Matt Gagnon discussed the historical and contemporary differences between settlers and immigrants in the U.S., emphasizing the need for settlers in the early Republic versus the current welfare state. He criticized the financial burden on cities like Portland due to resettlement costs and argued for a simpler, less welfare-dependent immigration system. Gagnon highlighted the political motivations behind permissive immigration policies, particularly for Democratic Party gains. He suggested a complete overhaul of immigration laws to make legal entry easier and cut off welfare support, advocating for a system that encourages self-sufficiency among immigrants.
Days of downpours have begun in Hawaii. The Southwest will soon bake with day after day of record 100-degree-plus (38 Celsius-plus) heat. Two storms will dump snow by the foot over northern Great Lakes states. And the dreaded polar vortex will again invade the Midwest and East with soul-crushing Arctic chill. This forecast of extremes comes as weather whiplash has already hit much of the East.
An inflation gauge closely monitored by the Federal Reserve moved higher in January in the latest sign that prices were persistently elevated even before the Iran war caused spikes in oil and gas costs.
A man with a rifle who crashed into a large Michigan synagogue in what federal officials are saying was an attack had lost four family members in an Israeli airstrike in his native Lebanon last week, an official said Friday.
House lawmakers were digging into Jeffrey Epstein's sprawling financial portfolio on Wednesday as a committee deposed his former accountant and tried to understand his connections to some of the world's wealthiest men.
