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Federal Reserve Staff Funds Democratic Party Lurch to Left
U.S. Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell (REUTERS/Leah Millis)
Staffers of the Federal Reserve bank system are providing financial backing for the Democratic Party’s lurch toward the far left, a Washington Free Beacon analysis found....
Meet ‘Working-Class Mainer’ Graham Platner’s Oyster Farming Business Partner, an Elite Boarding School Graduate Who Owns the Island Where the Farm Is Based
Graham Platner, Rob Cushman (Waukeag Neck Oyster Co. Instagram)
Maine’s far-left Democratic Senate nominee, Graham Platner, has leaned on his career as a “working-class” oyster farmer to cast himself as a blue-collar everyman. His Ivy Leag...
Weekend Beacon: They Say They Want a Revolution
May 9 - 10, 2026
With America’s 250th anniversary approaching, the Weekend Beacon embarks on its own patriotic quest—to tackle the books devoted to our Founding and early history. And we begin with Jonathan Turley’s Rage and the Republic:...
The Hope Goes On Forever and the Vibes Will Never Die
(Jenny Anderson)
Few things were more inevitable than an Obama musical. What better way to commemorate the Hamilton presidency than with a vibes-drenched, profanity-laced sing-along for liberals who stopped being proud of their country on...
America and Russia Are Both Fighting Wars. Only One is in a Quagmire.
Donald Trump (Win McNamee/Getty Images), Vladimir Putin (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
The latest round of fighting near the Strait of Hormuz, as American forces attempt to reopen it and Iran struggles to keep it closed, has mostly driven the...
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