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Peter Schweizer: Planes, Trains, and Crony Capitalism

For most Americans, Thanksgiving means family, feasting, and travel. Here at The Drill Down podcast, that means finding out that airlines have been speed-hiring new pilots, that some of them go nuts, and that the man directing the Biden administration’s lavish infrastructure spending used to funnel paving contracts to his cousin when he was mayor of New Orleans.

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Biden Adviser: ‘Inflation Is Very, Very Stubborn’

On Wednesday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power,” White House Senior Adviser Mitch Landrieu stated that while there is “a fairly strong economy. It is somewhat curious. Inflation is very, very stubborn.” Landrieu stated, [relevant remarks begin around 31:25] “If

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Biden Adviser Landrieu on Negative Economic Projections: ‘We Don’t Need Expectations’ Because We Have Good Numbers Now

On Friday’s “CNN Newsroom,” White House senior adviser and Infrastructure Implementation Coordinator Mitch Landrieu responded to concerns about the economy from people like Larry Summers, Jamie Dimon, and Elon Musk by stating we did not “need expectations” because current numbers were good. He added that while inflation is a challenge, “the president’s economic policies have put us in a very strong position to move through this very difficult time.”

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Confederate Flag First, Fleur-De-Lis Next?

Now that the Confederate flag has been used as an excuse to eviscerate the history of the South, others are looking to destroy more symbols that are part of the region’s history, including Louisiana’s fleur-de-lis.

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Gun Crime Soaring in These Democrat-Run Cities

On July 9, USA Today ran a column focused on soaring gun crime in Baltimore, Chicago, Milwaukee, New Orleans, and St. Louis. The common denominator in all five cities?—decades of Democrat mayoral leadership.

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