Where the hell are the parents of these deluded Columbia students chanting about attacking Jews?
By Social Links for Piers Morgan
Published April 30, 2024, 11:15 a.m. ET

It costs around $90,000 a year to attend Columbia University.

Most undergraduates do four years of studying there, which means that if they’re not getting any subsidized grants, their parents are coughing up a total of $360,000 just for their tuition, housing, food and books.

Add in other expenses like travel, and Mommy and Daddy won’t be getting much change out of $400,000.

That’s a lot of money.

But those parents would doubtless consider it a price worth paying to give their child what is supposedly one of the best educations in the world at such a supposedly elite institution with a supposedly world-class reputation.

I use the “supposedly” because Columbia has now proved itself to be none of those things.

Instead, it’s become a disgraceful hotbed of toxic terrorism-supporting insanity and its lunatic students have literally taken over the asylum.

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https://nypost.com/2024/04/30/opinion/where-the-hell-are-the-parents-of-these-deluded-columbia-students-chanting-about-attacking-jews/

The ADL didn't foresee the Prog mainstream going full-anti-Semitism sooner or later? ADL Libs/Progs "voted for" what is being done by fellow Progs.

Indeed. 

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Investors now see no interest rate cut before election in major blow to Biden
By
Zachary Halaschak
April 30, 2024 11:15 am
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Investors now peg greater than even odds that there will not be a single interest rate cut until after the November election, a market outlook that complicates President Joe Biden‘s reelection bid.

Just four months ago, investors were pricing in up to six interest rate cuts from the Federal Reserve in 2024, with most expecting that the first cut would have happened in March. But on Tuesday, as top Fed officials huddle in Washington, D.C., investors think the Fed will hold off until at least November.

Investors implied a nearly 52% probability that the Fed will hold rates steady during its September meeting and then would cut during its November meeting, which happens just days after one of the most politically charged presidential elections in modern history, according to the CME Group’s FedWatch tool, which calculates the probability using futures contract prices for rates in the short-term market targeted by the Fed.

Still, some investors are even more hawkish, and there are about 1-in-4 odds that the Fed won’t cut interest rates at all this year. Last week, there was about a 10% probability of no rate cuts in 2024, and a month ago, the odds of that were only 1% — showing how recent economic data are shaping perceptions.

The higher interest rates are a result of years of too-high inflation. The rate of inflation began to spike in early 2021 and peaked at over 9% in 2022. Since then, it has largely been falling as a result of the higher interest rates. This year, it has proven stickier than anticipated — not only bad news for the economy and consumers but also bad news politically for Biden.

Inflation, as gauged by the consumer price index, has wobbled between 3% and 3.7% since June 2023 but has not once fallen into the 2%-3% range.

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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/finance-and-economy/2984574/investors-now-see-no-interest-rate-cut-before-election-in-major-blow-to-biden/

Obama could upstage Biden at DNC in Chicago
By
Christian Datoc
April 30, 2024 11:31 am
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Former President Barack Obama will serve as an Illinois delegate at the Democratic National Convention this summer, possibly upstaging his former running mate, President Joe Biden.

Illinois Democrats announced their full list of delegates Monday evening. Obama marks just one of 51 party leaders and elected officials serving as either automatic or at-large delegates, on top of the 96 district delegates. The Illinois delegation totals 147.

Obama has weighed in on some political issues since leaving office in 2017, but like most former presidents, he largely has avoided attempting to steer the party toward any successors.

He notably did not endorse Biden during the 2020 Democratic primary until it was clear his former vice president would be the nominee in that election. Meanwhile, popular former first lady Michelle Obama has long been rumored in GOP circles as replacing Biden as the 2024 nominee, which Democratic strategists dismiss as a “ginned-up” conspiracy.

Still, Democratic insiders have indicated to the Washington Examiner that they expect Obama to hit the 2024 campaign trail hard for Biden starting this summer, and the campaign is welcoming his efforts to boost Biden’s reelection push. Campaign officials added that Obama has indicated a willingness to do “whatever the campaign asks” once he ramps up his on-the-ground appearances.

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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/2984425/obama-could-upstage-biden-at-dnc-in-chicago/