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May Inflation Numbers Soar Beyond Expectations – CPI Hits 40-Year High

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Ryan DeLarme,
June 10th, 2022

Though it may not come as a surprise to those of us who feel it in our wallets, May’s inflation numbers were higher than expected at 8.6% – the highest numbers since 1981.

Utilities are up 30%, Gas is up 49%, and the consumer price index (CPI) is higher than expected at 8.6%.

On top of that, we saw: new vehicle prices increase, used cars and trucks, Airline prices, furnishing, medical care, apparel, and so on. I think it is fair to say that everything is up, inflation is having the broadest possible impact on the entire economy. 

Everything in this report is up, but it was shelter, gasoline, and food that were the three largest contributors in the report, and arguably the three most important things required for the average American family to function and survive.

Slow Death of the Mainstream: MSNBC Sees Worst Ratings Since 1999

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Ryan DeLarme,
June 10th, 2022

In May, MSNBC saw the “smallest monthly audience among the advertiser-coveted demographic” in over 20 years. The key demo is of course the age bracket of 25-54, as people in this bracket tend to be more likely to buy something and actually have the money to do so (except, maybe not in this economy). 

FOX News reports:

MSNBC flops in May: Network had smallest monthly audience since 1999 among viewers coveted by advertisers

MSNBC finished May with its smallest monthly audience among the advertiser-coveted demographic of adults age 25-54 since November 1999, and its lowest-rated month among the demo in primetime since May 2004, as Rachel Maddow’s reduced schedule continues to harm the network.

“Record-low ratings going back to 1999 is almost always a bad sign seeing as how they were then a fledgling network and far less ubiquitous in our bodypolitic,” NewsBusters managing editor Curtis Houck told Fox News Digital about MSNBC, which launched in 1996.

Houck believes that nowadays, liberals have a multiple options when looking to “be spoon-fed their talking points” but MSNBC honchos “need to figure something out unless NBCUniversal is content with perpetually rearranging deck chairs on their version of The Titanic.”

Viewers between ages 25-54, who are considered young enough to change habits and buy new products or services, but old enough to have disposable incomes, are the group that advertisers largely seek to reach with commercials. MSNBC has struggled to attract viewers from this coveted group since President Biden took office, and the progressive network averaged only 70,000 demo viewers during the month of May compared to 229,000 for Fox News Channel.

BREAKING: Police Kill Intruder Trying to Forcefully Enter Alabama Elementary School

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Ryan DeLarme,
June 9th, 2022

It’s been reported that an “intruder” was fatally shot by responding police on Thursday outside of an elementary school in Gadsen, Alabama. 

The potential intruder reportedly went to several locked doors in an attempt to make ingress into Walnut Park Elementary School before police “shot him dead”, according to Gadsen City Schools Superintendent Tony Reddick.

This of course comes on the heels of the tragedy that recently took place in Uvalde, Texas. It is uncertain as of yet whether or not the intruder was armed.

AP reported:

A person who was trying to enter an Alabama elementary school where a summer program was being held was shot to death by a police officer Thursday morning, authorities said.

Etowah County Sheriff Jonathon Horton told The Gadsden Times that a police officer from nearby Rainbow City was working as a school resource officer and encountered the person, got involved in an altercation and called for backup, Horton said. At least one other officer responded and the person was shot to death.

No students were hurt, sheriff’s officials said. “All kids are out” of the building, Reddick said, and most didn’t even realize something had happened.

“We don’t know the potential of what could have happened had those two officers not responded the way they did, so we very much commend them for that,” Reddick said.

Authorities didn’t immediately release the identity of the person who was killed or any details about the altercation, including whether the person who died was armed or why they might have been trying to get into the school.

We will provide more information as details emerge.

Election Meddling in Georgia: VoterGA Shows Voting System May Have Added 15% to Raffenspeger

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Ryan DeLarme,
June 9th, 2022

The good people at VoterGA released a report Thursday providing evidence that Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger may have received as much as an additional 15% of votes added to his totals in the recent Georgia primary.

Garland Favorito and his team at VoterGA released the report early Thursday morning and shared the following:

VoterGA first presented an Election Night graphic showing Georgia’s voting system allocated 3,317 votes to a Fulton County School Board District 7 candidate who was NOT on the ballot! That same graphic showed candidate Phil Chen with zero votes at 10:12 on Election Night even though he actually received 49.7% of the vote in the race. Chen has challenged the outcome of that contest.

VoterGA also added more detail about the problems in the DeKalb District 2 Commission race where a hand count audit determined that the Dominion Democracy Suite 5.5 voting system shifted thousands of Election Day votes from one candidate to another and selected the wrong winners to face each other in a runoff. They presented excerpts from a letter written to the DeKalb County Board of Elections by VoterGA co-founder Garland Favorito. It explained a variety of reasons that the irregularities found could not be solely attributed to a candidate alignment error after one candidate withdrew from the race. The massive discrepancies also appear to be attributable to a Dominion system counting error.

But perhaps the most stunning news was the evidence collected from an audit monitoring team during the Cobb County Vinings cityhood hand count audit on Monday. The team monitored a majority of those Election Day ballots in the Vinings 04 precinct that were being hand-counted. The monitoring team decided to count the votes of incumbent Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger while the cityhood count was in progress.

The team found that Secretary Raffensperger received about 53% of the Republican Election Day votes for Secretary of State in that precinct. That would be in line with the statewide voting percentages that enabled him to avoid a runoff except that the Dominion voting system awarded Raffensperger 68.4% of those same votes. Thus, the Dominion software attributed 15% more votes to Raffensperger’s totals than the actual ballots seem to show when monitors counted Raffensperger’s votes.

“We are concerned that the algorithm that appears to be adding unearned votes to Raffensperger’s totals is running statewide,” VoterGA co-founder Garland Favorito noted. “It is imperative that the SOS race be audited in all counties. That is why we filed Open Records Requests to get an independent copy of the ballots in all counties so we can verify the electronic results.”

Here is VoterGA’s complete report:

Armed Man Arrested Outside of Supreme Court Justice Kavanaughs Home

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Ryan DeLarme
June 8th, 2022

Last night a California man was arrested near the Maryland home of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh., the Supreme Court issued a statement confirming the incident not long after the story broke.

Karol Markowicz, a columnist for the New York Post, posted to Twitter: 

The Washington Post also reported on the arrest:

Some tweets mentioned the potentially inciting comments of Chuck Schumer:

UPDATE: NBC News reports the man had a gun, knife, and pepper spray–and took a taxi to Kavanaugh’s neighborhood, “Multiple law enforcement officials say that a man was arrested overnight near the home of Justice Brett Kavanaugh, per @PeteWilliamsNBC. The man reportedly had a gun, a knife, and pepper spray and told authorities he was there to kill Kavanaugh.”

A statement by the Supreme Court:

“At approximately 1:50 a.m. today, a man was arrested near Justice Kavanaugh’s residence. The man was armed and made threats against Justice Kavanaugh. He was transported to Montgomery County Police 2nd District.”

More: CBS News reports a 911 call came in around 1:15 a.m. of a suspicious man near Kavanaugh’s home, “Police got a 911 call at 1:15am about a suspicious man near the home of Justice Brett Kavanaugh in Maryland. Per local police, the man is from California and was taken into custody. Into the local police station. But this is now an FBI investigation.”