But no, really. The facts are on the side of optimism. Many trend lines are upward and to the right Take, for example, the standard of living in much of the world. The World Bank estimates that the global extreme poverty rate was 43% in 1985. It's now less than 9%. That's extraordinary progress over the past 40 years ' largely thanks to capitalism and global trade. Millennials on track to become wealthiest generation. Guess what? Millennials are now financially better off than baby boomers were at the same age, and they're on track to become the wealthiest generation in human history. You know who is likely to surpass them? Their children. Read more
The National Rifle Association, among the nation's largest and most influential lobbying groups, said "the Second Amendment isn't up for debate." "The NRA supports the Second Amendment rights of all law-abiding Americans to purchase, possess and use firearms," the group said in a statement Friday. "NRA does not, and will not, support any policy proposals that implement sweeping gun bans that arbitrarily strip law-abiding citizens of their Second Amendment rights without due process," the group said. Gun Owners of America, another major gun rights lobbying group, said it "opposes any and all gun bans. Full stop."
The Dearborn Heights Police Department in Michigan has announced an "optional patch" that includes text in both Arabic and English. The patch includes the words "DEARBORN HEIGHTS" and "POLICE" written in both English and Arabic. "The Dearborn Heights Police Department is proud to share a new optional patch that our officers may wear as part of their uniform," the department noted in a Facebook post. Read more
Local leaders in New York City Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's district have again called on FBI Director Kash Patel to finally crush what they call the festering scourge of ruthless foreign gangs pimping women in brothels and pumping drugs into the Queens neighborhood. The tight-knit group has held several separate protests in recent weeks outside what they said are well-known brothels in the progressive champion's district, where women allegedly solicit sex on the sidewalk outside before Johns scurry inside. Read more
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is considering imposing restrictions that would prevent those undergoing gender transition or diagnosed with gender dysphoria from purchasing firearms. Notably, the potential legal restrictions come in the wake of anti-Trump transgender Robin Westman's deadly attack on a back-to-school Mass at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, last week. Read more
During an era of an unparalleled wealth transfer from the bottom to the top in the US, the Trumpf Crime Family (TCF) continues profiting from the White House and amassing Mammon-sized fortunes. Eric Trumpf's stake in a crypto company created this year is now worth about $548 million. Trumpf's second-oldest son owns about 7.5% of American Bitcoin Corp. The company, formed with little more than another firm's technology and a flurry of paperwork, began trading on Nasdaq on Wednesday. Shares of American Bitcoin closed at $8.04 in NY, after more than doubling earlier in the session. American Bitcoin's public market debut follows a roundabout series of transactions that paved the way for Eric, Barron, and Donald Trumpf Jr. to profit from crypto's mainstream embrace under their father's junta. Read more
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said President Donald Trump deserved a Nobel Peace Prize for Operation Warp Speed, but he also decried the U.S. response to COVID as the worst in the world.
The UK Earns Status as a Censorship State The arrest of Graham Linehan for his tweets is one of many examples that show the country should not be treated as a free one
Warning signs have been flashing for months that the US job market has been losing steam. That became starkly clearer in July, and the early data for August isn't looking much better. New metrics released Thursday showed that first-time claims for unemployment benefits rose to an 11-week high; that private-sector businesses sharply reined in their hiring last month; and that last month was the worst August for layoff announcements since the Great Recession. Read more
There has been some excitement in Maine as a man named Graham Platner, a 40-year-old oyster farmer, has announced that he is running for U.S. Senate against incumbent Susan Collins next year. In the week or two since Platner announced his candidacy he has drawn raves from crowds for his impassioned and forceful approach, his clear-eyed denunciations of Trump and Trumpism, and his advocacy for popular, progressive policies. He's been attracting both donors and positive media attention in a race to displace a senator who has historically thrived when facing cautious, institutional Democrats who fail to energize the electorate. So of course the leaders of the Democratic Party are trying to stop him Read more
What the hell does it say about America right now that all levels of government are either unable or unwilling to provide basic services, requiring a gambling website to cover things so that people can get to a football game? Read more
.S. private sector hiring rose less than expected in August, data released Thursday shows, offering the latest indication of trouble in the labor market. Private payrolls increased by just 54,000 in August, according to data from processing firm ADP published Thursday morning. That's below the consensus forecast of 75,000 from economists polled by Dow Jones and marks a significant slowdown from the revised gain of 106,000 seen in the prior month. "The year started with strong job growth, but that momentum has been whipsawed by uncertainty," said Nela Richardson, ADP's chief economist, in a press release.
Retired US Army Green Beret LTC Anthony Aguilar was escorted from a hearing after admonishing US Senators that America was complicit in genocide. Aguilar was a "Gaza Humanitarian Foundation" subcontractor who was fired after he was accused of creating "a hostile work environment" and was "disruptive and confrontational." LTC Aguilar was in the Gaza Strip when IDF and private security thugs regularly opened fire on starving Palestinians approaching food distribution sites. The SF veteran stated the "genocide was part of a plot from the beginning, that it was always the plan, it's premeditated, it's designed." Nearly 1,400 Palestinians were killed at these sites. Links: SF Veteran Manhandled; IDF Butchery.
House Republican Ronny "Dr Feelgood" Jackson posted on social media that the US Navy has restored his retired rank of Rear Admiral. This overturns his 2022 demotion that followed a scathing investigation that uncovered appalling conduct while he was the top White House physician. Jackson joined the White House Medical Unit in the mid-2000s under George W. Bush, and served as physician to the president from 2013 to 2018 under Barack Obama and Dummkopf Trumpf. The mountebank whined that the DODIG investigation of him was politically motivated by Democrats.
On Monday in Washington, DC, a man was shot dead. Two women were injured in a separate shooting. People reported dozens of other crimes to the police. The next day, in both public remarks and an interview, President Donald Trump claimed that Washington now has "no crime." He said Wednesday that "there is none," making clear that he has been making a literal assertion that crime in the capital has completely vanished. It hasn't. Read more
A US federal court has overturned billions in funding cuts by President Donald Trump's administration to Harvard University. Judge Allison Burroughs ruled the government violated the Ivy League college's free speech rights when it revoked around $2bn (1.5bn) in research funding. The ruling is a major legal victory for Harvard, but is likely to be appealed. The Trump administration accused the college of antisemitism, "radical left" ideologies and racial bias when it froze the funding in April.
