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Rio Grande Hospital Workers Turned Down the Vaccine. A Senator and a Sheriff’s Deputy...

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House Oversight Chair Says ‘Grave Concerns’ Trump Team Trashing White House Records – Andrea...

House Oversight Committee chair Rep. Carolyn Maloney expressed "grave concerns" Monday that the outgoing Trump administration "may be disposing" of presidential records in violation...

The Nanny State Comes for Robinhood – Ethan Yang (12/22/2020)

Perhaps one of the most consequential innovations in modern finance has been the advent of an investing app known as Robinhood. Founded in 2013,...

Monday Stock Market Gyration Sets Stage For Next Few Weeks – Mike Swanson (12/22/2020)

Yesterday was a funny day in the markets as the DOW dumped over 500 points right off the open and then came back. ...

What Would Happen If the Fed Ceased to Exist? – Charles Hugh Smith (12/22/2020)

Extremes get more extreme until risk breaks out; then the reversal will be as extreme as the bubble expansion.What would happen if the Federal...

Why Facebook antitrust case relies so heavily on Mark Zuckerberg’s emails – Rebecca Haw...

Rebecca Haw Allensworth, Vanderbilt University Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s own words play a starring role in the government’s case to break up his social network. “It...