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  • People Aren't Signing Up for Those New IRS Jobs

    03/18/2024 10:15:11 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 15 replies
    Hotair ^ | 03/18/2024 | Jazz Shaw
    Back when the Biden administration passed the hilariously named Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), a significant debate broke out over a provision that would funnel massive amounts of money to the Internal Revenue Service. The funds would supposedly go to hire an army of new agents who would diligently work to ensure that everyone was "paying their fair share" of taxes and that government revenue was predicted to increase. Conservatives pushed back hard against the plan, but most of the IRS funding survived. Yet the anticipated benefits have still yet to show up. The reason for this, according to a new...
  • Cuba blames US for stoking protests amid power cuts and food shortages

    03/18/2024 8:04:47 PM PDT · by dynachrome · 25 replies
    The Guardian ^ | 3-18-24 | Ruaridh Nicoll in Havana
    The Cuban government has summoned the US ambassador, Benjamin Ziff, to its foreign ministry, accusing Washington of stoking a protest which saw hundreds of people take to the streets in the island’s second city of Santiago de Cuba. The demonstration late on Sunday was a rare public show of disenchantment against Cuba’s communist government, and was apparently led by parents struggling to feed their children in the face of a worsening food crisis. The protesters reportedly chanted: “Without electricity and food, the people get hot.” Power cuts of up to 18 hours a day have meant that as the island...
  • Report Criticizes ‘Catastrophic Errors’ of COVID Lockdowns, Warns of Repeat

    03/18/2024 6:51:37 PM PDT · by lightman · 13 replies
    epoch times ^ | 17 March A.D. 2024 | Kevin Stocklin
    It was four years ago, in March 2020, that health officials declared COVID-19 a pandemic and America began shutting down schools, closing small businesses, restricting gatherings and travel, and other lockdown measures to “slow the spread” of the virus. To mark that grim anniversary, a group of medical and policy experts released a report, called “COVID Lessons Learned,” which assesses the government’s response to the pandemic. According to the report, that response included a few notable successes, along with a litany of failures that have taken a severe toll on the population. During the pandemic, many governments across the globe...
  • Georgia Pizza Shop Owner Running for Office After Laken Riley Murder: 'Reality Check' Moment

    03/18/2024 6:06:50 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 6 replies
    Fox5Atlanta ^ | March 18, 2024
    A small business owner in Athens, Georgia, is taking matters into her own hands to change local politics, demanding transparency in the community after the murder of nursing student Laken Riley. Sidney Anne Waters, who owns Mama Sid's Pizza, joined "Fox & Friends First" to discuss why she decided to throw her hat in the ring to become part of the Athens-Clarke County Commission. "I... all of a sudden... had a reality check... There are a lot of us in Athens that really didn't know what our government was doing... The day before… qualifying ending, I decided I would go...
  • Elon Musk says Google ‘interferes to help Democrats thousands of times every election season’

    03/18/2024 4:45:53 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 5 replies
    New York Post ^ | March 18, 2024 | Ariel Zilber
    Billionaire X owner Elon Musk said Google “interferes to help Democrats thousands of times every election season” after The Post detailed a watchdog group’s claims that the search giant allegedly boosts Dems while censoring Republicans. As The Post reported, a right-leaning watchdog called the Media Research Center (MRC) published a analysis detailing what it described as 41 alleged instances of “election interference” at the online search giant since 2008. Musk quote-tweeted a screenshot of the article and asserted that it “understates the magnitude of the problem.” “Google interferes to help Democrats thousands of times every election season!” Musk wrote on...
  • Sen. Joni Ernst Slams Biden Admin for Funneling $2.8M for ‘High-Risk Pathogens’ Research in Guinea

    03/18/2024 4:39:16 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 5 replies
    New York Post ^ | March 18, 2024 | Josh Christenson
    The Biden administration shows no signs of stopping research on “pathogens of pandemic potential” abroad through a controversial US nonprofit, Sen. Joni Ernst said Monday, as the Pentagon will complete a $2.8 million grant this year for experiments on “high-risk pathogens” in Guinea. The Department of Defense began funding Georgetown University in September 2021 for a three-year project out of its Defense Threat Reduction Agency focused on “reducing the risk of pathogens causing fever” in Guinea, a grant database shows. EcoHealth Alliance has received subgrants as part of the project — despite concerns from lawmakers and scientific experts that the...
  • Florida Is on Its Way to Banning — and Criminalizing — Alternative Meat

    03/18/2024 4:22:53 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 22 replies
    Food & Wne ^ | March 15, 2024 | Stacey Leasca
    "We're not going to have fake meat. Like that doesn't work," Gov. Ron DeSantis said.Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to keep lab-grown meat out of Florida. Over the last several months, Florida legislators have been quietly working to ban — and criminalize — the production and sale of cell-cultivated meat across the state, via the introduction of two bills, HB 1071 and SB 1084. On February 6, the state's House of Representatives passed SB 1084, which now sits on DeSantis' desk awaiting a signature. And if his previous comments are any indication, he will be pulling out his pen soon. "I...
  • Tennessee Volkswagen workers ask for UAW representation vote

    03/18/2024 1:10:58 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 33 replies
    The Hill ^ | 03/18/2024 | NICK ROBERTSON
    Workers at a Volkswagen manufacturing plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., filed a petition for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board, the UAW announced Tuesday. The move could make the Tennessee plant the first to join the UAW since the union earned pay raises and benefit increases for its members in a strike against the “Big Three” automakers last year. “I come from a UAW family, so I’ve seen how having our union enables us to make life better on the job and off,” plant employee Yolanda Peoples said in a statement. “We are a positive force in the...
  • NYC pols urge Albany to OK tax break for ‘green’ mandate that could cost co-op, condo owners $20K

    03/18/2024 12:35:35 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 13 replies
    NY Post ^ | 03/17/2024 | Carl Campanile
    New York City Council members feeling the heat from thousands of angry co-op and condo owners are urging state pols to OK tax breaks over a new “green” mandate that could cost more than $20,000 per unit. The City Council had actually approved the mandate, the Climate Mobilization Emissions Law, in 2019 requiring residential buildings to initially curb their greenhouse gas emissions by 40% and ultimately by 80% by 2050. But as the Big Apple’s already-financially-pressed residents flood members with complaints about how much more the regs will cost them, local pols are turning to Albany for help, seeking their...
  • NY reparations panel members blame whites for climate change, blast Sen. Tim Scott and want to defund cops

    03/18/2024 12:33:55 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 36 replies
    NY Post ^ | 03/17/2024 | Carl Campanile
    Two representatives appointed to a committee considering paying reparations claimed whites were responsible for climate change, slammed Israel and pushed to defund the police. Ron Daniels and Lurie Daniel Favors — both appointed to New York’s commission on reparations and racial justice by state Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D-Bronx) — made several fiery statements including Daniels slamming black US Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) as “Uncle Tim,” according to a review of their public statements. “White Folks Messed Up the Weather = Black Folks Save the Planet,” Daniels, a longtime activist who ran for president on the Peace and Freedom Party...
  • Boeing 737 Max engine issue will take up to a year to fix, embattled company reveals

    03/18/2024 12:10:46 PM PDT · by CondoleezzaProtege · 51 replies
    NY Post ^ | Mar 16, 2024 | Olivia Land
    Boeing will take up to a year to repair an engine issue on all its beleaguered 737 Max jets, which will delay the certification of its 737 Max 7s and Max 10s. Boeing has acquired a team of experts to “quickly drive forward a safe and compliant solution” to a glitch that could cause the 737 Max anti-ice system to overheat and damage the engine, the corporation wrote in response to questions from Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Illinois), according to CBS News. Boeing officials previously said they would have the issue fixed within nine to 12 months, the outlet noted. “Small...
  • Stripe, Substack Demand Financial Details from Authors

    03/18/2024 11:53:47 AM PDT · by george76 · 14 replies
    ROBERT W MALONE MD, MS ^ | MAR 18, 2024 | ROBERT W MALONE MD, MS
    Another step towards implementing a Social Credit system.. Financial privacy is a right under the constitution, as is free speech. Under the guise of “credit review”, Stripe is now rolling out a requirement that appears to target conservative or "anti-vax" Substack authors. Stripe is requiring that these authors provide all of their current and historic financial records associated with the bank account into which Stripe deposits Substack subscriber payments (after taking 10% off the top for Substack and 3% for Stripe). Stripe already has information concerning this bank account (including deposits from Stripe), as we have been doing business with...
  • Bidenomics: Rising Gas Prices Are 45% Pricier Under Joe Biden

    03/18/2024 11:25:47 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 23 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 03/18/2024 | WENDELL HUSEBØ
    American drivers pay 45 percent more to fuel their daily commutes since President Joe Biden ascended to the White House, AAA data shows. The national average gas price on Monday was $3.46 per gallon, according to AAA, up about 20 cents from last month. When Biden assumed office, the national average was $2.38 per gallon, more than a dollar less than the current price. That is about a 45 percent increase since former President Donald Trump left office.
  • Biden Regime to Finalize Regulations Targeting Gas-Powered Vehicles This Week

    03/18/2024 11:06:38 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 26 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | Mar. 18, 2024 12:40 pm | By Cristina Laila
    Electric vehicles are unpopular, expensive and bad for the environment but the Biden Regime is going into overdrive to force car companies to produce more EVs while they crackdown on gas-powered vehicle tailpipe emissions. The EPA’s mandate is expected to be finalized Wednesday, according to Fox News. The full plan will go into effect in 2027. Excerpt from Fox News: The Biden administration is expected this week to finalize highly anticipated regulations targeting gas-powered vehicle tailpipe emissions, considered the tip of the spear in its efforts to electrify the transportation sector. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is slated to issue...
  • Pulse-pounding video shows Denver cops gun down suspect holding 7-Eleven clerk hostage

    03/18/2024 9:55:13 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 27 replies
    NY Post ^ | 03/18/2024 | Jesse O’Neill
    Denver police released bodycam footage last week of the moment officers rammed down the back door of a 7-Eleven and fired 36 rounds at a suspect who was holding a store clerk hostage with a nail-pulling tool, killing him. The fatal police shooting came after Christopher Cauch, 43, had barricaded himself and two others in the back of the convenience store on the evening of March 1, according to the Denver Post. Four officers responding to reports of a stabbing and robbery at the convenience store found that a store clerk was “under duress” in a back room, Chief Ron...
  • Joe Scarborough Quickly Deletes Trump ‘Bloodbath’ Post When Elon Musk Replies

    03/18/2024 9:20:40 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 55 replies
    Daily Fetched ^ | March 18, 2024 | Jason Walsh
    MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough deleted his social media post X about Donald Trump’s warning of a “bloodbath” for the country if Joe Biden won the election. Trump made headlines with the warning after criticizing the offshoring of jobs in the auto industry under Biden. Watch VIDEO AT LINK........... The former president also accused Mexico and China of siphoning off American manufacturing jobs and flooding the U.S. market with cheaply produced cars. However, Scarborough wasn’t happy with Trump’s remarks, taking to social media to post footage from the Jan 6 Capitol riot, claiming the former president was endorsing chaos. “Donald Trump’s America....
  • Is It Time to Give Planet Fitness the Bud Light Treatment?

    03/18/2024 9:17:38 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 18 replies
    PJ Media ^ | 03/18/2024 | Matt Margolis
    In Fairbanks, Alaska, a woman had her Planet Fitness membership revoked following an incident where she photographed a "man with a penis" shaving in one of the gym's women's locker rooms. "As the home of the Judgement Free Zone, Planet Fitness is committed to creating an inclusive environment," Planet Fitness chief corporate affairs officer McCall Gosselin told Fox News Digital. "Our gender identity non-discrimination policy, states that members and guests may use the gym facilities that best align with their sincere, self-reported gender identity. The member who posted on social media violated our mobile device policy that prohibits taking photos...
  • Trump talks ‘bloodbath’ in auto industry if cheap Chinese EVs flood the market — Dems pretend he called for violence

    03/18/2024 8:58:05 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 58 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 03/18/2024 | Jack Hellner
    The media and other Democrats know that Joe Biden and his policies are unpopular, so for the last eight years, they’ve sought to destroy Donald Trump, no matter how much they have to intentionally lie and mislead the public, and this latest iteration is beyond absurd.While speaking at a recent campaign rally, Trump said there would be a “bloodbath” in the auto industry if China flooded the American market with cheap electric vehicles flowing through Mexico—but instead of showing the full quote, much of the media, along with Biden campaign workers and Democrats like Pelosi, decided that with polls as...
  • A court settlement is about to change how we buy and sell homes. Here's how.

    03/18/2024 8:40:46 AM PDT · by where's_the_Outrage? · 57 replies
    Axios ^ | March 18, 2024 | Emily Peck
    The powerful National Association of Realtors last week agreed to settle a big lawsuit and change the way real estate agents get paid — from a standard commission to something truly negotiable. Why it matters: The deal could open up a tightly controlled market to genuine competition, and create opportunities for new players and business models in a relatively old-fashioned world. It could do for real estate what the internet did for stock trading — bring down broker fees. The impact: That'll likely mean lower costs for sellers, who brought the lawsuit as a class action. The impact on buyers...
  • FBI and White House likely coerced social media platforms into removing posts, appeals court rules

    03/18/2024 8:04:24 AM PDT · by george76 · 27 replies
    CNBC ^ | SEP 11 2023 | Lauren Feiner
    the appeals panel agreed that several federal offices and agencies, including the White House .. violated the First Amendment by coercing the platforms’ content moderation decisions. ... A federal appeals court ... finding that several agencies likely violated the First Amendment. ... The original case was brought by the attorneys general of Missouri and Louisiana, who alleged that federal officials unduly pressured social media firms to limit speech on their platforms, as they communicated concerns about posts related to the Covid pandemic or elections. ... The decision had an immediate impact. Following the district court’s order in July, the State...