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Congress has leaked its hit job, er “report,” against former Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-FL). According to the report set to be officially released later Monday, Gaetz allegedly made tens of thousands of dollars in payments to women for sex while he was a member of Congress, along with a host of other so-called ‘crimes.’ “From 2017 to 2020, Representative Gaetz made tens of thousands of dollars in payments to women that the Committee determined were likely in connection with sexual activity and/or drug use,” the report reads. In total, Gaetz allegedly paid more than $90,000 to 12 different women. One...

Should energy consumers pay extra taxes to fund government-mandated and subsidized renewable energy technologies? "Absolutely yes," says John Bryson, President Obama's nominee for Commerce Secretary. He made the remark at a meeting of the Commonwealth Club of California in 2009 and went on to extol the virtues of hidden rates in California, a state encumbered with some of the nation's highest electricity and unemployment rates. Bryson, retired CEO of the electric utility Southern California Edison (SCE) and its parent company Edison International, excused the practice, saying, "That's been a part of the regulatory environment for the investor-owned utilities for as...