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Must read for anyone wanting to understand how the federal has come to consume nearly 25 cents out of every $1 earned in the US. https://t.co/5KtQUtim9t — Richard A. Stern (@RichAStern) November 20, 2024 If we want to reduce inflationary …
RICHMOND, Va. – A Mosley man pled guilty today to committing insider trading and making false statements about his trading to his employer, the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (FRBR). According to court documents, Robert Brian Thompson, 43, worked as …
I am not an expert on the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, but based on my initial reading of various summaries of the act, Matt Gaetz would not currently be eligible to be named as AG under the act …
Federal prosecutors have accused Sean “Diddy” Combs of breaking jail rules in an attempt to manipulate witness testimony and taint the potential jury pool in his case, according to a court document filed Friday. Combs, 55, is currently in custody …
Donald Trump names Brendan Carr as Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chair. JUST IN: Donald Trump names Brendan Carr as Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chair. pic.twitter.com/NxCq9Nmzs6 — AZ Intel (@AZ_Intel_) November 18, 2024 BREAKING: President-elect Trump selects his FCC commissioner as …
I have family and friends who work for the government, and they openly admit how boring and easy their jobs are compared to the great pay and benefits they receive. We’ve known this for years, yet they keep adding more …
81% of voters want to shrink the federal government 🤯 Considering 15% of voters *work* for government, that means roughly everybody else wants it to shrink. https://t.co/fsfieL5m9J pic.twitter.com/eQjeSxJips — Peter St Onge, Ph.D. (@profstonge) November 15, 2024 The U.S. National …
Just by contracting the money supply. Step 1: Raise the cash reserve requirements of banks from zero percent back to ten percent. Step 2: Dramatically raise interest rates. I am talking about raising it to 21 percent. AC
It’s my favorite time of the year… Sen. Rand Paul’s annual “Festivus Report” is out – with a whopping $482 billion in taxpayer-funded waste—from $3 million for steroid-injected hamster brawls to $118,000 to see if Thanos could snap his fingers …
BREAKING: INDIANA TRANSITION CARE BAN UPHELD BY FEDERAL COURT A U.S. appeals court has upheld Indiana’s law banning puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender minors, one of 26 states with similar restrictions. The 7th Circuit’s 2-1 ruling emphasized that …
The former Director of National Intelligence, John Ratcliffe is the new Director of the CIA. He reviewed internal communication within the FBI and made a tweet saying there was a “secret society” there that were conspiring against Trump. Maybe he …
All this pearl clutching about Fed independence is nonsense. Fed is not independent, it is basically a branch of the Democratic party. You can see this in many ways. 1) Political donations by Fed employees overwhelming go to the Democrats. …
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/07/fed-rate-decision-november-2024.html The Federal Reserve approved its second consecutive interest rate cut Thursday, moving at a less aggressive pace than before but continuing its efforts to right-size monetary policy. In a follow-up to September’s big half percentage point reduction, the Federal …
Elon's first day working for the Federal Government pic.twitter.com/OR2dDb7Awb — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) November 6, 2024 JUST IN: 🇺🇸 RFK Jr says he will clear out entire departments of the Food and Drug Administration, and root out corruption. "They're not …
Imagine how much higher interest expense pushes debt if the Fed can't keep long term interest rates at current yields or lower. pic.twitter.com/sIT53e4n5e — David Sommers (@dgsommersmkts) November 5, 2024 I have seen more than my fair share of financial …
The Department of Justice has announced that it will monitor polls in 86 jurisdictions throughout 27 states on election day for “compliance with federal voting rights laws.” The agency’s Civil Rights Division will coordinate the effort. Republican lawmakers in Missouri …
Elon Musk claimed he can eliminate at least $2 trillion from the federal budget, laying out his vision for substantial government spending cuts if Donald Trump wins the presidency. “Your money is being wasted,” Musk said Sunday at a rally …
Kamala Harris has announced plans to more than double the federal minimum wage if she wins the presidency. The Democratic candidate has backed raising the current minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to at least $15. It has remained frozen for …
Clarissa Rippee, a Contract Specialist working in the General Services Administration (GSA) blew the whistle and exposed a $347 million contract for transporting unaccompanied minors. “My line in the sand moment was when I found out that GSA had awarded …
Former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO, Mike Jeffries, arrested on federal sex trafficking charges From X: Just reading about this makes me sick to my stomach. He and his gay partner have been exploiting young men for years. They find young …
by confoundedinterest17 Tennessee Ernie Ford sang it best. $36 tons of debt. Another day older and deeper in debt. Notice virually no political candidate will acknowledge or discuss. The federal government spent $1.8 trillion more than it collected in tax revenue in …
This is the most irrefutable evidence in the last 100 years that the Federal Reserve serves the top 0.01%….But literally no one cares. byu/Perfect_Alarm_2141 ineconomicCollapse
This year’s spending to elect a president and members of Congress will hit at least $15.9 billion – putting 2024 on track to become the nation’s most expensive federal election, according to a new analysis from OpenSecrets, a nonpartisan organization …
If you think this all ends with a balanced budget, decreasing federal debt, and low inflation, you are not paying attention. pic.twitter.com/SYjXkw1i9G — James Lavish (@jameslavish) October 3, 2024 US banks made a $1 trillion from Federal Reserve’s 2.5 year …
via notayesmanseconomics Yesterday the Chair of the US Federal Reserve went to Nashville Tennessee. Presumably not for the country music as he is a Grateful Dead fan. But he did give a speech on the subject of monetary policy. As …
The Federal Reserve delivered its first interest rate cut in more than four years yesterday. It was a declaration of victory over once hot, hot, hot inflation. And mortgage rates responded by fluctuating in kind of a weird way. The …
WOW! RFK Jr. just exposed the Federal Reserve "It operates on behalf of a few Wall Street banks, and its function is to act like a pump. It is literally strip-mining the wealth and equity away from the American middle …
