According to Democrats, January 6th was the turning point for democracy and one of the most important

date in American history.

And that's why you have to give them total power.

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text Ben to 98, 98. Get your free information kit today. Okay, so today is January 6th. It is the

first anniversary of the only important moment in modern American history. According to the left,

here is the thing. The reason that the left is paying attention to January 6th is pure politics.

This is pure political theater, because is not possible to be too cynical about politics.

It really is not.

The big news of the day is not January 6th.

The big news of the day is that the Federal Reserve officials at their meeting last month,

according to the Wall Street Journal, are now eyeing a faster timetable for raising interest rates this year, potentially as soon as March. And Democrats are panicking, because when the Fed raises the interest rates, yes, inflation gets curbed, but also unemployment is likely to go up. Because typically, when you raise the interest rates, you make it harder for people to borrow. When you make it harder for people to borrow, they cannot then spend that money on hiring people, and so employment tends to go down. And so Democrats are freaking the,

they're freaking the hell out. And they should be freaking out. This is all bad policy brought about

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