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July 22nd, 2022
George-Soros
JUSTICE FOR SALE: How George Soros put radical prosecutors in power. Download the PDF.
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July 22nd, 2022
Democratic mega-donor George Soros and an Austin-area couple each gave $1 million to Beto O’Rourke’s campaign to unseat Gov. Greg Abbott. Meanwhile, Gov. Gregg Abbott gets more than half of his $25M haul from just 62 people.
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July 22nd, 2022
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Biden’s economists emphasize a range of data showing expansion. Next Thursday, the Commerce Department will release its initial estimate of second-quarter growth. President Biden’s economic advisers are trying to lay down a marker now.
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July 18th, 2022
Black Rock offices, NY
By: Andy Kessler – wsj.com – July 10, 2022 A few years ago, a guy with a famous last name who ran a socially responsible investment fund asked me to lunch. I was hesitant because I figured he was planning to yell at me for a column I had recently written: “Stocks Weren’t Made for Social Climbing.” I wrote, “Profits...
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July 15th, 2022
Costco worker in DC
By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – July 13, 2022 Well, that was ugly. Inflation in June roared to its highest mark to date this year, rising 1.3% for the month and 9.1% over the last 12 months. This means greater declines in real wages and more Federal Reserve tightening that is likely to hit asset prices. No wonder Americans...
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July 5th, 2022
Utah Gas Station
By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – July 4, 2022 It’s embarrassing for the leader of the free world to sound like he’s channeling Hugo Chávez. A Chinese state media flack praised Mr. Biden’s tweet: “Now US President finally realized that capitalism is all about exploitation. He didn’t believe this before.” Or maybe he did, and nobody wanted to believe...
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June 24th, 2022
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President Joe Biden and his economic advisors are dreaming up ways to fight rising gasoline prices. The steps they are reportedly considering would not just be worthless, they would be counterproductive.
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June 23rd, 2022
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell
Chair of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell contradicted Wednesday claims from President Joe Biden’s that “Putin’s price hike” is to blame for record high inflation.
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June 23rd, 2022
Biden speaks at Ohio factory
By: David R. Henderson & Casey B. Mulligan – wsj.com – June 22, 2022  Most discussion about the possibility of recession focuses on the Federal Reserve’s monetary policies. But there are also factors on the supply side of the economy that may tip the U.S. economy into a recession. Among them are the tax and regulatory policies of the Biden administration. A...
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June 20th, 2022
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell
The Federal Reserve Bank announced a 75 basis point interest rate hike on Wednesday, a 50 percent greater increase than the central bank had initially signaled it was going to make for June.
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