Fed officials worried inflation too stubborn to justify rate cut
After several periods of unexpectedly high inflation, Federal Reserve officials said at a meeting earlier this month that inflation was high enough to justify cutting key interest rates, currently at 23-year highs. concluded that it would take longer than previously thought for things to settle down. Officials also discussed whether policy rates were having a […]
White House Tries to Justify Biden’s Lies on Inflation
Claim: Biden’s false claims about inflation are actually just claiming that the causes of inflation were already in place by the time President Joe Biden took office. Verdict: False and misleading. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Wednesday that President Joe Biden’s false claim that inflation was 9% when he took office was not […]
EXCLUSIVE: Top Biden Bureaucrat Consulted With Eco-Activists To Justify Infusing Social Justice Into Wind Program
A senior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) official consulted climate activists about finding legal justification for the agency’s push to get developers to invest in “underserved communities,” according to communications obtained by Protect the Public’s Trust. Marissa Knodel, a senior adviser at BOEM who formerly worked for eco-advocacy group Earthjustice, sought the advice of […]
Arkansas airport director, accused of selling guns illegally, dies after shootout with ATF: ‘Don’t … justify what happened’
The executive director of Arkansas’ largest airport has died two days after being shot by federal agents as he tried to serve a search warrant.by affidavitThe director was illegally selling firearms. Around 6 a.m. on March 19, agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives entered the home of Brian Malinowski, 53, executive […]
George Takei Worries GOP Will Use Laken Riley’s Murder to Justify Internment Camps: ‘Never Again’
Star Trek Actor George Takei claimed that Republican politicians would justify Laken Riley’s murder by creating concentration camps for illegal aliens like Japanese Americans during World War II. . “Please don’t do that again,” an exasperated Takei wrote in a recent X post. George Takei was responding to a post by House Speaker Mike Johnson […]
Biden Admin Leaned On Questionable And Misleading Science To Justify Halting Natural Gas Hub Approvals
The Biden administration relied on dubious and misleading scientific material to support its decision to suspend new approvals for liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminals. In January, the Biden administration suspended approvals for new LNG export terminals so the Department of Energy (DOE) could expand its review to include the facilities’ climate impacts. The move […]
Austin Wells’ defense needs to justify spot in Yankees’ lineup
TAMPA — Reputations are hard to shake. In spring training last season, Mets officials claimed that both internal data and visual inspections showed Francisco Alvarez to be a more than capable catcher. But a group of talent evaluators who began accumulating input from Rookie Ball in 2019 disagreed. Alvarez at the time was not only […]
House Democrat uses racist arguments to justify mass immigration that a Republican would never use: ‘Vegetables would rot’
Rep. Jerry Nadler (D.Y.) on Thursday made a racist argument justifying mass immigration to the United States. During the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement hearingNadler used his opening remarks to criticize Republicans (claiming that Democrats are the only ones interested in solving the border and immigration crisis) and make the case […]