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Bernie Sanders Hosts Anti-Capitalist Rally, Charges $100 for Seats

(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is hosting an event to promote his new book and smear capitalism, which will cost $100 per seat for his supporters to attend. According to Breitbart, tickets for the event, titled "It's Okay to be Angry about Capitalism," are being sold via...

Think Tank: Fewer Gov’t Regulations Could Help Alleviate Housing Crisis

(Glenn Minnis, The Center Square) Three out of every four voters agree that housing affordability is a problem, with many saying they would like to see government take more direct action in easing the burden for residents, said a recent poll from the State Policy Network. Pollsters found that 63%...

Treasury Dept. Plans to Ramp Up Borrowing Despite Debt-Ceiling Crisis

(Headline USA) The Treasury Department said Monday it plans to increase its borrowing during the first three months of 2023, even as the federal government is bumping up against a $31.4 trillion limit on its legal borrowing authority. The U.S. plans to borrow $932 billion during the January-to-March quarter. That's...

Omnibus Bill Grants TSA $400 Million for Pay Raises Across the Board

(Adam Andrzejewski, RealClearWire) As part of the 4,000+ page, $1.7 trillion omnibus bill passed last month, the Transportation Security Administration will receive $400 million to boost its employees’ salaries, according to Reason. These pay raises are modest compared to a bill legislators tried to pass in June, which would have...

Paul Pelosi Sold Google Stock One Month Before DOJ’s Antitrust Lawsuit

(Headline USA) Paul Pelosi, husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., sold 30,000 shares of Google stock just one month before the Justice Department announced an antitrust lawsuit against the tech giant. Paul Pelosi, who runs a San Francisco-based investment and venture capital firm, sold his shares in Alphabet,...

Richie-Rich Ronna Romney-McDaniel Makes Mint w/ RNC Gig

(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) Since the beginning of her work as Republican National Committee chairwoman, Ronna McDaniel's pay more than doubled—a fact that has put her in hot water in this week's election. In her first year, McDaniel was paid $122,582. According to Just the News, that quickly increased to...

Big Tech Is Sacrificing Its Fragile Employees to Meddle in 2024 Election

(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) A funny thing happened at Headline USA in mid-January: Google took the unprecedented step of trying to demonetize us. As it has with a who's who of conservative websites---from The Federalist to ZeroHedge---Google has attempted in the past to regulate our content through ultimatums. But this...

Philly Is Recruiting Lifeguards Who Don’t Know How to Swim

(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) The city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is so desperate for lifeguards that it is willing to hire people who do not know how to swim, Philadelphia magazine reported. It blamed the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent budget cuts for depleting the workforce after the pools shut down in...

Sen. Hawley Introduces PELOSI Act to Ban Insider Trading

(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., introduced a bill that, if passed, would forbid members of Congress from trading individual stocks. The Preventing Elected Leaders from Owning Securities and Investments Act, otherwise known as the PELOSI Act, would necessitate that members move their private stocks into blind-trust accounts. https://twitter.com/abigailmarone/status/1617934984568012800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw According...

Business Survey Shows Recession Risks Elevated

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) The latest survey from the National Association for Business Economics found that more than half of respondents put the possibility of a recession over the next year at 50% or higher. "The results ... indicate widespread concern about entering a recession this year," said NABE President...

D.C. Mayor Begs Biden to End Remote Work for Federal Employees

(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) In her recent inaugural address, third-term Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser begged President Joe Biden to either bring federal employees back into the office or give up the office space occupying much of D.C.'s downtown area. According to the Post Millennial, Bowser is hoping to transform...

RINO House Financial Services Chair Still Plans to Prioritize ‘Diversity,’ ‘Inclusion’

(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) The newly appointed RINO chair House Financial Services Committee said he plans to keep “diversity and inclusion” as major aims of its work, as well as that of its and its six subcommittees. Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., will continue to prioritize the controversial obejective established under...
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