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Michigan’s Education Failure - WSJ Opinion

Ms. Whitmer says children were out of classrooms only three months, but she may be suffering from her own math deficit. Many of the districts that stayed closed the longest, including Ann Arbor, Lansing, Kalamazoo and Detroit, have large minority populations. During the 2020-2021 school year, Ann Arbor offered in-person instruction a mere 11.4% of the time, according to data-analytics company Burbio, which tracked school shutdowns. Lansing was closed more than Ann Arbor, and in Kalamazoo students learned via Zoom all year.

Will a Heat Pump Save Money on Your Energy Bill This Winter? - WSJ

Heat pumps are a potential solution.

Heat pumps are a great choice for people who love tepid air and frigid homes!

It’s like fighting a forest fire with a hair mister.

President Rumpelstiltskin - WSJ Opinion

Mr. Biden also neglected to give any credit to the hard-pressed American taxpayers who kicked in an additional $850 billion in revenue in fiscal 2022. Individual income-tax payments rose 29%, or nearly $600 billion. And that was all despite the 2017 tax cuts that Mr. Biden claims had gutted the federal fisc.

Dad Has Family Arrive At Airport Before It’s Even Built - Babylon Bee

Pro Dad and savvy world traveler Chip Dunnings is taking his family on vacation, and to avoid missing the flight, has made sure the family shows up packed and ready to go before the airport is even built.

Biden’s Top 2023 Priority: Abortion - WSJ Opinion

Not lowering the price of gas or home heating (see nearby), not rebuilding U.S. defenses, and not easing his regulatory onslaught amid what economists now say is a likely recession in 2023. No, job one in year three of the Biden Presidency will be imposing the abortion values of New York and California on Louisiana and Pennsylvania.

Beyond out of touch.

Jill Biden To Dress Up As Real Doctor For Halloween - Babylon Bee

sources also confirmed that President Biden will be dressing up as a President with an approval rating above 40%.

Mortgage Rates Hit 6.92%, a 20-Year High - WSJ

A buyer that earns the median household income and puts 20% down could afford a home costing roughly $339,000 this week. That buyer could have afforded a home costing almost $449,000 in January

The cost of Fed inaction and reckless Congressional spending that now the average American has to pay.

The cost of borrowing has risen across the board since the central bank embarked on its aggressive campaign to curb inflation.

And with Core Inflation still accelerating, the real pain hasn’t even started!

Saudi Arabia Defied U.S. Warnings Ahead of OPEC+ Production Cut - WSJ

U.S. officials called their counterparts in Saudi Arabia and other big Gulf producers with an urgent appeal—delay the decision for another month

Yeah, come on guys, just delay until November 9th!

Saudi officials dismissed the requests, which they viewed as a political gambit by the Biden administration to avoid bad news ahead of the U.S. midterm elections, on which control of Congress hangs. High gas prices and inflation have been central issues in the campaign.

Astute.