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FED'S KASHKARI: I'M WORRIED THAT AMID UNCERTAINTIES BUSINESSES WILL DO LAYOFFS || SAYS NOT SEEING UPTICK IN LAYOFFS YET || SAYS SOME BUSINESSES SAY THEY ARE SCENARIO PLANNING FOR POTENTIAL LAYOFFS IF UNCERTAINTY LASTS — First Squawk (@FirstSquawk) April 24, 2025 FED'S KASHKARI: ABSOLUTELY CONFIDENT WE WILL GET THROUGH THIS — First Squawk (@FirstSquawk) April …
The IMF projects the overall U.S. federal deficit will dip to 6.5% of gross domestic product this year, down from 7.3% in 2024 The multinational fund cited increased tariff revenues for the decline The IMF highlighted uncertainty surrounding the rollout of higher tariffs and potential revenue increases The International Monetary Fund forecasts U.S. tariffs will …
Elon Musk suggested that his team at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) will investigate how certain members of Congress have achieved generational wealth. One attendee at the town hall had asked Musk if DOGE had uncovered evidence of funds wired from the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), Sen. …
A federal appeals court on Friday cleared the way for Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency to resume their efforts to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development. The ruling from a three-judge panel of the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals lifted a lower-court judge’s injunction that had temporarily blocked Musk and …
Catching a Liberal White Lady tweeting in 2020 that she took a day off to fully absorb a v. important book about reparations, and making her admit under oath she probably didn't read it after all is an all-timer of Liberal White Lady moments. https://t.co/ErGUfVVN23 — Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) March 26, 2025 Congress: "Do …
PJ MEDIA: Democrats Will Be Panicking Over This CNN Poll of Trump’s Speech Democrats Will Be Panicking Over This CNN Poll of Trump’s Speech It’s almost laughable that Democrats thought that their tantrums, protest signs, and matching outfits were a winning strategy during Trump’s speech to Congress. But desperate to prove their “resistance,” they went …
This is our House calendar for 2025. Yellow is our in session weeks. Thought it would be good to share for anyone planning trips to visit your Representative. pic.twitter.com/erQpYZUloH — Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@FmrRepMTG) February 17, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JM8loGPhkg This is what is trying to …. well, its crazy. The first year is going to be like when you find the child with chocolate cake all over its face, and you say to them, why did you get into the chocolate cake? and they look at you and say, No I didn’t mommy. …
Moskowitz: If Elon Musk and DOGE has found all this fraud, waste, and abuse, well, then, we can't fund the government by CR because the CR would refund all of that waste, fraud, and abuse. Which means the only way to fund the government is to fund it by individual spending… pic.twitter.com/5yly2u3p9v — Acyn (@Acyn) …
Tax cuts are great! Everybody loves them, and pretty much nobody votes for a candidate who promises higher taxes. But tax cuts aren’t free – the government still needs to replace the revenue lost when taxes fall. Today, we realistically assess whether the nation can afford the Trump Tax Cuts… By Peter Reagan There are two …
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Monday called on the CEOs of NPR and PBS to testify at a ‘DOGE’ subcommittee hearing on what she described as “systemically biased content” from federally funded radio and TV organizations. Why it matters: Greene’s hearing dovetails with a Federal Communications Commission investigation into the two broadcasters, which are longtime targets for Republican …
👀 AOC Openly Admits Democrats in Congress Are Doing Insider Trading Wild… pic.twitter.com/I4CBRCgvA6 — Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) January 24, 2025 It’s a shocking admission, but sadly, it’s not all that surprising. The culture of corruption within Washington, no matter the party, has been rampant for years.
– In the morning they hand them thousands of dollars IN CASH each to vote their way on legislation – They bypass campaign finance laws by “hiring people’s otherwise unemployable family members” – “The number of spouses and children of members of Congress who become lobbyists is astonishing” – Lobbyists are in the halls of …
Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., introduced an amendment to the Constitution on Wednesday to limit the amount of terms a House member and U.S. senator can serve. Senator Ted Cruz, R-Texas, introduced the Senate version. Under the amendment, a senator could serve two services and a House member could serve three terms. In terms of a special election, …
Don’t believe him and I won’t believe him until I see it. Actions speak louder than words especially since we’ve been down this road before with them. — Liberacrat™️ (@ViralVideos) January 3, 2025
Thomas Massie Reveals every member of Congress has an AIPAC Handler byu/AbolishtheDraft inAnarcho_Capitalism
Yes. I want to release the congressional sexual slush fund list. Tax payers should have never had to pay for that. Along with all the other garbage they should not have to pay for. https://t.co/8CyCO0haHk — Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@FmrRepMTG) December 26, 2024 Congress has secretly paid out more than $17 million of …
Conservatives who want to slash the federal budget are hoping they can enlist President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk to their side come January. But last week’s meltdown over government funding underscored that Trump doesn’t always share their fiscal restraint. Though Trump and Musk helped upend an initial bipartisan appropriations deal loathed by fiscal hardliners, …
https://twitter.com/_/status/1870916394021183839 🚨NEW: Anthony Scaramucci warns Elon to “stick to business." “He's just got to be very, very careful because he's making enemies that he doesn't realize." "Lay off the gas on politics a little bit because these people could hurt you." "It's no no need for you to get hurt.… pic.twitter.com/hIlLfSMH1m — Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) …
People call me "NostraThomas" for accurately predicting @SpeakerJohnson would use the Christmas recess to force a massive spending bill through Congress. After claiming he would not, Johnson is embracing a D.C. tradition that's nearly as old as decorating Christmas trees. pic.twitter.com/TRd1ZiCXtc — Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) December 18, 2024 I wanted to read the full 1,500+ …
Johnson, who initially expected to release the text of the bill over the weekend, then on Monday, said Tuesday that it would be unveiled by the end of the day. The proposed legislation would keep the government funded through March 14 while addressing specific priorities, including disaster relief and $10 billion in assistance to farmers. …
Donald Trump isn’t off the hook for Jan. 6 just yet. Though the criminal cases against him are all but dead, Trump is likely to be fighting eight civil lawsuits — from members of Congress and injured police officers — deep into his second term. They may be the last form of legal redress Trump …
Adam Schiff officially resigns from the House effective Sunday. He’ll be sworn into the Senate on Monday alongside Andy Kim pic.twitter.com/VyYdGg6dXZ — Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) December 6, 2024 Serial liar and Trump-Russia collusion hoaxer Adam Schiff officially resigned from Congress effective Sunday after more than two decades in the US House of Representatives. Schiff will …
SPEAKER SAYS NO NEW UKRAINE FUNDING IN NEW CONGRESS. However, congress already approved a huge funding package, that still has $7 billion remaining — and those weapons will be sent.pic.twitter.com/dXELRXEsCs — Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) December 4, 2024
WASHINGTON — As Congress returns this week for one last burst of activity before it wraps up the session, it faces a key deadline of Dec. 20 to avert a government shutdown. Democrats and Republicans appear resigned to passing a continuing resolution, or CR, that would temporarily fund the government into early 2025 — most …
Stock trading is such a huge part of congress. It shouldn’t be. I can’t wait to tell all these stories of corruption, treason and betrayal. Coming soon. https://t.co/ylTCFuBm1M — Matt Gaetz (@mattgaetz) November 22, 2024 We posted this report on a suspicious purchase of Fair Isaac stock by a U.S. Congressman in May.$FICO has now …
