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Robin Hood Facing 30 Lawsuits Over Shutting Down Trading

(TheDailyHorn.com) – Last week, a group on Reddit arranged to drive up the stocks of several struggling companies. Chief among them was GameStop. Days prior to the January 27 event, GameStop shares sold below $20 per share. After the r/WallStreetBets message board targeted the ailing firm, its stock price shot up to $347.51 by the close of trading. The Reddit group stated they were attempting to counter Wall Street hedge funds about to make billions …

Gavin Newsom’s Approval Rating Collapses

(TheDailyHorn.com) – The governor of the nation’s most populous state could be in deep trouble. Since the COVID-19 pandemic began almost a year ago, Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom has instituted some of the harshest shutdown orders in the country. With Californians frustrated by deepening economic concerns and the governor’s blatant hypocrisy, a campaign to remove Newsom moved from unlikely to unavoidable. Now, Newsom’s allies can no longer keep the recall effort at bay. Gov. Newsom's …

TSA Can Now Fine You For Not Following Biden’s “Rules”

(TheDailyHorn.com) President Joe Biden has signed 28 executive orders (EOs) during his first two weeks in office. It’s just shy of the record 30 EOs Franklin Roosevelt signed in his first full month. It’s a safe bet that Biden will eventually out-sign the Depression-era president. Executive orders carry the full weight of federal law. An EO is a directive of the executive branch which interprets laws passed by Congress. Biden’s order Promoting COVID-19 Safety in …

Mitch McConnell Endorses Republican Traitor Liz Cheney

(TheDailyHorn.com) – Ordinarily, members of the Senate don’t get involved in internal House matters. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has broken that unspoken rule. Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) was the highest-ranking Republican to vote to impeach former President Trump before he left office on January 20. Cheney created a lot of ill will with House Republicans, many of whom want to remove her from her position as the third-highest-ranking Republican in the House. McConnell, however, …

Biden White House Warns Myanmar After Coup That America Will “Take Action”

(TheDailyHorn.com) – President Joe Biden is threatening emergency military action unless the Burmese military restores the November 8 election results and the elected government. Military leaders claim a coup was constitutionally legal, and necessary to preserve democracy after the government allegedly refused to investigate voter fraud. The coming coup was known about for days. On Monday, February 1, the military in Burma (also known as Myanmar) took control of the country and disrupted communication systems …

Robinhood CEO Says Claim About His Company Is Just A “Conspiracy Theory”

(TheDailyHorn.com) – Last week, retail investors on Reddit teamed up to buy GameStop stock and drove the price of the fledgling company stock off the chart. The price went from approximately $40 per share to over $400. However, before the mass stock purchases, hedge fund managers were betting the stock would drop and bought short sale options. They lost a whopping $19 billion. A conspiracy theory ensued that the Robinhood CEO refuted. “Our decision to …

Kevin McCarthy and Trump Mending Fences in Florida

(TheDailyHorn.com) – If there was any doubt about former President Trump’s level of engagement within the Republican Party, it was put to rest on Thursday, January 28. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) met with the former president for several hours at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida. According to Trump’s office and a McCarthy statement, the primary purpose for the visit was to discuss how to take back the House from Democrats in …

Larry King’s Widow Reveals His Cause of Death

(TheDailyHorn.com) – For decades, Larry King was a talk show icon on cable news. On Saturday, January 23, he passed away at the age of 87. Some suspected it was due to complications from COVID-19. Just weeks prior, the famed talk show host was hospitalized after contracting the illness. At his age, the virus could be deadly. However, in a new interview, his estranged wife shared that COVID-19 was not what took King’s life. "The …

Vladimir Putin Warns of Worsening Global Instability

(TheDailyHorn.com) – For decades, the United States was a country the world could count on for stability and civility. Now, Russian President Vladimir Putin is hinting that destabilization in the US, the COVID-19 pandemic, and a growing nationalist sentiment worldwide could have a serious global impact. Speaking at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday, January 27, Putin didn’t elaborate on any role his former communist country may be playing in global instability. The US government …

Bogus Charities: Don’t Become a Victim

(TheDailyHorn.com) – Have you ever received a phone call from a person purporting to be from a charity you’d never heard of? The caller goes through a long spiel about how they’re helping disabled vets, sick kids, natural disaster victims, or some other downtrodden group. Then, they try to pressure you into giving them your money right away. Yeah, it’s possible that it was all a scam to steal your money. Every year, fake charitable …