Economics 101, according to Mamdani: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani introduced his $127 billion preliminary budget plan on Tuesday. … Mamdani threatened to raise property taxes by 9.5% and raid the rainy day fund if Gov. Kathy Hochul does … Continue reading →
Commenter “Bauxite” has a question: Barry Meislin- Nah. If [the Democrats are] smart they’ll impeach [Trump] for this: The UAE Quietly Poured a Half-Billion Dollars into Trump’s Crypto Venture Four Days Before Inauguration Of course that means that they’ll probably … Continue reading →
This should come as no surprise: Tapscott reported that the most startling takeaway from the 2024 audits (the latest available) was that “the results for the red states are strikingly similar to those of the blue states.” He noted that … Continue reading →
I don’t have too much to say about Trump’s nomination of Kevin Warsh for Federal Reserve Chairman. But many of you probably do, so here’s a thread for discussing it. There’s this: Gold and silver prices plummeted early Friday morning … Continue reading →
I have an old sweatshirt of which I’m very fond. It’s a pretty color, and it’s in good shape despite its antiquity. Except for the zipper, which broke. I can do simple sewing, but I’ve never put in a zipper … Continue reading →
Quelle surprise. Ohio immigration courts may be subject to bribery: At the center of the operation is Patricia Golder, who, according to the footage, has turned the alleged manipulation of the asylum process into her business. Golder says she takes … Continue reading →
With all the more violent news going on, you may have missed the fact that the administration has unveiled a proposal to replace Obamacare. Some key elements: The Great Healthcare Plan calls for codifying the Trump Administration’s Most-Favored-Nation deals to … Continue reading →
… the transport of money to Somalia. Okay @DataRepublican, and I did some general numbers on the SomaliFraud cash going through Minneapolis airport. According to reports, over 2 years, they moved roughly $700MM through the airport. … That would essentially … Continue reading →
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has an estimate for us: Somewhere between 5-10% of the total federal budget gets gobbled up by wrongdoers each year, Bessent said, citing data from the Government Accountability Office (GAO). “If we can narrow that number, … Continue reading →
It used to be that immigrants who came here legally had to make their own way. There were charities – often religious or ethnic-based – that helped somewhat. But immigrants had to work very very hard to make it out … Continue reading →
From Forbes: The trade deficit—a measurement by which the cost of a country’s imports is worth more than its exports—shrank to $29.4 billion in October, the narrowest gap since June 2009 and a 39% decrease from September ($48.1 billion), the … Continue reading →
Here’s an article about the Venezuelan oil industry. Venezuela’s oil is very thick and needs to be mixed with thinner oil to be usable: … [T]he oil that in the past has been used for this [thinning process] is American … Continue reading →