Co-Author Of Dodd-Frank Inextricably Linked To Failed Bank
In 2018, former Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank (D) lobbied heavily for changes to his signature legislative accomplishment — the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Frank retired from Congress five years before but was still active in the private sector. As a board member of the now-bankrupt Signature Bank. After receiving over $1 […]
Illegal Migrant Mob Attempts To Storm US Border Checkpoint At El Paso, Texas
ALERT – In yet another glaring example of Joe Biden’s failed immigration and border policies, a mob of several hundred illegal migrants, mostly Venezuelan, attempted to storm the U.S. border checkpoint in El Paso, Texas, on Sunday. Customs and Border Patrol (CPB) said in a statement that the aggressive mob, some estimated at over 1,000, made a […]
DeSantis Tests Presidential Waters In Iowa With Trump-Endorsed Governor
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has now crisscrossed what will be a crucial state in the 2024 Republican presidential primary: Iowa. Wherever he went, DeSantis received a warm Midwest welcome, possibly boosted by the popular, Trump-endorsed Republican who appeared alongside him: Governor Kim Reynolds. The yet-to-announce presidential candidate traveled to the Hawkeye State to sell his […]
Watch: Local Democrat Forgets Pledge Of Allegiance At First Public Meeting
Now that’s an embarrassing first day on the job… A local Democrat forgot the Pledge of Allegiance in her first meeting as a Miami city commissioner last week. Sabina Covo, who was elected as the Miami City District 2 commissioner on Feb. 27 in a special election, went blank-faced during the March 9 meeting after […]
‘Cross-Dressing Sheriff’ Takes Fight To Local Fascists
A Florida sheriff accused of being a cross-dresser is waging a public war against a white supremacist organization and is even posting photographs of himself in a bra. The battle started when the neo-Nazi group “Goyim Defense League” blanketed the county and Daytona International Speedway in anti-Semitic and white supremacist flyers and used bullhorns to […]
Trump Has ‘No Plan’ To Testify In Grand Jury As Prosecutors Inch Toward Charges
Former President Donald Trump seems unconcerned with Manhattan District Attorney’s investigation into his alleged involvement in the $130,000 hush payment made to former pornstar Stormy Daniels. On Monday, Trump’s attorneys revealed the former president would not testify in the grand jury investigation into the 2016 payment. “We have no plans on participating in that proceeding,” […]
Feds Move To Stop Potential Banking Crisis While Remaining Woefully Ignorant
There’s plenty of fallout from the closure of (at least) two banks over the weekend and the government’s announcement it was guaranteeing all depositors’ money in those banks. The bottom line: this was a bailout with all the risks, moral hazards and rewards for very bad behavior we were told would not happen again following […]
Biden Knew His Budget Would Be Dead On Arrival. Here’s Why He Submitted It Anyway
The Biden administration has gotten around to introducing its proposed federal budget. The immediate verdict: it’s dead on arrival in Congress (particularly in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives). That should come as no surprise to anyone, anywhere (including the White House). But as this budget is, like every one of its predecessors, Republican and Democrat […]
US Ramping Up Regional Military Efforts To Fight China, But Xi Beats Biden With Iran-Saudi Deal
MONDAY PDB – PAUL’S DAILY BRIEFING – China’s neighbors seek expanded partnerships with US to deter, defend. The Pentagon’s efforts to improve U.S. force posture in the Pacific have yielded a flurry of major agreements in recent months, with allies motivated by China’s aggressive behavior to embrace the U.S. US forces, allies, trained in the jungle and assaulted […]
Biden’s New Proposal Further Reveals Washington’s Insatiable Appetite
The Biden administration’s budget plan is stuffed to the gills with new taxes intended to help pay for (some) of the new spending the president wants. While Mr. Biden’s budget is going nowhere, fast, it offers a teaching moment on how the current tax code taxes your money two or three times. The Tax Foundation’s […]