The shipping bottleneck continues as Joe Biden ignores reality and blames private companies.

Inflation spikes while the White House down plays the problem, and Hunter Biden's email

scandal starts to infect Joe.

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economic woes continue. They are very, very dire at this point because it is patently obvious that

inflation is no longer a temporary phenomenon. It is a near permanent phenomenon. According to the New York

Times today, consumer prices jumped more than expected last month with rent, food, and furniture costs surging as a limited supply of housing

and a shortage of goods stemming from supply chain troubles combined to fuel rapid

inflation. This consumer price index climbed 5.4% in September from a year earlier. That's faster than

its 5.3% increase through August that is above economist forecast.

Monthly price gains also exceeded predictions with the index rising 0.4% from August to September.

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