Californians’ anger at politicians and PG&E intensifies as wildfires and blackouts continue…. Victor Davis Hanson: Democrats have turned California into a problem-plagued burning nightmare.

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via legalinsurrection: Another wildfire has erupted near Los Angeles, forcing thousands to evacuate and more power blackouts. Mandatory evacuations for about 8,000 people in the Los Angeles area are in place after a wildfire began late Thursday before quickly spreading overnight. The Maria Fire is the latest addition to California’s busy 2019 fire season. In a press … Read more

ANOTHER TORPEDO READY TO CIRCLE BACK? Polls Suggest Impeachment Will Help Trump Reelection in Swing States…. Nancy Pelosi Expresses Concern That Democrats’ Left-Wing Base Could Cost Them The Election

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via pjmedia: Democrats took a tremendous gamble by formally voting for an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump on Thursday. While polls suggest Americans support the inquiry, the general public is divided on whether or not Trump should be impeached and removed from office. Those in key swing states are more likely to oppose impeachment and … Read more

THE ABA’S OPINIONS ON JUDGES ARE BASED ON POLITICS, NOT EXPERTISE:

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"60 interviewees delivered the opinion that VanDyke was an entitled partisan."@mjs_DC this claim is false. That's total number of interviewees, many of whom have come forward to claim the opposite. We have no idea what % said critical things. https://t.co/AnGRsNXAEY — Jonathan H. Adler (@jadler1969) November 2, 2019 The Trump administration should end all judicial … Read more

Red Alert Going Off Again, Rockets Fired At Sderot Israel, IDF Now Striking Targets In Gaza

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“Israeli fighter jets have started striking terror targets in Gaza. This is in response to 10 rockets fired from Gaza at Israeli civilians earlier tonight.” Israeli fighter jets have started striking terror targets in Gaza. This is in response to 10 rockets fired from Gaza at Israeli civilians earlier tonight. — Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) … Read more

Beto O’Rourke Drops Out of Race for President…. Morning Joe: “The president trails Beto by 10 points in a new CNN/SSRS 2020 general election poll.”

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Former Representative Beto O’Rourke of Texas is dropping out of the presidential race, ending a campaign in which he struggled for months to recapture the energy of his insurgent 2018 Senate candidacy on a national stage full of other big personalities and liberal champions. Sign Up for On Politics With Lisa Lerer A spotlight on … Read more

MAJOR! US launches review of China-owned video app TikTok

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Multiple published reports say that the U.S. government has launched a national-security review of the China-owned video app TikTok, popular with millions of U.S. teens and young adults. The reports Friday from Reuters,The New York Times and others said that the interagency Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, which reviews acquisitions by foreign … Read more

FITTON: HUGE Find: Obama State Dept Colluded with Russian Embassy To Target Trump!

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by TFittonJW BIG Update on our heavy lifting: https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/judicial-watch-statement-on-house-resolution-vote/ https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/judicial-watch-documents-reveal-obama-state-department-official-in-contact-with-russian-embassy-political-chief-one-month-before-trump-inauguration/ https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/judicial-watch-obtains-records-showing-contact-between-peter-strzok-bruce-ohr-that-doj-claimed-it-couldnt-find/ Great view from our JW HQ roof here in DC.  

US National Debt Passed $23 Trillion, Jumped $1.3 Trillion in 12 Months

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Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter And these are the good times. What happens in a recession? The US gross national debt – the sum of all Treasury securities outstanding – passed another illustrious milestone, $23.01 trillion, the US Treasury department disclosed on Friday. And it got there at lightning speed just eight months after having passed … Read more

How School Districts Put Politics Before Children

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Authored by Matthew Bankert via The Mises Institute, Many people wary of government power rightly criticize public schools for being more indoctrination than education. When the institution is fully dependent on the state for support, why would any ideas be put forth that could put their lifeblood in jeopardy? On education, Mises wrote in Human Action: …as … Read more

Was There Another Reason For Electricity Shutdowns In California?

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Authored by Richard Trzupek via The Epoch Times, According to the official, widely reported story, Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) shut down substantial portions of its electric transmission system in northern California as a precautionary measure. Citing high wind speeds they described as “historic,” the utility claims that if they didn’t turn off the grid, wind-caused damage to their … Read more

Craig Hemke: The financial crash is near …Peter Schiff: It’s bad monetary policy, not a good economy … Jim Rickards: Trump is a difficult-to-understand genius …

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BY JOHN RUBINO Craig Hemke: The financial crash is near … James Howard Kunstler: We may not have a 2020 election … In Gold We Trust: time to buy … Max Keiser: What is the Fed hiding? … Peter Schiff: It’s bad monetary policy, not a good economy … Edward Snowden tells his (amazing) story … … Read more

Chumps: China Is Playing Trump and His Trade Team

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by Charles Hugh-Smith If we put ourselves in the shoes of the Chinese negotiators, we realize there’s no need to sign a deal at all. The world’s worst negotiating strategy is to give the other side everything they want in exchange for worthless empty promises, yet this is exactly what Trump and his trade team … Read more