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Ryan DeLarme

Key FED Indicator Suggests That The US is Already in a Recession

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What has been called a “Key economic indicator” from the Federal Reserve seems to suggest that the country is not “heading into a recession”, but is already entered recession territory.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta’s GDPNow forecasting tool said on Friday that “real GDP growth (seasonally adjusted annual rate) in the second quarter of 2022 is -1.0 percent on June 30, down from 0.3 percent on June 27.”

Jeff Cox, an economic analyst, wrote at CNBC on Friday saying that the 1% contraction, “coupled with the first quarter’s decline of 1.6% … would fit the technical definition of recession.”

The GDPNow model offers a more bleak point of view for the next quarter following its assessment, claiming that:

 “the nowcasts of second-quarter real personal consumption expenditures growth and real gross private domestic investment growth decreased from 2.7 percent and -8.1 percent, respectively, to 1.7 percent and -13.2 percent, respectively.”

The current Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has promised Americans that the Fed would “succeed in getting inflation down to 2%.”

“The process is highly likely to involve some pain,” he said during a panel discussion at the European Central Bank, “but the worse pain would be from failing to address this high inflation and allowing it to become persistent.”

 But experts have been warning of a perfect storm of economic chaos as inflation has decimated spending across the economy while Federal Reserve efforts to stave off that inflation have seen interest rates spiking sharply.

American Taxpayers Fund EPA Junk Science for the Globalist Climate Agenda

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A decision has been reached in the U.S. Supreme Court case West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency. In a 6 – 3 ruling, the Court has determined that the Clean Air Act is no longer an appropriate vehicle for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The ruling is favorable to the conservative lawmakers, states, and of course, the fossil fuel industry’s desire to reduce the authority of the EPA. The move is a win for the nation’s energy production and keeps Biden from further exacerbating the country’s fuel production problems.

Gregg Phillip of TrueTheVote and 2000 Mules fame put out a post the night before calling for prayers in regards to the ruling, cryptically claiming that “The consequences of this ruling will resonate for another 100 years”.

Despite a well-crafted and disarming name, America’s grievances with the EPA are numerous and often neglected by the mainstream. 

Ron Arnold of cfact.org has claimed that “Virtually all EPA regulations have been justified by nontransparent data and unverifiable claims” aka junk science. American taxpayers foot the bill for the Agency’s costly regulations, and they should have a right to see the underlying science, but EPA bureaucrats routinely hide this information.

Back in 2014, the former chairman of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee held a hearing on “Ensuring Open Science at EPA” which was the launching pad for the Secret Science Reform Act of 2014, a bill to bar the EPA from proposing regulations based upon science that is not transparent or not reproducible.

This of course sent shockwaves through Big Green, which has a vested interest in hiding outdated, biased, falsified, sweetheart-reviewed, and even non-existent “science” that has destroyed the lives of thousands in the death-grip of agenda-driven EPA rules.

Environment Subcommittee Chairman Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ) gaveled the hearing to order.

“For far too long, the EPA has approved regulations that have placed a crippling financial burden on economic growth in this country with no public evidence to justify their actions.”

The first witness at the hearing was John D. Graham, a dean at Indiana University and former administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, has years of experience telling good science from junk.

Graham surprisingly said that “The EPA’s downfall is its poorly developed science culture, said Graham.”

“In my experience working with the EPA, I have found that the political, legal, and engineering cultures are fairly strong but the cultures of science and economics are highly variable…

First-rate scientists who are interested in public service employment might be more inclined to launch a career at the National Academy of Sciences or elsewhere”.

Graham cited a decade of National Science Foundation reports documenting the bad quality, transparency, and reproducibility of EPA’s scientific determinations.

Even science editors complain that many published research articles are false and even peer-reviewed results are not reproducible. EPA demands sensational reports, true or not, and isn’t checking scientists’ work.

If that isn’t alarming enough, let’s look at it in an economic light.

Raymond J. Keating, the chief economist of the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council, who testified for the Center for Regulatory Solutions, provided one of the hearing’s big shockers:

“The annual cost of federal regulations registered $1.75 trillion in 2008.”

So, before you go off to protest how the evil Supreme Court wants to see the polar ice caps melt, consider that much of the “science” you take for granted may have actually been fabricated to fit an agenda.

Everyone Else’s Fault: 79% Describe the Biden Economy as “Poor”, This Time He Blames Supreme Court

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Americans might not be able to agree on much right now, but one opinion unites us all, and that is how utterly incompetent Joe Biden and his administration are at running a nation… Unless of course, the objective is to run it into the ground.

85% of Americans believe that the nation is on the wrong track, this includes roughly 8 out of 10 democrats. 79% describe the economy as “poor” according to a recent AP-NORC poll.

Dissatisfaction with how the president is handling the economy has been growing, as inflation continues to rise, interest rates increase, and stocks entered a bear market. Twenty-eight percent approve of Biden’s stewardship of the economy, down from 51% a year ago.

According to AP:

Seventy-nine percent of adults consider the national economy to be in poor condition.  The increasingly negative perceptions are driven by increasing pessimism among Democrats.  A year ago, 37% of Democrats and 68% of Republicans described the national economy as poor. In the latest survey, 67% of Democrats say national economy is poor, and 90% of Republicans say the same.

On Friday morning Joe Biden was questioned on his devastating record and on an America that is going backward. In response to the criticism, Joe Biden employed a tried and true technique: he blamed it on somebody else.

This time Biden spared Putin from the blame and instead focused on the Supreme Court, that is only after spouting a string of completely made-up facts. Take a listen:

What exactly does the supreme court have to do with inflation and Biden’s approval? Your guess is as good as mine.

South Carolina Democrat Who Advocated for Planting “Sleepers” in Republican Party Confronted by Veritas

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Ryan DeLarme,
June 29th, 2022

South Carolina Democrat Rep Krystle Matthews is in the spotlight after leaked audio revealed her desire to see democrat “sleepers” embedded in the Republican voter base come midterms to “change the dynamics” in her state.

Matthews recently won the South Carolina Democratic Senate runoff against author Catherine Fleming Bruce, The Associated Press called the race in favor of Matthews, who won just over 55% of the vote with about 70% of ballots counted. The controversial nominee will go on to challenge Republican Sen. Tim Scott this fall.

Over the weekend Matthews came under fire after Project Veritas released a leaked phone call she had with inmate David Solomon Ballard.

“When we get enough of us in there, we can wreak havoc for real from the inside out. Then we can flip some s*** from the inside out,” she told him.

Matthews also voiced her agitation about campaign fundraising.

“And I still gotta struggle to raise money for my campaign? Where the f*** is my black people with money? I don’t care about no dope money! Give me that dope boy money,”

Matthews did admit that it was indeed her voice on the recording but claims that it was edited in a manner that did not reflect the full conversation but didn’t elaborate on what exactly was omitted which would justify the things she said.

Veritas decided to give her the opportunity to elaborate further while confronting the US Senate Candidate at a restaurant. Instead of seizing the opportunity to set the record straight, Matthews leaves the restaurant when questioned over illicit campaign activity & disparaging racial comments revealed on the leaked phone call.

UPDATE: Matthews has locked down her Twitter in the wake of the Veritas videos.

Former Senate Sergeant-at-arms Who Testified That Paid Provocateurs Were Present at Jan. 6th Found Dead, No Cause of Death Provided

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Ryan DeLarme,
June 28th, 2022

Michael Stenger, the man who was the acting Sergeant-at-Arms during the January 6. 2021 Capitol riot and who witnessed first-hand the Senate chamber occupied by protestors and “professional agitators”, was found dead Monday morning.

A cause of death has not been provided.

Politico’s Katherine Tully-McManus broke the news of Stenger’s passing Monday afternoon, “Former Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Michael Stenger died this morning. He joined the SAA team in 2011 after a career with the Secret Service and was appointed SAA in 2018.”

Then Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) asked for and received Stenger’s resignation the day after the riot. Stenger later testified on January 6, telling investigators that “paid professional agitators” were operating on January 6th in Washington DC.

Here is Stenger’s earlier testimony on the paid agitators.

Michael Stenger:

we have an opportunity to learn lessons from January 6th. Investigations should be considered as to the funding and traveling of what appears to be professional agitators. First Amendment rights should always be considered in conjunction with these investigations.