Citizen Writers Fighting Censorship by Helping Americans Understand Issues Affecting the Republic.
Trump 47’s policies are improving our economy: In the third quarter it is projected to grow 6.2%. Non-residential fixed investment, which is the engine upon which economies grow, grew 11.7% during the second quarter. Factories are re-tooling and manufacturing jobs are expanding.
In This Instance? The ‘K’ is for ‘Kroger’
I have oft written of the K-Shaped Economy. To wit….
K Street Dominates DC – So a K-Shaped Economy Dominates the US
What is a K-Shaped Economy, you ask?:
Assimilation of new arrivals to the U.S. is an ongoing problem. Persistent failure of large immigrant groups to assimilate linguistically, civically, and economically can produce enduring ethnic enclaves, lower social trust, weaker shared civic norms, and political and cultural polarization that strain public institutions and social cohesion. This can lead to a direct threat to the American constitutional republic over time as respect for the U.S. rule of law fractures in favor of other ideological frameworks like Sharia law.
My dad, Tom, always had a theory that automobile insurance companies would eventually destroy deer hunting. Not because they hated hunters or because a shadowy cabal of claims adjusters met beneath Lansing every full moon, but because Dad understood basic economics: deer hit cars, insurance companies pay for cars, and insurance companies don’t enjoy paying for cars. To a hunter, a big Michigan whitetail is November tradition. To an insurance actuary, he’s a hood, grille, radiator, two airbags and a rental vehicle standing beside the highway eating grass. Dad didn’t need a conspiracy theory. He understood something far more powerful—incentives. Eventually, somebody was going to put Bambi into MS Excel.
Poverty rate fell to the lowest level on record in 2025 while median household income climbed to a record high. Trump accomplished what LBJ’s “War On Poverty” failed to do: For the first EVER the official poverty rate dropped to 10.2% last year. Average household income rose by 2.6% to $87,460, the highest on record since 1967.
Where are the watchdogs? I have been asking myself that question for months. It is a story every American needs to hear, yet legacy media outlets have decided you don’t need to know.
This is the seventh post in the ongoing weekly feature that highlights news and commentary on important geopolitical, cultural, and economic issues that the Democrat-media complex buries because they expose the hypocrisies associated with the continuing Marxist-Democrat narrative. Everything is properly sourced and linked for follow-up reading, whether from legacy media, independent sources, or social media.
The population of Greenland is about 57,000 people. A government as small as Greenland’s needs the services of a competent outsider to protect its own internal agencies from making dangerous deals and allowing the enemy’s nose under the tent.
Former Reagan economist Art Laffer discusses the Fed’s decision to raise rates on ‘Kudlow.’
President Donald Trump says the Fed was wrong to raise interest rates by a quarter percentage point. In a Truth Social post, Trump said that US rates “should be 1%, or less.” Chris Phelan, White House Council of Economic Advisers chairman, agrees and says anyway you measure it – inflation is coming down. He is on “Balance of Power.”
Something happened to me not so long ago that caused me to revisit an idea made ubiquitous during the height of the Covid response by the Federal government and the states, severally; “non-essential jobs. I had had some work done on my jeep; new rear wheel bearings. Once I paid the bill, I drove …
MAKE THE RICH PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE! But, do the guys with the private jets and their names on big buildings even have enough money stashed to balance Uncle Sam’s checkbook? My being an engineer, I figured math could answer that question.
Remember the old Wendy’s commercial: “Where’s the beef?” In 2026, maybe the better question is: “Where’s my beef FROM?” America once required Country of Origin Labeling for beef—until Congress blinked in 2015. Now, while we export premium American beef and import foreign beef for our food supply, consumers deserve a simple answer about what they’re putting on the grill. Teddy Roosevelt took on the Beef Trust. Maybe it’s time to channel a little Bull Moose again.
Former EPA chief of staff Mandy Gunasekara discusses the termination of Biden-era climate rules by the EPA on ‘The Bottom Line.’
People who have never done anything but government do not understand how wealth is created, grows, and expands to other areas. That is why “tax the rich” will never work.
Are you getting tired of Dems suddenly concerned about “affordability” now that Biden is out of office and Trump 47 is in? The same Democrats and media talking heads did not care when the Biden Regime intentionally created 21 percent inflation, pushing many Americans into poverty.
From the German electoral success of AfD, to the question of President Trump’s E.O.s on mail-in ballots, and the high price of gasoline, we have a lot to think about this autumn as our own elections approach:
There are many fundamental flaws in our current system.
One huge flaw? The data government provides.
It is always under the control of an elected administration – that would suffer un-election should too much of that data be negative.
So it is inherently in every administration’s interest? To fudge, obfuscate and reconfigure the data.
Former Council of Economic Advisors acting chair Tomas Philipson breaks down why Canada faces greater stakes in a trade war with the U.S. and argues retaliatory tariffs are too small to drive broad inflation on ‘The Bottom Line.’
Don Surber delivers his take on this week’s news items as only he can. He’ll make you think, laugh, and learn to recognize the absurdity of the media’s coverage of the news.
ITEM 1: Yahoo reported, “A Popular ED Medication Was Just Linked to a Greater Risk of Blindness in Men Over 40.’
As the movie asked, can I do it till I need glasses?