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Who Will Win The 2020 Democratic Primary? https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2020-primary-forecast/ Sanders 1 in 2 (48%) No one 1 in 4 (23%) Biden 1 in 6 (17%) Sanders 1,757 Biden 922 Warren 581 .@FiveThirtyEight Forecast on early and super Tuesday states ____ has the best chance of winning: Sanders:New HampshireNevadaCaliforniaTexasNorth CarolinaVirginiaMassachusettsMinnesotaColoradoTennesseeOklahomaArkansasUtahMaineVermont Biden:South CarolinaAlabama — Political Polls (@PpollingNumbers) February … Read more

The workshop of the world is closed. China is on a total-war footing. The Communist Party has evoked the ‘spirit of 1937’ and mobilized all the instruments of its totalitarian surveillance system to fight both the Coronavirus, and the truth. Make GDP forecasts if you dare. As of this week two-thirds of the Chinese economy … Read more

  7 million new jobs Lowest unemployment among women Lowest unemployment among blacks Lowest unemployment among Hispanics and other minorities Lowest Veterans unemployment rate Lowest disabled Americans unemployment rate Lowest youth unemployment rate 7 million people off food stamps 10 million people off of welfare Wages for low income have increased by 16% Opportunity zones … Read more

Just a flu can get you the death sentence. https://twitter.com/HimalayaGlobal/status/1225375663663616001 h/t BFD

Trump is only the third President to be accused of impeachment (impeachment only means to be charged with removal). The first was Johnson, he alleged crime was bs and later the supreme court even invalidated it. He was impeached, in reality, for political reasons. After the civil war, he decided to go easy on the … Read more

BREAKING: I’m filing an ethics complaint against @SpeakerPelosi for destroying @realDonaldTrump ‘s State of the Union speech. BREAKING: I'm filing an ethics complaint against @SpeakerPelosi for destroying @realDonaldTrump's State of the Union speech. Her conduct was beneath the dignity of the House, and a potential violation of law (18 USC 2071). Nobody is above the … Read more

Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) tweeted at 0:04 AM on Wed, Feb 05, 2020: The manifesto of mistruths presented in page after page of the address tonight should be a call to action for everyone who expects truth from the President and policies worthy of his office and the American people. #SOTU The manifesto of mistruths presented … Read more

As the presiding officer, it was my duty to instruct the Sergeant at Arms to usher the House Impeachment Managers out of the Senate chamber. 👋 👋 pic.twitter.com/ucdd4fRnD8 — Sen. Marsha Blackburn (@MarshaBlackburn) February 5, 2020 https://www.citizenfreepress.com/breaking/get-out-and-stay-out/ Trump will now grow more powerful than they could have ever imagined… They really f*cked up this time. … Read more

MONTPELIER, Vt. — A Vermont lawmaker hopes to make prostitution safer and remove the stigma that often prevents sex workers from seeking police protection and health care. A bill introduced last month by Rep. Selene Colburn and headed to the House floor Thursday would decriminalize prostitution, while the state would maintain its laws against sex … Read more

Des Moines Register Poll, the most important one for Iowa, CANCELED Iowa Caucus results, CANCELED Days later when nobody cares much, oh it’s a tie again. Candidate Total S.D.E.s* Pct. Pete Buttigieg 550 26.2% Bernie Sanders 547 26.1 Elizabeth Warren 381 18.2 Joseph R. Biden Jr. 331 15.8 Amy Klobuchar 255 12.2 Others 34 1.6 … Read more

On Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wasted no time after the Senate acquitted President Trump in his impeachment trail, immediately filing cloture on a number of judges as he continued his relentless march toward remaking America’s judiciary with a conservative bent.  The judges included Andrew Lynn Brasher to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, … Read more

VIDEO: ABC News: Joe Biden Explains How Bernie Sanders’ Self Described Socialist Label Will Sink the Democrat Party – #DemocratCivilWar In New Hampshire, Joe Biden criticizes Sen. Bernie Sanders' "socialist" label: "If Senator Sanders is the nominee for the party, every Democrat…will have to carry the label." https://t.co/HnCERhLRFW pic.twitter.com/8LARIJC9uw — ABC News (@ABC) February 5, … Read more

by Doug French via Mises In a bit of holiday news no one will care about, the Treasury announced it would return to selling twenty-year treasury bonds to aid in funding the nation’s trillion-dollar deficit. It was 1986 when the Treasury last issued twenty-year paper. Of course the question is: who or what will be the buyers? Daniel R. Amerman, … Read more

https://twitter.com/sft_asu/status/1225214752068030464 This one is actually so bad I feel guilty giggling. Clearly this individual needs some mental health attention. AC

Americans feel great about their financial well being. pic.twitter.com/w79FA2a71W — SolidusMax (@SolidusMax) February 6, 2020 Interesting charts:6/10 Americans say they are better off financially.Credit Managers report seeing the best performance of creditors since late-2014.Markit Financials sector PMI becomes the top performing sector, strongest reading in 18 months. Sensing a theme here… pic.twitter.com/4rSmn3luGq — Callum Thomas … Read more

https://twitter.com/QTRResearch/status/1225270565403054080 – China: Hopes To Work With U.S. Towards Eliminating All Tariff Increases – China Hopes It And U.S. Can Abide By Agreed Trade Deal And Implement It Well – Hopes It And U.S. Can Work To Boost Market Confidence, Push Bilateral Trade Development And World Economic Growth — LiveSquawk (@LiveSquawk) February 6, 2020 https://twitter.com/DavidInglesTV/status/1225268799584141313