In early December 2001, ‘normal’ life very suddenly ceased to exist in Argentina – anything that remotely resembled a functional society came to an abrupt end. And that is by no means an exaggeration.
The banking system collapsed. Financial transactions ground to a halt. Desperate people looted supermarkets for food, and then grocery shelves emptied. Energy ran short. Riots broke out in the streets, and police were shooting citizens in the face. Continue reading
Democratic members of Congress have filed articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth while nearly 100 congressional Democrats are calling for the president’s removal from office over his threats to Iran.
Rep. John Larson of Connecticut has filed 13 articles of impeachment against Trump for high crimes and misdemeanors, including the president’s “criminal lawlessness” that has “invited blowback against the United States and its citizens risking 9/11 2.0.” Continue reading
…and it grows by the nano-second!
Trump’s fiscal year 2027 budget proposal, released Friday, calls for boosting total defense funding to $1.5 trillion—a jump that most economists say would represent one of the largest budget increases in American history, rivaling the wartime mobilization of World War II.
The proposal would increase base defense discretionary spending by $251 billion and funnel an additional $350 billion into defense through a new reconciliation bill, while cutting nondefense discretionary spending by just $73 billion—a 10% reduction that budget watchdogs say falls far short of offsetting the military buildup. The net result, according to the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB), is a defense expansion of more than $3.2 trillion over the next decade, adding fuel to a national debt already hovering around $39 trillion.
“The gap between rhetoric and reality is just so massive,” said Steve Hanke, professor of applied economics at Johns Hopkins University. “MAGA was told an untruth by Trump—no foreign wars, no adventurism. Now the defense budget has come in at $1 trillion, and he wants $1.5 trillion. This is a massive militarization—completely the opposite of what he told his base… (Continue to full article)
Washington remains locked in a heated debate over affordability. It shows up in conversations about trade, energy and labor almost daily. And one of the most important parts of that debate is the skyrocketing cost of health care, especially for small business owners.
For over 40 years, small business owners surveyed by the National Federation of Independent Business have shared the same thing: the cost of health care is their number one problem.
They value offering health insurance coverage, and many see it as a critical piece in attracting and retaining employees. However, the U.S. health care system is burdensome, expensive and cumbersome. One constant over these 40-plus years is the increasing role of government in the health care system.
Washington continues to push more mandates, regulations and one-size-fits-all policies that fuel industry consolidation, increase costs and reduce choices for patients…. (Continue to full article)
There have been concerns about the long-term financial feasibility of the Social Security program for decades, and as more and more of the population is living longer and longer, those fears have only continued to grow. Up until now, the program has continued to operate without interruption, but seniors are definitely still reliant on it as a source of income.
Now, a new analysis of one of President Donald Trump’s signature legislative achievements suggests that Social Security could be in even more trouble in the years ahead. Here’s what we know.
We MIGHT be SCREWED!!! (Continue to full article)
I’m not sure if you’ve noticed yet, but gasoline is getting pretty pricey. The average fuel economy of cars on American roads has steadily risen across the last few decades, with 2024 posting a new record high of 27.2 miles per gallon, and California posting the best numbers in the nation at 33.5 miles per gallon. But as the price of fuel doubles or triples while war in the middle east senselessly rages on, perhaps this is a time for Americans to look inward, to their own garages, and determine how they’ll make changes in their buying preferences to help maintain their pocketbooks in times of unprecedented international economic struggle.
Young punks don’t like driving the same vehicles that their parents drove. This was evident when drivers embraced the minivan as the anti-station wagon in the 1980s and 90s, and again when SUVs rose to prominence in the 2000s in an effort to get away from the uncoolness of minivans. So what’s coming next?… (Continue to full article)
…and they are buying it RIGHT NEXT TO OUR MILITARY BASES!
DHS asserted the case ‘illustrates why the improper recognition of “birthright citizenship” for children of illegal aliens … endangers all Americans’
The Department of Homeland Security revealed that a suspect who fled to China after allegedly planting a deadly explosive device at a military base is the child of two Chinese illegal immigrants.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Chinese nationals Qiu Qin Zou and Jia Zhang Zheng, both of whom were living in the U.S. illegally, Homeland Security said.
They were arrested after two of their adult children, Ann Mary Zheng and Alen Zheng, were connected to a failed plot to detonate an improvised explosive device (IED) at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida in mid-March.
The alleged perpetrators of the attempt were born in the U.S. after their parents illegally entered the country, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
The agency asserted the case “illustrates why the improper recognition of ‘birthright citizenship’ for children of illegal aliens is not only inconsistent with the Constitution, but endangers all Americans.”… (Continue to full article)
On March 12, Ayman Ghazali, a naturalized citizen originally from Lebanon, rammed a pickup truck into the synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan. More than 100 children were attending school inside with their teachers and synagogue staff. On Monday, the FBI announced that the attack was “a Hezbollah-inspired act of terrorism.” That a terrible massacre did not occur is only because a security guard sprang into action and killed the would-be killer.
There were other incidents of terrorism in March, in New York City and at Old Dominion University in Virginia. As the battle with Iran and its proxies continues, it is reasonable, indeed prudent, to expect more attacks. Iran is the leading sponsor of terrorism around the world. If it has sleeper cells in the United States, expect them to get the signal if and when the shattered regime can find their phone numbers or online contact information.
But the federal Department of Homeland Security is closed because Democrats refuse to fund it… (Continue to full article)
The US Postal Service (USPS) plans to introduce its first-ever fuel surcharge on packages to offset rising energy costs, according to a statement.
The surcharge, set at 8%, is expected to take effect on 26 April and remain in place until 17 January 2027, under the current plan.
Packages under Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail, USPS Ground Advantage and Parcel Select will be affected by the surcharge.
The average price per gallon for diesel gas in the US is now $5.37, up from $3.75 one month prior.
Groceries. Gas. Now packages. Is there anything Donald Trump hasn’t made more expensive? Call it what it is: the Trump Mail Tax… (Continue to full article)
Farmers are already having to pay more to grow our food, and it’s not just because it’s harder to ship the actual food.
Only four weeks into the war with Iran, and the economic repercussions will not go as swiftly as they came to the U.S. and global economy. It won’t be just the cost of oil that’s going to impact Americans’ checking accounts — things like fertilizer and even insurance may eventually lead to higher costs at the grocery store.
The “Make America Affordable” promise seems like a distant memory from the administration that trumpeted affordability and lower costs. Americans have spent a year navigating higher grocery bills due in part to Trump’s tariffs and now have additional cost increases to deal with because of U.S.-led involvement in the Iran war.
Americans are noticing rising gas prices already. But higher prices will soon impact more than just daily commutes…. (Continue to full article)
Despite the White House’s energy chief aiming to ease concerns, the executives of oil giants like TotalEnergies, Chevron, Abu Dhabi’s ADNOC and Vitol Americas expressed concern about prolonged Iran-linked volatility.
“The consequence is not only high energy prices. It will damage other supply chains,” TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanne said, according to Reuters.
“This is raising the cost of living for those who can least afford it and slowing economic growth everywhere. From factories to farms to families around the world, the human cost is mounting by the day,” ADNOC CEO Sultan Al Jaber said…. (Continue to full article)
President Trump said Tuesday that Tehran gave the U.S. a “present” related to oil and gas as the countries look toward a potential ceasefire, though he did not specify exactly what the gift was.
“They gave us a present and the present arrived today. It was a very big present worth a tremendous amount of money,” Trump said of Iran.
“It wasn’t nuclear-related, it was oil and gas-related,” he added, though he did not offer further details.
He described it as “very significant.”
…and I believe that it is ALL Bulls**T!!! (Continue to full article)
Only four weeks into the war with Iran, and the economic repercussions will not go as swiftly as they came to the U.S. and global economy. It won’t be just the cost of oil that’s going to impact Americans’ checking accounts — things like fertilizer and even insurance may eventually lead to higher costs at the grocery store.
The “Make America Affordable” promise seems like a distant memory from the administration that trumpeted affordability and lower costs. Americans have spent a year navigating higher grocery bills due in part to Trump’s tariffs and now have additional cost increases to deal with because of U.S.-led involvement in the Iran war.
Trump’s decision to attack Iran has resulted in rising gas prices, and grocery prices will likely be impacted soon… (Continue to full article)
In the second week of the Iran war – with the Strait of Hormuz effectively closed, cutting off shipping of 20% of the world’s oil supply – the International Energy Agency announced the largest release of strategic oil reserves in history. Thirty-two countries will sell a combined 412 million barrels from their reserves into the global market over four months, beginning in late March 2026.
Energy researchers like me know that the concept of a strategic oil stock goes back to the early 20th century, when the U.S. Navy first substituted oil for coal as a fuel for ships. Starting in 1912, Congress set aside several petroleum-rich areas in the U.S., including Elk Hills in California and Teapot Dome in Wyoming. In times of need, oil wells could be drilled in those regions to produce fuel for the Navy.
The current system involves oil that has already been produced and is stored so it can enter the market quickly. That approach was created by the International Energy Agency soon after its founding in the wake of the 1973-74 oil crisis.
strategic reserves are a system of national oil stocks intended to replace at least 90 days of each country’s imports. In some cases, such as Japan, the reserve covers over 200 days. The 415 million barrels in the U.S. reserve as of March 13, 2026, covers only about 64 days… (Continue to full article)
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp just signed a bill suspending the state’s gas tax for the next 60 days, providing some much-needed relief at the pump for residents. This move marks the first state-level action aimed at easing the burden of soaring fuel prices, which have gone absolutely wild because of the ongoing war with Iran.
The new law temporarily waives Georgia’s 33-cent-per-gallon gas tax and its 37-cent-per-gallon diesel tax. That’s a pretty significant chunk of change that will stay in people’s pockets. According to The Hill, Kemp didn’t explicitly link the action to the US-Israeli war on Iran, instead framing it as part of a broader push to make things more affordable for Georgians. He said, “Hardworking Georgians know best how to spend their money, not the government.”
It really seems like the state is trying to give people a break wherever it can… (Continue to full article)
According to a report from the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), nearly half of all households headed by immigrants in the United States are receiving some form of welfare. Using Census Bureau data from the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement, researchers found that 47 percent of immigrant-led households are enrolled in at least one welfare program.
That number climbs even higher — to 54 percent—when tax-based benefits like the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Additional Child Tax Credit are included.
The findings arrive as the United States continues to admit roughly one million legal immigrants annually, alongside another million temporary foreign workers. At the same time, estimates of the illegal immigrant population range widely—from 11 million to as high as 22 million… (Continue to full article)
Every day, millions of Americans across the country rely on the United States Postal Service (USPS) to send all sorts of important things like time-sensitive documents, bill payments, applications, or even tax filings or payments. But some changes are coming.
This year, the USPS is making a pretty significant change that will impact anyone sending a time-sensitive document through the mail.
Beginning in 2026, the USPS has instituted a new rule that the postmark will now reflect the date an envelope is first processed by an automated USPS sorting machine. This would mean that the postmark could come days after it was dropped off, rather than on the actual drop-off date.
As a result of this change, time-sensitive mail should be mailed several days before the deadline. Alternatively, people can still go inside their local post office and ask for a hand-stamped “manual postmark” on the date, or use certified mail.
But simply dropping a letter in the mailbox and expecting it to be postmarked that day will no longer work… (Continue to full article)
‘Modern Politigencia’
In his 1926 novel The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway described bankruptcy as occurring in two ways: “Gradually, then suddenly.” A century later, constitutional experts and former lawmakers warn that the U.S. Congress is mirroring that trajectory, sliding toward a state of permanent institutional impotence that threatens the American balance of power.
The warning signs are no longer subtle. A recent report from the Bipartisan Policy Center, titled “Congress at a Crossroads,” suggests the legislative branch has reached a “point of no return.” The study identifies a toxic mix of hyper-polarization and the “nationalization” of politics, where lawmakers prioritize media attention over the granular, often tedious work of legislating.
The result is an executive branch that increasingly operates without legislative check. Former Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), who served 35 years before retiring in 2023, offered a blunt assessment of the current state of play.
“I learned ninth-grade civics: You’ve got three equal branches of government,” Upton said. “But right now, the Congress is not one of them. It abdicated everything to the White House… (Continue to full article)
James Carville Predicts Trump Will Quit Presidency Within a Year as Iran War Spirals
Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville has issued a provocative forecast for the future of the American presidency, predicting that Donald Trump will voluntarily step down from office within the next twelve months.
In a video published by Politicon on March 16, the 81-year-old political operative argued that a combination of a disastrous military campaign in the Middle East, a crumbling domestic fiscal situation, and an impending electoral wipeout in the 2026 midterms will compel the President to “walk away” before his term concludes…. (Continue to full article)
The mail may soon stop — and not because it’s lost in transit.
The cash-strapped United States Postal Service is barreling toward a financial cliff, with Postmaster General David Steiner warning lawmakers the agency could run dry by October — and potentially halt mail delivery altogether by 2027 if Congress doesn’t step in.
“At our current rate, we’ll be out of cash in less than 12 months,” Steiner told the House Oversight Subcommittee on Government Operations on March 17.
“So in about a year from now, the Postal Service would be unable to deliver the mail.”
Translation: No stamps, No service… (Continue to full article)
When Senators and Representatives violate the oath they took, to protect and defend the U.S. Constitution, do those Senators and Representatives not effectively renounce that oath? In so doing, are they renouncing their allegiance to the United States and its Constitution? Are they not committing an act tantamount to sedition, at the least, treason at the most? Continue reading
“He went mad and lost America.” ~ Ian Martin, “The madness of King Trump, America’s sulky George III sequel”
Dysfunction, decadence, depravity and a death cult: that, in a nutshell, sums up the mindset now at the heart of the Trump administration.
History shows that when political movements glorify violence, celebrate cruelty, and frame conflict in apocalyptic moral terms, they often drift toward what scholars describe as a “death cult” – a worldview in which destruction becomes proof of righteousness and human life becomes expendable in pursuit of ideological victory. Continue reading
History doesn’t always repeat itself, but it often rhymes. When fighting erupted in Europe in 1914, it wasn’t initially considered to be that big of a deal. Many dismissed the conflict as yet another minor European war, and at first most of the rest of the world stayed out of it. It was only later that it came to be known as World War I.
Today, there is lots of speculation that World War III “could be coming”, but of course the truth is that we are already in the middle of it. Just like during the early days of World War I, most people won’t fully understand the significance of what they are currently experiencing until later. Interestingly, it turns out that the 2026 calendar is precisely identical to the 1914 calendar… Continue reading
As of Friday, the national debt had surpassed $38.7 trillion, according to the Treasury Department – or more than $113,000 per American. It has grown at a pace of nearly $77,000 per second over the past year, according to a tracker maintained by Republicans on Congress’s Joint Economic Committee.
“We’re $39 trillion in debt,” Rep. Michael Baumgartner said in an interview Feb. 18. “We’re running annual 20% budget deficits.”
Since the day Trump took office in 2017, the national debt has nearly doubled from just under $20 trillion to more than $38.7 trillion… (Continue to full article)
The national average price for a gallon of gasoline has soared to $3.251, up from $2.997 on Monday. Look a little further back, and the jump is even more noticeable. Prices have risen 26.8 cents over the past week.
That’s an increase of 9 percent and AAA implied this is the largest increase since the war in Ukraine began in March of 2022. This comes as even more price increases are expected as the war in Iran rages on and refineries will begin switching over to more expensive summer-blend gasoline.
In Arizona it is now in exces of $.20 per gallon of regular… (Continue to full article)
Stocks tumbled Thursday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average shedding almost 800 points as oil prices jumped amid the war with Iran. Higher energy prices are sparking concerns on Wall Street that they could reignite U.S. inflation.
The Dow tumbled 785 points, or 1.6%, on Thursday, after briefly dropping more than 1,000 points. The broad-based S&P 500 shed 0.6%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq composite declined 0.3%.
Oil prices rose after Iran launched a new wave of attacks against Israel, American bases and countries around the region. The war’s escalations are raising worries about how long disruptions to the production and transport of oil and natural gas in the region could last.
A barrel of Brent crude, the international standard, rose 4.2% to $84.75. That’s up from close to $70 late last week. A barrel of benchmark U.S. crude climbed 6.9% to $79.80… (Continue to full article)
The Iran war upended markets this week, and economist Paul Krugman thinks the effects could ultimately be much more far-reaching.
The Nobel Prize winner hasn’t been too optimistic about the US economy recently, largely due to the impacts he sees from President Donald Trump’s tariffs. Yet, as the military conflict escalates, he sees severe consequences looming for the US economy.
Krugman highlighted several pressing factors that have kept uncertainty high in a recent Substack post, but also laid out why the war may be accelerating the economy’s decline.
“There are many stresses on our economy, and this could be the straw that breaks the camel’s back — a straw that becomes heavier the longer the war goes on… (Continue to full article)
A landmark Supreme Court ruling against President Trump’s tariffs has cost the federal government an estimated $1.7 trillion in projected revenue through 2036, according to a new analysis by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB), setting the United States on a course toward a national debt of $58 trillion within the next decade if the country continues its current rate of spending.
The nonpartisan fiscal watchdog, which released its findings on Tuesday, found that the court’s decision striking down tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) has altered the country’s fiscal trajectory in the direction of larger debts and deficits.
Without that revenue, CRFB projects the national debt will climb to 125% of GDP—or roughly $58 trillion—by fiscal year 2036, compared to a baseline projection of $56 trillion, or 120% of GDP, that assumed the IEEPA tariffs would remain in force. “Deficits in that scenario will rise to 7.1% of GDP, or $3.3 trillion,” CRFB warned, versus $3.1 trillion under the original baseline… (Continue to full article)
In a single afternoon, a technological announcement triggered a financial tremor, erasing an astounding $30 billion from the market capitalization of IBM [1]. The catalyst? An announcement from the AI firm Anthropic regarding its AI model’s newfound proficiency in understanding and potentially automating legacy COBOL programming code. This event is not an anomaly but a harbinger, demonstrating how a single AI advancement can instantly vaporize entire legacy revenue models and threaten established corporate giants that have built fortunes on outdated, proprietary systems.
Welcome to the era of ‘tech wipeouts,’ where AI announcements function like sector-specific economic earthquakes. Continue reading
The self-proclaimed “Peace President” just started his seventh war, this time lighting the whole Middle East on fire.
Clearly the war in Iraq, while it is not ostensibly about oil, is all about oil. It’s all about oil in the sense that the oil market blew up today. While the spike in oil prices reached an extreme 13% launch in the price of Brent crude in one day, settling back to about 10%, it was, according to one chart in the headlines below, only the 38th highest spike since 1990.
We saw worse prior to that from the OPEC oil embargo that gave the United States some of the worst inflation in its history. However, the first spikes back in 1990 and prior were smaller than the initial spike today, and it only took a few days for them to go above today’s level. We are currently only at Day One of this crisis because this was the first day US markets were opened since the president and Israel started the war on Saturday. So, there may be larger spikes soon to come. Continue reading
All over the United States, the streets of our major cities are covered in poop. So exactly what does that say about us? It isn’t as if this is a new problem. As long as human societies have existed, human and animal waste has been a problem. Civilized societies have always found ways to deal with it, while uncivilized societies have always struggled to keep things clean.
Despite all of our advanced technology, we seem to be fighting a losing battle. One New York City resident recently complained that there is “poop everywhere” this winter… Continue reading
Zohran Mamdani – “But Joo can Trust me!”
These days there aren’t too many people clamoring to move to New York City. Maybe it’s the rats. Or the high taxes. Or the homeless. Or the socialism.
You can see the effect in the city’s population numbers: in 2018, roughly 8.4 million people lived in the five boroughs. Today, the population is barely above that level – basically a less than 1% population increase in 7+ years.
But while New York’s population has remained flat, the city government’s spending has BALLOONED – from $85 billion in 2018 to a massive $127 billion (based on Zohran Mamdani’s proposed budget.) Continue reading
“We are the Ministry of Truth!”
One way a bad boy might deal with a bad report card is to claim the teacher is lying or doesn’t know what she is talking about. Most bad boys, however, would be smart enough to figure out they can’t sell that excuse to mom or dad. Yet, that is the flimsy excuse Trump’s economic chief Hassett gave today for the bad report card delivered by the Fed over the damage being done by the Trump Tariffs to American businesses and consumers.
White House economic advisor Kevin Hassett said Wednesday that the authors of a recent New York Federal Reserve paper that found U.S. companies and consumers are shouldering most of the tariff burden should be “disciplined.”
Bad teacher. Should be spanked for giving me this bad report card. Continue reading
The latest estimates from the Congressional Budget Office show that the Social Security trust will run out of money by fiscal year 2032, which starts in October 2031. Continue reading
The United States is facing an existential threat. My guess is this summer will be the most violent, damaging domestic summer since the Civil War. And I predict the left will win and come out victorious on the other side. They will, after winning this new civil war, seek to eliminate the last vestiges of republicans.
I use a small ‘r‘ because while some Republicans are true republicans, most are not. And when the left wins the war, those RINOs are going to “work with” Democrats to create the illusion that America is still a republic, but it won’t be. They will use every tool available to silence dissent, take control over virtually every sector of American life, and they will implement rules so that America becomes a one-party nation.
Now I say all of this with the great hope that I am wrong, but I don’t think I will be. Continue reading
Chaos has erupted in the streets of major cities all over this country, and it appears that we have reached a boiling point which could cause events to completely spiral out of control. We knew that there was no way that the Trump administration was going to back down on immigration enforcement, and we knew that there was no way that the left was going to back down and allow ICE to conduct mass deportations without resistance. In fact, the left now has “response teams” that literally operate like military units in cities such as Chicago, Minneapolis and New York City.
So it was inevitable that we would see more violent confrontations, and now another protester has died. The left is promising to fight back harder than ever, and President Trump is seriously considering invoking the Insurrection Act.
As both sides continue to raise the stakes, it is just a matter of time before this crisis ends with martial law in major U.S. cities. Continue reading
Vanity Fair found itself at the center of controversy after it published its profile of Susie Wiles last year, but almost two decades before that, the publication may have predicted today’s political climate.
An astrology article from a 2006 issue of Vanity Fair that appeared to correctly foresee the political events over the last 20 years has resurfaced and gone viral.
In the article, Vanity Fair’s resident astrologer Michael Lutin shared what he expected will happen to the US through to 2025 based on Pluto’s return to the founding chart of 1776 Continue reading
The killer – Ahmad “Jihad” Bojeh
Three innocent buddies – Robert Kraft (70), his brother Douglas Kraft (68), and friend James Puchan (69) traveled to Florida for a fun car show getaway, only to be slaughtered in cold blood by terrorist Ahmad “Jihad” Bojeh. Yet the gutless news media labels this act of terrorism as insanity and barely whisper his name, and some outlets don’t even bother mentioning it at all. If this monster had been a white guy, his name would be plastered everywhere, especially the middle name. It would be national headlines screaming for days. Instead, they hide behind cowardly labels like “29-year-old insane man.” You know exactly what I mean: the double standard is blatant and infuriating.
My heart breaks for the families of these three innocent victims who came to Florida for a good time. Continue reading
Judging from opinion polls, the American public has increasingly become largely disenchanted with the bizarre behavior of President Donald J Trump and the clownish entourage that surrounds and encourages him.
Last week featured a meeting between Trump and the foreign minister of Denmark as well as his counterpart from Greenland’s legislative assembly. The meeting did not resolve the issue of Trump’s “unacceptable” demand that the United States must have ownership of Greenland, “buying it” if necessary, to maintain its national security against possible invasion coming from Russian and Chinese ships that, per Trump incorrectly, are already infesting Arctic waters to the north.
To support his position, Trump has now announced that he is considering punishing with tariffs all countries that do not agree with his position on Greenland, which would be something akin to Washington committing international suicide…. (Continue to full article)
Keir Starmer (left) joined European allies warning of a ‘dangerous downward spiral‘ in Nato today after Donald Trump threatened a trade war over Greenland.
A joint statement from Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the UK said they stood ‘firmly behind’ the ‘principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity’.
The president has shocked the military alliance by warning that opponents of an American takeover of the Danish territory will be hit with punitive tariffs from February 1.
In a bombshell post on his social media site, Mr Trump said levies will start at 10 per cent – and potentially rise to 25 per cent if they have not capitulated by June.
Trump’s intervention has sparked fresh fears he is intent on ripping apart the Western pact that has maintained world peace for the past eight decades… (Continue to full article)
Former Democratic strategist James Carville has predicted a ‘wipeout’ for Republicans at the 2026 midterms.
On Saturday, Carville forecast a startling loss for Republicans in the upcoming midterms, with Democrats managing to pick up a ‘minimum’ of 25 seats and likely regain control of the Senate.
‘Frankly, it’s going to be a wipeout,’ Carville told Fox News’ Kayleigh McEnany on Saturday in America.
‘Your viewers need to know that the Democrats are going to pick up at a minimum 25 seats, maybe as high as 45. In all likelihood, the Democrats will carry the Senate.’
The former strategist then condemned the president’s comments earlier this week, after Trump suggested there was no need for an election due to the administration’s accomplishments… (Continue to full article)
House Republicans have launched an investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar after financial disclosures showed her family’s wealth soaring from near zero to as much as $30 million in just one year. The House Oversight Committee is probing business interests tied to Omar’s husband, seen right, as the surge collides with a massive fraud scandal unfolding in her Minnesota district.
A House Republican investigation into Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar has been launched after newly filed financial disclosures showed her family’s reported wealth exploding to more than $30 million in a single year.
The House Oversight Committee, led by Chairman James Comer, is examining how the ‘Squad’ lawmaker and her husband rapidly amassed millions – at a time that a $9 billion Somali social services fraud scandal also exploded in her state.
Investigators are openly weighing subpoenas as they probe whether politically connected businesses tied to Omar’s family warrant deeper scrutiny, House Republicans said. Republicans say that scandal alone makes Omar’s apparent financial windfall impossible to ignore.
She MUST have gotten her guidance from Nancy Pea-Lousy!!! (Continue to full article)
President Trump has put a $1 billion price tag on membership for nations who wish to permanently join his new ‘Board of Peace’.
Trump announced his plans for the new organization on Friday, explaining that the initiative was a ‘vital step’ in implementing his 20-point Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict.
‘The Members of the Board will be announced shortly, but I can say with certainty that it is the Greatest and Most Prestigious Board ever assembled at any time, any place,’ the president later said on Truth Social.
Critics have speculated that the Board of Peace may be intended to replace the United Nations.
Trump says he will serve as chairman of the board, and as such he would control the money. Sources familiar with the board told Bloomberg that several nations have strongly opposed the draft… (Continue to full article)
After weeks of backlash, an Oregon city council finally voted to remove a convicted murderer from their police advisory board.
The Salem City Council voted 6-2 during a special meeting held on January 7 to revoke Kyle Hedquist’s appointment to the Community Police Review Board and the Civil Service Commission.
The nomination sparked outrage in the town, as the board holds a key role in reviewing police conduct complaints and making policy recommendations to the enforcement.
Hedquist, 47, was jailed for life without parole for murdering Nikki Thrasher in 1994, but was released in 2022.
At his trial, prosecutors said the Oregon native led Thrasher down a remote road and shot her in the back of the head to prevent her from telling people about a burglary spree he had embarked on. … (Continue to full article)
President Trump’s bid to knock four letters off the “Department of Defense” in a rebrand to the “Department of War” could cost upwards of $100 million, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has estimated.
On September 5, the president signed an executive order to restore the George Washington-era names of the Department of War and the Office of the Secretary of War as secondary titles for the Department of Defense and the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
Within that order was a stipulation that the Secretary of War would later submit a presidential application to permanently change the name of the department. Continue reading