Category: Democrats

PREMIERING NOW: The Fight for Truth Is a Spiritual Struggle

The U.S.’ ruling class can’t stop lying—from Russia collusion through COVID-19. And if you tell the truth—such as that a boy is a boy and a girl is a girl—you risk punishment. All totalitarian enterprises are like this, weaponized to invade every part of human life, from the public sphere to the individual soul. But…


Debt Ceiling Fight Starting to Take Toll on Markets

As the White House and top Republican lawmakers are stuck at an impasse over the debt ceiling, the cost of insuring exposure to U.S. government debt has touched record highs. Spreads on 1-year credit default swaps (CDS), a market-oriented measurement of default risks, climbed to a record high of 172 basis points on May 10….


IN-DEPTH: Market Jitters Over Debt Ceiling Impasse Sends Cost of Insuring Against Default to Record Highs

As the White House and top Republican lawmakers are stuck at an impasse over the debt ceiling, the cost of insuring exposure to U.S. government debt has touched record highs. Spreads on 1-year credit default swaps (CDS), a market-oriented measurement of default risks, climbed to a record high of 172 basis points on May 10….


Top Congressional Democrat Defends ‘Woke’ ESG Investing

A top congressional Democrat defended “woke” Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) ideology and that investors need to be “watchful and alert to opportunities and risks.” Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) blasted Republican attacks on ESG at a House Oversight Committee hearing on May 10, saying that it was needed to guide companies in their business decisions. Republicans nationwide…


Pentagon Leaders Say Tuberville’s Hold on Military Promotions Threatens National Security

Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-Ala.) indefinite hold on military promotions in protest of the Department of Defense’s (DOD) “reproductive health” policy is having a definite effect on national security “in every theater, every domain, and every service,” U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin told a Senate panel on May 11. Austin and Joint Chiefs of Staff…


House GOP Budget Plan Would Derail $630 Billion in Planned Defense Projects, Pentagon Leaders Say

Dialing spending back to Fiscal Year 2022 levels would cost the Department of Defense (DOD) at least $100 billion next year and set back weapons procurement by more than $630 billion over the next five years, the Pentagon’s chief number-cruncher told a Senate panel on May 11. But the 14 percent slash in the military’s…


LIVE 10:15 AM ET: House Democrat Leader Jeffries Holds Weekly Press Conference (May 11)

House Democrat Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) holds a weekly press conference at 10:15 a.m. ET on May 11. …


LIVE NOW: House Democrat Leader Jeffries Holds Weekly Press Conference (May 11)

House Democrat Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) holds a weekly press conference at 10:15 a.m. ET on May 11. …


House Democrat Leader Jeffries Holds Weekly Press Conference (May 11)

House Democrat Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) holds a weekly press conference at 10:15 a.m. ET on May 11. …


Yellen Says Congress Risks Creating a Self-Made Crisis With ‘Unthinkable’ Debt Default

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen accused the Republican-controlled House of creating a self-made crisis over its stance on the debt ceiling. Yellen, who was attending a Group of Seven (G7) conference in Niigata, Japan, called on Congress to raise the $31.4 trillion federal debt limit to avert a U.S. government default that would trigger a global…