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No-Bid Contracts Inflate Cost to Massachusetts Taxpayers of Feeding Illegal Aliens
By The Daily Signal Most hardworking Americans can’t afford to spend $21 to $31 on dinner every day. If they did, they’d likely expect to get steak or lobster for their money. Yet that’s exactly how much the state of Massachusetts is spending to feed homeless migrants, according to WBZ-TV CBS Boston. The state isn’t even getting its money’s […]
Americans’ Inflation Worries Deepen as Biden Claims Economic Victory
By Family Research Council With the November presidential election 24 weeks away, an index measuring consumer sentiment on the economy dropped to a six-month low after its largest decline since 2021. The plummeting confidence comes as President Joe Biden recently shrugged off the concerns while falsely claiming for the second time in less than a week that […]
Like Fast Food? Here’s Price Increases from End of 2019 to Now for McDonald’s, Taco Bell and Chick-fil-A
By Dr. Rich Swier A reader sent us some amazing data on the price increases of fast foods at various restaurants over time. Many American families enjoy fast food restaurants. Perhaps the three biggest are McDonald’s, Taco Bell and Chick-fil-A. SCRIBEMOON did a comparison of the costs of various meals at each of these fast […]
A Bold Plan to End Inflation in America!
By Cherie Zaslawsky Wayne Allyn Root’s advice to President Trump Trump supporter and savvy political analyst Wayne Allyn Root sees Javier Milei as a role model for Trump in his second term, since Milei turned around inflation in Argentina in just a few months. How? By drastically cutting the primary cause of inflation: government spending! […]
POLL: 47% of Voters Believe the American Republic Has Fallen
By The Geller Report More concerning is the 53% who think it’s all going swimmingly. As one commenter succinctly put it: “Anyone who isn’t asleep can see America has fallen. We are living in clown world where everything evil is considered good and everything good is considered evil. Nice job, hippies. You created monsters who […]
Forget ‘Never Trumpers’ — More Voters Now Say They’ll Never Vote For Biden
By The Daily Caller President Joe Biden has a new problem cropping up in polling data: more Americans now dismiss even the possibility of voting for him. Among likely voters living in six key swing states, 51% say there’s “not really any chance” they’d vote for Biden, compared to just 46% saying the same thing […]
FLORIDA: Just Vote ‘NO’ on Amendment 3 — Significant Costs to Voters
By Royal A. Brown III Excellent article that addresses increase costs associated with legalizing recreational pot including vehicle accidents, automobile insurance, electricity and health insurance in those states like Colorado, Washington, Oregon and Alaska as well as Canada. Doesn’t address other costs like higher crime rates due to black markets (dealers & buyers who don’t […]
Are you better off today than you were 5 years ago?
By Karen Schoen You are if you’re a criminal illegal alien. If you are like most Americans the answer to that is no. But then you have to ask yourself what are you going to do about it? Because doing nothing will get us nothing and right now we have a legislature in the states […]
DEL. WREN WILLIAMS: Biden Blunders Put Virginia In Play For Trump
By The Daily Caller While driving through my rural district in Southwest Virginia, I am met with sign after sign indicating support for President Donald Trump. Even as I make my way to Richmond, suburban neighborhoods are flooded with Trump signs. You might have heard the old adage that signs do not win elections — […]
OVER 100K ATTEND NEW JERSEY TRUMP RALLY : ‘I Support Israel’s Right to Win Its War on Terror!’
By The Geller Report ‘”[Biden]Total Moron, I Support Israel’s Right to Win Its War on Terror, Biggest Betrayal in the History of the USA to its Ally.” — President Donald J. Trump, New Jersey rally 2024. Wow — unprecedented crowd. President Trump’s latest rally in NJ was the biggest in the state’s history, a blue […]
‘They’re Ghosts’: Blue State’s Beaches Experience Surge In Illegal Immigration
By The Daily Caller Illegal migrants are increasingly turning toward California’s beaches as a pathway to enter the U.S., The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday. While illegal migrant crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border have surged under the Biden administration, the number of successful and failed attempts to enter via boat in California has also jumped from […]
Biden regime goes all-out to save Hamas, halts arm shipment to Israel
By Jihad Watch The switch of sides and betrayal of an ally is complete. What country in its right mind would ever want to ally with the United States? U.S. pauses Israel arms shipment over Rafah assault fears as Biden pushes for a cease-fire deal by Courtney Kube, Carol E. Lee, Andrea Mitchell, Raf Sanchez, […]
Who funds Hamas?
By Center For Security Policy It’s all out in the open now. The House voted 366-58 on Saturday to send $9.1 billion to Gaza, and that means $9.1 billion to Hamas. This isn’t the first time that the Biden regime has made clear which side it’s on, and it likely won’t be the last. But […]
Campus Craziness: U.S. Taxpayers fund Palestinians who ‘use it to indoctrinate students’
By Canary Mission FEATURED VIDEO WATCH the truth! Embattled president of Columbia University Minouche Shafik tried to gaslight the world in a statement she released about the “most difficult” last two weeks at Columbia. We’re not having it! SHE is the one facilitating flagrant antisemitism and violence at the university. WATCH the truth! Embattled president of […]
Biden Gives 100K Illegals Obamacare
By The Geller Report Obamacare destroyed the greatest healthcare system in the world. Ask yourself, how is your healthcare plan since Obama socialized medicine. Now Obama 3.0 (Biden) is going for the kill. The Democrats are breaking our backs. Biden to Let 100,000 Migrants Enroll in Obamacare By: Newsmax, 03 May 2024: Roughly 100,000 immigrants who were […]
Job Growth Falls Way Short Of Expectations As Unemployment Ticks Up
By The Daily Caller The U.S. added 175,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in April as the unemployment rate ticked up to 3.9%, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data released Friday. Economists anticipated that the country would add 243,000 jobs in April compared to the 303,000 jobs that were added in initial estimates for March, and that the unemployment rate […]
Marjorie Taylor Greene Reveals Plan To Oust Speaker Mike Johnson
By The Daily Caller Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced on Wednesday that she will call for a vote to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson next week. Greene initially filed a motion to vacate in late March over disagreements with Johnson’s latest appropriations plan. The Georgia Republican detailed her plan to advance her efforts to remove […]
Army, Marines Barreling Toward One Of The Deadliest And Costliest Years For Aviation Accidents
By The Daily Caller Incidents of the costliest and most deadly aviation accidents among Army and Marine Corps surged in the past year, data reviewed by the Daily Caller News Foundation shows, as the Pentagon maintains it is making progress toward minimizing the most serious mishaps. Both the Army, including Guard and Reserve units, and […]
Pentagon Says It Can’t Calculate Diversity Training Costs Because Congress Defunded DEI Offices
By The Daily Caller The Pentagon told Congress it could not provide a required accounting of diversity training to Congress because it didn’t have enough people working in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) positions, the Daily Caller News Foundation has learned. Congress mandated the Pentagon compile a report detailing how much the entire military spent […]
Speaker Johnson’s Treasonous Betrayal
By Kelleigh Nelson “Honesty is of God and dishonesty of the devil; the devil was a liar from the beginning.” — Joseph B. Wirthlin “When you’re a liar, a person of low moral fortitude, really any explanation you need to be true can be true. Especially if you’re smart enough. You can figure out a […]
Trump Expands Lead over Biden in Polls amid Outrage over the Economy
By Family Research Council Over the past several months, most polls have consistently shown former President Donald Trump earning a slight lead over incumbent Joe Biden. Now, a new CNN/SSRS poll published on Sunday is showing Trump with a much wider lead over Biden. In a head-to-head contest, Trump would garner 49% of the vote and Biden […]
‘Economic Suicide’: Biden Admin Justifies Tax Hike Based On Racial Criteria
By The Daily Caller The Biden administration’s analysis of its revenue proposals for fiscal year 2025 argues targeted tax hikes that disproportionately affect white people would ease racial wealth inequality. Increasing taxes on capital gains and income-based wealth would reduce racial wealth inequality for black and Hispanic families, the Treasury Department outlined in the analysis published in mid-March. […]
Half Of Americans Would Support Mass Deportation Of Illegal Migrants: POLL
By The Daily Caller Just over half of Americans now say they would support the mass deportation of illegal migrants, a poll released Thursday found. The 51% who approve of the action includes 42% of Democrats, as well as 68% of Republicans and 46% of independents, according to the Axios Vibes/The Harris Poll survey. Approximately two-thirds of […]
U.S. Economic Growth Slows Down Massively, Well Below Expectations
By The Daily Caller The U.S. economy grew at a rate of 1.6% in the first quarter of 2024, according to gross domestic product (GDP) statistics released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) on Thursday. Slower growth in the first quarter follows above-trend growth in the third and fourth quarters of 2023, which measured […]
Biden Admin Used Border Wall Funds On ‘Environmental Planning’ And Cleanup, Government Watchdog Says
By The Daily Caller The Biden administration spent taxpayer dollars meant to fund a border wall to pay for “environmental planning,” according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). At the request of Republican Reps. Jack Bergman of Michigan and Jodey Arrington of Texas, the GAO investigated whether the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) broke the law […]
‘Too Little, Too Late’: Congress’ $60 Billion Aid Package Won’t Get Ukraine Off The Ropes, Experts Say
By The Daily Caller Congress’ new $60 billion aid package is unlikely to move the needle in Ukraine’s war against Russia, experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation. The House overwhelmingly voted to pass the $60.8 billion package on Saturday that aims to bolster Ukraine’s war effort and replenish U.S. stockpiles, and the Pentagon is reportedly quickly […]
Biden Admin Weighs California’s Latest Green Gambit That Could Set Off Chain Reaction Of Economic Pain
By The Daily Caller The Biden administration could allow California to implement a rule designed to push green locomotives, but a growing list of stakeholders are warning that the regulation would severely impact the state’s economy and the national rail industry. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) could soon determine whether it will allow the California […]
‘Blank Checks and Slush Funds’: House Passes $95 Billion Foreign Aid Package for Ukraine, Israel
By Family Research Council Members of Congress chanted “Ukraine!” and waved a sea of rippling, blue-and-gold flags across the House floor, as the House of Representatives approved a massive $95 billion foreign aid package that benefits Ukraine, Taiwan, and both sides of the Israel-Hamas war. The aid package contained approximately $61 billion in additional funding […]
On Earth Day 2024 we remember Michael Crichton’s revelation that ‘Environmentalism is a religion’
By Dr. Rich Swier On September 15, 2003 American author, screenwriter and filmmaker Michael Crichton made the following remarks at the Common Wealth Club in San Francisco, California. We reprint this given that what he said in 2003 has come to pass in 2024 in America as the climate doomsayers are now in control of […]
The Republican In Name Only Socialists Just refilled the Corrupt Ukrainian government Pensions
By Geoff Ross The do nothing Socialist Republican Party continued its reckless spending of our hard earned tax money by handing the corrupt Ukrainian government $69.84 billion dollars. This means the Ukrainian government officials will still be able to take their vacations to Italy and Greece this summer and get their pension funds refilled. Also […]