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Annual inflation cooled to 2.4% in January, an eight-month low
Via: Vic Eldred • News & Politics • 54 Comments • 3 Likes • 9 months ago
The annual rate of inflation slowed to an eight-month low last month, new data showed Friday. Consumer prices rose 2.4% for the 12 months ending in January, a sharp cooling from the 2.7% rate notched in December, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ latest Consumer Price Index. On a...
Trump keeps winning: President takes victory lap after latest job numbers shatter expectations
Via: Vic Eldred • News & Politics • 105 Comments • 3 Likes • 9 months ago
“"Just in: GREAT JOBS NUMBERS, FAR GREATER THAN EXPECTED! The United States of America should be paying MUCH LESS on its Borrowings (BONDS!). We are...”
President Donald Trump celebrated the January jobs numbers coming in much higher than expected on Wednesday. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the economy added 130,000 new jobs for the month and the unemployment rate fell slightly to 4.3 percent. CNBC's Rick Santelli noted the new...
Obama-appointed judge hands Donald Trump court win on DEI ban
Via: Vic Eldred • News & Politics • 5 Comments • 2 Likes • 9 months ago
“Abelson’s ruling came in response to a lawsuit filed by the city of Baltimore, the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education...”
A federal appeals court on Friday handed President Donald Trump’s administration a legal victory, with an Obama-appointed judge writing a ruling that allows the government to move forward with executive orders banning diversity, equity and inclusion programs across federal agencies and among...
Appeals court backs Noem move to end TPS protections for Nepal, Honduras, Nicaragua
Via: Vic Eldred • News & Politics • 22 Comments • 1 Like • 9 months ago
A federal appeals court in San Francisco granted a stay allowing the government to proceed with terminating Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for immigrants from Nepal, Honduras and Nicaragua. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order freezing a lower court ruling that would have vacated...
Dem pols battle against national voter ID rule despite 71% of their voters backing it
Via: Vic Eldred • News & Politics • 105 Comments • 5 Likes • 9 months ago
“Critically, it is already illegal for noncitizens to vote in federal elections. Republican backers of the SAVE Act contend that requiring proof of...”
Top Democratic lawmakers are digging their heels in opposition to a federal voter identification requirement, despite polling showing that close to three-quarters of their voters back it. A colossal 83% of US adults support requiring some form of government-issued photo ID to vote, including 71%...
Rep. Chip Roy tears into Jack Smith over Arctic Frost subpoenas: 'Did you target my records?'
Via: Vic Eldred • News & Politics • 144 Comments • 3 Likes • 10 months ago
““Did you target my records and subpoena my phone?” Rep. Chip Roy fumed at Smith, brandishing a poster board behind him of at least 14 Republicans...”
WASHINGTON — A Texas Republican congressman tore into former special counsel Jack Smith during a Wednesday hearing after learning that his phone records were among more than a dozen seized amid the Trump prosecutor’s probe of 2020 election interference. Smith maintained over the course of the...
Taxpayer-funded network of Minnesota defense funds bailing out anti-ICE agitators
Via: Vic Eldred • News & Politics • 19 Comments • 2 Likes • 10 months ago
“This catch-and-release ecosystem in the sanctuary state, which is currently a hotbed of clashes between left-wing activists and ICE officers, lets...”
A taxpayer-funded network of bail funds in Minnesota has been working in tandem to free activists arrested at protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement, enabling a revolving door of anti-ICE agitators who are regularly apprehended for impeding immigration authorities and then are...
Far-left agitator who organized MN church storming raked in over $1 million from anti-poverty nonprofit
Via: Vic Eldred • News & Politics • 6 Comments • 1 Like • 10 months ago
“"Where others see deficiencies, lack, and want, Wayfinder sees opportunity for little revolutions that place demands on power and change systems...”
FIRST ON FOX: Far-left agitator Nekima Levy Armstrong, who was one of the organizers of the storming of a Minnesota church to protest ICE on Sunday, raked in over $1 million during six years leading a Minneapolis civil rights nonprofit that addresses anti-poverty issues. Armstrong, whose website...
US appeals court pauses lower court order restraining immigration agents' use of force against Minnesota protesters
Via: Vic Eldred • News & Politics • 1 Comments • 1 Like • 10 months ago
Jan 21 (Reuters) - The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals paused a lower court's order on Wednesday that had restrained federal immigration agents' use of force against peaceful protesters. Some protesters against U.S. President Donald Trump's surges in immigration enforcement in the Minneapolis...