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This week, I want to talk about the ongoing spat between the state of Florida and Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS).When it comes to investing, I try my hardest to leave my political views, to the extent that I even have them anymore, at the door.I want to be as objective as possible because whenever I insert my own political ideology, I stop looking at the data. I start thinking with my emotions. And at that point, I’ve already lost the game.It’s why we have the Stock Power Ratings system.But I want to talk about this because Disney is a...

"Once war is forced upon us, there is no alternative than to apply every available means to bring it to a swift end. War's very object is victory – not prolonged indecision."So said Gen. Douglas MacArthur in his April 1951 address to Congress after being fired by President Harry Truman as commander in chief in the Korean War.And what is now America's goal with our massive infusion into the Ukraine war of new and heavier NATO weapons?Said Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on his return from a Sunday meeting in Kyiv with President Volodymyr Zelensky:The United States wants "to see Russia...

If you were filling out your Republican primary ballot for Governor today, who would you vote for?Catherine Davis - 1% Brian Kemp - 56% David Perdue - 31% Kandiss Taylor - 3% Tom Williams - 1% Undecided - 8%If the November election for Georgia Governor were today, and these were the only candidates on the ballot, who would you vote for?Brian Kemp - 50% Stacey Abrams - 45% Undecided - 5%

GREENWOOD, Neb. (WOWT) - Organizers for former President Trump’s “Save America” rally announced additional speakers for Friday’s event. Event organizers had already announced Charles Herbster, endorsed by Trump in October, would be a featured speaker at the event. The Republican candidate for governor of Nebraska has made headlines in recent weeks after filing a defamation lawsuit against Nebraska State Sen. Julie Slama following accusations from her and several other unidentified women; Slama countersued on Monday. Calling Trump “my good friend,” Herbster tweeted a video of the preparations underway Thursday for Trump’s rally. In addition to Herbster, slated to speak at...

The Carolina Panthers have been silent about their unfinished headquarters development, and a York County councilman told Charlotte Business Journal that he thinks the team has permanently abandoned the project. Tepper Sports and Entertainment, the Panthers’ parent company, paused work on the 240-acre development nearly one month ago due to Rock Hill’s failure to distribute $225 million worth of bonds for infrastructure improvements. “This is going to be a stain on our name for other businesses,” councilman Bump Roddey said, acknowledging that the city didn’t keep its end of the bargain. Roddey believes the Panthers will seek to recover their...

4/28: America approves a "Lend Lease" program with Ukraine. Ukraine will receive NATO equipment en-masse. 5/12: An artillery barrage from Russian forces in the Ukraine kills 17 Americans, who were sent to train the Ukrainians on our equipment. 5/30: Russians target NATO transports coming from Belarus with effective artillery. 45 dead, 17 trucks destroyed. 6/17: Second attempt by Russia to destroy Belarussian transports. Firefight ensues. Russian and American troops are now in direct conflict. Counter-battery NATO artillery is fired, with shelling occurring directly into Russia. 7/15: Russia stops ALL oil and gas exports. 7/17: America, having already sent 50,000 troops...

Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA) said Thursday on MSNBC’s “The Beat” that the House Select Committee investigating the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot had “ample evidence of criminality” by former President Donald Trump. Schiff said, “I can say say that any of the players who were involved in the bogus litigation involve in discussions at the White House whether voting machines ought to be seized or what the authority was or the declaration or martial law, you know, we want to bring them all in. Obviously, I think Mr. Giuliani is a person who will have a great deal of relevant...

Former Attorney General Bill Barr said Thursday on Newsmax TV’s “Spicer & Co.” that former President Donald Trump should not be the Republican Party’s 2024 presidential nominee. Barr said, “Maybe your audience doesn’t want to hear this, but Trump ran weaker than the Republican ticket in Arizona, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania — 75,000 Republicans went to the polls and voted straight Republican ticket in Arizona and didn’t vote for him, 60,000 in Wisconsin, 60,000 and Pennsylvania. That’s why he lost the election.”

Mattea Roach has become one of the greatest Jeopardy! contestants of all time. Roach is on a 17-game winning streak as of the most recent episode. Her most recent victory was her closest yet, winning by only $1 over her closest competitor. She is only 23 years old and is ranked No. 8 all-time in consecutive wins on the show. So far, she has won $396,182 on the popular trivia game show. NBC News praised Roach's impressive accomplishments with a recent tweet, but instead of celebrating her brilliance, the tweet rejoiced over her sexual orientation. "The 23-year-old lesbian tutor from...

In the 19th century, the archaeologists tasked with excavating Pompeii and Herculaneum ran into a problem: Everywhere they turned, they found erotic art, from frescoes of copulating couples to sculptures of nude, well-endowed gods.At a time when sex was widely considered shameful or even obscene, officials deemed the images too explicit for the general public. Instead of placing the artifacts on view, staff at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli stashed them in a secret room closed to all but scholars and, according to Atlas Obscura, male visitors willing to bribe their way in. Between 1849 and 2000, the works...

@RandPaul Biden Administration (Democrats) support children overruling parents to receive puberty blockers, chemical castration, and sex change operations.

Insane as it is that the Department of Homeland Security has created a Disinformation Governance Board, it’s utter madness that the woman running it is Nina Jankowicz, who’s a veteran disinfo spreader. She embraced and promoted the bogus Clinton-campaign-created Trump-Russia dossier. And she waged war on The Post’s true and accurate reporting of Hunter Biden’s laptop. As our first laptop stories ran, The Associated Press reported: “Disinformation experts say there are multiple red flags that raise doubts about their authenticity, including questions about whether the laptop actually belongs to Hunter Biden, said Nina Jankowicz.” She also told the AP: “We...

@ggreenwald That the Biden Admin casually announced today that the Dept of Homeland Security -- a domestic security agency -- has created a "disinformation" board is indescribably dystopian and chilling. That Democrats think this is good and normal tells you all you need to know about them.

Former President Donald Trump called out the mental state of George Conway, husband to former Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway, and said, “His mind is completely shot.” Trump shared a screenshot of a tweet that included a picture of George Conway from a recent CNN appearance with a caption that asked, “Is George Conway ok…?”

Last summer, The Liberty Loft brought you the story of Amos Miller, an Amish farmer who operates Miller’s Organic Farm in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Miller has been a target of an ongoing campaign by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to destroy small family farms as the government agency acts as a protection racket for the corporate powers. Going through the government’s case and the corporate propogandist, you’ll find that there was no crime committed by Miller. His crime was having happy customers who want organic food. Not one customer had a complaint. There are no victims, except the...

An Antifa member in San Diego who was charged with multiple felonies, allegedly has a close relationship with an investigator for the San Diego Public Defender Office. And together they may have obtained privileged information with which to intimidate victims and witnesses, according to a prosecutor in explosive court filings uncovered this week. “I am also aware that Jesse Cannon is or was romantically involved with Leah Madbak who works as an investigator for the San Diego Public Defender Office,” wrote San Diego County deputy district attorney Will Hopkins. His three-page declaration requesting a protective order regulating the release of...

Daily Movement Report - Vegetables Only United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service: Specialty Crops Program Market News Division DAILY SHIPMENTS AND CROSSINGS FOR SELECTED COMMODITIES IN 40,000 LB UNITS "Squash is Dirt Cheap and American grocery chains wholesalers and processors have imported over 21million pounds of it in the last 6 Days. #Walmart #Kroger #aldi #ffva #sproutsfarmersmarket #meijer

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is planning to ban the use of menthol cigarettes in America, a move that had been called on by anti-tobacco groups, anti-teen smoking groups, racial justice groups in America. The move had been expected since the beginning of the Biden administration last year, when the President made it a priority to tackle upward trends in teen smoking. Menthol cigarettes - often colloquially referred to as just 'menthols' - are known for their mint-like flavor, and have been associated with the higher rates of smoking, and smoking-related illnesses, in black Americans over recent decades. Flavored...

During The View's opening segment, which continued its constant criticism of former President Donald Trump's administration, co-host Joy Behar excused Fauci's "walk back," saying that "science evolves and changes," as co-host Sunny Hostin declared him a "hero" of the pandemic. Behar began the segment by criticizing Dr. Deborah Birx, the former White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator under Trump, and comparing her to Dr. Fauci, who she admitted caused messaging troubles for the Biden administration with his pandemic remarks. "The Biden administration is also having trouble staying on message with the experts after Dr. Fauci had to walk back his assessment...

NPR painted a more optimistic perspective of the economic report released early Thursday morning. The Commerce Department announced that the United States economy shrank by 1.4% in the first quarter of 2022. This clashed with previous expectations that the economy would expand by 1.1% and marked the worst quarter growth in two years since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.