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Biden’s FTC Bullied Ernst & Young to Punish Elon Musk’s Twitter

By The Geller Report Joe Biden’s FTC wanted Ernst & Young to punish Elon Musk’s Twitter for its defense of the first amendment. If they didn’t, Ernst & Young feared they would be retaliated against by the government. Twitter is calling for an end to a consent decree imposed by the FTC after the company […]

ABSURED! Biden Regime Supports ‘Blocking out the Sun’

By The Geller Report “The uncontested absurdities of today are the accepted slogans of tomorrow.” — Ayn Rand. These lunatics are truly evil. They will be the death of us all. What about all those solar panels the government mandated? Not to mention the unintended consequences on how this will affect crops, farming, food supply, vitamin […]

IRS Whistleblower Knocks Out Hunter Biden’s Lawyers And The Washington Post With One Blow

By The Geller Report Gary Shapley fires back on all cylinders. By: Margot Cleveland, The Federalist, July 05, 2023: Hunter Biden’s lawyers tried to turn him into a victim by smearing Gary Shapley — but Shapley fired back. Hunter Biden’s high-priced attorneys again tried to turn the president’s son into a victim by portraying IRS […]

ADAM ANDRZEJEWSKI: A July Fourth Victory For The American Taxpayer

By The Daily Caller Torrents of bad news on government spending constantly spout forth from Washington. For example, the feds recently admitted they’d made $247 billion in improper payments last year – with your tax dollars. Since 2004, it brings the tally to $3 trillion worth of mistakes. That staggering incompetence is roughly equivalent to the GDP of […]

Here’s How The Supreme Court’s Latest Term Reshaped America

By The Daily Caller The Supreme Court’s most recent term has brought on huge changes to American law, with the court delivering many wins to conservatives. The 2022-2023 term for the Supreme Court included many high-stakes issues, including race-based admissions by colleges, individual rights of religious expression, the applicability of Native American treaties and more. […]

Supreme Court Strikes Down Biden’s Student Loan ‘Forgiveness’ Plan

By The Daily Signal The Supreme Court struck down President Joe Biden’s student loan “forgiveness” plan Friday. The nation’s highest court heard arguments in February in two cases: Biden v. Nebraska and Department of Education v. Brown. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the opinion in Biden v. Nebraska, 6-3, striking down Biden’s plan. The court […]

Biden administration allocates $223 million for UN agency that promotes jihad and Jew-hatred in school textbooks

By Jihad Watch President Joe Biden’s administration has allocated $223 million for the UN’s Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), a body which has a history of promoting terrorism and Jew-hatred among Palestinian children. The Biden State Department raised the annual funding for the agency by $16 million, despite repeated reports showing that the UNRWA-run schools are […]

Ukrainian Counteroffensive Not Meeting U.S. Expectations

By VT Foreign Policy – Uncensored Ukraine’s ongoing counteroffensive against Russian forces is “not meeting expectations on any front,” Western and US officials told CNN on Thursday. Ukrainian troops and armor are proving “vulnerable” to Russian minefields, missiles, and air power, they added. “Russian lines of defense have been proving well-fortified, making it difficult for Ukrainian forces to breach […]

Biden Border Crisis and Abuse of Parole Send Illegal Alien Population and Costs Soaring

By Federation for American Immigration Reform At Least 16.8 Million Illegal Aliens are in the U.S., Costing Taxpayers As Much as $163 Billion Annually, Finds New Analysis by FAIR. Washington, D.C. — An analysis by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) of the most recent Census Bureau data reveals that at least 16.8 million […]

Biden Wants Higher Taxes And More Spending. We Have A Better Idea

By The Daily Caller Having resolved the latest federal debt ceiling “crisis,” Congress now turns its attention to the federal budget for fiscal year 2024. True to form, President Biden proposes to increase federal taxes and spending by $4.7 trillion and $1.8 trillion, respectively, over the coming decade. He attempts to sell this policy by […]

National Debt Hits $32 Trillion Two Weeks After Debt Ceiling Deal, Govt Spent $476 billion on Interest Costs Only

By The Geller Report The country is deteriorating right before our very eyes. Look around you. Where did this unimaginable amount of money go?  The national debt is number one threat to US national security. The Biden regime has already spent $1.2 trillion more than it collected. Recent passage of the costly Inflation Reduction Act, ongoing military aid […]

FAIR Applauds House Homeland Investigation of Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for Dereliction of Duty

By Federation for American Immigration Reform Washington, D.C. — The following statement was issued by Dan Stein, president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) in response to the announcement by the House Homeland Security Committee that they are launching an investigation into DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for dereliction of duty: “On February 2, […]

Republican Study Committee Moves To Revamp Long-Standing Welfare Programs

By The Daily Caller The Republican Study Committee’s Fiscal Year 2024 budget will propose amending key welfare programs, including several that provide cash directly to recipients. The budget, excerpts of which were obtained exclusively by the Daily Caller ahead of its Wednesday release, directs all federal welfare programs to include work requirements and limits cash […]

Audit Reveals ‘Improper Payments’ From Feds Ballooned To Over Half A Trillion Dollars Under Biden

By The Daily Caller The Biden administration wasted over half a trillion dollars in its first two years due to “improper payments,” according to an audit of federal data conducted by Open The Books. Data collected by the Office of Management and Budget revealed that at least $528 billion was improperly paid by the federal […]

Biden ‘mainstreams terror financing’ of Hezbollah, using American tax dollars

By Jihad Watch The eye-opening report below in Tablet Magazine further demonstrates how the Biden administration is undermining America while promoting a foreign terrorist entity. As a leading proxy of Iran, Hezbollah’s goal is to obliterate Israel. Now the group is getting aid from American taxpayers who have been given no choice. Under Trump’s leadership, not […]

Housing Finance Watch: Purchase Rate Lock Volume Was Down 42% From 2019 While Rates Were Stable

By Edward Pinto June 6, 2023/in Economy, Elections, Hot Topics, News, Policy, Politics, Regulation, Social Issues, Taxes/by Edward Pinto Housing Finance Watch(Week 22, 2023) By Edward J. Pinto | Tobias Peter | Sissi Li Key takeaways: Median rates stayed at 6 5/8% while daily 30-year rates retreated from their recent peak of 7.14% to 6.89% on June 5th, according to […]

The Californication of America

By Dr. Rich Swier Ronald Reagan served as the 33rd governor of California for two terms, from 1967 to 1975. Governor Reagan was a fiscal conservative. Here’s his first budget as governor of California.                                           GENERAL […]

Here Are The 17 GOP Senators Who Voted For Unlimited Spending

By The Daily Caller The U.S. Senate passed legislation late Thursday night to raise the nation’s debt ceiling, and the bill is now headed to President Joe Biden’s desk. The legislation passed with 17 Republicans joining 46 Democrats to suspend the debt ceiling until Jan. 2025. Five Democrats broke with their party. Ahead of the June […]

Senate Votes To Overturn Biden’s Student Loan Giveaway

By The Daily Caller Two Democrats and one Independent joined with all 48 present Senate Republicans on Thursday to pass a resolution blocking President Joe Biden’s plan to shift billions of dollars in student loans onto American taxpayers. The Congressional Review Act resolution, introduced in the upper chamber by Republican Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy, would […]

The House Just Passed The Fiscal Responsibility Act. Here’s What’s In It

By The Daily Caller The House of Representatives passed on Wednesday night the Fiscal Responsibility Act, which would raise the debt ceiling into January 2025. The legislation, negotiated by Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy and President Joe Biden, allows the federal government to take on unlimited debt through January 1, 2025. Both parties overwhelmingly supported the Fiscal […]

‘Invasion’: Trump Vows To End Birthright Citizenship For Children Of Illegal Immigrants

By The Daily Caller Former president and 2024 presidential contender Donald Trump pledged to end birthright citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants in a video posted to Twitter Tuesday. Trump vowed that on his first day in office, if he’s elected president, he will sign an executive order that the children of illegal immigrants won’t be […]

The Leftist Climate Hoax Agenda Is Buying Its Way Into The News

By The Geller Report The news is a fiction much like your favorite episodic TV series. They manufacture a story, frame it, bring in the actors to sell it. Until America understands this, we are susceptible to manipulation and thought control. By: Larry Behrens, The Federalist, May 30, 2023 Take a moment to consider the phrase […]

RINO McCarthy Caves On His Debt-Ceiling ‘Deal,’ He Sold Us Out

By The Geller Report Apparently McCarthy was no match for the corrupt, diaper-wearing, cracked, child-sniffing mental patient. WATCH: @RepChipRoy SLAMS the terrible deal to raise the debt ceiling “Not one Republican should vote for this deal — it is a bad deal. No one sent us here to borrow an additional $4 trillion to get […]

The Great American Electric School Bus Boondoggle

By The Daily Caller Washington, D.C. could use another fiscal hawk like the late Sen. William Proxmire of Wisconsin. During his Senate career from 1957 to 1988, Proxmire instituted a regular Golden Fleece Award, with which he mocked “the biggest, most ridiculous or most ironic example of government spending.” Among his infamous recipients was the Department […]

Republicans’ Common-Sense Demands Are Winning The Debt Ceiling Debate

By The Daily Caller Republicans are winning the debt ceiling fight for two main reasons. First, the vast majority of Americans value and understand common sense. The issues being debated are spending decisions not unlike the ones hardworking folks have to deal with at their kitchen tables on any given night. This reality alone has […]

Econ Expert on the GOP’s Debt Ceiling Hand: ‘We’re Holding Four Aces’

By Family Research Council When members of Congress started boarding their flights home Thursday, not one of them knew how long they’d be gone. The possibility of a shorter-than-usual Memorial Day recess looms large as negotiators desperately try to hammer out a deal on the debt ceiling before June 1. “Every hour matters,” House Speaker Kevin McCarthy […]

INSIDE LOOK: Photos From Inside ROW NYC Hotel Housing Up to 5,000 Illegal Immigrants in NYC

By The Geller Report One only has to look to history to see the fatal course America has taken under the Democrats, the party of the modern day Barbarians and Vandals. Like Rome, our downfall is a very much a result of catastrophic failures: In Rome, invasions by Barbarian tribes. In America, invasion at the […]

Radical Jayapal Threatens ‘Huge Backlash…in the Streets’ if Biden Negotiates Budget Cuts

By Discover The Networks During ongoing talks to raise the debt ceiling, radical Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) told CNN on Tuesday that any cuts to wasteful spending, including obsolete pandemic funding, would bring a backlash in the streets. Although the White House claimed Biden would not negotiate with Republicans on reducing wasteful spending, the administration engaged with House Speaker […]

Bolting Blue Cities: Major Firms Vow To LEAVE Chicago Amid WOKE Policies, High Crime, Higher Taxes

By The Geller Report Chicago’s new woke mayor is signed in and vows to tax the rich and big business to pay for progressive agenda – as major firms vow to PULL OUT of city (Daily Mail) Mayor Brandon Johnson beat out more moderate Chicago schools CEO Paul Vallas this month to earn the spot […]

No, You Can’t Invoke the 14th Amendment to Raise the Debt Ceiling

By Family Research Council Earlier this month, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned the U.S. could run out of money to pay its bills by June 1 if Congress does not raise the debt ceiling. This has led to a game of chicken between the White House and the Republican-controlled House of Representatives. President Biden has […]