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(CNSNews.com) – The Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics announced on Friday that 100,450,000 people in this country were not in the labor force in October, up 38,000 from the 100,412,000 in September. This is the 14th straight month that this “not in the labor force” number has remained above 100,000,000. Persons who are neither … Read more

Unseen footage taken by the FBI from the night of the shootings in Kenosha, Wisconsin, surfaced on Tuesday during day one of Kyle Rittenhouse’s trial. According to Jack Posobiec of Human Events, the FBI allegedly had an HD version of the video but never told the Rittenhouse defense it existed. In footage obtained by Human Events, … Read more

The Federal Election Commission has ruled foreign donors can finance U.S. referendum campaigns, opening the door to foreign spending on fights over high-profile policy issues, Axios has learned. Why it matters: Foreign nationals are barred from donating to U.S. political candidates or committees. But the FEC’s decision — allowing them to support ballot committees — provides another avenue … Read more

China has the biggest maritime force on the globe with an inventory of about 355 vessels, according to a Defense Department report released Wednesday. With 355 ships in its fleet, the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is slated to expand its inventory to 420 ships within the next four years, the Pentagon’s annual China military … Read more

J-Powwow “The printer is set to 5% inflation. I don’t know why things are doubled already”   h/t jamesstrogg

https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-announces-401k-limit-increases-to-20500 Previously the limit was $19,500. IRA contributions remain the same at $6,000.

A new warning has been issued regarding a potential attack on the electrical grid in the northeast United States. A newly-released intelligence bulletin, obtained by ABC News, reveals a plot involving the use of a drone to disrupt an electrical grid in Pennsylvania in July 2020. The drone, which crashed atop a building near a Pennsylvania … Read more

Storm season is coming to the shores of Southern California, and that could make global supply-chain bottlenecks even worse. Close to 160 vessels are waiting to enter the Long Beach and Los Angeles port complex — some mega-sized container ships carrying as much as half a million tons of everything from consumer goods to factory inputs. … Read more

There is a shortage of snow plow drivers in towns across Massachusetts, and some are now offering to pay big bucks this winter. Last year, a shortage of plow drivers meant some major roads were not completely cleared. In order to get ahead of the problem, several communities are offering big pay incentives for those … Read more

I applaud businesses who are standing up for the right to determine with their employees what workplace policies make sense for them. And I applaud groups like the Job Creators Network who are taking the challenge to this rule to court. — Rand Paul (@RandPaul) November 4, 2021 Following another intense clash between Anthony Fauci … Read more

How many attempts will this be? The fifth, perhaps? The Washington Post reports this morning that House Democrats are “on track” to hold a rules vote today that could possibly get a reconciliation bill “deemed” into existence, but … we’ve heard that before too: House Democrats on Thursday raced to unite their caucus and hold … Read more

  via fee.org: If you ever need a reminder of how important freedom of speech is, all you need to do is look across the pond. The United Kingdom, which doesn’t have a First Amendment, has slowly seen citizens’ free speech rights eroded—and now may soon start imprisoning people for being trolls on the internet. … Read more

I am an advocate of the KISS system of solving problems. The solution is obviously to cancel the NYT! — guy emery (@guyemery1) November 5, 2021

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1456435096190341123 h/t Dan

https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1456262178370056200 BREAKING: Trump impeachment witness Fiona Hill implicated in criminal Steele Dossier operation — Jack Posobiec (@JackPosobiec) November 4, 2021 Igor Danchenko, source for Steele dossier, arrested as part of Durham probe https://t.co/HmBJZcgyY2 — RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES NOW! (@e391615r) November 4, 2021 Fiona Hill introduced Danchenko to Chris Steele as well as to this … Read more

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style…50772.html Scientists say they have created a new system that can create fuel out of sunlight and air. The new system is notable because it can work under field conditions, rather than in the specialised and specific conditions of a laboratory. Eventually, it could be used to create carbon-neutral fuels for things like aviation and … Read more