Dems, GOP talk up deficit reduction, but don't act Liberals' loud objections to White House proposals for slowing the growth of huge social programs make it clear that neither political party puts a high priority on reducing the deficit, despite much talk to the contrary.... More
Where the Budget Cut Pain Is Really Being Felt "It's in areas like health care, education and job training," Packer said. "Programs are closing or are being cut, layoffs are happening. It's not just waiting in line a bit longer at the airport." More
Obama lovers are mad at him Wednesday morning, President Barack Obama became the first Democratic president ever to propose cutting Social Security. Democrats spend so much time defending the president, it is easy to forget that even the most beloved presidents make mistakes and missteps. His new budget, which proposes a new method of calculating inflation increases in Social Security payments, is a doozy. More
Obama unveils new budget plan and gets tepid Republican response President Barack Obama unveiled his proposed Fiscal Year 2014 budget plan Wednesday in the White House Rose Garden, offering a combination of new spending initiatives and tax increases aimed at creating jobs and reducing future budget deficits. In his remarks, Obama called his plan “a fiscally responsible blueprint for middle-class jobs and growth.” More
Columbia strife ensnares Hochul, Adams The protests at Columbia University have been on the front page of The New York Times, The New York Post and even President Joe Biden has weighed in. But Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams may be ... 04/22/2024 - 9:03 am | View Link
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Unlike COVID, we know debt crisis is coming. How will we explain why we didn’t act? | Opinion If Social Security, Medicare and interest on the debt are off the table, the U.S. government will collapse. | Opinion ... 04/16/2024 - 10:28 pm | View Link
ACOs led by independent physicians save Medicare ‘substantially’ more money, CBO says Accountable care organizations led by independent physicians save Medicare more money than other types of ACOs, according to a new Congressional Budget Office review of existing research ... 04/16/2024 - 1:01 pm | View Link
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“A Secret Service agent tasked with protecting Vice President Kamala Harris brawled with several other agents on Monday morning,” the New York Post reports.
“The agent in question, whose identity has not been revealed, was immediately ‘removed from their assignment,’”
Trump-supporting conspiracy theorist Jim Hoft posted a message to his readers saying they are filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection claiming it is as a result of the progressive liberal lawfare attacks against our media outlet.
Hoft didn't say exactly who, what, or why this is happening now, but Will Sommer from the Washington Post has some information.
While he didn’t name which lawsuits he was referencing, the site is being sued for claims of defamation and infliction of emotional distress by Ruby Freeman and Wandrea Moss, two Georgia election workers who say they faced threats after the site leveled baseless accusations of ballot fraud against them.
That sounds about right.
When House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) emerged onto the steps of Columbia University’s Low Memorial Library on Wednesday afternoon, he was greeted with a deafening sound: hundreds of booing students.
Johnson had just emerged from meetings with Jewish students at the university to discuss what he, other Republicans, and some Democrats allege is rising antisemitism on campuses nationwide.