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How Government from the School House to the White House Subsidizes FAILURE!
By Dr. Rich Swier “A fine is a tax for doing something wrong. A tax is a fine for doing something right.” — Anonymous “I’m proud to pay taxes in the United States; the only thing is, I could be just as proud for half the money.” — Arthur Godfrey “The income tax created more […]
Silicon Valley Bank Parent Company Files For Bankruptcy
By The Daily Caller SVB Financial Group, the parent company for California tech lender Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in New York Friday, the biggest filing of its kind since Washington Mutual Inc. in 2008. SVB, which was SVB Financial Group’s main business, was taken over by federal regulators after it collapsed due to […]
Why SVB and Signature Bank Failed so Fast – and Why the U.S. Banking Crisis Isn’t Over Yet
By MercatorNet – Navigating Modern Complexities With over $1 trillion of bank deposits currently uninsured, the banking crisis is far from over. Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank failed with enormous speed – so quickly that they could be textbook cases of classic bank runs, in which too many depositors withdraw their funds from a bank at the […]
Woke Universities Sacrificing Science on the Altar of Ideology and Profit
By MercatorNet – Navigating Modern Complexities Three case studies from Canada and Australia about suppression of heterodox opinions in universities. Two thousand five hundred years ago the Greek playwright Aeschylus is reputed to have said “the first victim of war is truth.” Recent events in the academic world have demonstrated that truth is also a […]
Air Force Goes on Diversity, Inclusion, Equity [DIE] Hiring Spree: Top Job Pays up to $183,500
By The Geller Report The left ha destroyed our schools, universities, corporations, airlines, etc with these racist policies. Now they are destroying our last line of defense. America will lose it’s competition with China if this madness continues beyond 2024. Air Force goes on diversity, equity, inclusion hiring spree: Top job pays up to $183,500 […]
Why We Should Let Bad Banks Fail
By Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) Bad banks need consequences. Let them fail. By now, you’ve likely heard about regulators closing down Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and now Signature Bank as well. While I’m not going to go into all the details, the basic story is described well in this article on Seeking Alpha. Essentially, SVB […]
BIDEN BANK CRISIS: Dow Plunges 700 Points, ‘First Domino To Drop’
By The Geller Report Stock indexes are on pace for one of their worst days this year. Woke and broke. And still Biden and the Democrats are pushing, legislating and imposing these fatal polices. This is the poison fruit of the diversity, equity and inclusion hiring practices that elevates whining whiners and demonizes talent, intelligence […]
Biden’s Budget & Who Will Actually Pay Most in Income Taxes?
By Royal A. Brown III Biden and the Left have spent decades claiming that high-income households don’t pay their “fair share” of taxes. The Biden budget’s signature policy is a tax hike based on that assertion. This is a total lie. Once again, reality says otherwise. The top 1% of households pay more income tax […]
‘Economic Meltdown’ Looming On Monday, March 13th
By Dr. Rich Swier Bill Ackman predicted the lack of government intervention to guarantee SVB FDIC insured deposits would lead to an ‘economic collapse.’ Risks include: 1. Depositors at small banks move to JP Morgan 2. Everyone moves from cash to treasuries & money markets 3. Bank assets are no longer backed by deposits 4. […]
Hillary Clinton Calls for Increased Military Aid to Ukraine – Damn Good Reason Not To Do So
By Royal A. Brown III A damn good reason for not sending more $BILLIONS and warfighting equipment to Ukraine is that Hillary Clinton says we should send more including F-16 fighters and long range missiles (capable of hitting targets inside of Russia). ‘So Inspiring To Me’: Hillary Clinton Calls For Increased Military Aid For Ukraine […]
BIDEN’S NEW TAX HELL: Proposes $5.5 TRILLION in Tax Hikes, LARGEST TAX INCREASE in History
By The Geller Report Make no mistake, this massive tax hike will it every single America and most of all our savings. Biden is raising capital gains tax from 20% to 40%, imposing a tax on unrealized gains, huge increases on two income families, but hit worst of all, small business. Biden’s titanic tax hikes are only exceeded […]
Cori Bush Campaign Paid Antisemitic Spiritual Guru $$Thousands for ‘Security Services’
By Discover The Networks Breitbart News reports that corrupt radical Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO), who has a history of supporting the Defund the Police movement, reportedly paid an “anti-Semitic spiritual guru” to provide her with “security services.” Nathaniel Davis appears to be the highest-paid independent person for “security services” for the Bush campaign. Davis received $137,000 from Bush […]
Cost Study: Illegal Immigration Now Costs American Taxpayers At Least $151 Billion a Year
By Federation for American Immigration Reform Washington, D.C. — A new report by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) finds that, as of 2022, American taxpayers shell out at least $151 billion each year to cover the cost of illegal immigration. Broken down, the data reveals that taxpayers pay $182 billion annually to provide services and […]
The Greatest Ripoff in American History: Democrats Spent $100 Billion of Your Money on Climate Hoax
By The Geller Report You have to wonder what its going to take for Americans to wake up to the party of treason. Is this the greatest ripoff in American history? America has spent $100 billion of your money on climate change. How’s that working out? By Stephen Moore | NY Sun, March 7, 2023: Biden […]
IRS Allows Islamic Terrorists to Fundraise Through Leftist Nonprofit
By Jihad Watch Rabbi Eitan Shnerb was hiking to a spring with his son Dvir and his daughter Rina when the bomb went off. For a moment, as he described it in the hospital, everything went black. Then, badly wounded, he saw that the two teenagers were bleeding. Rabbi Shnerb was a trained paramedic. He […]
CLIMATE HOAX: Biden’s EPA Has Paid Out $1 Billion Into Climate Grants This Year
By The Geller Report It’s all one giant scam. The climate grift is the greatest political fraud in history. Back in 1971, the great American political theorist, Ayn Rand, wrote in her book. “The Return of the Primitive” , “It has been reported in the press many times that the issue of ‘pollution’ is to be the next big […]
AOC Likely Violated Federal Law With Met Gala Theatrics, Congressional Ethics Office Says
By The Daily Caller The Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) said Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York may have violated “standards of conduct” and “federal law” over “impermissible gifts” relating to her appearance at the 2021 Met Gala, according to a release by the House Ethics Committee. “Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez may have accepted impermissible […]
American Fighting for Ukraine Defects to Russia, Blows Whistle on Nazism, War Crimes
By The Geller Report An American Army veteran who spent a year fighting in Ukraine’s Foreign Legion has defected to Russia, bringing with him tangible evidence and first-hand accounts of widespread Ukrainian Nazism and war crimes. John McIntyre joined Ukraine’s Foreign Legion, before learning they were Nazi war criminals and defecting to Russia. By Frankie Stockes, National […]
U.S. DROPS AGAIN: We’re #25 in Annual Global Economic Freedom Index ‘Amid Mounting Deficit and Debt Burdens’
By The Geller Report The United States has slipped to 25th place globally for economic freedom amid excessive government spending and a mounting debt crisis, according to The Heritage Foundation. Another poison consequence of the Democrats’ war on America. We’re No. 25: US slips again in annual global economic freedom index ‘amid mounting deficit and […]
The Incredible ‘Green Transition’ That Can’t
By The Daily Skirmish – Liberato.US Joe Biden campaigned on getting rid of fossil fuels. He said he would ban fracking and his Green New Deal proposal would completely replace fossil fuels with clean energy by 2035. He is also on record saying he plans “an incredible transition” of the U.S. economy away from fossil fuels, openly admitting that […]
Yellen: U.S. Taxpayers Have ‘Duty’ to Defend Ukraine’s Border From Invasion
By Discover The Networks In a New York Times op-ed published on Monday while she visited the nation, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen claimed American taxpayers have a “moral duty” to defend Ukraine’s eastern border from invasion by giving aid to the nation. Yellen said the American support “is motivated, first and foremost, by a moral duty to come to […]
Illegal Migrant Encounters at Southern Border Hit 1,000,000 Mark for FY 2023, Outpacing Prior Year
By The Geller Report This regime continues to smash records in their war against Americans. Migrant encounters at southern border hit 1,000,000 mark for FY 2023, outpacing prior year: sources That 1,000,000 number is greater than the same time last fiscal year By: Fox News, February 27, 2023: Migrant encounters at the southern border have already […]
Ron DeSantis Signs Legislation Ending The ‘Corporate Kingdom’ Of Walt Disney World
By The Daily Caller Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation Monday ending the self-governing status and special privileges provided to Walt Disney World through the Reedy Creek Improvement District. DeSantis made the announcement during a press conference in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. The legislation, titled HB 9-B, ends Disney’s self-governing status, establishes a new […]
The American People Have Never Been So Ignored
By The Geller Report When polled the American people overwhelmingly (80%) oppose the United States being the world’s policeman. When polled, again overwhelmingly, Americans believe we are involving ourselves in too many wars. And increasingly, America opposes the billions and militaria we are sending to a country they care little and no less about – […]
GOP Wants the Receipts for $113 Billion in Taxpayer Dollars Laundered Through Kiev
By The Geller Report Trump tried to get to the the truth of Biden’s Ukraine corruption. And the Democrat party of treason impeached him for it. Don’t expect these criminals to cooperate. By: Steven Ahle, Billings Report, February 24, 2023: The chairman of the House Oversight Committee James Comer (R-KY) has written to Secretary of State, […]
Media Says Americans Should Just Skip Meals To Cut High Grocery Bills
By The Geller Report Democrats want you miserable, poor and hungry. Who votes for this? This is the left’s economy of scarcity replacing American’s economy of abundance. WSJ Suggests Americans Skip A Meal To Save Money- No Joke! By: Erica Carlin, Liberty One, February 2023: I hate even repeating this ignorant idea, but people should […]
Texas Border Operation Catches 348,000 Illegal Immigrants, 361 million Lethal Fentanyl Doses
By Judicial Watch In the absence of adequate federal enforcement a Texas border security initiative heavily criticized by Democrats and the media has apprehended hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants—including thousands of criminals—and seized millions of lethal doses of fentanyl. Known as Operation Lone Star, the project was launched by Governor Greg Abbott in March […]
Biden’s War On Suburbia: The Democrats Are Coming For Your Home and Neighborhood, Playing the Race Card
By The Geller Report No where to run to, baby, nowhere to hide. The Biden administration announced on January 19th it will require all towns across America to submit “equity plans” showing how they will make it possible for low-income people to live there, by providing affordable housing, transportation and other resources. By Betsy McCaughey, NY […]
McConnell’s Ukraine Obsession Further Illustrates His Disregard For The Plights Of Everyday Americans
By Royal A. Brown III I agree with this article below! We should stop shoveling $$$ to Ukraine unless and until it is proven to the American taxpayer that U.S. national interests are at jeopardy. We also should be assured there is absolute accountability for the over $100 Billion already sent to Ukraine in cash. […]
Northern Border Agents Were Asked To Deploy To Florida Due To Massive Illegal Migrant Surge
By The Daily Caller Agents patrolling the northern border were asked to deploy to Florida due to a large surge in illegal migrants in recent months, National Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd told the Daily Caller News Foundation Friday. The Miami sector has seen increasing flows of illegal migrants with a surge of hundreds of them […]