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Authored by Jonathan Turley, Below is my column in The Hill on the January 6th Committee hearings and how the Democrats undermined the legitimacy of their investigation by breaking the long tradition of bipartisan and balanced membership on such special committees. Many of us support the effort to release more information and evidence on what occurred on… Continue reading Pelosi’s Court: How The Jan. 6 Committee Undermined Its Own Legitimacy

After initially being placed on administration leave following news breaking days ago of an official FBI investigation, the president of the Brookings Institution – retired Marine Gen. John Allen – resigned on Sunday amid an embarrassing illegal foreign lobbying probe center on the oil-rich Gulf nation of Qatar. “I know it is best for all… Continue reading John Allen Abruptly Resigns As Brookings President Amid FBI Qatar Lobbying Probe

Authored by Kyle Anzalone & Will Porter via The Libertarian Institute, US energy security envoy Amos Hochstein has acknowledged that Russia might be making more revenue from fossil fuels than before its February invasion of Ukraine. Washington has responded with waves of sanctions aiming to crush the Russian economy.  Hochstein made the comments during a hearing for the Senate Subcommittee on… Continue reading US Official Admits Russian Energy Sales Outpacing Pre-War Levels

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed a controversial bill into law Monday morning, expediting training for armed teachers and other adults to harden schools.  DeWine held a news conference announcing the signing of HB 99. It reduces the number of hours teachers need for firearms training from 700 hours to as little as 24 hours, with… Continue reading Ohio Passes New Law To Expedite Armed Teacher Training To Harden Schools

By Dylan Leclair and Namcios of Bitcoin Magazine The purpose of this issue will be twofold: The first will be an in-depth look at the Celsius platform, and breakdown the design of the business/ecosystem to understand what went wrong. The second is to detail the events that have transpired over the recent weeks with Celsius… Continue reading The Great Celsius Implosion: What Went Wrong And How Much More Will Bitcoin Drop

Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, Many news networks on June 12 omitted mention of the recent attempted murder of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, even though some touched on issues facing the nation’s top court. All Sunday morning shows on CNN, CBS, NBC, and ABC did not cover the attempted killing, which took… Continue reading CNN, CBS, NBC, ABC Sunday Shows Don’t Cover Attempted Murder Of Supreme Court Justice

At a moment the Pentagon is warning Beijing about its heightened military maneuvers around Taiwan, China’s President Xi Jinping has just signed an order which fundamentally expands the conditions under which People’s Liberation Army (PLA) troops can be deployed. The freshly signed and promulgated order introduces a legal framework to deploy troops in “non-war military… Continue reading Xi Widens Legal Basis For PLA Troop Deployments Amid Soaring Taiwan Tensions

A tornado warning has been issued across the Chicago metropolitan area and parts of northern Cook County Monday evening, according to the National Weather Service (NWS).  Tornado sirens can be heard across Chicago as a potentially dangerous weather system hits the metro area.  The tornado sirens near by brothers place in Uptown are insanely creepy… Continue reading Sirens Blare Across Downtown Chicago As Tornado Warning In Effect

Via AdventuresInCapitalism.com, For my entire career, Paul Volcker has been deified. In fact, I cannot think of an unelected government official, since the Generals of WW2, who is held in such esteem—which may also be a function of how terrible most government functionaries are. As JPOW suddenly pretends that Volcker was his boyhood hero, I… Continue reading Volcker And Inflation… | ZeroHedge

Fed Chairman Jerome Powell will testify before the House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday, part of the Fed chair’s semiannual testimony to Congress about the state of the economy. Most analysts expect Powell’s interlocutors to focus on his outlook for inflation as expectations for Q1 GDP growth continue to slide, stoking fears of stagflation. Oil… Continue reading Powell Delivers Semiannual Testimony To House Financial Services Committee