ELIZA BLEU AND THE PERPETUAL TRAUMA MACHINE—PART 2

President Trump’s current war with Iran not only is creating economic havoc around the world, but it is also bleeding US taxpayers. There are no good outcomes here.

Wall Street Reacts To Powell's Last FOMC Meeting The kneejerk reaction from Wall Street pundits is that the bar for the Federal Reserve to hike rates is still relatively high and there’s no need for the Fed to change its bias or react in a meaningful way: that's the view voiced by SocGen's US Research Head Subadra Rajappa, who said on BBG TV that the "US is in a very good position overall" Others, such as Deutsche Bank Chief US Economist Luzzetti, said that "the Fed could adopt a more balanced...

How Relaxed COVID-Era Rules Fueled Minnesota's Biggest Scam Authored by Kristin Robbins via RealClearPolitics, In my testimony before the Senate last week as chair of the Minnesota House Fraud Prevention and Oversight Committee, I outlined the genesis of Minnesota’s massive fraud scandal, how it expanded under relaxed COVID-era rules, and what steps the federal government can take to help stop the theft of federal tax dollars throughout the country.   Minnesota’s fraud crisis didn’t happen overnight; it took years. But it exploded when COVID hit, right when oversight was thrown out the window. How did...