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White liberal women to the rescue! White liberal women are now unleashing their super powers to help Kamala Harris and women of color! According reports, nearly 200,000 white women were on the ‘white women for Kamala Harris’ Zoom call over the weekend. “The meeting was organized by Shannon Watts, the founder of Moms Demand Action, a gun-safety group with about 10 million members.” Reuters reported. A former teacher turned ‘influencer’ named “Mrs. Frazzled,” infantilized the entire group of women and spoke to them like toddlers. “As white women we need to use our privilege to make positive changes,” Mrs. Frazzled...

MRC Business took a trip down memory lane to illustrate why Netflix co-founder and Executive Chairman Reed Hastings’ multimillion-dollar support for Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidency is about as cringy as it gets. The Information reported July 23 that Hastings gave a whopping $7 million donation to the leftist Republican Accountability PAC to bolster Harris’ candidacy, “his biggest donation ever in support of a single candidate.” Hastings boasted of his newfound enthusiasm to The Information for the 2024 election after President Joe Biden withdrew from the race, “‘After the depressing debate, we are in the game again.’” But this isn’t...

“State intervention is always bad, because it’s based on coercion, on force, and nothing based on coercion can be good.”~ Javier Milei, speaking at The Hoover Institution in May, 2024Today we take a break from our road-tripping adventure to offer a quick update from the other End of the World...Long time readers will recall our fascination over what we’ve been calling, with immodest grandiloquence, The Greatest Political Experiment of Our Age. The story so far is that, down at the southern end of the Americas, in our chosen country of self-exile, Argentina, the locals have sensibly chosen to “throw the...

It seems like we see a new one of these "best and worst places for Americans to retire" analyses every month. They are all different, and all of their conclusions reveal, very plainly, the presumptions and attitudes of the organizations that complete such studies.So when a new piece emerged Saturday on the best and worst states for Americans to retire, I took a look at it. And the conclusions are... mixed.Bankrate, headquartered in New York City, evaluated all 50 states on data points to help determine where people might spend their golden years.Some of the factors include living costs, health...

Canada’s standard of living is on track for its worst decline in 40 years, according to a new study by Canada’s Fraser Institute. The study compared the three worst periods of decline in Canada in the last 40 years—1989, 2008, and today. They found that unlike the previous recessions, Canada is not recovering this time. Something broke. In fact, according to the Financial Post, since 2019, Canada’s had the worst growth out of 50 developed economies. On the ground, that means inflation-adjusted Canadian wages have been flat since 2016. So, yes, something broke. And it’s nowhere near over: Canada’s per-person...

Kelly’s ties to China, including the surveillance balloon company he founded, are under renewed scrutiny. The Arizona Daily Independent reports Kelly cofounded World View Enterprises in 2012. The Tucson-based aerial surveillance company contracts with the federal government and has received funding from Tencent Holding Unlimited, one of China’s largest tech companies connected to the CCP. Axios reported: An Arizona company that manufactures and operates high-altitude surveillance balloons, and contracts with the federal government, faces renewed attention in the aftermath of the destruction of a spy balloon sent by the Chinese government that entered U.S. airspace earlier this month. As recently...

I live in central Illinois. Regular gas is pushing $4 a gallon with premium pushing $5 a gallon. I would guess this is related to Hurricane Beryl blowing through the gulf coast and Houston. Ouch...

The Constellation-class frigate seemed like a safe bet for a service desperate for a procurement win. Wanting a frigate after the failure of the Littoral Combat Ship and the retirement of the last ships of the Oliver Hazard Perry (OHP) class, the U.S. Navy decided to hedge its bets by going with a proven design, the European Multipurpose Frigate (FREMM) proposed by Fincantieri Marine Group and operated by both France and Italy. The ‘Connies’ were supposed to be an easy win, but unfortunately, the program has strayed into the kind of trouble that seems to follow the U.S. Navy wherever...

For the past four years, as both America and the world have descended in a downward spiral, from prosperity and security to recession and risk, Joe Biden has been assigned much of the blame. That’s not unusual; the executive branch traditionally gets much of the credit for good news and much of the blame for bad news, whether deserved or not. Since Joe Biden was installed in the Oval Office on January 20, 2021, it’s not surprising that the dumpster fire of the past four years would be largely laid at his feet. But it is not entirely fair. And...

What is the abortion issue? Put simply, it’s the question of whether or not the law should allow an expectant mother to hire someone to kill the dependent infant growing within her body. But there’s more to it than that. In addition, the issue requires determinations on who should have a say in the decision – the future grandparents if she’s underage, the father if they’re married, the father if they’re not married. The issue also requires societal decisions on the licensing of who can perform such an operation, and whether it should be allowed anytime in the nine months...

A group of former Latin American presidents prevented from flying to Venezuela to observe Sunday's presidential election... US politics a Wall Street Journal Poll with Donald Trump leading Kamala Harris... Air raid alerts in seven eastern regions of Ukraine...In Russia's Kursk Region six Ukrainian drones downed... "I'm in it to win it" Robert F. Kennedy Jr. denying a report he's dropping out... US Central Command reporting destruction of six Houthi drones in Yemen and three Houthi drone boats... A British police investigation agency probing the officer... In Russia one village flooded several others evacuated after a dam break... Israeli Prime...

James Piereson is a political scholar and analyst for the Manhattan Institute. He recently wrote a column comparing Kamala Harris to failed 1988 presidential candidate Michael Dukakis, but one of the most fascinating parts of the column is a passage where he predicts the outcome of the 2024 election. Piereson writes at The New Criterion (bolding added for emphasis): [Kamala Harris is now enjoying this kind of moment as she racks up endorsements in anticipation of the Democratic National Convention in August. Democrats and media allies are busy portraying her as a fresh face (she is not) and a youthful...

On July 25, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a damning report revealing an additional $2 billion in accounting errors related to the Pentagon’s aid to Ukraine.This discovery compounds the $6.2 billion overestimation previously disclosed, bringing the total to an alarming $8.2 billion in misallocated funds. The discrepancies arose from the Pentagon’s use of “replacement value” instead of “depreciated value” in calculating the aid provided under the Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA). The PDA, authorized by the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, allows the President to direct the transfer of defense articles and services from U.S. stocks to address foreign...

76% of all personal income tax last month went to servicing the $34 trillion national debt. How did we get here? Two men: FDR and Richard Nixon. Together, they broke the dollar. And put the American people into debt slavery. (3 minute and 46 seconds video in the link below) https://x.com/profstonge/status/1816813562771255713

A new Rasmussen poll taken before the assassination attempt on President Trump and the resignation from the 2024 Democrat ticket by Joe Biden shows a shocking result. The poll shows the top issues still remain the economy (27%) and the border (20%). However, the demographic polled is interesting. Rasmussen also asked 2,466 the typical questions in an election year poll, however, they also asked about citizenship status. Respondents either answered “Yes,” “No,” or “Not sure.” Out of 2,466 respondents, 131 responded with “No” and 91 responded “Not sure” regarding their citizenship. This accounts for just over 9% of those polled...

The Gateway Pundit’s bankruptcy filing in Florida has been rejected by a federal court. R Federal Bankruptcy Judge Mindy A. Mora ruled today that the Gateway Pundit cannot seek relief for its financial liabilities in federal court because, in her belief, the relief sought is being done in ‘bad faith.’ Said Judge Moora, it was clear that the Gateway Pundit was solvent and able to pay its debts. ...... Snip...... Giuliani, on essentially the same case filed also by Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, was awarded $150 million in damages in a Washington, D.C. case and his bankruptcy case was...

Amidst today’s wild roller-coaster ride on Wall Street, the news about Ford Motors jumps out. Here’s Barron’s headline: Ford Stock Had Its Worst Day Since 2008 Ford Motor reported earnings that were worse than what Wall Street had expected: Its commercial business couldn’t overcome higher warranty costs. And the stock took it on the chin Thursday. . . On Wednesday, Ford announced a second-quarter operating profit of $2.8 billion, down 26% from $3.8 billion reported in the second quarter of 2023. Wall Street was looking for $3.7 billion, according to FactSet. Barron’s goes on to note that Ford is experiencing...

A campaign official for Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris acknowledged Wednesday that the vice president is deliberately misleading voters about Project 2025. CNN first reported the stunning admission as part of a fact-check article accusing Harris of making false claims about Project 2025 and former President Donald Trump’s stance on Social Security. CNN’s Daniel Dale revealed: A Harris campaign official said the campaign has ‘made a deliberate decision to brand all of Trump’s policies’ as ‘Project 2025,’ since they believe ‘it has stuck with voters.’ Since entering the presidential race Sunday, Harris and her campaign have repeatedly tried to link...

In a gross violation of journalistic ethics, a CNN journalist gave the Biden administration a sneak peek of her article looking for the government stamp of approval before publishing. The Functional Government Initiative (FGI) obtained documents shared exclusively with MRC Business showing that CNN congressional reporter Clare Foran all but asked the Department of Energy to greenlight her story going after Republican politicians for pushing to prohibit DOE Secretary Jennifer Granholm from implementing any rule that would “limit consumer access to gas kitchen ranges and ovens.” The emails uncovered by FGI — dated March 30, 2023 — don’t denote a...

The decision of Joe Biden to withdraw from his reelection bid raises the obvious question of how he can continue as president if he is incapable of running for that office. The Democratic Party seems to have created its own 25th Amendment, but ... ...there remains the "other" 25th Amendment. This is a type of 25th-lite option where you lack capacity to run but not to serve for an office... ...It also focuses attention on the efforts of Democrats to drop any challengers or hold any debates through the primary as millions voted for Biden. Holding a party "primary" in...