NYTIMES (Mark Miller) - AARP Projects 2027 Social Security COLA at 3.6%
If the AARP’s projection holds, the cost-of-living adjustment would be the largest since 2023.
BITCHUTE (Mark Dice) - JD Vance Unleashed: Get Your A** Back To Mexico, I'll Buy You The Plane Ticket!
. Buy me a coffee here: https://buymeacoffee.com/MarkDice A protester crashes the RNC's first-ever midterm convention waving a Mexican flag and a Palestinian flag, setting off a wave of unfiltered reactions from the stage. JD Vance takes shots at a Texas Senate candidate while a conservative pundit spirals over Turning Point USA's early 2028 endorsement. Then the real spectacle hits: a $5,000-per-adult "dividend" promise straight out of a campaign speech, spliced against actual Idiocracy and Terminator movie clips to show just how absurd the pitch sounds next to a $40 trillion national debt. An ABC reporter presses on why a supposedly booming economy needs a cash bribe to get people to the polls, and the answer doesn't exactly land. …
YOUTUBE (MS NOW) - Ruhle on ballooning national debt
Republicans touted their 'big beautiful bill' claiming it would bring down the national debt. But has it? Stephanie Ruhle shows us what GOP lawmakers are saying now.
NYTIMES (Matt Yan) - Get That Bag
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YOUTUBE (MS NOW) - Republicans 'never really cared' about fiscal responsibility 'they just pretend to': Rampell
The federal deficit is growing by $2 trillion each year. Americans are grappling with affordability amid the Iran war and President Trump's tariffs. Economics Editor at The Bulwark Catherine Rampell and University of Michigan Professor of Economics Betsey Stevenson join Ali Vitali to provide more insight.
YOUTUBE (MS NOW) - GOP downplays rising deficit one year after Trump tax cuts
Last year, House Republicans said President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” would reduce the debt and deficit. One year later, both are on the rise. MS NOW’s Jack Fitzpatrick and JM Rieger report.
JUSTTHENEWS (Ben Whedon) - Treasury to repurchase $6B in bonds in bid to lower debt maintenance
Bond yields soared on the news, which comes as the U.S. national debt clears $40 trillion.
YOUTUBE (Fox Business) - 'THESE ARE COMMUNISTS': GOP rep SLAMS Democrats' word games
Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minn., discusses the Republican midterm convention, the House's agenda and the rising national debt during an appearance on 'Mornings with FOX Business.'
YOUTUBE (MS NOW) - 'An erosion of trust': How Trump's policies are destabilizing the economy
Amid continued inflation, a war with Iran driving up energy costs, and global tariffs, investors are souring on U.S. bonds, which could have spiraling consequences for the economy. Caleb Silver says worried Americans may want to "lock up money and be a little bit safer" with investing.
WASHINGTONPOST (Steve Thompson) - As Social Security fund runs dry, some Republicans say it’s time to raise taxes
Raising the payroll tax is emerging as a popular fix — even in the anti-tax GOP — to fend off deep cuts in retirement benefits.