Mar 7, 2025 | ECONOMY, RUSSIA!, SECOND REICH
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) signaled Thursday that President Trump’s threat to levy tariffs on key trading partners of the U.S. is hurting his constituents. “Almost every industry in Kentucky has come to me and said, ‘It will hurt our industry and push up prices of homes,...
Mar 6, 2025 | CRIME WATCH, ECONOMY, SECOND REICH
Social Security has never missed a benefit payment since the program first began sending individuals monthly benefits more than eight decades ago. But the recent actions at the U.S. Social Security Administration by Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government...
Mar 5, 2025 | ECONOMY, SECOND REICH
Note: Biden left with a 3.9% growth rate. Trump turned that into a NEGATIVE 2.5% growth rate in just 6 weeks while he golfed 12 times and threw taxpayer funded parties at Mar-a-Lago. The Atlanta Fed’s GDP tracker now indicates that the economy is headed for a 1.5%...
Mar 1, 2025 | ECONOMY, MISCELLANEOUS, RUSSIA!, SECOND REICH
After humiliating the U.S. on the world stage, Trump just jetted off to Florida—to golf. He’s now spent 35% of his presidency on vacation, burning through $20M+ in taxpayer dollars. The laziest “president” in U.S. history. Republicans came down heavily on...
Feb 25, 2025 | ECONOMY, SECOND REICH
U.S. consumer confidence plummeted in February, the biggest monthly decline in more than four years, a business research group said Tuesday, with inflation seemingly stuck and a trade war under President Donald Trump seen by a growing number of Americans as...
Feb 25, 2025 | ECONOMY, QUOTES, SECOND REICH
Trump recently attacked the US trade agreements with Mexico and Canada. He said: “I blame our leadership for allowing it to happen,” suggesting that it was the Biden administration that made them. For those of you who don’t have dementia, selective...
Feb 12, 2025 | ECONOMY, SECOND REICH
Inflation Rate Picked Up In January, CPI Report Shows. Here’s What It Means For Your Money. Inflation accelerated in January, rising 3% on an annual basis, indicating that the Federal Reserve’s push to drive inflation down to a 2% annual rate has stalled...
Feb 9, 2025 | ECONOMY, MISCELLANEOUS, SECOND REICH
Changeover among federal government agencies is normal when a new administration comes to Washington. But President Donald Trump has implemented sweeping changes in the first days of his second administration, from firing career agency employees to freezing trillions...
Feb 9, 2025 | ECONOMY, MISCELLANEOUS, SECOND REICH
During the 2024 presidential race, Donald Trump repeatedly claimed that the U.S. economy was terrible under then-President Joe Biden and then-Vice President Kamala Harris. But according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) figures, unemployment stayed under 4.0...
Feb 8, 2025 | DEBUNKED, ECONOMY, MISCELLANEOUS, RUSSIA!, SECOND REICH
President Trump on Friday directed government officials to prioritize the resettlement of South Africans of European descent through the U.S. refugee program, which he suspended during his first day in office. In an executive order, Mr. Trump accused the South African...
Feb 5, 2025 | CRIME WATCH, ECONOMY, SECOND REICH
But what was once thought of as an outside advisory board is now very much inside the federal government and drawing an official salary, so to speak. Nearly $7 million has been “apportioned” over the past week to cover the agency’s expenses, while the administration...
