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It might be the easiest answer on Jeopardy: Where is most economic growth in the United States happening? If you took “Red States” you win a cookie. The United States is experiencing rapid growth and job creation, with most of the growth occurring in red states. ABC News doesn’t quite seem to connect all the …
Literally. Ecoterrorists physically attacked the constitution yesterday at the national archives. Yes, its in a fairly safe enclsoure – but figuratively, the choice of color and attack – represent the current socialist attack on America. Its time to end their ride of “fundamental change”. Fundamental means most basic, or foundation. The most basic part, or …
This should be a Trump campaign Ad, running in all 7 swing states. Fantastic mashup from RNC Research.pic.twitter.com/LPP9VgR6gW — Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) February 11, 2024
So to be clear, in its analysis of the Hawaii right to bear arms provision, which is identical to the federal one and was adopted by the Hawaii legislature in 1950, the Hawaii Supreme Court looks to the history of Hawaii when it was a foreign nation. Cool. pic.twitter.com/oaXl3fkXc9 — Kostas Moros (@MorosKostas) February 7, …
SCOTUS Chief Justice John Roberts poses hypothetical to Colorado voters’ attorney about what could happen if the state is allowed to disqualify Trump from the 2024 ballot: “If Colorado's position is upheld, surely there will be disqualification proceedings on the other side.” pic.twitter.com/EYoa9nr7nH — The Recount (@therecount) February 8, 2024 Excellent Breakdown — ‘Insurrection is …
The second of back-to-back atmospheric rivers battered California on Sunday, prompting the first-ever warning for hurricane-force winds in the state’s history. California is bracing for what could be days of heavy rains, flooding on roads and knocking out power to nearly 800,000 people, with 97 percent of the state’s population under flood warning. The current …
An Israeli company is among the first ever to establish commercial land routes through West Asian countries – including Gulf Arab states – in order to “bypass the Houthi-menaced Red Sea,” Bloomberg reported on 2 February. Trucknet Enterprise Ltd, an Israeli software startup, is transporting food, plastics, chemicals, and electrical appliances from Emirati and Bahraini …
via Stephen Anderson: Bankruptcy is a developing twenty-first century theme in America. We see bankruptcy in federal government policy and spending, many corporate boardroom decisions, nonprofit and religious groups’ overspending and arrogance, individuals, some United States cities and counties, and the territory of Puerto Rico. The federal bankruptcy law consisting of Chapters 7, 9, 11, …
🚨 Trump is leading Biden in all swing states pic.twitter.com/X3o9zdcazZ — Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) January 31, 2024 Six in 10 swing-state voters say President Joe Biden bears responsibility for a surge in migrants at the US-Mexico border, a downbeat signal for his reelection prospects as Republicans largely avoid blame on the issue, a Bloomberg News/Morning …
The main Democratic super PAC supporting President Biden’s re-election bid, Future Forward, is beginning this week to reserve $250 million in advertising across the most important battleground states, a blitz that it says is the largest single purchase of political advertising by a super PAC in the nation’s history. The ads, which are to be …
Former President Trump encouraged “all willing States” to deploy National Guard members to Texas amid the feud between Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) and the federal government over the removal of razor wire across the U.S.-Mexico border. “In the face of this National Security, Public Safety, and Public Health Catastrophe, Texas has rightly invoked the …
On Wednesday the US Navy attempted to escort two US owned and flagged container carriers through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait into the Red Sea, but they turned around after coming under Houthi ballistic missile fire. A we detailed earlier, two contradictory narratives soon emerged: namely the Houthis said they scored a direct hit on one of the US …
So it may seem like a lot of competing stablecoins, but ultimately, they’ll be very tied up with the US government and also US intelligence because there’s a broader push to merge a lot of data sharing between Wall Street, banking regulators, and intelligence agencies that’s been promoted really heavily by groups like the Carnegie …
🪦 RIP Houthis Jan 1992 – Feb 2024 🪦 27 EU Member States agree on Military action in the Red Sea. European Union states have reached an agreement in principle to launch a military operation to secure merchant shipping in the Red Sea – EU top diplomat pic.twitter.com/XVGny1FDJh — Terror Alarm (@Terror_Alarm) January 22, 2024 …
by Michael How does it feel to have the largest government that the planet has ever seen? When I was growing up, I was taught that we had a capitalist system and that we had a limited federal government. Of course neither of those things has been true for a very long time. Today, the …
by AC 20 States are attempting to ban “military grade ammo”, 5.56 mm ammo. 20 States Lobby Biden Admin To Stop Civilian Sales of Lake City 5.56×45 Ammo By John Boch -January 10, 2024 NY Attorney General hates the thought of everyday Americans owning firearms. She works tirelessly to attack gun owners at every turn, …
ABC: "You believe [Trump] is ineligible to be president?" NANCY PELOSI: "They have different laws from state-to-state." ABC: "It's the Constitution…" NANCY PELOSI: "That's not the point." pic.twitter.com/2lPZc1q6A0 — RNC Research (@RNCResearch) January 7, 2024 ABC: “You believe [Trump] is ineligible to be president?” NANCY PELOSI: “They have different laws from state-to-state.” ABC: “It’s the …
I would say that it absolutely is. All of the activity that we’ve been seeing ever since October 7th when the Hamas situation developed basically is being, I would say, distorted in a way to protect Israel by limiting the ability of critics here in the United States and elsewhere to make the arguments that …
via Mike Shedlock: The welfare state is booming, especially in the sanctuary states. In three states, Government jobs plus Social Assistance/Health Care is over 100% of year-over-year job creation. What’s driving American job growth? In progressive states, it’s government, social assistance and healthcare. The Wall Street Journal reports The Welfare-Industrial Complex Is Booming The tens of …
via JOHN RUBINO: Recently, Costo began selling gold bars on its website (see Did Gold Just Become An Impulse Buy?). The bars were a big hit, generating revenues of $100 million in the most recent quarter. Now Walmart has opened its own Precious Metals Shop: Who’s next? If gold works for the biggest-box retailers, expect Target and …
by Michael One of the biggest bombshells of the entire year just dropped, but now it has almost entirely disappeared from the news cycle. NBC News is reporting that during their recent summit meeting in San Francisco, Chinese President Xi Jinping told Joe Biden to his face that a decision has been made to “reunify Taiwan …
by Michael The Biden administration and the corporate media are telling us over and over that the economy is just fine, but the term “silent depression” has been going viral on TikTok. Housing, vehicles, food and just about everything else that we spend money on is far more unaffordable today than it was during the …
In recent times, the nation has found itself engulfed in a sprawling and seemingly uncontrollable migrant crisis, casting a shadow over the entire country. The question on everyone’s mind remains: What measures are being taken to address this burgeoning issue? Reports are pouring in, revealing the disconcerting scenario at the Phoenix Airport, where illegal migrants …
The United States has lost its ability to lecture any other country about “democracy”. https://t.co/kvtfas9bcC — Nayib Bukele (@nayibbukele) December 20, 2023 https://twitter.com/RichardGrenell/status/1737273300316020772
MEANWHILE HOMESCHOOLING GROWS BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS: The Rapid Growth of Educational Freedom Is Unprecedented. “According to the latest ABCs of School Choice – EdChoice’s comprehensive report about all matters pertaining to education freedom – policymakers in 40 states have debated 111 educational choice bills in 2023, 79 percent of which related to education savings accounts. (ESAs …
by Michael Over the past couple of years, vast numbers of illegal immigrants from China have been pouring over our southern border. Most of them are military-age men. So why has there been such a dramatic spike? Is some sort of a coordinated effort going on that we don’t know about? In this article, I …
America’s classiest Democrat Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett refers to Texas and Florida as “deplorable states” pic.twitter.com/LUcnIrcBam — Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) December 5, 2023 So she’s calling her own state, the one she represents in Congress, “deplorable?” That’s some Hank Johnson level of brilliance there. #Nitwit https://t.co/RHhmK9LmSX — James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) December 5, 2023
by Michael What in the world is going on? Last week, we were getting reports that hospitals in China were being absolutely overwhelmed by sick kids that had developed a condition known as “white lung syndrome”. Unfortunately, now we are learning that large numbers of children in the United States and Europe are also developing …
by Michael Why are so many children all over the world suddenly developing pneumonia? For the moment, health authorities are telling us that there is no reason to be alarmed. They are telling us that all of these cases of pneumonia are being caused by the flu, RSV and other common respiratory diseases. Hopefully that …