#Bidenflation: Cost of Gas, Used Cars Up 45%, Car Rentals 88%

#Bidenflation: Cost of Gas, Used Cars Up 45%, Car Rentals 88%

“The hashtag #Bidenflation has been trending recently,” wrote Washington Secrets columnist Paul Bedard, noting a new survey from Skynova, an online invoicing firm that found 88 percent of people in the United States believe the current inflation is “here to stay and will soar more.” “Projections shared with Secrets from the Statista Research Department show…

Biden: US Will Protect Haiti Embassy, Won’t Send Troops
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Biden: US Will Protect Haiti Embassy, Won’t Send Troops

President Joe Biden speaks during news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the East Room of the White House in Washington, on July 15, 2021. (Susan Walsh/AP Photo) WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden said Thursday that the U.S. will bolster security at its embassy in Haiti following last week’s assassination of that country’s president, but sending…

No Silver Lining: Wages Fell While Inflation Soared This Spring

No Silver Lining: Wages Fell While Inflation Soared This Spring

Median weekly earnings of the nation’s 113.6 million full-time wage and salary workers were $990 in the second quarter of 2021 , the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. This was 1.2 percent lower than a year earlier. That compares with a gain of 4.8 percent in the Consumer Price Index over the same…

A Homeless Village Is Growing on Apple’s Silicon Valley Property

A Homeless Village Is Growing on Apple’s Silicon Valley Property

VICE News reports that despite Apple committing billions of dollars to fix California’s housing crisis, an encampment of homeless people living in RVs, shacks, and tents has taken over dozens of acres of undeveloped land owned by Apple in the center of Silicon Valley. Between 30 to 100 homeless people have reportedly set up camp…

Michigan Senate Repeals Emergency Powers Law, Whitmer Unable to Veto
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Michigan Senate Repeals Emergency Powers Law, Whitmer Unable to Veto

Michigan’s Senate on Thursday approved a petition that repeals Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s emergency powers, with another approval expected by the state’s lower chamber. Whitmer, a Democrat, cannot veto the petition. The Michigan Senate’s 20-15 vote came two days after the Board of State Canvassers certified the petition, which was started by a group called Unlock…

California’s GOP Reps push back on state’s controversial ‘equity in math’ program
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California’s GOP Reps push back on state’s controversial ‘equity in math’ program

FIRST ON FOX: GOP lawmakers from California are urging the state’s Board of Education to reject a controversial “equity in math” program currently under consideration. Rep. Young Kim and House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy led the 11-member delegation in sending a letter to Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond, president of the board, Friday expressing major concerns with…