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76% of ALL Personal Income Tax Goes to Servicing the $34 trillion National Debt

By The Geller Report 76% of all personal income tax last month went to servicing the $34 trillion national debt. Who in their right mind would vote for this? And Kamala is campaigning on more insane, communist spending. 76% of all personal income tax last month went to servicing the $34 trillion national debt. Who […]

Janet Yellen Comes Clean on Seizure of Russian Assets

By Leo Hohmann Treasury Secretary admits using economic sanctions to punish other countries is backfiring on U.S. and killing the petro dollar. We all knew she was lying when she denied just a few weeks earlier that seizing $300 billion in frozen Russian assets amounted to ‘theft’. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen admitted earlier this month […]

California Is Awash In Misleading Data — And The Consequences Have Been Devastating

By The Daily Caller California is awash in incomplete and misleading publicly-collected data, and experts say it’s letting policymakers and politicians get away with running the state into the ground. California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao touted in recent months a massive decrease in crime, but it was later revealed that Oakland […]

Rick Trader discusses ‘The 2024 GOP Platform’ on Dissent Television

By Dr. Rich Swier Rick Trader, host of Conservative Commandos Radio  Show and President/CEO of the American Uncensored News Network, joins Dr. Rich Swier, host of the Dissent Television Channel, to discuss the policies behind the GOP Platform for 2024. Listen to this compelling discussion of some of the key 20 issues laid out by […]

Biden Goes Full-On Communist with National Rent Control

By The Geller Report The mask is off. Biden Wants National Rent Control By: Newsmax, 16 July 2024: President Joe Biden called on Congress Tuesday to pass legislation that would compel corporate owners of rental housing units to cap annual rent increases at 5% or lose some tax benefits. The White House also unveiled efforts […]

AEI One on One with Robert Doar: Ed Pinto on the Housing Market

By Edward Pinto The American Enterprise Institute‘s Ed Pinto joins Robert to talk about the state of the American housing market. They discuss the harmful effects of government regulation, policies that can increase affordability, and advice for homebuyers today. Ed is a senior fellow and the co-director of the AEI Housing Center. His work focuses on the […]

New York City Hotels Score Big With Taxpayer-Funded Migrant Shelter Deals: REPORT

By The Daily Caller New York City taxpayers are reportedly set to pay out over $1 billion to house illegal immigrants and asylum seekers who have crossed the southern border into the U.S. Of 193 shelters being used to house migrants, about 153 are hotels, motels or inns, according to the New York Post. About 65,300 […]

Biden White House Staff Is Largest Since Nixon, Costs Taxpayers $225 Million

By The Daily Caller President Joe Biden has spent $225 million paying hundreds of White House staffers since the 2021 fiscal year, federal records show. The president’s spending on staffers totaled $60.8 million for the 2024 fiscal year, marking the highest level adjusted for inflation recorded over the past two presidential administrations, according to an analysis conducted […]

Judge Rejects Biden Admin’s Effort To Dismiss Case Alleging It Funded Palestinian Terrorists

By The Daily Caller A federal court on Friday denied the Biden administration’s effort to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that it had illegally subsidized Palestinian terrorism. The lawsuit, first filed in December 2022 by Republican Texas Rep. Ronny Jackson and victims of Palestinian terrorists, claims that the administration violated the law by reinstating aid to Palestinians and allowing […]

CNN PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE: President Donald J. Trump at the ‘Top of his Game’ while Biden was in ‘La La Land’

By Dr. Rich Swier The much touted Presidential debate on CNN was a big win for President Donald J. Trump. Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., with one full week off with his staff to prepare for the debate, was in La La Land. Watch the full CNN Presidential Debate:  Some key excerpts from the debate: […]

Biden Regime’s $250,000,000 Gaza Pier to be Dismantled After Only 10 Days of Service

By Jihad Watch “There has been one bright spot: The pier has not yet been hit in an attack.” Biden’s Gaza pier is a perfect metaphor for his administration. It cost hundreds of millions of dollars, after months of work, it had to be towed for repairs after it couldn’t handle actually being on the […]

Military Funding Bill Passes House, Includes Conservative Priorities

By Family Research Council The U.S. House of Representatives passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 217-199 Friday, largely along party lines. Conservatives attached a number of amendments, which the mainstream media described as “culture war amendments,” designed to keep social issues out of the military. The NDAA is an annual, must-pass bill that authorizes appropriations for […]

EPA is Using Inflation Reduction Act Money to Pay Groups that Want to Abolish ICE

By The Geller Report A highly weaponized partisan government plundering American taxpayer dollars to fund the destruction of our laws, our border, our law enforcement. Democrats’ cacophony of daily chaos is engineered so that any freedom loving American cannot address all things at once. Look Who the EPA Is Funding Now Inflation Reduction Act money […]

Oversight Task Force Chair Bergman and Chairman Arrington Request CBO to Analyze Full Cost of President Biden’s Executive Actions

By Dr. Rich Swier Washington, D.C. – This week, House Budget Committee Oversight Task Force Chair Jack Bergman (R-MI) and Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) sent a letter to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), requesting a fulsome cost estimate for the 138 executive actions and agency rules unilaterally issued by the Biden Administration. Read the full letter HERE. According […]

Biden commits U.S. taxpayers to 10 years of ‘blank check’ funding of war in Ukraine: War’s ‘dark side’ includes organ harvesting and child sex trafficking

By Leo Hohmann Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Zelensky are planning to sign a deal for long-term US military assistance for Ukraine, a country whose government we now know is involved in the trafficking of children for sex and harvesting the organs of its own soldiers for profit. If that sounds too sensational to be […]

TAKE ACTION AGAINST: Bidenflation and Broke America — Sinking Hearts and Pocketbooks

By ACT For America! Biden’s War on Energy and Its Catastrophic Impact on America TAKE ACTION TO MAKE ENERGY AFFORDABLE AGAIN! Biden’s war on energy is a war on the lower and middle class, who are always the first to feel the pain of high gas prices and the inevitable inflation that follows. Fox Business […]

Arizona Poll: Voters 50+, Especially Women, Could Tip the Scales in 2024

By Dr. Rich Swier Donald Trump leads over President Joe Biden among older voters; Senate race is neck-and-neck between Rep. Ruben Gallego and Kari Lake.  , AZ /PRNewswire/ — Today, AARP Arizona released a 2024 statewide election survey that shows candidates for President, U.S. Senate, and state races should pay close attention to Arizonans ages 50 […]

Biden Admin Shoots Down $24 Billion Pay Raise For Enlisted Troops — After Spending Seven Times More On Ukraine

By The Daily Caller The Biden administration “strongly opposes” a proposal to raise the pay of junior enlisted service members in the military — even after nearly spending seven times the proposed amount on Ukraine and the broader region’s security. The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) draft of the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) […]

‘Electioneering’: Experts, Lawmakers Denounce Biden’s Taxpayer-Funded Michigan Voter Drive

By Family Research Council In the wake of a congressional hearing on Tuesday that delved into the ways in which the Small Business Administration (SBA) under President Joe Biden has appeared to engage in electioneering, lawmakers and experts are pointing out the “lawless” nature of the practice as the November elections approach. The hearing, conducted by […]

Biden regime has sent at least $11,000,000 to the Taliban since its catastrophic 2021 withdrawal of U.S. troops

By Jihad Watch It seems as if the Biden regime never misses an opportunity to aid America’s enemies. There used to be a word for that. Started with a T. But everyone has forgotten that word. Feds send millions of taxpayer dollars to the Taliban by Casey Harper, The Center Square, June 6, 2024: After two […]

ACLU Unveils Plans To Obstruct Trump’s Immigration Agenda

By The Daily Caller The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Thursday announced an outline of its plans to oppose former President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda if he’s elected in November. The ACLU plans to use a combination of legal challenges, lobbying and coordination with liberal officials to obstruct Trump’s plans to reduce illegal immigration, […]

Ted Cruz Introduces Bill To Scrap ‘Natural Gas Tax’ Wedged Inside Biden’s Climate Legislation

By The Daily Caller Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is introducing a Senate bill that would repeal a “natural gas tax” proposal enabled by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), President Joe Biden’s signature climate bill. The “Natural Gas Tax Repeal Act” would scrap IRA provisions that deputize the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to impose fines […]

Big Abortion Defeated, Border Patrol Atrophying, and Hunter Biden’s ‘Perjury’: 5 Stories You Missed

By Family Research Council With patriotic Americans preparing to commemorate the brave soldiers who sacrificed themselves in our nation’s battles — and the rest of America preparing to take a day off work — it became easier to miss news stories. But even if you gleaned the headlines like prospectors panning for gold, some stories […]

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 […]