President Biden has repeatedly told a heartfelt story about his interactions with an Amtrak employee, even though the details of the story don’t seem to add up. Biden on Wednesday told the factually challenged Amtrak story for the fourth time in his presidency to date. BIDEN’S BIZARRE AMTRAK STORY DOESN’T ADD UP “About, uh, I … Continue reading Biden keeps telling bizarre Amtrak story that was already debunked
Attorney General Merrick Garland refused to say Thursday whether he sought ethics guidance concerning his son-in-law’s business – which pushes critical race theory-related ideas and provides services to school districts nationwide – before he issued his explosive memo this month saying the FBI will investigate threats by parents against school board members. While testifying at a … Continue reading Garland doesn’t say if he sought ethics guidance regarding ties to son-in-law’s CRT-promoting company
(cyril martin/Getty Images) How bizarre has the vaccine controversy become? Colorado hospitals are refusing organ transplants to COVID unvaccinated patients because if they catch the disease, they would have a 30 percent chance of dying due to weakened immune systems caused by the anti-rejection drugs recipients must take. Never mind that refusing the transplant — … Continue reading Texas Welcomes Unvaccinated Organ-Transplant Patients Refused Care in Colorado
Five staff advisers have abandoned Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) for neglecting Arizona constituents over opposing President Biden’s $3.5 trillion reconciliation proposal. “You have become one of the principal obstacles to progress, answering to big donors rather than your own people,” the group of advisers publicly wrote to Sinema in the New York Times. “We shouldn’t … Continue reading Report: Five Staff Advisers Abandon Kyrsten Sinema for ‘Hanging’ Arizona ‘Constituents Out to Dry’
Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday denied claims that the Justice Department (DOJ) would label parents as domestic terrorists following an Oct. 4 memorandum he sent to DOJ employees about intervening in incidents of violence or intimidation targeting state and local school board officials. GOP lawmakers have criticized Garland for getting involved in matters that … Continue reading Garland denies DOJ labeling parents as domestic terrorists following school board memo
Border Patrol agents in Texas nabbed three MS-13 gang members, traveling into the U.S. among groups of migrants – including one who was being sought for an alleged sexual assault on a child. Agents in Hidalgo, Texas on Friday encountered a group of 17 migrants – one of whom was discovered to be an El Salvadoran … Continue reading Border Patrol agents in Texas catch MS-13 members, including one sought for child sex offense
FILE PHOTO: Crude oil storage tanks are seen in an aerial photograph at the Cushing oil hub in Cushing, Oklahoma, U.S. April 21, 2020. REUTERS/Drone Base October 21, 2021 By Tommy Wilkes and Sujata Rao LONDON (Reuters) – For all the angst caused by this year’s 65% oil price leap, concerns about a return to … Continue reading Why today’s economy can handle oil at $100 a barrel or higher
Biden in Wonderland Charles C. W. Cooke No matter how strenuously it insists that down is up and up is down, the White House can’t pretend away the spiraling crises before our eyes. https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/what-if-trumps-grip-on-the-gop-isnt-as-strong-as-it-seems/ Continue reading ‘What if Trump’s Grip on the GOP Isn’t as Strong as It Seems?’
John and Dan discussed the Manchin party-switching report below. Playbook today goes into some detail why it credits the report: We talked to Corn on Wednesday night and came away with the impression of a reporter who is 1,000% sure his story was correct. “The sourcing was impeccable,” Corn said. “Even if he had told … Continue reading Manchin Must Be Thinking about It, or at Least Talking about It
Businesses that force employers to get the coronavirus vaccine as a condition of employment should be held liable for adverse reactions, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said Thursday after announcing he is calling the legislature back for a special session to protect people’s jobs and livelihoods from intrusive vaccine mandates. “We will be calling the … Continue reading Ron DeSantis: Businesses Forcing Coronavirus Vaccines Should Be Liable for Adverse Reactions
Sales of the priciest homes were strong in September and the share of sales to first-time buyers fell, highlighting increasing inequality in the Biden era housing market. The median existing-home price for all housing types in September was $352,800, a 13.3 percent increase from a year ago, data released Thursday by the National Association of Realtors … Continue reading Bidenflation and the K-Shaped Housing Market: Million Dollar Home Sales Still Soaring, First Time Buyers Sinking
Chants of “F*ck Joe Biden” repeatedly interrupted the Fox ALCS postgame show Tuesday, as show producers raced to hit the mute button as often as they could without shutting down the hosts. The postgame show, broadcast outside Fenway Park on Tuesday evening, was rife with fans chanting their displeasure at Biden. The chant was heard … Continue reading WATCH: ‘F*ck Joe Biden’ Chant Drowns Out Fox ALCS Postgame Show Hosts
President Biden‘s eroding poll numbers have been a major story line in the political world for nearly three months. And with the presidential approval rating a much watched indicator of how his party will perform in next year’s midterm elections – when the Democrats will fight to keep their razor-thin majorities in the House of … Continue reading Biden’s polling worse than Obama, Bush, Clinton, better than Trump, at this point in their presidencies
FIRST ON FOX: Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas is dropping a new bill taking aim at public school policies that “subvert parental authority” when it comes to students’ gender identities and gender changes. Cotton is introducing the Empower Parents to Protect Their Kids Act on Thursday to address numerous U.S. public school “policies to … Continue reading Cotton bill takes aim at school policies that ‘subvert parental authority’ on gender changes
. . . and goes to show how fast things can change in an open, dynamic economy. Amazon isn’t known primarily as a logistics company, but in 2020 the company shipped more parcels than FedEx, Axios’ Erica Pandey writes. Why it matters: Amazon had zero share of the U.S. shipping market as recently as 2014. … Continue reading This Is Amazing . . .
Polling from CNBC shows His Fraudulency Joe Biden’s approval numbers sliding dramatically, primarily due to his mishandling of the economy. Is it any wonder Americans are freaking out? As of this writing, we are facing record inflation, exploding energy prices (with winter right around the corner), an unprecedented supply chain failure (with Biden’s secretary of … Continue reading Nolte: Economic Fears Drive Joe Biden’s Approval Rating Down to 41%
Democrats censored a video Thursday prepared by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) showing parents participating in school board meetings, whom the Department of Justice began monitoring at the urging of a group that called them “domestic terroris[ts].” The video, shown above, includes clips of news coverage of parents objecting to Critical Race Theory, among other policies. … Continue reading WATCH: Democrats Censor Republican Video of Parents at School Board Meetings
Climate expert Bjorn Lomborg writes in the Wall Street Journal Thursday that many journalists and media outlets engage in a dangerous form of climate alarmism, pushing implausible worst-case scenarios to induce panic. “It’s easy to construct climate disasters,” writes Lomborg, president of the Copenhagen Consensus. “You just find a current, disconcerting trend and project it … Continue reading WSJ: Climate Alarmism ‘Isn’t Reporting but Scaremongering’
FILE PHOTO: The Federal Reserve Board building on Constitution Avenue is pictured in Washington, U.S., March 27, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo October 21, 2021 (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Reserve should let its $8 trillion balance sheet reduce over the next couple of years, Fed Governor Christopher Waller said on Thursday. “There is no reason … Continue reading Fed should let its balance sheet shrink over next couple of years – Waller
FILE PHOTO: A participant stands near a logo of World Bank at the International Monetary Fund – World Bank Annual Meeting 2018 in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, October 12, 2018. REUTERS/Johannes P. Christo October 21, 2021 By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Energy prices are expected to inch up in 2022 after surging more than … Continue reading World Bank sees ‘significant’ inflation risk from high energy prices
According to recent reports, tech giant Facebook plans to change its name, partly it seems to distance itself from recent controversies — but experts and the leftist tech press are skeptical that the company can launch with a fresh start. Wired magazine reports in an article titled “Facebook Can’t Hide Its Problems Behind a New Name,” … Continue reading Wired: Facebook Can’t Hide from Its Problems With a Name Change
President Joe Biden revisited his love of trains during a trip to his hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday, promising to get millions of vehicles off the roads. “We will take literally millions of automobiles off the road,” Biden boasted, arguing that more high-speed trains like the ones constructed in China would make trains more … Continue reading Joe Biden Boasts Plan to Take Millions of Vehicles off Highways by Putting People on Trains
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Thursday announced he is calling the Florida Legislature back for a special session to address intrusive vaccine mandates and create protections for Floridians who risk losing their jobs. He stressed an individual’s right to earn a living “should not be contingent upon COVID shots.” “Were to announce we need to … Continue reading Ron DeSantis Calls Special Session to Take Legislative Action Against Vaccine Mandates
Thursday on CNN’s “New Day,” U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy sounded off on masks for children as the White House prepares for the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine to be approved for children ages 5 to 11 in the coming weeks. Host John Berman asked Murthy how much the vaccination of children that age impacts the need for masks in … Continue reading Surgeon General Murthy: Vaccinated Children Will Still Need to Wear Masks in School
China’s efforts to silence its critics reached a new stage. In addition to the behind-the-scenes political maneuvering that has, until now, marked Beijing’s efforts to sideline criticism of its policies, Chinese diplomats took a more aggressive tack during a U.N. debate on transportation happening in Beijing last week. The Hindustan Times reports that an Indian … Continue reading China’s U.N. Interference Reaches a Brazen New Stage
A Chicago police officer accidentally shot and wounded two fellow officers during a traffic stop Wednesday night. The Chicago Tribune reports the traffic stop was part of a homicide investigation. There was some type of altercation as officer’s surrounded the suspects’ vehicle and one officer accidentally discharged his firearm. Newsweek notes the accidental shooting occurred around 9:15 … Continue reading Chicago Policeman Accidentally Shoots Two Officers During Traffic Stop
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (L) and Sen. Joe Machin (R) (Caitlin O’Hara, Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) Democrats publicly say they are getting close to an internal party deal on the Biden Budget Buster, but privately, they are tearing their hair out. The Wall Street Journal reports that Senator Kyrsten Sinema has told lobbyists she is opposed to any … Continue reading What Do Dems Do with Sinema and Manchin?
The Associated Press (AP) published a story Wednesday lamenting African Christians’ ongoing opposition to same-sex marriage. While in the West prominent Protestant churches “have been vocal advocates for same-sex marriage and LGBTQ rights,” writes AP, with “only a few exceptions, this hasn’t happened in Africa, where Anglican, Methodist, Presbyterian and Lutheran leaders are among those … Continue reading AP Laments Resistance of African Christians to Same-Sex Marriage
Shipping costs are surging around the globe, causing the price of sending a container from Asia to the West Coast to increase many times over. When Donald Trump was president in 2020, the price to ship a container from Asia to California was $3,800. That price spiked to $17,000 in October of 2021, according to … Continue reading Shipping Costs Surge: $17,000 to Ship Container to California from Asia, Up from $3,800 in 2020
Virginia Democratic gubernatorial nominee Terry McAuliffe received another six-figure donation from a billionaire associate of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein who owns a private plane nicknamed the “f— jet.” Ron Burkle, a billionaire investor, donated $100,000 to McAuliffe’s campaign in September — his latest donation in support of the former governor’s electoral bid, according to Virginia … Continue reading McAuliffe receives another six-figure donation from billionaire Epstein associate who owns the ‘f— jet’