Former Fed Vice Chair Sees No Risk to Fed Autonomy Under Trump The Federal Reserve’s independence won’t be in jeopardy once President-elect Donald Trump takes office, neither are inflation and the labor market, according to former Federal Reserve Vice Chair ... 01/12/2025 - 2:07 pm | View Link
Strong US job growth raises doubts about further Fed rate cuts The U.S. job market again defied an anticipated slowdown, with firms adding more than a quarter of a million jobs in the last full month of Joe Biden's presidency and leaving Federal Reserve ... 01/10/2025 - 3:49 am | View Link
Strong December job growth could augur fewer Fed interest-rate cuts. Here's why. Employers across the U.S. added a robust 256,000 jobs in December, a sign the labor market remains in good shape. 01/10/2025 - 2:07 am | View Link
Fed's Barr to resign early from regulatory job to avoid legal fight with Trump Barr said he was stepping down as the central bank's vice chair for supervision over a year before his term was set to expire in July 2026, but planned to keep his seat on the Fed's Board of Governors ... 01/6/2025 - 10:04 am | View Link
Fed’s top Wall Street regulator to step down after Trump’s advisers pushed to demote him Trump advisers were weighing whether to strip Michael Barr of his leadership role at the Fed, but Barr stepped down from the job Monday. 01/6/2025 - 8:09 am | View Link
Walter Masterson went to Trump Tower to find the mythical Felon merch that was actually made in the US of A. While most of the crap was made in China, Masterson did find one thing made in Bangladesh and one without a named source. Boy, I feel pwned, don't you?
I went to the TRUMP STORE inside of TRUMP TOWER and nothing is Made in the USA.
When he ran for President, Joe Biden promised to “restore the soul” of the country after four years of Donald Trump’s divisive and chaotic leadership. Now, in a few short days, he’s handing the Oval Office back to Trump—though he clearly feels like his work is unfinished.
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In a 20-minute farewell address to the nation Wednesday night, Biden said he was optimistic about the promise of America.
During Sen. Marco Rubio’s confirmation hearing Wednesday, he was asked by Democratic Sen. Patrick Murphy a simple yes or no question: “Do you believe that the president should refrain from doing new business deals with Middle East governments during his term in office?”
Rubio is Trump’s nominee for Secretary of State.
Meta made a number of changes to suck up to Yambo. The company ended its fact-checking program in the United States, stopped scanning new posts for most policy violations, and created carve-outs in its community standards to allow nasty speech about transgender people and immigrants. (Naturally, the company also sacrificed its DEI program on the Altar Of Orange.) Via Platformer.com:
Behind the scenes, the company was also quietly dismantling a system to prevent the spread of misinformation.
The Republican Party of Wisconsin is slated to hold their state convention on May 17, 2025, and it's already shaping up to be something to behold, based on this Xitter post by Brett Galaszewski, who happens to be involved with both the Republican Party of Wisconsin and Turning Point Action.