Category: Policies & Impacts

The Fed Is Raising Rates, but What About the $8.3 Trillion Balance Sheet?

All financial eyes will be on next week’s policy meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). The futures market is penciling in a quarter-point increase to the benchmark federal funds rate. But while all the focus among economists, investors, and market analysts is on interest rates, what about the Federal Reserve’s massive balance sheet?…


ANALYSIS: The Fed Is Raising Rates, but What About the $8.3 Trillion Balance Sheet?

News Analysis All financial eyes will be on next week’s policy meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). The futures market is penciling in a quarter-point increase to the benchmark federal funds rate. But while all the focus among economists, investors, and market analysts is on interest rates, what about the Federal Reserve’s massive…


A ‘Cold Genocide’ of 100 Million People Is Happening in Plain Sight: Levi Browde

Falun Gong practitioners have endured 24 years of persecution. In 1998, an official survey by the Chinese communist regime estimated that 70 million to 100 million people were practicing Falun Gong in China. A new report details the current state of the persecution in China. Here to speak with us about what this looks like…


[PREMIERING 7/22, 7:30PM ET] [EXCLUSIVE] Matt Taibbi: How Hidden Actors Distort Reality, Manipulate the Public, and Enforce Consensus

“This is the new technology of speech in America: You can dial people all the way up to ‘everybody sees it,’ and you can dial someone else down to ‘it’s almost impossible to see them.’ And that is extremely dangerous, and it’s especially dangerous if it’s done in secret and nobody knows exactly how it…


Ramaswamy Unveils Plans to Eradicate FBI, Department of Education, Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy detailed his vision for the administrative state at a New Hampshire town hall on July 20. Mr. Ramaswamy appeared on stage at Saint Anselm College’s New Hampshire Institute of Politics to the strains of Jason Aldean’s “Try That in a Small Town.” The music video for Mr. Aldean’s song was pulled…


Liberal College Town Settles Lawsuit With Christians Arrested for Maskless ‘Psalm Sing’ Protest Against COVID Orders

The liberal college town of Moscow, Idaho, recently announced that it had settled a lawsuit brought by several Christians who were arrested in 2020 while staging an outdoor “psalm sing” protest outside City Hall against COVID-19 orders. Under the terms of the deal, the city of Moscow will pay a total amount of $300,000 to…


[PREMIERING NOW] Defecting From the ‘Ultimate Propaganda Country’: Hyun-Seung Lee on North Korea’s Oppressive Regime, Its Relationship With China, and Its Nuclear Bluster

“I’ve communicated with some people inside of North Korea, and I heard from them that the recent famine is very similar to [the] 1990s famine. And, as we all know, almost 3 million people died of starvation during that time.” Hyun-Seung Lee, otherwise known as “Arthur” Lee, is a former member of the North Korean…


Defecting From the ‘Ultimate Propaganda Country’: Hyun-Seung Lee on North Korea’s Oppressive Regime, Its Relationship With China, and Its Nuclear Bluster

“I’ve communicated with some people inside of North Korea, and I heard from them that the recent famine is very similar to [the] 1990s famine. And, as we all know, almost 3 million people died of starvation during that time.” Hyun-Seung Lee, otherwise known as “Arthur” Lee, is a former member of the North Korean…


Federal Judge Says Preliminary Injunction Blocking Florida Law Prohibiting Minors From Drag Shows Applies to All State Venues

A federal judge stated on Wednesday that his preliminary injunction blocking a Florida law protecting minors from being exposed to drag shows applies to all venues in the state. “Plaintiff is not the only party suffering injury as a result of the passage of the Act; it has a chilling effect on all members of…


Maine Governor Vetoes Bill to Ban Foreign Influence in Elections

Maine’s Democrat Gov. Janet Mills vetoed a bill on July 19 that would bar foreign governments from influencing state elections or ballot measures, but the state Legislature will make the final decision next week on whether the measure becomes law. The governor cited constitutionality concerns as one of her reasons for blocking the bill (pdf),…