I'e said this before here on many occasions, but it still boggles my mind to think about how clueless the Left is about the way they are using race to demonize half the country, and to create the conditions for bitter racial hostility. In Oakland, a bunch of rich people have given money to be distributed, via the Mayor’s Office, to poor families in this Covid crisis — but not poor white families: A program to give $500 monthly checks to low-income families of color in Oakland, California, has been criticized for explicitly excluding the 10,000 white residents living in poverty in…

Freemasonry or Masonry consists of fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local fraternities of stonemasons that from the end of the 14th century regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities and clients. Freemasonry has been the subject of numerous conspiracy theories throughout the years.[1] Modern Freemasonry broadly consists of two main recognition groups: Regular Freemasonry insists that a volume of scripture be open in a working lodge, that every member profess belief in a Supreme Being, that no women be admitted, and that the discussion of religion and politics be banned. Continental Freemasonry is now the general term for the jurisdictions that have removed some, or all, of these restrictions.…

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell told lawmakers Tuesday that the economy is recovering more quickly than expected but he doesn’t expect the $1.9 trillion stimulus package will lead to too much inflation. “We might see some upward pressures on prices. Our best view is that the effect on inflation will be neither particularly large nor persistent,” Powell said. The Fed chair said he does expect prices will move up this spring as vaccinations become more common and the economy moves up. Year over year inflation measures will show prices higher than in the depths of the initial lockdowns of 2020—a…

Summary.    There are 350,000 middle-market companies in the United States, but when it comes to accessing capital — whether they’re looking for debt, an equity investment, an acquisition, or a company exit — they’ve been mostly left wandering in the dark. They struggle to get the attention of banks, investment banks, and other financial services providers — and worse, when they do make a connection, they often pay outsized fees compared to large companies. So how can middle-market companies and the many deep-pocketed capital providers overcome this capital transaction chaos? The key to improving the velocity of successful capital transactions…

Pictures provided to Axios from Rep. Henry Cuellar's (D-TX) office show the inside of the crowded migrant holding facility in Donna, Texas amid a massive surge in traffic at the U.S.-Mexico border. The Biden administration has held firm against having members of the media document the conditions of the overcrowded facilities, citing COVID-19 and privacy concerns. But the excuse does not apply to members of Congress and their staff. It's because of that loophole that Cuellar's office was able to take photos of the facility and provide the photos to Axios: "Each of eight 'pods' in the so-called soft-sided facility has a…