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Melissa Hortman, a top Minnesota state representative and former House Speaker, was assassinated at her home on June 14 2025. That was exactly five days after she broke ranks with fellow Democrats on June 9 and cast the lone DFL …
China’s financial sector is entering another phase of pay compression, with senior bankers at state-backed institutions bracing for bonus cuts of at least 30% as regulators push forward with compensation reforms. Department heads at two major state-owned banks saw their …
Federal education officials painted a grim picture of student achievement Tuesday, releasing test scores that in some grades have fallen to their lowest level in decades. Connecticut’s students outperformed the nation in a standard measure comparing academic achievement across the …
D.C. ranks 4th in murders per capita. Trump is not asking. He is acting. Washington D.C. is not just dysfunctional. It is lethal. CrimeGrade gives the city an “F” for murder risk, ranking it in the 1st percentile for safety …
The July Fed decision came with two dissents, the first time in over 30 years that happened under tightening conditions. One board member wanted a cut. Another wanted a pause. Powell stuck with holding rates steady, but the split wasn’t …
BRITISH SOLDIERS ARE RESIGNING IN DROVES — THEY WILL NOT DIE FOR GLOBALISTS 🚨 🔴 Morale in the ranks is collapsing. Troops feel disrespected, used, and betrayed by Starmer’s government. Now they’re handing in their resignations — because they know …
A recent poll conducted by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) and NORC at the University of Chicago has uncovered a striking trend: 63% of Americans deem free speech a “very important” issue for the upcoming 2024 presidential …
Think about income inequality in America and some archetypes easily come to mind. Start with a rich corporate lawyer, earning above the roughly $1m annual income (before taxes and transfers) that places a household in the top 1% of earners. At …
The Cato Institute has released its much-anticipated 2024 Fiscal Report Card on America’s Governors, and the results are both revealing and polarizing. Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds earned the highest score for her fiscal policies, while Minnesota’s Tim Walz found himself …
"He states that the pollster’s “inability to meet polling standards caused ABC News’ 538 to cut Rasmussen from its polling analyses.”" Very happy to go. Immigration’s impact felt in Colorado, as divisions grow over density. https://t.co/zrnH1ggJF8 pic.twitter.com/kFKZgoYD2a — Rasmussen Reports …
BRRAKING: Disgraced former deputy FBI director Andrew McCabe admitted on CNN the FISA application he authorized to spy on Trump adviser Carter Page was wrong "There were many mistakes in that FISA," he acknowledged that it was "regrettable." pic.twitter.com/YemcBIuaRk — …
The other 12 countries that have more homeless are third-world shitholes. U.S.– 653,104 homeless Russia –11,285 homeless U.K. — 380,000 homeless Japan — 3,065 homeless https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_by_homeless_population h/t DIY Spaceman
PENNSYLVANIA (WTAJ) — As 2023 comes to a close, a new report shows Pennsylvania has had the largest increase in grocery prices year over year. In Pennsylvania, we’ve seen inflation go a bit crazy and many people have felt it …
The public focuses on the stock market but this bond market is much more important to the economy. There are major consequences for all the banks who hold Treasury Bonds. The level of unrealized losses has probably gone through the …
The 2023 Permanent Fund dividend will be $1,312, the Alaska Department of Revenue said Thursday. The annual payments to Alaskans will be disbursed beginning Oct. 5 and continue in the following weeks, the department said. The Permanent Fund dividend amount …
Bud Light is no longer ranked amongst the top 10 in the US after the Dylan Mulvaney marketing disaster, a survey has found. In a new YouGov poll, which asked 1,468 people, the public approval of the beer slumped so …
