Month: April 2025

Senator Ron Johnson, Source: Wikimedia Commons Senator Ron Johnson called for an investigation after a top CDC Covid vaccine safety officer’s records went ‘missing.’ Johnson said Dr. Tom Shimabukuro, the director of the CDC’s Immunization Safety Office, may have deleted records related to the Covid vaccine’s adverse reactions. Department of Health and Human Services officials …

Sen. Ron Johnson Says Top CDC Covid Vaccine Safety Official May Have Deleted or Destroyed Key Records, Calls For Investigation Read More »

The recent implementation of tariffs has the media buzzing about increased recession odds as the consumer faces potentially higher costs. While recent economic reports, like the latest employment report, still show robust growth, those data points run with a lag that hasn’t yet caught up with reality. As we have discussed, the American consumer is the …

Is The Consumer Tapping Out? Read More »

China responded to new trade guidance issued by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Friday evening. The guidance excludes some of the highest-value goods—such as computers, chips, and smartphones—from reciprocal tariffs. AFP News quoted a Chinese Commerce Ministry spokesperson, calling the updated guidance a “small step” toward correcting President Trump’s “wrong practice” of imposing 145% tariffs …

China Calls US Tariff Exemptions A “Small Step” Toward Fixing “Wrong Practice” Read More »

Photo Courtesy: Supervisory Intelligence Analyst Brian Auten (Enhanced by AI) After years of stonewalling, spin, and subversion of truth, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, under the leadership of Director Kash Patel, has finally placed Deep State operative Brian Auten on administrative leave. Sources familiar with the matter told the New York Times that Auten was placed on …

Kash Patel’s FBI Suspends Deep State Operative Brian Auten — Analyst Who Pushed Trump-Russia Hoax, Discredited Hunter Biden Scandal, and Was Behind Mar-a-Lago Raid: Report Read More »

President Donald Trump told reporters on Air Force One Friday night that he took and passed a cognitive test earlier in the day as part of an annual presidential physical examination at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Screen image via C-SPAN. The 78-year-old Trump said a doctor’s report would be issued …

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Even the most ardent Al Sharpton watchers are likely to have groaned at the news that “the Rev.” has called for yet another boycott of companies that are scrapping their DEI initiatives. This time, the target is Pepsi, which Sharpton “put on notice” last Saturday during his weekly MSNBC show. Sharpton and his National Action Network nonprofit …

Time to ask Al Sharpton: Why should DEI exist in the first place? Read More »

The study, which has yet to be peer reviewed, was conducted by the Cleveland Clinic on its own employees. Less than 100 days into the second Trump administration, the Department of Health and Human Services’ newfound skepticism of vaccine claims under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. seems to be prescient, notwithstanding media hand-wringing. The current …

Get jabbed, get infected: New flu vaccine study appears to validate RFK Jr. skepticism Read More »

Spending almost $900,000 to buy 10 police cars, as Ocean City Police Department proposes to do in the next fiscal year, might have local budget skeptics wondering if these vehicles are worth the price. As it turns out, they are, according to pricing averages from suppliers and police departments around the country. The mayor and …

Why do police cars cost so much? Read More »

A request to increase a company’s taxi rates will advance to the Ocean City Council with the favorable recommendation of a resort commission. On Monday, the Ocean City Police Commission voted to approve a request from Century Taxi owner Ken Hovance to implement a 30% increase in his current cab fare and a 2% increase …

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FY 2026 budget asks for $3.4 million more than last year Worcester County’s top cop is telling elected officials at budget time that he needs to increase starting deputy pay so his office can stay regionally competitive with hiring. “Our current salary does not expose our office to the best-qualified candidates,” Sheriff Matt Crisafulli told …

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