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Many Americans believe slavery only involved white people owning black people. They believe the master race was white and the slave race was black. North American slavery actually involved relatively rich people,[e.g. land owners] owning poor people who might or might not be of the same color. There were two types of forced laborers brought to North America: indentured servants and permanent slaves. Most of the primarily Irish indentured servants were forced to travel to North America, but some were volunteers. The first Africans were treated as indentured servants but were eventually treated as permanent slaves. Members of the two...

Recently sold on the website Only Used Tesla is what is believed to be the highest-mileage Tesla Model X in the world—a 2016 “90D” rental car/shuttle with over 400,000 miles on the odometer. The company that owned it, Tesloop, gave me the vehicle’s full maintenance records, so let’s look at every part that had to be swapped for this electric crossover to reach 400,000 miles in this condition.~snip~Before we go on, I want to make clear that this story is not a criticism of Tesla, nor is it implying that its cars are less-than-reliable, or that they’re significantly more reliable or easier to maintain...

March 2020 – In the story Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carol describes a scene in which Alice comes to a fork in the road. She’s lost and can’t decide which path to choose. Out of nowhere, Cheshire Cat appears, and Alice asks which way she ought to go. The creature tells her that her direction depends entirely on her destination. To this, Alice says, “It really doesn’t matter.” And the cat, with profound simplicity, responds, “Then it really doesn’t matter which way you go.” Lost in the forest Rob Chambers, AFA director of policy and legislative affairs, believes Alice’s...

Internal polling commissioned by the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) showed that in battleground congressional districts voters prefer President Donald Trump over Democrat frontrunner Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), according to a report released Friday. A Politico report found that voters in swing districts targeted by Republicans and Democrats remain skeptical of the democratic socialist, with 42 percent approving of the Vermont senator and 53 disapproving. The NRCC survey found that voters prefer Trump 48 to Sanders’ 43 percent.

Skip to content White House Logo Share Search WhiteHouse.gov Remarks Remarks by President Trump to Rural Stakeholders on California Water Accessibility | Bakersfield, CA Land & Agriculture Issued on: February 20, 2020 menuAll News JACO Hangar Bakersfield, California February 19, 2020 3:00 P.M. PST THE PRESIDENT: Hi, Chloe. Hi, Chloe. Hi. Hi, Chloe. Well, I want to thank you. And before we begin, I want to just say that — AUDIENCE MEMBER: I love you, President Trump! THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. It’s a great, great place. You have great people on the stage with me. I want to...

Trump holds rally in Las Vegas - STARTS SHORTLY!

Every one of the icky Democrat party candidates is a wannabe tyrant who is not qualified to be president but that doesn’t mean one of them can’t win. I watched the Democrat primary debate and had very mixed feelings. On the one hand, I thought that this collection of despots, whether socialists (everyone but Mike Bloomberg) or just naturally despotic (Mike Bloomberg) doesn’t stand a snowball’s chance in a hot place come the general election. On the other hand, the mere fact that five of them are the ones the party faithful have winnowed down as potential presidents and that...

Today, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Director Jim Carroll released the National Interdiction Command and Control Plan (NICCP), which outlines the Trump Administration’s interdiction strategy to reduce the availability of illicit drugs in the United States.In conjunction with the recently released National Drug Control Strategy, the NICCP provides strategic guidance to relevant drug control agencies regarding interdiction efforts to disrupt Transnational Criminal Organizations that traffic drugs to the United States.“Almost all of the drugs killing thousands of Americans originate from outside the United States. The Plan demonstrates how close coordination across Federal, State, territorial, local,...

A group of Wisconsin parents is suing the Madison School District, claiming it violated their due process rights by sidestepping them in supporting the students' decision to change names and gender pronouns if they want to. The policy allows school employees to use alternative names and pronouns for children without parental notice or consent. The policy states that the district is committed to affirming each student’s self-designated gender identity, and that the district will strive to “disrupt the gender binary” with books and lessons stating that everyone has the right to choose their gender. “Madison schools have adopted policies that...

"In just three short years, we have shattered the mentality of American decline, and we have rejected the downsizing of America’s destiny." President Donald J. Trump LEADING AN ECONOMIC RESURGENCE: President Trump has reversed the failed economic policies of old and ushered in a new era of economic prosperity for the United States. Real GDP growth under President Trump has beaten the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) projections every year and exceeded the rate of the Obama Administration’s expansion.5 million more jobs have been added than the CBO projected prior to the 2016 election. The economy added more jobs in...

The U.S. labor market is the strongest it has been in the last half century, as President Trump’s pro-growth economic policies continue boosting labor demand and lowering structural barriers to entering the labor market. Economic data presented in the 2020 Economic Report of the President, which was released today, show that recent labor market gains disproportionately benefit Americans who were previously left behind.Since the 2016 election, the economy has added 7 million jobs, far exceeding the 2.0 million predicted by the Congressional Budget Office in its final pre-2016 election forecast. Under the Trump Administration, and for the first time on...

The tepid recovery from the Great Recession prompted many to conclude that low growth, or “secular stagnation,” would plague the U.S. economy indefinitely. However, the first three years of the Trump Administration prove that a prolonged period of low growth was far from inevitable. This increased growth has coincided with Administration policies like lower taxes, substantial deregulation, and pro-innovation energy policy.Even with this remarkable turnaround, some falsely claim that President Trump simply inherited today’s historically-strong economy. As today’s release of the 2020 Economic Report of the President shows, the impressive economic gains under President Trump vastly exceed forecasts from before...

Brad Parscale - Text TRUMP to 88022 ✔ @parscale Wow, Arizona! Big Phoenix rally. ✅ 67,516 Tickets ✅ 29,990 Voters Identified (87% from AZ) ✅ 26% Didn’t Vote in 2016 ✅ 18% Democrats Thank You Arizona. Winning Data! 36.9K 10:56 PM - Feb 19, 2020 Twitter Ads info and privacy 14K people are talking about this _____________________________________________________________________ Wow, Arizona! Big Phoenix rally. ✅ 67,516 Tickets ✅ 29,990 Voters Identified (87% from AZ) ✅ 26% Didn’t Vote in 2016 ✅ 18% Democrats Thank You Arizona. Winning Data! Reaction on twitter… https://twitter.com/parscale/status/1230355403591974912 ________________________________________________________________________ Brad Parscale - Text TRUMP to 88022 ✔ @parscale...

Today, the Council of Economic Advisers released its annual Economic Report of the President. The Report shows that three years into the Trump Administration, the U.S. economy continues to outperform pre-2016 election expectations, delivering inclusive gains to American families. As President Trump wrote in his letter introducing the Report, “These results did not come about by accident. Instead, they were supported by our foundational pillars for economic growth that put Americans first, including tax cuts, deregulation, energy independence, and trade renegotiation.”Contrary to expectations that the expansion would slow as it matured, economic output and labor market gains have accelerated over...

Today, the President designated United States Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell as Acting Director of National Intelligence. Ambassador Grenell was confirmed to his role as Ambassador by the Senate in April 2018, and he has years of experience working with our Intelligence Community in a number of additional positions, including as Special Envoy for Serbia-Kosovo Negotiations and as United States spokesman to the United Nations. He is committed to a non-political, non-partisan approach as head of the Intelligence Community, on which our safety and security depend. The President has every confidence that Ambassador Grenell will perform his new duties with...

There are certain food pairings that people come up with that outsiders just don't understand, like peanut butter and pickle sandwiches or Cheetos and milk, to name a few. But one weird combo made the final cut into a popular crossword puzzle and it’s sparking some questions among people on the internet. It all started with a crossword puzzle that appeared in the Feb. 12 edition of USA Today. The clue said, "Cookie that some people eat with mustard," and "Oreo" was the only thing that fit. Don’t think about it for too long—you could get queasy. Well, Brett Murphy,...

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE THE CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITYSUBJECT:    Developing and Delivering More Water Supplies in CaliforniaBy the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby direct the following:Section 1.  Policy.  For decades, many of our Federal western water infrastructure investments have been undermined by fragmented and outdated regulatory actions.  In a memorandum dated October 19, 2018 (Promoting the Reliable Supply and Delivery of Water in the West), I directed the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce...

Jurors in the trial against Harvey Weinstein said Friday they are deadlocked on the two most serious counts against him, prompting the judge to order that any verdict must be unanimous. New York Supreme Court Judge James Burke added that if the jury can't reach a unanimous decision, then it can't return a verdict on the two counts of predatory sexual assault. The judge also asked the jury to keep deliberating. The jury of seven men and five women began deliberations Tuesday in Weinstein's trial. The once-powerful Hollywood mogul, 67, also faces one count each of first-degree rape and third-degree...

President Trump kicked off his West Coast trip this week by meeting with leaders from the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Committee.“From the day I took office, I’ve done everything in my power to make sure that LA achieved the winning bid,” he told local organizers. “Now, for the third time in history, the city of Los Angeles—the ‘City of Angels’—will once again raise up the Olympic Torch and welcome the world’s greatest competitors to the Summer Games.”🏅WATCH: In LA, Team USA will keep on winning!The 2028 Games will boost much more than America’s gold medal tally: It’s expected to be...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Schools were shuttered, churches told worshipers to stay away and some mass gatherings were banned as cases of a new virus swelled Friday in South Korea, the newest front in a widening global outbreak. The country said two people have died and 204 have been infected with the virus, quadruple the number of cases it had two days earlier, as a crisis centered in China has begun strongly reverberating elsewhere. The multiplying caseload in South Korea showed the ease with which the illness can spread. Though initial infections were linked to China, new ones have...