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GOP Sens. Ask Biden to Stop Vax Mandate for Cross-Border Truck Drivers

(Kim Jarrett, The Center Square) North Dakota U.S. Sens. John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer and other U.S. senators are asking President Joe Biden to halt a COVID-19 vaccination mandate for truck drivers crossing the U.S.--Canadian border. Biden's mandate would affect all essential, nonresident workers crossing the U.S. borders by land. Unless...

Retailers Blame Lax Online Vendors for Smash-and-Grab

Large retailers are calling on Congress to pass legislation that would make it tougher for criminals to sell goods stolen from smash-and-grab robberies anonymously through online retailers, said the Washington Post. “In a letter signed by the chief executives of 20 retailers---including Best Buy, Target, Nordstrom, Home Depot and Dollar...

UPDATE: Labor Advocates Bash Starbucks after Store Votes Not to Unionize

Pro-union activists pounced to attack coffee franchise Starbucks after the company appeared to have successfully staved off a challenge over a New York store's recent vote to unionize. Although one store did vote to do so, and appears poised to move forward on those plans, a second Buffalo location had...

South Carolina Ports Set Monthly Container Import Record

Ports in the state of South Carolina once again broke a monthly record for container traffic in November, the South Carolina Ports Association reported. South Carolina imports are up over 21% from last year, and the state's ports have broken monthly records for nine straight months. According to South Carolina Ports...

Bidenflation Could Sink Democrat Electoral Hopes

Inflation in the US surged in November to 6.8% year-over-year, higher than expected and the largest in nearly 40 years, setting politicians and economist on edge that they are behind the inflation curve. The result could be an economy that struggles to gain traction before next year's midterm elections. Recently we...

Trump Tax Cuts Helped Lower-Income Families, Biden Helps The Elite Rich

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) Democrats have argued that the tax reforms implemented through the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) only benefited the rich, and that the Build Back Better Act (BBBA) will help middle-and working-class Americans the most. But several nonpartisan groups found that the TCJA reduced...

Biden’s Spin Can’t Brighten Bleak November Jobs Report

President Joe Biden attempted to soften the blow delivered by the Department of Labor's bleak November Jobs Report, claiming in prepared remarks that "America is back to work and our jobs recovery is going very strong." "Americans, on average, have more in their pockets today . . . than they did...

Virtue-Signaling Starbucks in Awkward Spot as Workers Move to Unionize

(Headline USA) The leftist-loving public image Starbucks has carefully cultivated is taking a hit as it fights an expanded effort to unionize its stores, even as a union vote proceeds at three of the coffee-chain's locations in Buffalo, New York. Union organizers from three additional Buffalo-area stores appeared before the...

Even Christmas Tree Industry Falls Prey to ‘Brandon Admin’ Inflation

(Headline USA) Even Christmas trees aren’t immune to the pandemic-induced shortages and inflation plaguing the Joe Biden economy. Some have argued that Democrat policies are largely to blame. That includes the increased energy costs as the Biden administration wages war on fossil fuels, as well as the devaluation of the...

Stocks Sink as Omicron, Rate Worries Rattle Wall Street

(Headline USA) Already antsy about newest coronavirus variant, Wall Street's losses deepened on Tuesday after the head of the Federal Reserve said it will consider shutting off its support for financial markets sooner than expected. The S&P 500 was 1.3% lower in afternoon trading after Fed Chair Jerome Powell told...

Pork ‘n’ Potatoes: Amid Gov’t Spending Spree, Researchers Try to Link Spuds w/ Climate Change

(Headline USA) University of Maine researchers are trying to produce potatoes that can better withstand warming temperatures as the climate changes. Warming temperatures and an extended growing season can lead to quality problems and disease, Gregory Porter, a professor of crop ecology and management, told the Bangor Daily News. “The predictions...

Far-Left Oregon Refuses Calls to Divest from Fossil Fuels, Private Prisons, Etc.

(Headline USA) Oregon residents are increasingly pushing for the state to divest from fossil fuel companies and other controversial investments, but the state treasury is resisting and putting the onus on the Legislature. In addition to fossil fuel companies, the state employee retirement fund is also invested in a company...
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