by WorldTribune Staff, April 19, 2020 During his Saturday briefing on the coronavirus outbreak, President Donald Trump offered some remarks on the corporate media’s coverage of the crisis. “The media has been, some very honest but some very dishonest.” The Democratic National Committee (DNC) promptly took action. The DNC’s war room in a press release […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 19, 2020 The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget has projected that debt held by the public due to the coronavirus crisis “will exceed the size of the economy by the end of Fiscal Year 2020 and eclipse the prior record set after World War II by 2023.” The budget-focused think […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 17, 2020 Americans are struggling mightily to cope with the economic impact of the coronavirus crisis. Many wait for days just to file for unemployment on overloaded state websites. Some who filed in March have yet to receive their first weekly check. Others struggling to make ends meet are waiting in […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 17, 2020 Instituting the Democratic Party’s Green New Deal would have its own environmental impact, namely an “unprecedented increase in mining for raw materials,” according to a new policy brief. “The solar panels, wind turbines, and batteries needed to replace fossil fuels and nuclear energy over a 10-year period to produce […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 17, 2020 The U.S. economy is headed toward another great depression if it contracts any further due to the coronavirus shutdown, radio host Rush Limbaugh warned. “All we need is a 30 to 40 percent contraction in this economy,” Limbaugh said on his April 16 broadcast. “We’ll hit Great Recession territory […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 16, 2020 Amid the coronavirus crisis, elected officials are assuming “dictatorial powers” to “interfere with our personal choices,” former judge Andrew Napolitano noted. “Let’s say you are at a big-box store looking for groceries and other items. The government cannot constitutionally limit your choices to food and paper towels if you […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 16, 2020 Among the Democrats pushing for a nationwide vote-by-mail system amid the coronavirus outbreak are House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Sens. Amy Klobuchar, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, and former President Barack Obama. Leftist billionaire George Soros is funding lawsuits and activism pushing for mail-in voting. The Democrats’ desire for mail-in-voting […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 16, 2020 South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is one of the few who have resisted ordering a lockdown amid the coronavirus outbreak. “The people themselves are primarily responsible for their safety,” Noem, a Republican, said. “They are the ones that are entrusted with expansive freedoms.” But when 300 workers at a […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 16, 2020 Did we ever actually need to “flatten the curve” on the coronavirus? That was the “purported rationale for the shutdowns that have crushed our economy and devastated the lives of tens of millions of Americans,” John Hinderaker wrote for the Powerline Blog on April 14. “The theory behind curve-flattening […]
