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Controversy Surrounding Defense Secretary Austin’s Hospitalization Sparks Calls for Resignation and Transparency

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Washington DC, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s recent hospitalization, shrouded in secrecy and with delayed notifications to key officials, has triggered criticism and calls for transparency on Capitol Hill. The 70-year-old Austin’s admission to the hospital on January 1, following an undisclosed elective medical procedure, has raised questions about the Pentagon’s handling of the situation. Both Republicans and Democrats are demanding answers regarding the delayed disclosure and the potential impact on the chain of command.

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Poverty Rate Climbs Under Biden Administration

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Ridgewood NJ, the recent Census Bureau report on income and poverty in 2022 is a major fail for the Biden Administration.  The report showed the supplemental poverty rate rose in one year by nearly a record amount. The child poverty rate doubled. Almost every income group – old people, young people, males, females, and residents of every region of the country lost ground.

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The Millionaires Next Store: The Wealthiest 1% Pay More Income Taxes Than the Bottom 95%

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Ridgewood NJ, the Biden Administration keeps saying the most-inane things about how much taxes the rich pay which has for year been echoed by the “main street media” aka the Fake News  The president himself  claims that millionaires and billionaires pay a lower tax than a school teacher or a firefighter.” He says repeatedly that the rich pay tax rates of anywhere between 3 and 8% (sic). He wants new millionaire and billionaire taxes to level the playing field.

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Americans Kitchens Face Climate Totalitarianism

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Parsippany NJ , the Biden Administration and its climate extremist backers are determined to reach the hand of government into American kitchens and snatch away our gas stoves and no amount of state legislation will stop them, says New Jersey Republican Assembly candidate BettyLou DeCroce.

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White House War on American Energy Independence Continues: Plan to Quadruple Mythical “Social Cost of Carbon Emissions”

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Washington DC, just in time for winter, the Biden Administration is moving full speed ahead with his economically ruinous crusade against fossil fuels.

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Evidence Suggests White House Involvement in National School Boards Association’s call for Federal Investigations of Parents as Domestic Terrorists

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Ridgewood NJ, a probe of the National School Boards Association’s call for federal investigations of parents as domestic terrorists found the White House was involved in the drafting process that led to the controversial request.

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Company Missteps and Regulatory Incompetence Unleash the Perfect Storm leading to Baby Formula Crisis

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Ridgewood NJ, welcome to the third world , the Biden administration is promising a full investigation into the baby formula shortage, but they should start by looking in the mirror. The crisis came after Abbott Laboratories – which has 43 percent of the market – recalled formula made at its Michigan plant after complaints of bacterial infections.

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Biden Administration’s War on American Energy Independence

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Ridgewood NJ, with record-high gas prices and the market’s need for more supply, Tall City CEO Michael Oestmann says the company is working to increase daily production from 10,000 barrels to 20,000 by the end of the year. “It’s right here and it’s good for America,” Oestmann told FOX Business’ Lauren Simonetti. “It creates American jobs.” While Tall City’s private land can receive drilling permits in as quickly as 10 days, some of their Permian Basin neighbors on federal land are waiting anywhere from 9 to 12 months.

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Despite Emergency Stay The Biden Administration said Employers Should Move Forward with the Vaccine Mandate

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Washington DC, the Biden administration  on November 5 released an interim final rule regarding SARS-CoV-2 vaccination for private employers with 100 or more workers in an effort to increase vaccination rates among the US population. The next day, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans granted an emergency stay of the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) temporary emergency rule that employees of those companies be fully vaccinated by January 4 or be required to undergo weekly testing, although it is unclear whether the stay is applicable nationwide or only in those states under the court’s jurisdiction.* According to the 3-judge panel, the petitioners bringing the request—including 5 states, all led by Republican governors, and various companies—”give cause to believe there are grave statutory and constitutional issues with the Mandate.”

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Raising Inflation Is Shrinking Take-Home Pay

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Ridgewood NJ, this week’s report on earnings and inflation from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Usual Weekly Earnings Summary (bls.gov) contains more bad news for workers:

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Voters Don’t Trust What Officials or Media Are Saying About Afghanistan

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Ridgewood NJ, a majority of voters don’t trust either President Joe Biden’s administration or the news media to tell the truth about the situation in Afghanistan, and most think it’s worse than they’re being told.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that only 34% of Likely U.S. Voters trust what Biden administration officials are saying about the current situation in Afghanistan. Fifty-four percent (54%) don’t trust what administration officials are saying, while 11% are not sure. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

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Two-Thirds of Voters Say Border Problem Is a ‘Crisis,’ and Blame Biden

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Washington DC, While the Biden administration has denied that problems at the southern border are a “crisis,” two-thirds of voters disagree and most say that President Joe Biden’s policies are to blame.

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 66% of Likely U.S. Voters believe the current situation with migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border is a crisis. Twenty percent (20%) say it’s not a crisis, and 13% are not sure.

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Biden Administration Declares War on Capital

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Ridgewood NJ, the stock market had been predicting that the Biden Administration would call for a 28% capital gains tax, so when the word came out last week that he wants a 43% capital gains tax, it triggered a stock sell off.  A share of stock is simply worth its after-tax and after-inflation rate of return, so a higher capital gains tax (combined with and a higher corporate tax) translates into lower stock values, by definition.

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