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Social Security and Medicare are underfunded by $175 trillion. The nightmare arrives. In 2014 I published my first book while I was in Hong Kong. This book focused on the insane policies of the Obama/Biden regime and offered solutions that were working overseas. The biggest problem on the table was the massive amount of unfunded liabilities that were being created under the Biden regime. Below is what I wrote at that time (pp. 23-24). Even more alarming than the US’s annual deficits or federal debt burden is the amount of its unfunded liabilities. Unfunded liabilities are financial promises made with...

Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that she was not ruling out running for president. Anchor Jake Tapper said, “Donald Trump is likely to be the next Republican presidential nominee, and he has a decent shot being elected the next president. It could happen. What would a second Donald Trump term look like?”

A man accused of ramming a car into Christmas-parade-goers in Wisconsin is to be charged with six deaths after another victim-a child-died. Darrell Brooks was formally arraigned for five deaths during a court appearance on Tuesday, but prosecutors said they would update the charges. Nearly 50 people were also injured in the attack in Waukesha. Police say Mr. Brooks deliberately targeted the crowd. Bail was set at $5m (&3.7m) due to his extensive criminal background. The boy killed was eight year old Jackson Sparks, who was hit alongside his 12-year old brother Tucker. He had been marching with his baseball...