Big news coming out of Washington this week: The United States economy created 501,000 fewer jobs since 2018 than previously reported. It turns out that the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) got it wrong and that the average 223,000 monthly increase in jobs since last year could dip to approximately 185,000. This is bad news […]
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RACISM: Pete Buttigieg says voting for Trump means you ‘excuse racism’
Boy, when Tom Woods and Robert Murphy did that Interview with a Zombie a few years ago, who knew that it would be a premonition for today’s media coverage? Turn on CNN, MSNBC, ABC, and all the other alphabet soup networks and you see nothing but racism, racism, racism. From drinking milk to pointing out […]
Peter Navarro: ‘Wall Street Journal Never Saw an American Job It Didn’t Want to Offshore’
Well, it looks like the beef between Peter Navarro and The Wall Street Journal is heating up (SEE: WSJ to Peter Navarro: Are bond, equity markets ‘Commies too?’). Grab the popcorn! President Donald Trump’s chief trade adviser Peter Navarro, the mercantilist-in-chief, went after the newspaper in an interview with ABC’s “This Week.” Despite being one […]
Random Friday: $1 trillion deficit, recessions, Elizabeth Warren saving Natives
News Story of the Day: So much for fiscal conservatism from the Republican Party… It was reported this week that the July budget deficit ballooned to $120 billion, up from a $77 billion shortfall from the same time a year ago. The primary cause? Spending. The government spent 23 percent more, primarily on Social Security, […]
WATCH: Daniel McAdams talks neocons lurking in Hong Kong
If you have been paying attention to the Hong Kong protests, then you might have captured a dozen or so demonstrators holding up the American flag. It seems a bit too convenient, but many on the right used it as an example of American greatness. But what is the real story going on in Hong […]