20 AM PDT · by RandFan · 23 replies
    axios ^ | April 21 | Alex Isenstadt
    Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) met with Gov. Brian Kemp last Monday as the GOP lobbies the Georgia Republican to run for Senate in 2026. Why it matters: Georgia is a top pickup opportunity for Senate Republicans, and the popular Kemp is seen as the party's strongest potential candidate. Thune was joined at Monday's lunch in Atlanta by NRSC Chair Tim Scott (R-S.C.), according to two people familiar with the meeting. Kemp's wife, Marty, also attended. The intrigue: Kemp has a complicated relationship with President Trump, who attacked the governor for not overturning his 2020 election defeat in Georgia.
  • Blue states rallied for illegal immigrants to obtain driver's licenses ahead of Trump's REAL ID crackdown

    04/21/2025 2:01:59 AM PDT · by Libloather · 12 replies
    Fox News ^ | 4/20/25 | Emma Colton
    Americans are scrambling to obtain a state-issued REAL ID in order to travel by plane ahead of a federal deadline next month, which comes after states from coast to coast changed their laws surrounding driver's licenses to permit illegal immigrants to drive. Americans will need to obtain a REAL ID, which is a federally-compliant driver's license or other identification that meets higher standards than state-issued licenses, in order to easily travel by air, the Department of Homeland Security explains on its website. Only legal U.S. citizens or residents can obtain the identification card, while valid U.S. passports can also still...
  • Senate GOP braces for primary headaches after 2024 break

    04/21/2025 1:56:33 AM PDT · by RandFan · 9 replies
    The Hill ^ | 04/20/25 5:00 PM ET | by Al Weaver
    After a two-year hiatus, Senate GOP primaries are on the way back. Senate Republicans are bracing for a midterm cycle that could be littered with nasty primary challenges to both incumbents and preferred candidates alike, marking a stark change after party leaders worked hand in glove with President Trump to root them out to help boost their efforts in 2024. Those efforts paid off handsomely last cycle, with Senate Republicans being able to sidestep a number of potential primary landmines en route to a 53-seat majority that is already paying dividends in Trump’s first 100 days. But 2026 is shaping...
  • David Hogg donates $100K to DCCC after plan to primary 'ineffective' Democrats ignited civil war in party

    04/21/2025 1:18:08 AM PDT · by Libloather · 21 replies
    Fox News ^ | 4/20/25 | Andrea Margolis
    Democratic National Committee (DNC) Vice Chair David Hogg recently gave $100,000 to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) shortly after his plans to shake up the Democratic Party with new leadership angered party insiders. The news, which was first reported by Politico and Axios, was confirmed by Hogg in an X post on Friday, where he asserted that he wasn't "playing nice" by handing the six-figure donation over to the DCCC. "This is not me playing nice. It is demonstrating my commitment to winning back the house and making Hakeem Jeffries the Speaker, which is an absolute imperative," Hogg wrote...
  • Dem Sen. Chris Van Hollen, who visited deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador, dodges questions about migrant’s MS-13 ties

    04/20/2025 8:00:33 AM PDT · by Libloather · 7 replies
    NY Post ^ | 4/20/25 | Ryan King
    Sen. Chris Van Hollen on Sunday repeatedly sidestepped questions about whether Kilmar Abrego Garcia was an MS-13 gangbanger as the Trump administration has alleged. Van Hollen (D-Md.), who met with Abrego Garcia in El Salvador on Thursday, accused President Trump of trying to change the subject on due process concerns, while he himself attempted to shift the discussion from MS-13. “What Donald Trump is trying to do here is change the subject,” Van Hollen told CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday when asked about Abrego Garcia’s alleged MS-13 ties. “The subject at hand is that he and his administration are...
  • New research is bad news for vegans — even if you eat plant-based protein

    04/20/2025 7:27:31 AM PDT · by Libloather · 102 replies
    NY Post ^ | 4/19/25 | McKenzie Beard
    Hold the tofu. New research suggests that vegans may be more likely to suffer from nutritional deficiencies than their meat-eating Worse still, scientists found that even vegans who hit their daily protein goals with plant-based sources often fall short on two essential amino acids, putting their health at risk. In the US, an estimated 1% to 5% of the population follows a vegan diet, which eliminates all animal products, including meat, dairy and eggs. Over the years, researchers have found that following a plant-based diet can reduce the risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes and some cancers, as well...
  • Mafia hitman-turned-pol John Alite heckled at NJ town hall meeting by ex-Junior Gotti ‘underling’

    04/20/2025 4:32:43 AM PDT · by Libloather · 11 replies
    NY Post ^ | 4/20/25 | Rich Calder
    This is getting whacked on a whole different level. John Alite, a former Gambino crime family enforcer-turned-mob turncoat now serving as a councilman in the sleepy New Jersey borough of Englishtown, was heckled during his first town hall meeting by a former underling of John Gotti Jr. However, Alite didn’t have to lay a finger on his critic — 39-year-old Christopher George of Huntington, LI — as dozens of townspeople shouted him down. George stepped up to a microphone and confirmed he once worked for “Junior” Gotti, Alite’s ex-best friend and the son of late Gambino godfather John Gotti Sr....
  • Former Biden official delivers scathing reality check to ex-prez as party flounders in the polls

    04/20/2025 3:58:28 AM PDT · by Libloather · 23 replies
    NY Post ^ | 4/19/25 | Zoe Hussain
    Former President Joe Biden’s return to the spotlight has some Democratic party insiders — including top aides — fuming that his presence is only dredging up old wounds, according to a report. After keeping a low profile, Biden reemerged Tuesday with an anti-Trump speech in Chicago, followed by private remarks at Harvard University’s Kennedy School. But the reaction from within the Democratic party was less of a celebration and more of a panic-inducing event, with party operatives, strategists, and Biden loyalists saying his presence came at the worst time, The Hill reported. “I love both Bidens dearly, but staff loyalty...
  • Pro-trans activists yell ‘Hail Satan’ at California school board meeting to protect girls’ sports: ‘Deeply unsettling’

    04/20/2025 3:50:13 AM PDT · by Libloather · 24 replies
    NY Post ^ | 4/19/25 | Shane Galvin
    Masked “outside agitators” shouted “Hail Satan” in support of transgender athletes at a California school board meeting that passed several measures to protect girls’ sports — in a scene one concerned parent called “deeply unsettling.” A Chino Valley Unified School District board meeting Thursday was disrupted by two blue-haired, mask-wearing agitators who were stunned to find their cause was widely disfavored by the majority of parents who supported the . “Y’all are a bunch of transphobic pieces of s–t. I hope you all burn in hell,” one angry person said as they stormed out, a video posted by CVUSD board...