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HUGE: US Passes Switzerland as World’s Most Competitive Economy in New Global Rankings.

October 16, 2018 8:20 pm

GENEVA — Organizers of the annual Davos conference ranked the United States first in their ranking of the world’s most competitive economies for the first time in a decade Wednesday, saying the No. 1 spot reflects a new methodology and …

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Passes, Ports and Towns Cut off by Record Snowfall in N. Hemisphere

October 16, 2018 10:17 am

Four feet of snow fell across the Himalayan Range during the dry season trapping climbers and trekkers and cutting off villages and towns for the remainder of the winter. Canada had early arrival of sea ice blocking off ports for …

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SB-100 passes. California bans All fossil fuel based electricity by 2045.

August 30, 2018 3:26 pm

read the bill here: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB100 It is the policy of the state that eligible renewable energy resources and zero-carbon resources supply 100 percent of all retail sales of electricity to California end-use customers and 100 percent of electricity procured to serve …

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California State Senate passes euthanasia bill that legalizes *encouraging* assisted suicides

August 12, 2018 4:10 pm

by Dr. Eowyn California’s demonic state government has gone beyond simply legalizing euthanasia, euphemistically called “assisted suicide”. A new bill, AB 282, would legalize not just assisting, but encouraging, supposedly terminally-ill people to commit suicide. Note: Websites like LifeNews report that the bill …

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If SITSA Passes It Will Further Strip Away Your Rights By Creating New Schedule “A” & Give AG Unprecedented Authority Over Substances

June 29, 2018 5:32 pm

“If you think the Department of Justice has more than enough tools to wage the war on drugs, a bill passed by the House would create a fast-track scheduling system that could lead to the criminalization of kratom, nootropics, and …

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Deerfield, IL passes an assault rifle ban, $1,000 per day fine if you don’t turn in your weapons.

June 10, 2018 8:31 am

DEERFIELD, Ill.  — Members of the village board in the northern Chicago suburb of Deerfield have voted unanimously to ban certain semi-automatic firearms. The amendment to the village’s gun ordinance restricts firearms that village leaders define as assault weapons along …

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Canada passes bill legalising marijuana. This is an emerging sector for investors.

June 8, 2018 7:21 am

A key legislative hurdle has been passed as Canada moves closer to legalising recreational cannabis. Canadian senators passed the Cannabis Act by 56 votes to 30 with one abstention after studying the landmark legislation for six months. Prime Minister Justin …

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House passes massive Dodd-Frank financial regulation bill.

May 23, 2018 8:40 am

The House passed a massive rollback of financial regulations on Tuesday as members voted 258-159 to push to the Oval Office, CNBC reports. Why it matters: Per CNBC, the bill “makes good on Republican promises to cut red tape…but does not …

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House Overwhelmingly Passes Bipartisan Prison Reform Bill

May 23, 2018 8:03 am

Authored by Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-Brooklyn) and Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.), the First Step Act would authorize $250 million over five years to develop and expand programs that reduce recidivism and give incentives for good behavior. The bill would also …

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Eye of the Storm Passes Over- Second Storm Approaches

May 19, 2018 9:58 pm

Douglas Gabriel and John Barnwell take us deeper in our analysis of the corrupt systems in D. C. –including Senior Executive Service, Serco, British control of the U.S., the Fabian Society, Cloward and Piven, and the global coup d’etat.

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JUST UNREAL: California Passes Bill to Protect Arrested Illegal Aliens by Banning Disclosure of their immigration status in court

May 13, 2018 9:34 pm

Let’s be clear too – California doesn’t sympathise with illegal immigrants. They don’t protect their ability to attract and retain these people for humanitarian reasons as the left imply. They attract them because they are a source of cheap labour …

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Oklahoma House passes ‘Constitutional Carry’ gun bill (No Permit Needed!)

April 26, 2018 11:46 am

As a resident of Oklahoma I have to say that I fully support this bill! The process to attain a permit at the moment is a tad silly. I suspect that it is more about the money made than being …

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Responsibility Deflected, the CLOUD Act Passes

March 23, 2018 4:46 pm

From David Ruiz at Electronic Frontier Foundation: “People deserve the right to a better process.” Those are the words of Jim McGovern, representative for Massachusetts and member of the House of Representatives Committee on Rules, when, after 8:00 PM EST on …

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Mississippi passes law to limit abortion at 15 weeks

March 21, 2018 7:56 am

by DCG About a baby’s development at 15 weeks, from InfoBaby: “This stage is very special, because many important organs of the fetal starts to develop. Central nervous system is developing, in the future it will have to control the whole body. The process …

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Florida House Passes Gun Control Bill.

March 8, 2018 8:03 pm

by Ruby Henley The Florida House has passed a school safety bill that includes new restrictions on rifle sales and a program to arm some teachers.   I see it as a double edged sword – some good news and some …

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New Hampshire House Passes Bill to Prohibit Police Sobriety Checkpoints

March 1, 2018 6:16 pm

By Annabelle Bamforth On February 22nd, New Hampshire’s House of Representatives passed HB 1283,a Republican-led bill that would prohibit police from conducting sobriety checkpoints in the state. The bill’s text consists simply of the following: “Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no …

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Oregon legislature passes new gun control bill

February 25, 2018 11:47 am

by DCG Oregon Governor Kate Brown, who lobbied for this bill While I could agree with convicted domestic abusers not having firearms, I have a problem with denying someone their Constitutional right because of a restraining order (which is no cost to file in Oregon). Here’s …

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YOU Might Be Considered a Domestic Terrorist If This New Bill Passes

February 13, 2018 1:12 pm

by Daisy Luther, The Organic Prepper When you hear the word “patriot” do you think of someone who stands for the national anthem, perhaps serves in the Armed Forces, and loves their country?  Well, “patriot” may become a dirty word …

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International FGM Day Passes without Notice nor Action

February 7, 2018 5:45 am

by Mark Angelides Passing quietly under the radar yesterday was the International Zero Tolerance Day for Female Genital Mutilation. Apparently the day is meant to promote awareness and tackle this barbaric practice…But what did it really achieve? In the UK, all …

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House Passes the Budget, Now on to Tax Reform!

October 26, 2017 4:36 pm

by Robert Carbery The GOP are honing in on a legislative victory at last. Republicans are learning their lessons from the healthcare fight. They need a unified plan to achieve real, lasting tax reform. It has been a struggle just …

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OUTRAGE! California Gas Tax Passes After Republican Lawmaker Wins $500 Million Promise

April 20, 2017 7:10 am

500 MILLION..FOR HIS VOTE! WHILE THEY EXTRACT 52 BILLION FROM CALIFORNIA’S TAXPAYERS. In return he won a promise of $400 million for a railroad extension into his Central Valley district in California’s agricultural heartland and a $100 million parkway project …

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Petition to Stop Trump UK Visit Passes 1 Million Signatures

January 30, 2017 2:18 pm

by Amna El Tawil For weeks, British lawyer Graham Guest’s petition to stop Trump’s visit to the UK didn’t get much attention. Things have changed now as the number of signatures passed 1 million and more and more people are …

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Russia Passes the Bill Decriminalize Some Forms of Domestic Violence

January 25, 2017 3:09 pm

by Amna El Tawil   The Russian Parliament passed the second reading of a controversial bill to decriminalize some forms of domestic violence. The State Duma voted 385-2-1 to eliminate criminal liability for battery on family members that doesn’t cause …

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