Despite its clever name, Sen. Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) so-called “Family Grocery and Farmer Relief Act” won’t provide relief for grocers or producers, or consumers for that matter. Instead, it will make things worse by inserting the federal government into the dynamic, highly sophisticated, and competitive meat, livestock, and poultry markets. First, Schumer’s bill makes it […]
Todd Blanche looks set to become America’s next attorney general. Earlier this week, two disgruntled Republican senators, Thom Tillis (NC) and John Cornyn (TX), lifted their holds on Blanche’s nomination, clearing the way for him through the Senate Judiciary Committee. It’s frustrating, isn’t it? President Donald Trump needs Republicans he can work with, yet too […]
President Donald Trump grew up in Queens and likely observes the street credo, “Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.” In the ceasefire memorandum of understanding, Trump was clearly fooled once by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which played his vice president like an Iranian flute. Will Trump allow himself […]
He was surely a plant, some kind of agent. Professor Jason Arday, who at 36 became the youngest black professor at Cambridge University, could only have been working for a secret cabal of meritocrats whose mission was to destroy diversity, equity, and inclusion. No one else has done half as much to expose the fools, […]
On Dec. 27, 2024, the Biden administration’s Treasury Department did two things, and only one of them made the news. First, it sanctioned Bidzina Ivanishvili under Executive Order 14024 — the sanctions architecture built for the Russian Federation. In the U.S. government’s own assessment, Ivanishvili acted on behalf of — and for the benefit of […]
The U.S. economy lost 23,000 jobs in July, and the unemployment rate dipped slightly to 4.1 percent, according to new data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Economists had expected American employers to add 83,000 jobs and the jobless rate to hold steady at 4.2 percent last month, according to consensus estimates. This comes on the heels of relatively weak jobs numbers in June, in which the U.S. workforce initially saw...
The Senate is scrambling to leave for its August recess but has several hurdles to jump before it gets there after a week of infighting. The biggest items on the list include acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's nomination for the permanent job. On Friday morning, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) announced she was a "no" vote,...
Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) doubled down on his comments Thursday after drawing criticism for telling Americans concerned about high food prices to “stop whining” and “get a job,” as a viral debate over the cost of a $20 burrito exposed divisions among the GOP over affordability. “Just hearing about this dumb $20 burrito debate so...
Wisconsin’s gubernatorial race takes center stage next Tuesday, as democratic socialist Francesca Hong appears to be the favorite for the Democratic nomination. Meanwhile, a look at new tension inside the Democratic Party after Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel (D) said she will skip her state’s nominating convention over safety concerns from the crowd. Join The...
President Trump declined to back Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-N.D.) for a second term as Republican leader in the chamber, saying he did not want to discuss the matter, in an interview that aired on Friday. “I don’t want to get into that necessarily,” Trump told Punchbowl News. “I get along with him. It’s...
Greetings, gentle readers! There’s no Whole Hog Politics newsletter today. Not that there wouldn’t have been plenty to talk about, with the meltdown in both parties continuing apace and all. But the widening gyre will have to keep widening without me this week, since I am on vacation. We are not leaving you Hog-less, however....
President Trump predicted in an interview aired early Friday he would “probably” get along with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) if Democrats take back the majority in the lower chamber in the midterm elections. “I’d probably get along with him very well,” Trump told Punchbowl News when asked if he could do business with...
