Inflation stays on the rise, and August was even faster than expected as the consumer price index hits 8.3%. Although gas prices have gone down in recent months, overall prices of goods continue to rise. As the economy faces a recession, consumer price indexes hitting new highs spells bad news for the economy. Just moments
On Tuesday, the Department of Labor released the CPI Index which rose a dramatic 8.3% over August 2021. This report was released just weeks after President Biden signed “The Inflation Reduction Act” into law. The release of the CPI comes just less than two months before vulnerable Democrats are up for election across the country.
Joe Biden has appointed an ex-intel officer and MSNBC pundit, Jeremy Bash, who denied the Hunter Biden laptop story to the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board. American Military News Reports: Bash previously served in the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and U.S. Department of Defense and works as a commentator for NBC and MSNBC. Bash joined 50
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg this week told popular podcaster Joe Rogan that Facebook did limit stories on the news feed related to the New York Post story about President Biden’s son Hunter Biden and his laptop after warnings from the FBI, but defended the law enforcement agency as a “legitimate institution.” Zuckerberg said on an episode of Rogan’s podcast, “The Joe
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s husband pleaded guilty to DUI causing injury in Napa County on Tuesday morning. Paul Pelosi was sentenced by Napa County Superior Court Judge Joseph Solga to serve five days in jail, pay more than $6,000 in fines, and enroll in a 3-month-long DUI class. Paul Pelosi did not appear
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Monday that he isn’t worried about threats to American democracy after a national NBC News poll revealed voters ranked it as the top issue facing the country. The Republican Senate leader also said that there is “very little election fraud” but that it “happens occasionally,” comments that clashed with ongoing claims from former
The Washington Post’s Margaret Sullivan used her final column to encourage journalists throughout the mainstream media to use their positions to stop former President Donald Trump from being reelected. According to the Washington Post: Journalists certainly shouldn’t shill for Trump’s 2024 rivals — whoever they may be — but they have to be willing to show
Former Representative TJ Cox was charged with “15 counts of wire fraud, 11 counts of money laundering, one count of financial institution fraud, and one count of campaign contribution fraud.” According to Politico: The FBI arrested former one-term Democratic Rep. T.J. Cox on dozens of charges related to financial fraud, according to public records with the Fresno County
After a crushing defeat in her Wyoming primary, Representative Liz Cheney says she will continue to focus on stopping former President Donald Trump from holding office again, whether that is the position of president or any other government office. According to the Wall Street Journal: The three-term incumbent and daughter of a former Republican vice president lost Tuesday
Former Vice President Mike Pence criticized Republicans who have criticized the FBI in the days since it carried out a raid on former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home, allegedly in search of classified documents. According to The Hill “I also want to remind my fellow Republicans we can hold the attorney general accountable for the decision
