Year: 2022

NYC HOMELESSNESS HITS RECORD NUMBER: New York City’s homeless problem does not appear to be getting any better. According to the Coalition for the Homeless, the numbers have actually hit an all-time high. They claim the average number of people sleeping in a shelter every night climbed to nearly 66,000 in October. Mayor Eric Adams…

FEDERAL DEFICIT WIDENED TO A RECORD $249 BILLION LAST MONTH: The monthly federal deficit was a record-setting $249 billion in November, $57 billion wider than the same month last year, as Republican control of the House puts the government’s finances back in the political spotlight. The federal government spent $501 billion last month, a $28…

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‘WEDNESDAY’ DIRECTOR TIM BURTON ATTACKED AS RACIST FOR CASTING BLACK ACTORS AS BULLIES: Director Tim Burton, who has filmed classics such as “Beetlejuice,” “Edward Scissorhands,” and “Ed Wood” is being attacked as a racist for his new hit show “Wednesday,” which premiered with record ratings. In the show, black actress Joy Sunday plays a bully…

VACCINATED PEOPLE NOW MAKE MAJORITY OF COVID DEATHS IN U.S.: For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic in early 2020, a majority of Americans dying from COVID were at least partially vaccinated, according to the new analysis of federal and state data. “In September 2021, vaccinated people made up just 23% of coronavirus…

REV. AL SHARPTON GETS GIANT RAISE, AND HIS CHARITY SPENDS $1M ON JETS, LIMOS: Rev. Al Sharpton’s charity nearly doubled his compensation and also shelled out close to $300,000 for private jets so that he and other bigwigs could attend “important gatherings.” The National Action Network paid Sharpton $348,174 in 2021 as its president and…

EXIT POLL SHOWS NEARLY 70% OF SINGLE WOMEN VOTED DEMOCRAT IN MIDTERMS: Unmarried women voted Democrat in the 2022 Midterm elections by a significant margin, according to exit poll data. Compared to married individuals favoring GOP candidates this year, a CNN exit poll of 18,571 total respondents found 68% of single women marked their ballots…

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RESTAURANT SERVICE FEES DON’T ALWAYS CHECK OUT: You might’ve noticed something you didn’t order on your last dinner bill: a “service fee.” Not to be confused with a tip, the service fee ranges from 3% to 20% of the bill, and it’s becoming increasingly common around the country. But what exactly the fee represents ……

40% OF HOUSEHOLDS WILL PAY NO FEDERAL INCOME TAX THIS YEAR: Some 72.5 million households or 40% of households will pay no federal income tax this year, down from the pre-pandemic high of 60% two years ago, according to new estimates from the Tax Policy Center. In 2021, nearly 56% of households or 99 million…