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Insane: Los Angeles to Pay $40,000-A-Mile to Paint Streets to Fight Climate Change

April 19, 2018 Breitbart 0

Los Angeles begins project to paint streets with a light coating that will make streets cooler in order to fight global warming, at a cost of $40,000-a-mile, despite the fact that the city has a $73 million budget shortfall caused by the ever-expanding homeless crisis. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti embraced the program “as part of an overall plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the city by 45% below 1990 levels by 2025. […]

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Republican Congressmen Fire Back at Citibank’s Anti-Gun Policies

April 13, 2018 Daily Caller 0

Sixteen Republican congressmen are asking the General Services Administration (GSA) to reevaluate a contract with Citibank to facilitate $700 billion in payment transactions as a result of the the financial institution’s anti-Second Amendment policies. Last month, Citibank announced that companies using Citibank financial services are required to restrict the sale of firearms for individuals under 21 years of age and stop selling “bump stocks or high-capacity magazines. […]

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Obama-Era Laws Allow 88% of Border Crossers to Evade Deportation

April 4, 2018 Breitbart 0

The US Department of Justice revealed that border-crossers entering the US have an 88% chance of evading immediate deportation by claiming “credible fear” in their native country. Between 2009 and 2016 credible-fear claims increased from 3,000 cases to nearly 70,000 cases. [This obviously is a loophole placed into the law to defeat its announced purpose and, so far, neither Congress nor the Trump administration have done anything to change it.] […]

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George Soros Received $9 Million from Obama’s State Dept. to Overthrow Albania’s Judicial System

April 4, 2018 Gateway Pundit 0

Judicial Watch obtained 32 State Department documents that show the Obama administration gave at least $9 million to a leftist front group in Albania backed by billionaire George Soros. The US taxpayer money was used in a Soros operation to give the Albanian socialist government control over the country’s judiciary – under the banner of ‘reform,’ of course. […]

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Trump proposes $50 Billion in Tariffs Against China for Stealing Intellectual Property

April 4, 2018 Daily Caller 0

Trump is proposing 25% tariffs on 1300 Chinese imports which, if actually collected, would be $50 billion. This is said to be in retaliation for theft of intellectual property from US companies. If this proposal is implemented, part will be paid by Americans for higher prices for domestic products that use the imported materials. We expect that this proposal will not materialize as currently being discussed. […]

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Tent City in Downtown Los Angeles Is an Omen for the Rest of America

March 30, 2018 Fox News 1

Katie Hopkins visited Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles and discovered two or three-thousand people living in tents that were flooded with human waste, garbage. and rats. She foresees an imminent human health hazard comparable to the Bubonic Plague due to the filth. She attributes the problems to dependence on the state and a collectivist culture that rejects personal accountability for one’s own life. […]

GEG Commentary

Amazon Loses $30 Billion in One Day After Rumors Trump May Try to Break Its Monopoly

March 29, 2018 Jake Morphonios 0

In a free country, citizens do not have the right to use force against their neighbors to prevent them from selling their products below cost – even if their intent is to force competitors out of business. If we do not have that authority as individuals, we cannot delegate it to politicians to do it either, regardless of how much we may like the idea. Therefore, there should be no anti-trust laws, but there CAN and SHOULD be laws against favoring one company or consortium of companies over their competitors, which creates monopolies. Click link for full commentary by GEG. […]

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Amnesty for Illegal Aliens Would Cost US Taxpayers $2 Trillion

March 27, 2018 Breitbart 1

Princeton Policy Adviser President Steven Kopits says his research on illegal immigration shows that giving amnesty to illegal aliens would cost American taxpayers a staggering $2 TRILLION, as the new citizens would eventually become eligible for government programs. Illegal immigration costs American taxpayers about $116 billion every year, or about $8,075 per taxpayer. [Why would we elect people from both parties to advocate for this death-wish to America?] […]

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Families of Politicians Receive Billions in Private Deals and Gifts from Foreign Governments

March 22, 2018 Fox News 1

Peter Schweizer, author of Secret Empires: How the American Political Class Hides Corruption and Enriches Family and Friends, reveals that politicians, including John Kerry, Joe Biden, and Mitch McConnell are linked to deals with the Chinese government that delivered BILLIONS of dollars to their children and parents. While the law requires a $1,500 political donation to be publicly disclosed, billions can flow to family members with no disclosure required- which is no accident. The stench is unbearable. […]