New numbers show inflation remains stubbornly high Friday’s new inflation numbers revealed the cost of many essentials remains high for consumers. The federal government’s report showed prices rose at an annual rate of 2.7% last month, just a bit ... 04/26/2024 - 9:25 am | View Link
U.S. economic growth slows as consumers tighten their belts The U.S. economy's growth slowed in the first quarter of 2024, falling short of economists' forecasts, the government reported on Thursday. 04/25/2024 - 3:01 am | View Link
Morning Glory: Trump's numbers are surging in the swing states Not a bit. It’s banana republic politics and it isn’t helping Biden at all and the numbers show that. But when the Democrats committed to a frail and failing nominee, they had to commit to ... 04/24/2024 - 10:00 pm | View Link
Biden’s Gains Against Trump Vanish on Deep Economic Pessimism, Poll Shows President Joe Biden’s recent polling bump in key battleground states has mostly evaporated as a deep current of pessimism about the trajectory of the US economy hurts his standing with voters. 04/23/2024 - 9:59 pm | View Link
Why aren't the MAGA faithful protesting Trump's trial/pity party? Before the trial began April 15, the Trump campaign was hyping the chaos that would ensue once the courtroom drama began, sending out a fundraising email with the subject line: “72 HOURS UNTIL ... 04/23/2024 - 10:30 am | View Link
Former Trump attorney Jim Trusty weighs in on how the jury may react to an exchange between former President Donald Trump's attorney and Stormy Daniel's former attorney during Trump's criminal hush money trial.
Russian state-affiliated accounts have boosted their use of TikTok and are getting more engagement on the short-form video platform ahead of the U. S. presidential election, according to a study published Thursday by the nonprofit Brookings Institution.
The report states that Russia is increasingly leveraging TikTok to disseminate Kremlin messages in both English and Spanish, with state-linked accounts posting far more frequently on the platform than they did two years ago.
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Such accounts are also active on other social media platforms and have a larger presence on Telegram and X than on TikTok.
Mike Lindell was a great American success story, coming from nothing to owning a successful business. From being a crack addict to earning millions from his flourishing business. And then he threw it all away for Donald J. Trump, a raging narcissist, possibly a sociopath, who is hungry for power.
The pillow salesman is looking rough these days.
Even before he formally announced his campaign to be the Republican candidate to run against Senator Tammy Baldwin, Eric Hovde has been getting hammered on the fact that he is living large in Laguna Beach, California, so that he could do hands on management of his banks out west.
In a lame effort to counter this, Eric Hovde made what just might be the most cringeworthy video of this campaign season by going out in an icy lake, because he apparently thinks that is what Wisconsinites do, and then challenging Baldwin to join him in the water:
Considering the fact that the only time you will find a Wisconsinite in a frozen lake is during a New Years Day Polar Bear Plunge or if their ice fishing shanty fell through the ice, he didn't convince a lot of people.
Tax justice advocates this week are expressing hope that delegates at a United Nations summit aimed at drafting an international tax convention will take the "once-in-a-century opportunity," as one campaigner and researcher said, to place the common good at the center of the global tax system instead of individual and corporate greed.
Representatives of U.