Monthly Archives: August 2021
$3.5T Bill Includes $107B Amnesty for ‘Millions of Immigrant Workers’
(Joshua Paladino, Headline USA) Senate Democrats passed a $3.5 trillion spending package early this morning that allocates $107 billion for the Senate Judiciary Committee to find...
New Normal? Rising Consumer Prices Reach Endemic Levels
(Brad Polumbo, Foundation for Economic Education) Are rising consumer prices becoming part of the “new normal?”
We’re now on Day 500-and-something of “15 days to...
Huge California Fire Grows; Montana Blaze Threatens Towns
(Associated Press) California's largest single wildfire in recorded history continued to grow after destroying nearly 550 homes while authorities in Montana ordered evacuations as...
Death Toll Ticks Up from CDC’s Rent Moratorium
(Headline USA) Ostensibly intended to save lives, the Biden administration’s controversial and illegal extension of a pandemic rent/eviction moratorium has now started to rack up its...
Good Samaritan Shot in Oakland While Rushing to Aid of Robbery Victims
(Fox News) A Good Samaritan was shot and wounded in Oakland over the weekend while coming to the aid of robbery victims who were being targeted...
Groups Make Own Drugs to Fight High Prices, Shortages
(Associated Press) Impatient with years of inaction in Washington on prescription drug costs, U.S. hospital groups, startups and nonprofits have started making their own...
Bipartisan Senate Makes Down Payment on Green New Deal, Passes $1T ‘Infrastructure’ Bill
(Headline USA) With a robust vote after weeks of fits and starts, the Senate approved a $1 trillion infrastructure plan on Tuesday, a rare coalition of Democrats...
Gamblers Lifting Casinos to Best Year Ever
(Associated Press) Gamblers anxious to hit the slot machines and table games in person after a year of coronavirus restrictions are lifting the U.S....
CNN Duped into Helping ‘Mom’ Raise $230K
(Law Officer) CNN was duped into helping raise $230,000 for a woman claiming to be the mother of three young children and feared being...
Bill Gates Praises Australia’s Lockdowns
(Adam Creighton, American Institute for Economic Research) US tech titan Bill Gates has lauded Australia’s Covid-19 response as world’s best practice and played down the...
