Notes in the Margin

It represents one of the highest numbers of WARN notices since Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland researchers started tracking the data in January 2006.

"I'd love to get the guy currently in there out...⁠ but ​people are holding ​me back," he said, referring ‍to ⁠Fed's Jerome Powell.

The US-controlled "Board of Peace" will rule over Gaza for at least two years, and the US will oversee a newly deployed military force in the territory.

"President Donald Trump’s once unquestioned grip on his MAGA political base is showing signs of strain as some of his supporters have started pushing back..."

Hegseth says he is making the Pentagon more war ready, but he's "actually weakening all three legs of the Pentagon stool." Article by Karen Kwiatkowski. 

John Mearsheimer thinks it may be so. Mark Levin's hysterical rants about Tucker Carlson illustrate the state of the Israel lobby in America. 

The "benchmark" Thanksgiving meal is cheaper only because Wal-Mart greatly reduced the size of the meal, and then declared it more affordable. 

“A dividend of at least $2,000 a person (not including high income people!) will be paid to everyone.” But it's all just more federal deficit spending. 

According to the Israeli investigative outlet Shomrim, the base will be big enough to house thousands of US and international troops.

Raphael W. Bostic, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, announced his retirement at the end of his current term on Feb. 28, 2026.