By Suzanne Bowdey While Anheuser-Busch reels from the backlash over its partnership with Dylan Mulvaney, another brand is jumping feet-first into the fire. Over the weekend, media personality Oli London retweeted a post of Mulvaney “getting glam” with Maybelline, which has apparently joined the ranks of companies like Nike who think the best way to […]
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By Jon Miltimore FEE recently sat down with German author Rainer Zitelmann to discuss his latest book, the global financial crisis, and the future of capitalism. The great writer Henry Hazlitt once observed that the path to prosperity is achieved through production, and the best way to achieve production is to maximize incentives. “And the […]
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By Family Research Council House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) hasn’t had an easy path. After painstakingly working through conservatives’ gripes with House leadership this January, he finally squeaked out the votes he needed to assume the third most powerful job in Washington. But even after that chaos died down, questions loomed. Was he cut out to be […]
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By One Million Moms Parents should be aware that M·A·C· Cosmetics has a dedicated VIVA GLAM line that financially supports the LGBTQ lifestyle. M·A·C· uses transgenders, drag queens, and particularly, trans social media influencers to push this lifestyle onto impressionable teens who see the influencers glamorize their lifestyle. In truth, M·A·C· is pushing an agenda […]
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By AZ Free News If you enjoy losing your freedom for a goal that is impossible to achieve, the Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG) has you covered. MAG recently released its proposed measures to bring Maricopa County into compliance with ozone standards set by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and it’s a total […]
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By Craig Rucker President Biden and congressional Democrats constantly fret about “climate change.” Indeed, they have made it such a high priority they are taking an “whole of government approach” to addressing it. In fulfilling their aims at curbing emissions, the entire Biden Administration has been systematically and intentionally dismantling the powerful, reliable energy system […]
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By The Daily Caller Disney filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, accusing him of launching a “targeted campaign of government retaliation” against the company. Disney and DeSantis have been engaged in a years-long struggle since the governor removed the company’s special governing status. Disney responded Wednesday by filing a lawsuit […]
By The Geller Report Wiktionary: get woke, go broke (informal, neologism) A perception that businesses that focus on social activism to align themselves with social justice tend to underdeliver on quality, and thus are liable to lose customers. Go woke, go broke. Disney will begin a second wave of layoffs Monday, as it works toward eliminating 7,000 jobs to help save $5.5 billion […]
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By Neland Nobel There is little doubt today that what the Federal Reserve decides to do with both interest rates and its massive balance sheet is perhaps the most important variable moving markets. The next two FED meetings loom as particularly important. The key dates will be May 3rd-4th and June 14th-15th. To be sure, […]
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By Catherine Salgado Twitter Inc. has apparently changed its name to the highly unimaginative X Corp., but that, in my opinion, isn’t the most important news this week related to Tesla and Twitter CEO Elon Musk. Musk is once again selling out his supposed pro-free speech humanitarian principles for profit. If a country’s government is […]
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By Kelleigh Nelson “The drive of the Rockefellers and their allies is to create a one-world government combining super capitalism and Communism under the same tent, all under their control…. Do I mean conspiracy? Yes I do. I am convinced there is such a plot, international in scope, generations old in planning, and incredibly evil in […]
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By Joshua Glawson Ron Paul: “Because gold is honest money it is disliked by dishonest men.” Buying physical gold is a time-proven method of securing generational wealth, and a security measure often taken in times of economic turbulence. Gold investing has long been viewed as a hedge against inflation and a store of value against […]
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By Family Research Council If one didn’t know any better, one might think this was the day Don McClean sang about when he said it was the day the music died. Instead of saying “Bye, bye Miss American Pie,” we were all saying our farewells to the last vestige of a twenty-first century caste system: […]
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By The Daily Caller The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services gave the Gender and Sexuality Development Program at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) nearly $177,000 through three years to host workshops for mental health providers on how to “affirm” transgender and gender expansive clients. Several Pennsylvania Republican lawmakers are criticizing taxpayer dollars being spent […]
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By David Harsanyi President Joe Biden is set to “transform” and “remake” the entire auto industry—“first with carrots, now with sticks”—notes The Washington Post, as if dictating the output of a major industry is within the governing purview of the executive branch. The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing draconian emissions limits for vehicles, ensuring that […]
By Dr. Rich Swier Many of our readers are wondering who was behind the Bud Light Dylan Mulvaney partnership and a series of sponsored TikTok posts by “trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney”, including a video advertising the “Easy Carry” contest from Bud Light in celebration of March Madness in which participants film themselves carrying as many Bud Lights […]
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By The Daily Caller Newsmax host and former Navy SEAL Carl Higbie shared a video Sunday in which he showed Bud Light’s parent company, Anheuser-Busch, how he really feels about its decision to make transgender Dylan Mulvaney its brand ambassador. The video starts with Higbie approaching his camera holding a can of Bud Light in one hand, […]
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By Wolf Richter The economy would muddle through, but in the markets, all heck would break loose. Here’s why. The issue is this: Since April 2022, the Fed has hiked its policy interest rates by 450 basis points, but consumer price inflation as measured by the “core” PCE price index – which excludes volatile food […]
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By The Geller Report “The Communists’ chief purpose is to destroy every form of independence—independent work, independent action, independent property, independent thought, an independent mind, or an independent man. Conformity, alikeness, servility, submission and obedience are necessary to establish a Communist slave-state.” — Ayn Rand. More left-wing hatred of the good: punishing the productive, rewarding […]
By The Daily Caller White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre responded to the ongoing outrage revolving around Bud Light’s partnership with transgender TikTok influencer Dylan Mulvaney. Bud Light partnered with Mulvaney in early April and created a specialized can depicting the influencer’s face and the slogan, “Celebrate Everyone’s Identity.” This partnership prompted outrage and a widespread boycott by conservatives […]
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By Peter C. Earle Last week’s article (“De-dollarization Has Begun”) produced a large number of comments and follow-up questions. Enough, in fact, that it feels necessary to address the most common of them in a follow-up piece. Some of these responses require a degree of speculation, while others are quite straightforward. 1. Is the reduction […]
By Craig J. Cantoni The Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program is an example of the downside of race- and gender-based federal assistance. A recent Wall Street Journal editorial detailed the pervasive fraud with the federal Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program. The DBE program is just one of the scores of programs that dole out loans, preferences, […]
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By Family Research Council It’s Public Relations 101. When you’re getting hammered by critics, distract. If you can’t change the narrative, try changing the subject. Unfortunately, that trick doesn’t always work, as the big cheeses at Anheuser-Busch are quickly learning. After the worst two weeks in the company’s 171-year history, CEO Brendan Whitworth did his […]
By Center For Security Policy Conservatives have finally started to realize that in the ongoing culture wars, politics must mean much more than simply canvassing for votes. Through fits and starts, right-wing activists are seeking to exert their will over corporations and other powerful “non-political” actors to force them away from routinely and reflexively supporting […]
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By Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) After the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), I received several questions related to the collapse. One by Dr. Michael Overfield caught my eye. He says: “The question I have is about fractional reserve banking. This is more in the news following the failure of the Silicon Valley Bank. […]
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By MercatorNet – Navigating Modern Complexities Does Disney really believe that families enjoy LGBTQ+-affirmative lecturing in films? Growing up, there was nothing more magical to me than the opening credits of a Disney movie — even if I’d seen the film a dozen times. These days, however, Disney’s feature-length content is feeling less like a […]
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By Neland Nobel You probably have noticed television ads attacking Ron DeSantis from groups supporting Donald Trump. One of these ads “You don’t know Ron DeSantis” goes after the Florida Governor for voting for changes in Social Security and Medicare while DeSantis served in Congress. It is certainly fine with us if politicians point out […]
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By Thomas L. Hogan Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell recently testified before Congress on the current state of the US economy. In addition to monetary policy, Powell was questioned about the Fed’s regulatory proposals regarding cryptocurrencies and climate-related financial risks. Barely mentioned, however, was the Fed’s balance sheet. The Fed has experienced significant operating losses […]
By Mark Wallace The last 150 years have been the most amazing 150 years in all of human history. If we turn the clock back to, say, 1870, we find a world where there were no automobiles, no airplanes, no electric washing machines or gas dryers, and no computers — you get the point. Economic […]
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By Justin Hart 1,135 days. That’s the extant of time the United States has spent under a national emergency declaration. On Monday, the White House issued a single sentence press release noting that President Biden had signed into law House Joint Resolution 7 which ended the Covid pandemic emergency declaration first initiated by President Donald […]
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Maybelline Gets Burned by the Latest Round of Dylan Mulvaney Boycotts
/in Economy, Featured, Life Advocacy, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Suzanne Bowdey While Anheuser-Busch reels from the backlash over its partnership with Dylan Mulvaney, another brand is jumping feet-first into the fire. Over the weekend, media personality Oli London retweeted a post of Mulvaney “getting glam” with Maybelline, which has apparently joined the ranks of companies like Nike who think the best way to […]
Weekend Read: European Author Explains the Massive Disconnect between Young and Old Americans on Capitalism
/in Economy, Education, Featured, Liberty, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Jon Miltimore FEE recently sat down with German author Rainer Zitelmann to discuss his latest book, the global financial crisis, and the future of capitalism. The great writer Henry Hazlitt once observed that the path to prosperity is achieved through production, and the best way to achieve production is to maximize incentives. “And the […]
McCarthy Proves What He’s Made Of with Gritty Budget Win
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Featured, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Family Research Council House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) hasn’t had an easy path. After painstakingly working through conservatives’ gripes with House leadership this January, he finally squeaked out the votes he needed to assume the third most powerful job in Washington. But even after that chaos died down, questions loomed. Was he cut out to be […]
TAKE ACTION: M·A·C· Cosmetics Is Proud to Support the LGBTQ Lifestyle
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy One Million Moms Parents should be aware that M·A·C· Cosmetics has a dedicated VIVA GLAM line that financially supports the LGBTQ lifestyle. M·A·C· uses transgenders, drag queens, and particularly, trans social media influencers to push this lifestyle onto impressionable teens who see the influencers glamorize their lifestyle. In truth, M·A·C· is pushing an agenda […]
Maricopa County’s Proposal to Comply with the EPA Threatens to Turn Arizona into California
/in Economy, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy AZ Free News If you enjoy losing your freedom for a goal that is impossible to achieve, the Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG) has you covered. MAG recently released its proposed measures to bring Maricopa County into compliance with ozone standards set by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and it’s a total […]
Biden’s ‘Green’ Policies Following Europe Straight Into the Dark
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Craig Rucker President Biden and congressional Democrats constantly fret about “climate change.” Indeed, they have made it such a high priority they are taking an “whole of government approach” to addressing it. In fulfilling their aims at curbing emissions, the entire Biden Administration has been systematically and intentionally dismantling the powerful, reliable energy system […]
Disney Sues Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller Disney filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, accusing him of launching a “targeted campaign of government retaliation” against the company. Disney and DeSantis have been engaged in a years-long struggle since the governor removed the company’s special governing status. Disney responded Wednesday by filing a lawsuit […]
WOKE Disney Undergoes More Massive Companywide Layoffs
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report Wiktionary: get woke, go broke (informal, neologism) A perception that businesses that focus on social activism to align themselves with social justice tend to underdeliver on quality, and thus are liable to lose customers. Go woke, go broke. Disney will begin a second wave of layoffs Monday, as it works toward eliminating 7,000 jobs to help save $5.5 billion […]
The Next Two FED Meetings Could Be Market Movers
/in Economy, Featured, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Neland Nobel There is little doubt today that what the Federal Reserve decides to do with both interest rates and its massive balance sheet is perhaps the most important variable moving markets. The next two FED meetings loom as particularly important. The key dates will be May 3rd-4th and June 14th-15th. To be sure, […]
Musk to Build New Chinese Factory, Despite CCP Crimes and Abuses
/in Economy, Featured, Life Advocacy, National Security, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Catherine Salgado Twitter Inc. has apparently changed its name to the highly unimaginative X Corp., but that, in my opinion, isn’t the most important news this week related to Tesla and Twitter CEO Elon Musk. Musk is once again selling out his supposed pro-free speech humanitarian principles for profit. If a country’s government is […]
THE WEB OF DYSTOPIAN TYRANNY: The Medical Industrial Complex
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Healthcare, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy Kelleigh Nelson “The drive of the Rockefellers and their allies is to create a one-world government combining super capitalism and Communism under the same tent, all under their control…. Do I mean conspiracy? Yes I do. I am convinced there is such a plot, international in scope, generations old in planning, and incredibly evil in […]
Why Gold Is Such an Effective Weapon Against the Government’s Monetary Schemes
/in Economy, Featured, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Joshua Glawson Ron Paul: “Because gold is honest money it is disliked by dishonest men.” Buying physical gold is a time-proven method of securing generational wealth, and a security measure often taken in times of economic turbulence. Gold investing has long been viewed as a hedge against inflation and a store of value against […]
Who Told You That You Were Naked? Verification and the Blue Check Vacation
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy Family Research Council If one didn’t know any better, one might think this was the day Don McClean sang about when he said it was the day the music died. Instead of saying “Bye, bye Miss American Pie,” we were all saying our farewells to the last vestige of a twenty-first century caste system: […]
Pennsylvania Lawmakers Look To Investigate Gender Clinic’s Use Of Taxpayer Dollars On Trans Training
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services gave the Gender and Sexuality Development Program at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) nearly $177,000 through three years to host workshops for mental health providers on how to “affirm” transgender and gender expansive clients. Several Pennsylvania Republican lawmakers are criticizing taxpayer dollars being spent […]
Biden’s Fascistic EV Edict
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy David Harsanyi President Joe Biden is set to “transform” and “remake” the entire auto industry—“first with carrots, now with sticks”—notes The Washington Post, as if dictating the output of a major industry is within the governing purview of the executive branch. The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing draconian emissions limits for vehicles, ensuring that […]
Who is Alissa Heinerscheid and Why Did She Sodomize Anheuser-Busch?
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy Dr. Rich Swier Many of our readers are wondering who was behind the Bud Light Dylan Mulvaney partnership and a series of sponsored TikTok posts by “trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney”, including a video advertising the “Easy Carry” contest from Bud Light in celebration of March Madness in which participants film themselves carrying as many Bud Lights […]
Newsmax Host Uses 12-Gauge Shotgun To Show Bud Light How He Really Feels
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller Newsmax host and former Navy SEAL Carl Higbie shared a video Sunday in which he showed Bud Light’s parent company, Anheuser-Busch, how he really feels about its decision to make transgender Dylan Mulvaney its brand ambassador. The video starts with Higbie approaching his camera holding a can of Bud Light in one hand, […]
What Would Happen if the Fed Caves to 4%-5% Core PCE Inflation, Gives up on 2%, as some Folks are Clamoring For?
/in Economy, Featured, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Wolf Richter The economy would muddle through, but in the markets, all heck would break loose. Here’s why. The issue is this: Since April 2022, the Fed has hiked its policy interest rates by 450 basis points, but consumer price inflation as measured by the “core” PCE price index – which excludes volatile food […]
Biden Regime FHFA Rule: Redistribute ‘High-Risk Loan Costs’ to Homeowners with ‘Good Credit’
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics, Regulation /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report “The Communists’ chief purpose is to destroy every form of independence—independent work, independent action, independent property, independent thought, an independent mind, or an independent man. Conformity, alikeness, servility, submission and obedience are necessary to establish a Communist slave-state.” — Ayn Rand. More left-wing hatred of the good: punishing the productive, rewarding […]
Jean-Pierre Responds To Outrage Over Bud Light’s Partnership With Dylan Mulvaney
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics, Religion, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre responded to the ongoing outrage revolving around Bud Light’s partnership with transgender TikTok influencer Dylan Mulvaney. Bud Light partnered with Mulvaney in early April and created a specialized can depicting the influencer’s face and the slogan, “Celebrate Everyone’s Identity.” This partnership prompted outrage and a widespread boycott by conservatives […]
De-dollarization Has Begun: Redux
/in Economy, Featured, National Security, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Peter C. Earle Last week’s article (“De-dollarization Has Begun”) produced a large number of comments and follow-up questions. Enough, in fact, that it feels necessary to address the most common of them in a follow-up piece. Some of these responses require a degree of speculation, while others are quite straightforward. 1. Is the reduction […]
What Racial and Gender Spoils Have Wrought
/in Economy, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Craig J. Cantoni The Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program is an example of the downside of race- and gender-based federal assistance. A recent Wall Street Journal editorial detailed the pervasive fraud with the federal Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program. The DBE program is just one of the scores of programs that dole out loans, preferences, […]
Patriotic Reboot Doesn’t Change Bud Light’s Sobering Outlook
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy Family Research Council It’s Public Relations 101. When you’re getting hammered by critics, distract. If you can’t change the narrative, try changing the subject. Unfortunately, that trick doesn’t always work, as the big cheeses at Anheuser-Busch are quickly learning. After the worst two weeks in the company’s 171-year history, CEO Brendan Whitworth did his […]
Winning political boycotts requires strategic organizing, not just a loud megaphone
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy Center For Security Policy Conservatives have finally started to realize that in the ongoing culture wars, politics must mean much more than simply canvassing for votes. Through fits and starts, right-wing activists are seeking to exert their will over corporations and other powerful “non-political” actors to force them away from routinely and reflexively supporting […]
What Is Fractional Reserve Banking and Is It Good or Bad?
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) After the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), I received several questions related to the collapse. One by Dr. Michael Overfield caught my eye. He says: “The question I have is about fractional reserve banking. This is more in the news following the failure of the Silicon Valley Bank. […]
Disney’s Obsession with ‘Woke Sexuality’ has Cost it Quarter of a Billion Dollars at the Box Office
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy MercatorNet – Navigating Modern Complexities Does Disney really believe that families enjoy LGBTQ+-affirmative lecturing in films? Growing up, there was nothing more magical to me than the opening credits of a Disney movie — even if I’d seen the film a dozen times. These days, however, Disney’s feature-length content is feeling less like a […]
Trump Is Out of Line
/in Economy, Featured, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Neland Nobel You probably have noticed television ads attacking Ron DeSantis from groups supporting Donald Trump. One of these ads “You don’t know Ron DeSantis” goes after the Florida Governor for voting for changes in Social Security and Medicare while DeSantis served in Congress. It is certainly fine with us if politicians point out […]
The Fed Is Bankrupt
/in Economy, Featured, National Security, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Thomas L. Hogan Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell recently testified before Congress on the current state of the US economy. In addition to monetary policy, Powell was questioned about the Fed’s regulatory proposals regarding cryptocurrencies and climate-related financial risks. Barely mentioned, however, was the Fed’s balance sheet. The Fed has experienced significant operating losses […]
Bringing America Back on Course and Defeating the Left
/in Economy, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Mark Wallace The last 150 years have been the most amazing 150 years in all of human history. If we turn the clock back to, say, 1870, we find a world where there were no automobiles, no airplanes, no electric washing machines or gas dryers, and no computers — you get the point. Economic […]
One Thousand One Hundred Thirty Five Days
/in Economy, Education, Featured, Healthcare, Liberty, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Justin Hart 1,135 days. That’s the extant of time the United States has spent under a national emergency declaration. On Monday, the White House issued a single sentence press release noting that President Biden had signed into law House Joint Resolution 7 which ended the Covid pandemic emergency declaration first initiated by President Donald […]