Craig Bannister
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Craig Bannister | May 8, 2023
Due to PBS’s practice of exposing children to sexualized content and gender ideology indoctrination, Republican Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt is standing strong against national media attacks on his veto of funding for the state’s only PBS station. Last week, Gov. Stitt vetoed a bill that would’ve funded the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority (OETA) through 2026, a move he explained and…
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Craig Bannister | May 8, 2023
Reporters like to describe transgender surgery performed on minors as “health care,” but that’s just a euphemism, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told reporters on Friday. At a press conference, DeSantis discussed a bill (SB 254) prohibiting anyone under 18 from receiving transgender surgery or prescription-based cross-sex hormones, which he intends to sign this week. DeSantis corrected a reporter who…
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Craig Bannister | May 5, 2023
The number of jobs created in each month of 2023 has been revised down in subsequent Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports, making the current month’s growth look better in comparison. On Friday, the BLS reported that 253,000 nonfarm payroll jobs were created last month. But, April’s job growth would’ve been only 182,000 if the BLS hadn’t revised March’s total down by 71,000, from 236,000 to…
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Craig Bannister | May 5, 2023
After setting four straight monthly records, the number of employed Americans rose again last month, reaching another all-time high in April. The Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics says 161,031,000 Americans were employed last month, an increase of 139,000 over March’s record of 160,892,000. BLS defines employed Americans as those who, during the reference week, did some work for pay…
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Craig Bannister | May 4, 2023
“California’s economy is the envy of the world,” Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) boasted Monday, proclaiming May “Small Business Month” in the California – but, a new national survey of CEOs ranks the Golden State the worst state for business in 2023. In his statement, Gov. Newsom said California has more small businesses of any other state and touted new DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion)…
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Craig Bannister | May 3, 2023
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has done for Floridians what Pres. Joe Biden’s (D) veto prevented Congress from doing for all Americans: save citizens being victimized by woke Wall Street banks and giant investment managers who put politics over profits. On Tuesday, DeSantis signed legislation “to combat government- and corporate-sanctioned activism and the environmental, social, and corporate…
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Craig Bannister | May 2, 2023
President Joe Biden recently boasted that real disposable income was up in the first quarter of 2023, but he neglected to note that, due to mitigating factors like high inflation, Americans actually have less real earnings than they did a year ago. “This past quarter, real personal disposable income increased and American consumers continued to spend, even as the overall pace of growth moderated…
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Craig Bannister | May 1, 2023
Three-quarters of U.S. adults believe the nation’s news media is making the country more politically-polarized – and a glimpse of Monday’s news seems to prove them right. A survey of 1,002 adults, conducted March 30-April 3 survey, from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights asked the following question: “Is the news media doing more to…
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Craig Bannister | May 1, 2023
On Monday, a new Biden Administration rule took effect, raising mortgage fees on those with better credit and lowering them for those with lower credit scores, an analysis finds. The new schedule Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) schedule divides upfront fees on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgage loans into 80 categories, increases overall fees by 0.04% points and creates a redistribution…
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Craig Bannister | April 28, 2023
The stench of marijuana in New York City has gotten so bad that it’s alienating tourists, yet the city’s mayor, Democrat Eric Adams, is actually encouraging more of it – and even liberals are getting annoyed. “Tourists are taken aback by the smell in Times Square,” so much so that a local business alliance has launched a campaign to discourage pot-smoking in the public arena, Spectrum News NY1…