Tag: Inflation

Fox Admits Economy Is in Shambles as Key Indicator Hits Record Low

The investigations were laid out in an internal report drafted by the FBI in November and shared with other law enforcement agencies. The report mentions that using encrypted messaging apps to discuss ICE was considered an indicator of whether a person would engage in terrorism, as well as “stockpiling or distributing firearms” but also “conducting […]

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Even Fox Admits Trump’s Economy Is in Shambles

The investigations were laid out in an internal report drafted by the FBI in November and shared with other law enforcement agencies. The report mentions that using encrypted messaging apps to discuss ICE was considered an indicator of whether a person would engage in terrorism, as well as “stockpiling or distributing firearms” but also “conducting […]

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White House Struggles to Defend Trump Idea to Limit Kids’ Presents

“I don’t want to file perjury charges against you, but I’m of the opinion that the Trump administration—DHS, your DHS—approved the asylum application,” Thompson said. THOMPSON: You blamed the shooting of Guardsmen solely on Joe Biden. Who approved the asylum for this same person? KRISTI NOEM: This individual that came in— THOMPSON: No. I want […]

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“Don’t Be Dramatic”: Trump Shuts Down Concerns About Rising Costs

“All of the ingenuity of corporate America, all the resources, all the resourcefulness, has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother’s breast,” Kennedy said, adding that the Department of Health […]

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Trump Tried to Brag About Black Friday. The Truth Is Far More Grim.

After promising Americans in July that his proposed ballroom would “be near but not touching” the White House East Wing, Trump completely razed the FDR-era extension in October, plowing forward without prerequisite approval from the National Capital Planning Commission or the express permission of Congress. Conveniently, Trump started demolition during the government shutdown, when the […]

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Don’t Expect a Trump “Tariff Check” Anytime Soon

Economic experts, meanwhile, note that any discussion of these payments and their potential impact is checkered with caveats, marked by uncertainty and worries about a potential inflationary impact. The Trump administration has not offered details about how the payments would be structured—for example, what the specific income cap would be, or whether they would be […]

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Trump Cancels Release of Crucial Economic Report to Hide His Failures

The change would only happen by getting past the DNC’s rules and bylaws committee, then the majority of the committee’s 450 members, and then state Democratic parties. Some states would also have to change their election laws. Some localities already use it for local and state elections, including Alaska, Maine, San Francisco, Minneapolis, and most […]

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Scott Bessent Gives Deranged Financial Advice on Beating Inflation

The change would only happen by getting past the DNC’s rules and bylaws committee, then the majority of the committee’s 450 members, and then state Democratic parties. Some states would also have to change their election laws. Some localities already use it for local and state elections, including Alaska, Maine, San Francisco, Minneapolis, and most […]

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Trump Treasury Secretary Compares Tariffs to … Weighing Your Arm?

When Reuters journalists asked about the department, which set out to reduce government spending but fell short on its promises while creating chaos in the federal workforce, the Office of Personnel Management Director Scott Kupor said, “That doesn’t exist.” DOGE is no longer a “centralized entity,” he added. The Trump administration has been signaling the […]

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“How Much Does Your Arm Weigh?“: WTF Is Scott Bessent Talking About?

Trump has already sent aircraft carriers to the Caribbean Sea, part of a deployment of dozens of warships, as well as 15,000 troops, to the region. The administration has been bombing boats in the waters around central America, north of Venezuela, which the government claims are transporting drugs to the U.S., with very weak legal […]

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Treasury Sec Has Idiotic Idea for How People Can Use Stimulus Checks

One counterprotester decided that Lang needed to be taught a lesson, and, while pretending to march next to him, suddenly turned and punched a smiling Lang in the face. Lang tried to shrug it off, telling a throng of cameras, “I was punched harder by Capitol police officer ladies,” while the puncher ran away across […]

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Trump Goes on Wild Tangent About McDonald’s Filet-O-Fish

The United States, of course, is a “nation of immigrants.” That’s not a lie. No American citizen, with the exception of Native Americans, has a family history that does not involve some form of immigration to the United States.  The phrase “a nation of immigrants” was popularized as the title of President John F. Kennedy’s […]

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Trump Quietly Backtracks on Disastrous Grocery Tariffs

The countries named in the ban were Afghanistan, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Myanmar, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen. Partial restrictions were placed on Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela, with citizens of those countries barred from entering the United States permanently or receiving specific visas. The […]

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Trump Demands DOJ Open a New Epstein Investigation—Into Democrats

“My sister said, ‘How is she going to get deported if she’s a Native American?’ and ‘We have proof,’” Jacobo’s sister Maria Nunez told the Arizona Mirror. “They said, ‘Well, we don’t know because we’re not immigration and we can’t answer those questions. We’re just holding her for them. So, when they pick her up […]

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Trump Melts Down Over Epstein Chaos in Truth Social Rant

“My sister said, ‘How is she going to get deported if she’s a Native American?’ and ‘We have proof,’” Jacobo’s sister Maria Nunez told the Arizona Mirror. “They said, ‘Well, we don’t know because we’re not immigration and we can’t answer those questions. We’re just holding her for them. So, when they pick her up […]

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MTG Accuses Trump of “Gaslighting” America and Ignoring Common Sense

“My sister said, ‘How is she going to get deported if she’s a Native American?’ and ‘We have proof,’” Jacobo’s sister Maria Nunez told the Arizona Mirror. “They said, ‘Well, we don’t know because we’re not immigration and we can’t answer those questions. We’re just holding her for them. So, when they pick her up […]

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MTG Accuses Trump of Ignoring “Common Sense” on Epstein

“My sister said, ‘How is she going to get deported if she’s a Native American?’ and ‘We have proof,’” Jacobo’s sister Maria Nunez told the Arizona Mirror. “They said, ‘Well, we don’t know because we’re not immigration and we can’t answer those questions. We’re just holding her for them. So, when they pick her up […]

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JD Vance Accidentally Undermines Trump’s Biggest Brag

“And right behind me by the way, in about two years from now, we’ll use a much bigger room because we had to turn away a lot of people,” Trump said during an executive order–signing ceremony, waving at the wall behind him. “And it’ll be right here. This will be the entrance. That’s a knockout […]

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JD Vance Accidentally Undermines Trump While Trying to Blame Biden

“And right behind me by the way, in about two years from now, we’ll use a much bigger room because we had to turn away a lot of people,” Trump said during an executive order–signing ceremony, waving at the wall behind him. “And it’ll be right here. This will be the entrance. That’s a knockout […]

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Trump Is About to Chicken Out on His Signature Policy

“And right behind me by the way, in about two years from now, we’ll use a much bigger room because we had to turn away a lot of people,” Trump said during an executive order–signing ceremony, waving at the wall behind him. “And it’ll be right here. This will be the entrance. That’s a knockout […]

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White House Uses Shutdown as Excuse to Not Release Key Economic Data

“There’s a total of about 23,000 documents.… We obviously released some today, we’ll be releasing additional documents likely later today,” Garcia said. “The important thing here is that we know, and we’ve been demanding that Donald Trump and the DOJ release the full Epstein files.” Garcia continued, “In what’s been released today—which obviously is quite […]

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First It Was Walmart, Now The Trump Admin Cites DoorDash Data Claiming Breakfast Prices Are Down: Here’s The Truth

Source: It should be clear to all, at this point, that the Trump administration is the generic Great Value brand of every presidential administration that has ever existed in the history of the United States. No amount of White House ballrooms or golden Trump statues could mask the reality that President Donald Trump has ghettofied […]

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Trump Official Reminded on Air That Inflation Rose for 5 Past Months

The Bulwark asked the Trump-owned chatbot a series of questions about the impacts of Trump’s agenda, ranging from tariffs to the insane claim that he has “solved” eight wars over the last 11 months. Here’s how the experiment went (with answers edited down for length): Q: Do Trump’s Tariffs cost the American people money? Truth […]

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Trump Team Uses DoorDash Data to Claim They Beat Inflation

The Bulwark asked the Trump-owned chatbot a series of questions about the impacts of his agenda, ranging from tariffs to the insane claim that he has “solved” eight wars over the last 11 months. Here’s how the experiment went (with answers edited down for length): Q: “Do Trump’s Tariffs cost the American people money?” Truth […]

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Trump Team Uses DoorDash Data as Economic Indicator

The Bulwark asked the Trump-owned chatbot a series of questions about the impacts of Trump’s agenda, ranging from tariffs to the insane claim that he has “solved” eight wars over the last 11 months. Here’s how the experiment went (with answers edited down for length): Q: Do Trump’s Tariffs cost the American people money? Truth […]

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Marjorie Taylor Greene Demolishes Trump’s Blatant Lie on Food Prices

“This evening, I’m also delighted to report that Ka-ZACK-a-stan has officially agreed, and that’s official now, as of about 15 minutes ago. A tremendous country with a tremendous leader, has officially joined the Abraham Accords,” Trump said, mere feet away from President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. “And I just want to thank you, Mr. President. It’s a […]

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Marjorie Taylor Greene Calls Out Trump’s Blatant Lie on Inflation

“This evening, I’m also delighted to report that Ka-ZACK-a-stan has officially agreed, and that’s official now, as of about 15 minutes ago. A tremendous country with a tremendous leader, has officially joined the Abraham Accords,” Trump said, mere feet away from President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. “And I just want to thank you, Mr. President. It’s a […]

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Trump Fact-Checked Over Brag About Walmart’s Cheap Thanksgiving Dinner

Representative Nancy Pelosi is making room for a new generation of Democrats. The former House speaker announced Thursday she will retire at the end of her current term. She will exit when her term expires in 2027 after a remarkable 39 years in office. “I will not be seeking reelection to Congress. With a grateful […]

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“No, You’re Wrong”: Trump Spirals When Pressed on Rising Food Prices

Instead, Roberts released a video on X Thursday in support of Carlson and Fuentes, calling the former “a close friend of the Heritage Foundation” and saying that “canceling” Fuentes is not the solution, even though he personally abhors what he says. In response, Heritage staff members—including Heritage research fellow Preston Brashers and Richard Stern, the […]

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