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What we learned from the January 6 hearings - CNNPolitics
Via: TᵢG • News & Politics • 14 Comments • 4 Likes • 3 years ago
“The House select committee investigating the Capitol Hill insurrection concluded its series of eight hearings this week with a presentation...”
A few takeouts from these takeouts: The most damning accounts came not from Trump's political opponents but his inner circle at the White House, as multiple former Trump White House and campaign aides gave firsthand accounts of the President's unwillingness to accept reality and abandon his...
Aide describes Trump lunging for steering wheel, demanding to go to Capitol on Jan. 6 - CBS News
Via: TᵢG • News & Politics • 54 Comments • 4 Likes • 3 years ago
“At the sixth public hearing of the House Jan. 6 committee, Cassidy Hutchinson, a former aide to Trump's White House chief of staff Mark Meadows,...”
One should carefully watch and listen to the testimony. Start at 02:08. Hutchinson and Cheney made it crystal clear that this was what Hutchinson was told by Anthony Ornato (Trump's Chief of Operations) in the presence of Robert Engel (Head of Trump's Security Detail that day and the agent in...
Corinthian Colleges: Biden administration cancels $5.8 billion in student loan debt for former students - CNNPolitics
Via: TᵢG • News & Politics • 26 Comments • 2 Likes • 3 years ago
“The Department of Education announced Wednesday that it will cancel $5.8 billion in student loan debt for 560,000 borrowers who attended the...”
Evident #1: Harris' Vaccine Vow
By: TᵢG • Critical Thinkers • 53 Comments • 7 Likes • 3 years ago
“Harris vowed to take and support the vaccine if recommended by public health professionals. ”
This is issue #1 in a series intended to debunk silly talking points. During the VP debate, the following exchange took place: Q: If the Trump administration approves a vaccine before or after the election should Americans take it and would you take it? A: If the public health professionals...
Why Is The Price Of Oil Rising?
Via: TᵢG • News & Politics • 19 Comments • 4 Likes • 3 years ago
“Tight supply, the global economic recovery and Russia's war in Ukraine are all pushing the price of oil higher.”
This is an attempt to encourage some to consider the factors which underlie oil prices and, in particular, those contributing to the current high price of oil.
The War in Ukraine Could Change Everything
Via: TᵢG • News & Politics • 64 Comments • 7 Likes • 3 years ago
“Since 1945, not a single internationally recognized country was wiped off the map by external invasion. This was the common thing in history. Until...”
This is a great, informative, perspective-setting discussion.
What is causing inflation? Economists point fingers at different culprits
Via: TᵢG • News & Politics • 51 Comments • 6 Likes • 3 years ago
“Americans continue to experience and hear about the nation's inflation woes: they're seeing it fairly clearly in gas and grocery prices, and on...”
'The Great Resignation' expert shares the biggest work trends of 2022
Via: TᵢG • News & Politics • 6 Comments • 3 Likes • 3 years ago
“"This is a moment of empowerment for workers," Anthony Klotz, an organizational psychologist and professor at Texas A&M, tells CNBC Make It.”
One of the oddest byproducts of the pandemic is the mass exodus of the workforce. How so many people can quit their jobs and survive is quite the curiosity. Then we have the expected side-effects. One would expect (and we are seeing this) higher wages and better benefits. Of course this...
DeSantis '24: Maybe Trump Was Too Honest and Sane on COVID
Via: TᵢG • News & Politics • 232 Comments • 14 Likes • 3 years ago
“Florida governor Ron DeSantis is potentially running for president in 2024 without Donald Trump's permission. He's appointing a vaccine skeptic,...”
Not a good start.