The following is an excerpt from The Defender. The Federal Reserve wants everyone to know that its new FedNow instant digital payments system, which it plans to roll out in July, is not a central bank digital currency (CBDC). “The FedNow Service is neither a form of currency nor a step toward eliminating any form of payment, including cash,” the […]
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(READ) Swiss bank maintained Nazi-linked accounts into 21st Century, according to records
Multiple reports released by the Senate Budget Committee shine a new light on a Swiss Bank's reported serving of Nazi clients and Nazi-linked accounts. In some cases, the banking relationships continued until 2020, according to records. The reports released detail a multi-year internal investigation by a forensic research firm retained by the bank, Credit Suisse, […]
(WATCH) Investigating the Investigators
There’s a new committee in Congress created by Republicans and modelled after the Church Committee in the 1970s. It’s already digging into alleged abuses by those in the FBI, the Department of Justice, and other federal agencies. Sen. Frank Church / D-Idaho (Nov. 18, 1975): These hearings have one overriding objective: the development of sufficient […]
(WATCH) Toxic Trains
The train derailment and toxic explosions in East Palestine may have largely faded from the headlines, but for the 4,000 or so residents of the Ohio town, they’re still living under a cloud of uncertainty. Mistrustful of government assurances, worried about the still unknown long-term safety risks, and wondering who will pay. Scott Thuman reports […]
(POLL) Confidence in housing market improves
American homeowners have grown more confident in the resale value of their homes. That's according to Rasmussen Reports. The survey finds that 45% of American homeowners say they think the value of their home is likely to go up over the next year. That’s up from 40% last October. Sixteen percent (16%) now say the value […]
BuzzFeed news division shuttered
BuzzFeed News will no longer be operational, according to a recent email obtained by various news outlets. BuzzFeed's CEO Jonah Peretti said that closing the news division is part of a move to part to reduce the company's workforce by 15% across a number of teams. BuzzFeed was notorious for reporting propaganda and false information, […]
Watchdog group sues FBI for withholding records on Hunter's dumpster gun
Judicial Watch has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit for FBI records about a gun owned by Hunter Biden that was reportedly thrown in a trash can behind a Delaware grocery store. The watchdog group filed the lawsuit after the FBI illegally withheld records in response to a January 30, 2023 request for […]
(READ) Republicans urge all members of Congress stop using TikTok
Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee) and Thom Tillis (R-NC), along with Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas), led a group of GOP colleagues in calling on all members of Congress “to lead by example” and stop using Communist China-owned TikTok. They also say House and Senate rules should be amended to make the ban for members of Congress mandatory. The […]
