Six-term congressman and prominent Trump critic Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) has announced that he will retire at the end of his term. The announcement follows the debut of a heavily gerrymandered congressional map by Illinois Democrats. The map, which is on its way to the desk of Gov. J.B. Pritzker, erased Kinzinger’s district. It will also […]
A new Fox News poll has Republican Glenn Youngkin leading by eight points in Virginia’s governor’s race. Whether or not it’s an outlier remains unclear. The Washington Post, Monmouth and CBS News/YouGov have polls coming out shortly. Regardless, the trending numbers aren’t coming out of nowhere. And if that kind of an upset happens on […]
Supply chain bottlenecks and rising COVID-19 cases caused U.S. economic growth to sputter in the third quarter. The confluence of those and other factors (including rising prices and the diminishing impact from the fiscal stimulus) caused consumer spending to plummet between July and September. SEE ALSO: Biden Administration Admits Inflation Will Only Get Worse, Blames […]
What do people die of? Well the CDC has that covered. They itemize the “underlying cause of death” into codes known as ICD-10 codes. This is actually a WHO standardization adopted here in the U.S. to categorize the causes of death. These are also used for insurance reimbursement. (There are entire professions built around this […]
The CDC Case Surveillance file FINALLY updated with data from its Oct. 1 release. The previous release was on Sept. 18. It’s always fun to study these various releases and examine the differentials with some scrutiny. I limited the comparable data to run through August 2021 which puts us at 552,699 deaths (yes, data REALLY […]
After losing his January U.S. Senate runoff, former Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.) is mulling a dramatic political comeback. According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Perdue is seriously considering mounting a primary challenge against Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp. The paper reports that Perdue has gone so far as to solicit advice from longtime political allies and major […]
Earlier on Wednesday, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said he didn’t like the idea of Democrats targeting ultra-wealthy Americans to help pay for their Build Back Better agenda. That alone came as a blow to progressives who’ve become demoralized through the negotiation process. Especially given that yesterday Democratic leaders said they were closer than ever to reaching […]
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley has a clear warning for anyone inclined to belittle China’s rising military. And this time it came on national television. U.S. military brass often more subtly expressed their concerns over the expanding size and capabilities of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA). Now, Milley says that Beijing’s […]
Even Barack Obama couldn’t give a speech on behalf of Terry McAuliffe without making a critical gaffe. The former president wasted no time trying to whitewash McAuliffe’s record on parental rights in public schools. However, in doing so, he tried to gaslight Virginia’s parents. Appearing alongside McAuliffe at a campaign rally over the weekend, Obama called […]
Joe Biden’s approval rating continues to plummet as voters sour on his radical agenda. Biden’s approval rating in FiveThirtyEight’s average of polls reached a new low this morning. 50.6% of voters disapprove of Biden while only 43.5% approve. That’s a 17.1% negative swing in three months. Joe Biden worked hard to get his approval rating […]
With polls showing Terry McAuliffe and Glenn Youngkin in a dead heat, the Democratic nominee is pulling out all the stops. Even those that are decidedly controversial. As Fox News reports: Former Gov. Terry McAuliffe has spent nearly $100,000 advertising “fake news” websites on Facebook during the Virginia gubernatorial campaign, Fox News can reveal. The Democrat’s […]
Judge: NYPD COVID Vaccine Mandate Not Optional
A federal judge shot down the New York Police Department’s (NYPD) largest union’s temporary restraining order against Mayor de Blasio’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate with no test-out option. The Police Benevolent Association of the City of New York (NYC PBA) wanted to delay the mandate’s implementation. NYC PBA representatives argued that the policy doesn’t touch on […]