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☆ I refused to buy a house when mortgage rates were low even though my friends were pressuring me, and there are 5 reasons I'm glad I resisted
  + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Jen Glantz | Read More | Read Less | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
In 2020 and 2021, mortgage interest rates fell to record lows. This year, with rent prices skyrocketing and mortgage interest rates hovering around 7%, people wonder if I regret my decision. Here are the five reasons I'm glad I didn't buy a home during the pandemic when interest rates were low. Mortgage interest rates will drop againOne argument friends tried to use, when convincing me to buy a house, was that mortgage interest rates were so low and they might never be this low again. However, mortgage interest rates are always fluctuating.
☆ 'TrumpIsDead' is trending on Twitter after a verified user apparently decided to test moderation of the platform under Elon Musk's reign
  + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
A comedian intentionally started the claim, in what could be a test for Elon Musk. Musk's handling of moderation on the platform has quickly become an issue under his leadership. Within an hour, Heidecker's tweets had amassed close more than 20,000 likes, thousands of retweets and #TrumpIsDead began trending on Twitter on Tuesday. —Tim Heidecker: Sole Host of On Cinema (@timheidecker) November 1, 2022Twitter and Musk did not respond to a request for comment. Contact Kali Hays at khays@insider.com, on secure messaging app Signal at 949-280-0267, or through Twitter DM at @hayskali.
☆ Kevin McCarthy called his chance of becoming House Speaker a 'silver lining' of the GOP's election lies, book says
  + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Nicole Gaudiano | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
McCarthy partly acknowledged the trouble with Trump's refusal to accept losing the 2020 election. He told a confidant that the "silver lining" is that he has "a pretty good chance of being Speaker in two years." "'The silver lining,' Kevin McCarthy said, 'is that I have a pretty good chance of being Speaker in two years,'" Draper wrote. Trump and his supporters do, in fact, continue to deny the 2020 election results and perpetuate the lie that it was stolen. McCarthy says he's confident Republicans will win control of the House in this fall's elections.
☆ Rep. Debbie Dingell suspects Trump posed as a Washington Post reporter in a 2019 call with her: book
  + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( John L. Dorman | Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Rep. Debbie Dingell suspects Trump may have posed as a reporter to call her, per a forthcoming book. In "Confidence Man," NYT reporter Maggie Haberman detailed how Dingell thought the caller sounded like Trump. In late 2019, Trump suggested that Dingell's late husband, the veteran Rep. John Dingell of Michigan who died in 2019 at age 92, was in hell. Thank you so much sir," Trump said of Debbie Dingell's supposed reaction, before slipping in the dig, "Maybe he's looking up, I don't know." That same day, Debbie Dingell voted to move forward with Trump's first impeachment trial.
☆ Biden has called three Florida mayors — but not Gov. Ron DeSantis — to talk about Hurricane Ian
  + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
The federal government is providing aid, but Biden hasn't called DeSantis. Ron DeSantis of Florida about the state's forthcoming hurricane. Criswell on Tuesday repeatedly dodged questions about why Biden hadn't called DeSantis, instead stressing that FEMA worked quickly to support Florida. Presidents and governors typically hold a phone call at a time of natural disasters so presidents can offer federal support and bipartisanship. DeSantis said Sunday that the Biden administration had been supportive regarding hurricane preparation measures.
☆ Old money: How retirees are funding and fueling political candidates unlike ever before
  + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +10 min
In the 2020 election cycle, retirees gave hundreds of millions of dollars to federal candidates. Crystal Snow, a 60-year-old retired business owner, also donated hundreds of times to Republican groups ahead of the 2020 election, according to federal records. Snow told Insider she donated according to her Christian values and did so exclusively online, including to the likes of Sens. By the 2020 election cycle, retirees accounted for more than $1 in every $5, amounting to more than $378 million. Retirees are responsible for a greater and greater share of large political contributions, federal campaign finance data indicates.
☆ 31-year-old who quit her job and makes $15,000 a month recording voiceovers: I only work '3 to 5 hours per day'
  + stars: | 2022-09-02 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +4 min
Two and a half years ago, Alice Everdeen worked 50 hours per week and made $42,000 per year as a content manager for a supplement company. Now, she makes up to $15,000 per month, according to documents reviewed by CNBC Make It. "I would say [I work] like 3 to 5 hours per day," Everdeen, 31, tells CNBC Make It. There's a reason Everdeen keeps short, strict hours: burnout. "Paying $4,000 a month for rent, and then working 60 hours a week is not what I want to do.
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