“Explain To Me Why We Don’t Have The Right To Exist?” – Eva Vlaardingerbroek Warns Whites Against Massive Demographic Changes In Their Native Countries By John Cody of RMXNews.com In an exclusive interview with Remix News, Dutch political commentator and lawyer Eva Vlaardingerbroek warns Europeans that they must take a stand against rapid demographic change…
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Biden is right that we need to raise taxes
Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash Biden’s Treasury Department just released a tax plan for 2025. Unless Democrats sweep to power in a wave election (which doesn’t look likely), most of these proposals aren’t going to make it into law. But it’s worth examining the proposal anyway, because…well, because this is an economics blog, and…
San Diego Official Says City Is “New Epicenter” Of Border Crisis
San Diego Official Says City Is “New Epicenter” Of Border Crisis Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times, A San Diego County official has branded the city the “new epicenter” for illegal immigration and claimed that Border Patrol has become “the ‘Uber’ for migrants” entering the county. “San Diego is the new epicenter for…
Disgruntled School Employee Uses AI To Frame Principal With Racist Rant
Disgruntled School Employee Uses AI To Frame Principal With Racist Rant A disgruntled ex-athletics director at a northern Baltimore County Public School used artificial intelligence to impersonate the voice of his boss, the high school’s principal, then posted the racist and antisemitic hate rant on social media to share with the world. Baltimore County Police Chief Robert…
Competition, The American Way
Competition, The American Way Authored by Jack Miller via RealClearEducation, Our K-12 educational system is designed to serve much less than 50% of American students. For decades the cry has been that “all kids must go to college.” Yet, only a minority do so and fewer graduate. Our high schools have been turned into college…
Worst In 70 Years: Biden Approval Rating Absolutely Dismal
Worst In 70 Years: Biden Approval Rating Absolutely Dismal President Joe Biden has the worst job approval rating since Eisenhower during his recently completed 13th quarter in office, according to a new poll by Gallup. While Biden clocks in at 38.7%, the previous low was set by George H.W. Bush at 41.8% in 1992. Donald…
California’s New Minimum Wage: A Cure That Exacerbates The Sickness
California’s New Minimum Wage: A Cure That Exacerbates The Sickness Via SchiffGold.com, The solution to a problem shouldn’t make the problem worse. But apparently, California’s policy makers missed that memo. On April 1st, the state instituted a $20 minimum wage for fast food workers, the highest in the US. With California’s absurdly high cost of living, the policy appeared to make life more…
Pentagon Chief Trolls Iran On Effectiveness Of Weapons After Israel Attack
Pentagon Chief Trolls Iran On Effectiveness Of Weapons After Israel Attack US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday weighed in on the April 13 Iranian attack on Israel, which was the Islamic Republic’s first-ever direct attack on the Jewish state. It included some 300 drones and missiles launched at Israel – the vast majority of…
Drizzle Drizzle? ‘Soft Guy Era’ Parody Trend Sheds Light On Feminist Hypocrisy
Drizzle Drizzle? ‘Soft Guy Era’ Parody Trend Sheds Light On Feminist Hypocrisy First, the feminists claimed that they “don’t need no man” and promoted a culture of “strong independent women,” the idea being that men were holding women back from their true potential. The “patriarchy” conspiracy was an all prevailing issue for woke activists for…
Immunity For Me But Not For Thee
Immunity For Me But Not For Thee Authored by William Woodruff via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Whether Presidential Immunity is a Good Thing or a Bad Thing Shouldn’t Depend Upon Party Affiliation “Whether and if so to what extent does a former President enjoy presidential immunity from criminal prosecution for conduct alleged to involve…
Why You Can’t Afford Most Hotels In New York City
Why You Can’t Afford Most Hotels In New York City Authored by Fred Roeder via RealClearMarkets, On a Friday night in March 2011, I stayed at an upscale W Hotel on Lexington Avenue in New York City for $124. That hotel later became The Maxwell, but sadly it didn’t survive the pandemic and is now permanently closed….
Mainstream Media Misrepresenting Crime Statistics In Order To Protect Biden
Mainstream Media Misrepresenting Crime Statistics In Order To Protect Biden Authored by Eric Lundrum via American Greatness, With the November election less than 7 months away, mainstream media outlets are now choosing to misrepresent the current state of crime in the United States, claiming that crime is declining without providing full context or key details….
The centralization of power
Hardly a day goes by without further evidence that the world is moving toward Viktor Orban-style authoritarian nationalism. Here’s the latest piece of evidence, from the WSJ: A small group of the former president’s allies—whose work is so secretive that even some prominent former Trump economic aides weren’t aware of it—has produced a roughly 10-page…
Bank Failures Begin Again: Philly’s Republic First Seized By FDIC
Bank Failures Begin Again: Philly’s Republic First Seized By FDIC Who could have seen that coming? (here, here, here, and most detailed here) March will be lit: 1. Reverse repo ends 2. BTFP expires 3. Fed cuts (allegedly) 4. QT ends (allegedly) — zerohedge (@zerohedge) January 8, 2024 Admittedly, we were a couple of weeks…
Watch: Trump Challenges Biden To Debate ‘Tonight At The Courthouse’ In NY
Watch: Trump Challenges Biden To Debate ‘Tonight At The Courthouse’ In NY In a Friday interview with Howard Stern, President Joe Biden said he’d be “happy to debate” Donald Trump, telling Stern: “I am, somewhere, I don’t know when, but I am happy to debate him.” Biden’s remarks appeared off the cuff, rather than something…
Biden Holds Off On Sanctioning Israel Defense Force (IDF) Unit In Apparent Reversal
Biden Holds Off On Sanctioning Israel Defense Force (IDF) Unit In Apparent Reversal Via The Cradle The government of US President Joe Biden has decided against imposing sanctions on Israeli army units responsible for human rights violations against Palestinians, despite initial plans to do so. ABC News reported on Friday that a government assessment determined that three battalions in…
Let’s Cheer the Deep State
This post Let’s Cheer the Deep State appeared first on Daily Reckoning. They’re wearing us down with shocking headlines and opinions. They come daily these days, with increasingly implausible claims that leave your jaw on the floor. The rest of the text is perfunctory. The headline is the takeaway. A few weeks ago, The New…
UK Navy Reports Two Vessels Attacked In Red Sea, One Damaged
UK Navy Reports Two Vessels Attacked In Red Sea, One Damaged Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels may have launched attacks on two vessels transiting southwest of Mukha, a port city on the highly contested southern Red Sea. Bloomberg says the UK Navy has confirmed two attacks on vessels in a series of headlines hitting the Terminal around 1400 ET. UK…
Emergency-O-Rama…
Emergency-O-Rama… Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com, “We’ll certainly never forget the dark days of June 6… January 6th, excuse me.” – President “Joe Biden” The plum blossoms are ready to pop here. You can feel your blood rising. The evening sun lingers a little longer every day. Normally you’d celebrate, but not this…
US Bank Deposits Suffer Biggest Weekly Decline Since 9/11 As Tax Man Cometh
US Bank Deposits Suffer Biggest Weekly Decline Since 9/11 As Tax Man Cometh It’s that time of year again and US bank deposits sure showed it… While money-market funds’ total assets fell over $100BN, on a non-seasonally-adjusted (NSA) basis, total bank deposits crashed by a stunning $258BN as Tax-Day cometh. That is considerably more than…
Planes Almost Collide At 2 Major Airports As Boeing Probe Advances
Planes Almost Collide At 2 Major Airports As Boeing Probe Advances Authored by Jacob Burg via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), As the U.S. Justice Department decides whether to pursue a criminal case against Boeing, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating dozens of airplane incidents since January, including one in which a Swiss Air…
“The Yen Collapse Has Become Disorderly”: Look For A Final, Sharp Decline Before It Hits A Floor
“The Yen Collapse Has Become Disorderly”: Look For A Final, Sharp Decline Before It Hits A Floor The BOJ came, issued the shortest statement in the history of central banks… … and left, leaving traders stunned and speechless at the sheer idiocy of the world’s most clownish central bank, which has decided to invite currency…
NYPD Warns Anti-Israel Protesters A ‘Seattle-Style’ Occupation Zone Won’t Be Tolerated
NYPD Warns Anti-Israel Protesters A ‘Seattle-Style’ Occupation Zone Won’t Be Tolerated Authored by Patricia Tolson via The Epoch Times, As protests escalate across college and university campuses in the United States, a New York Police Department (NYPD) official vowed that a “Seattle-style” occupation zone will not be tolerated on the streets of New York City….
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Micro Trumps Macro As Stocks Shrug Off Week Of Higher Inflation, Higher Rates, & Lower Growth
Micro Trumps Macro As Stocks Shrug Off Week Of Higher Inflation, Higher Rates, & Lower Growth It was an ugly macro week… Source: Bloomberg …and worse still, ‘growth’ surprises disappointed significantly while ‘inflation’ surprises surprised to the upside significantly… Source: Bloomberg Soaring inflation expectations sent rate-cut expectations to new cycle lows… Source: Bloomberg …pushing yields…
Trump Responds To Main ‘Hush Money’ Trial Witness’s Claims
Trump Responds To Main ‘Hush Money’ Trial Witness’s Claims Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, Former President Donald Trump praised the first witness in his New York City “hush money” trial, former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker, as he is scheduled to deliver more testimony in the case on Friday. “He’s been very…
Blinken Threatens China Over Russia Ties, Warns Xi Against “Downward Spiral” In Relations With US
Blinken Threatens China Over Russia Ties, Warns Xi Against “Downward Spiral” In Relations With US On Friday Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, which brought to a close the US top diplomat’s three day visit to China. Blinken warned the Chinese leader of another potential “downward spiral” in relations and the two sides…
Biden Administration Abandons Plan To Ban Menthol Cigarettes To Avoid ‘Angering Black Voters’
Biden Administration Abandons Plan To Ban Menthol Cigarettes To Avoid ‘Angering Black Voters’ The so-called ‘party of science’ has decided to abandon its plan to save millions of lives (of mostly African American youth) by choosing not to ban Menthol cigarettes after all… In October 2023, the FDA said it was looking to ban menthol…
How Much You Can Expect to Pay for the World’s 14 Most Opulent Hotel Suites
The next time you are looking to book an overnight stay, consider a visit to one of the world’s most opulent hotels. Yes, it may require you to sell your car or house to afford a night, but the payoff is some of the most refined luxury you will ever find. As is the pay…
Port Of Baltimore Partially Reopens, Allowing Trapped Cargo Ships To Exit
Port Of Baltimore Partially Reopens, Allowing Trapped Cargo Ships To Exit Officials at the Port of Baltimore opened a fourth, 35-foot deep, temporary channel through the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge, allowing cargo ships trapped at the port to exit. According to Bloomberg‘s ship tracking data, four of seven ships trapped at the port navigated the new temporary…
US State Department Arabic Spokesperson Resigns Over Biden’s Gaza Policy
US State Department Arabic Spokesperson Resigns Over Biden’s Gaza Policy Via Middle East Eye The Arabic language spokesperson of the US State Department has resigned over Washington’s Gaza war policy, in the third senior level resignation from the department since the war began. Hala Rharrit, a Palestinian-American, posted her resignation on the LinkedIn social media site, stating: “I resigned April 2024 after 18…
Is Fidelity Safe For Investors To Use?
Fidelity Investments is one of the nation’s largest brokerages and has been providing financial services since 1946. It’s registered with government regulators like the SEC and a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), and the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (“SIPC”). Fidelity serves more than 50 million individuals…
What Is Fidelity Active Trader Pro, And What Are The Benefits?
Fidelity Active Trader Pro is an advanced trading platform that allows you to research and trade stocks, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), mutual funds, and options. Active Trader Pro: The pros Fidelity’s Active Trader Pro offers an array of research tools and analytical capabilities. Fidelity’s Active Trader pro offers a range of tools for experienced traders who…
The Oldest and Most Prolifc Tanks of the Modern Era
The modern tank has dominated the battlefield since it first emerged in World War I. Militaries around the world have employed tanks for decades in conflicts ranging from land wars in Africa to the current Russia-Ukraine War. (This is a comparison of Russia and NATO’s military strength.) Here 24/7 Wall St. is taking a look…
Israel Defense Force (IDF) Shelling Hammers Rafah As Egypt Sends Top Intel Official To Avert Ground Offensive
Israel Defense Force (IDF) Shelling Hammers Rafah As Egypt Sends Top Intel Official To Avert Ground Offensive Egypt is attempting a last ditch effort to reach a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel at a moment Israel Defense Force (IDF) shelling of Rafah has intensified, in what are seen as ‘softening’ operations ahead of an imminent ground offensive, despite international calls to…
The Constitutional Abyss: Justices Signal Desire To Avoid Both Cliffs On Presidential Immunity
The Constitutional Abyss: Justices Signal Desire To Avoid Both Cliffs On Presidential Immunity Authored by Jonathan Turley, Below is my column in the New York Post on yesterday’s oral arguments on presidential immunity. As expected, with the exception of the three liberal justices, the Court appears to be struggling to find a more nuanced approach…
Israel’s Controversial National Security Minister Ben Gvir In Serious Car Accident
Israel’s Controversial National Security Minister Ben Gvir In Serious Car Accident There have been emerging reports Friday that Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir has been hospitalized after a serious car accident. Regional media outlet The Cradle writes that “Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir has been hospitalized after his car overturned…
This State Could Best Survive A Civil War: All 50 Ranked
The United States started out as 13 separate British colonies that didn’t always get along with each other. After the Revolution, they could have gone on to develop as independent nations. Instead, they heeded the words of the motto, “United we stand, divided we fall,” and formed one country. Surviving wars, economic problems, social unrest,…
The US Presidents Who Added the Most to the National Debt
The federal government of the United States has carried some level of debt every year since George Washington’s first term as president. But while the national debt is as old as the country itself, levels of government borrowing have recently reached unsustainable levels. The U.S. has not had a balanced budget in over two decades,…
These States Are Making It Illegal For Illegal Immigrants To Enter
These States Are Making It Illegal For Illegal Immigrants To Enter Authored by Darlene McCormick Sanchez via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Conservative states across the country—Florida, Iowa, Louisiana, Tennessee, Georgia, and Oklahoma—are taking border security matters into their own hands, proposing or passing legislation targeting illegal immigration. (Illustration by The Epoch Times, Shutterstock, Getty…
How To Get Into Commercial Real Estate, 5 Different Ways
You don’t need to be a professional to try your hand at commercial real estate, and investing in any type of real estate is a great way to build wealth and gain assets. Known to provide some of the highest income streams, commercial real estate investing is an interesting field for many who started with…
InfluenceWatch Podcast #314: ESG’s Labor Angle
I’m fond of saying—it’s in my Twitter bio—that “there’s always a labor angle.” From bad MLB umpiring to anti-anti-Hamas demonstrations, Big Labor is there. So I am the least surprised person to discover that the left-wing environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) activist investing movement is backstopped in part by and operates in service of…
This Was The Most Mass Produced US Navy Ship in World War II: Every Ship, Ranked
The United State’s naval fleet grew drastically during World War II. A reported 1,200 major combatant ships were added by war’s end. These ships include destroyers, aircraft carriers, amphibious assault vessels, and patrol boats. The swift production pace and rapid deployment played a crucial role. For example, The USS Essex was finished in just 20…
20% Of Retail Milk Samples Positive For Bird Flu: FDA
20% Of Retail Milk Samples Positive For Bird Flu: FDA Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), One in five samples of milk from grocery store shelves tested positive for the highly pathogenic avian influenza, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced late April 25. A dairy cow at a dairy…
HUGE UPDATE, MELTDOWN BEGINS, CREDIT CARD DEFAULTS RED ALERT, FINANCIAL SHOCK AWAITS
Back with another dose of economic reality: Discovr Card is revealing that the U.S. consumer may be buckling under the pressure of high interest rates and high inflation. Thank you for being a part of my channel. I am an investor that also works in the finance industry. I also am a news-hound and love…
The Cheapest and Most Expensive Housing Markets in Kentucky
Home prices have surged in the U.S. in recent years. Driven by rising demand and supply constraints during the pandemic, the median home sale price spiked by nearly 50% from the second quarter of 2020 to Q3 in 2022. While the sale price of a typical American home has fallen in recent months since, housing…
Exxon Tumbles On One-Time EPS Charges Despite Surge In Cash Flow, Buyback Boost
Exxon Tumbles On One-Time EPS Charges Despite Surge In Cash Flow, Buyback Boost With oil prices enjoying a powerful renaissance in recent months amid mounting supply concerns, declining inventory and the growing possibility that China’s economy may finally kickstart, energy giants such as Exxon and Chevron had enjoyed a similar rebound in their stock price,…
E*Trade Vs TD Ameritrade: A Full Comparison With Pros And Cons
So, you want to become a professional trader. Maybe you started trading with a mobile app and want to graduate to a wider range of stocks and trading tools. Perhaps your office buddies convinced you to get into trading stocks so you can feel like you fit in. Do you feel like the rat race…
‘For Your Own Safety’: USC Cancels Commencement To Avoid Pro-Palestinian Protesters
‘For Your Own Safety’: USC Cancels Commencement To Avoid Pro-Palestinian Protesters Citing safety concerns amid nationwide campus protests against Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza, the University of Southern California on Thursday announced that its 2024 graduating class will not have the traditional main commencement ceremony that brings all graduates together: “With the new…
Retail Sales Data Suggests A Strong Consumer Or Does It
Retail Sales Data Suggests A Strong Consumer Or Does It Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, The latest retail sales data suggests a robust consumer, leading economists to become even more optimistic about more robust economic growth this year. To wit: “It has been two years since forecasters felt this good about the economic outlook. In…
The 49 Fastest and Slowest US Military Aircraft
The C-130 Hercules is one of the most pervasive aircraft throughout the U.S. Armed Forces. It fulfills a variety of roles from transport to tanker, and even combat in some cases. With a typical speed of more than 300 mph, this aircraft is designed more for stability than speed to best perform its roles. The…