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Violent crimes have increased under Biden-Harris admin despite Dems' denials: expert
https://news.yahoo.com/news/violent-crimes-increased-under-biden-130021391.html
158 Dems vote against bill to deport illegal immigrants who commit sex crimes
https://news.yahoo.com/news/158-dems-vote-against-bill-223839665.html
Yep. The welcome mat is still out and getting worse. Local news stories about illegals are about their plight not about the fact they are here illegally.
You still living in San Diego area?
California considers first-in-the-nation phone discounts for undocumented immigrants
https://news.yahoo.com/california-considers-first-nation-phone-010208289.html
Bernie Sanders says Harris dropping far-left policies 'in order to win the election'
https://news.yahoo.com/news/bernie-sanders-says-harris-dropping-162019518.html
According to research from The Motley Fool, 62% of Americans do own stocks. That's 162 million U.S. adults, but that still leaves a substantial percentage who don't hold equities. There are 99 million of them.
https://news.yahoo.com/news/finance/news/tim-walz-stocks-why-99-110000924.html
Pelosi praises CA bill giving illegal migrants money to buy homes: 'American dream' 'available to more people'
https://news.yahoo.com/news/pelosi-praises-ca-bill-giving-142436644.html
Gavin Newsom to weigh first-in-the-nation policy on hiring undocumented college students
https://news.yahoo.com/news/gavin-newsom-weigh-first-nation-005427933.html
California could be first state to help undocumented immigrants purchase homes
https://news.yahoo.com/california-could-first-state-help-090100893.html
Pelosi says Harris has no ‘political reason’ to stray from Biden policies
https://news.yahoo.com/news/pelosi-says-harris-no-political-210233852.html
CNN commentator Scott Jennings
said Friday that Vice President Harris' price control proposal will cause mass food shortages.
"If you like bread lines, product shortages, black markets, hoarding, if you want to recreate the happy economic conditions of ‘The Walking Dead,’" Jennings said on Friday, "then Harris has a plan for you."
Harris economics plan
A Harvard economist who worked in President Obama's administration ripped Vice President Kamala Harris' price control plan to curb inflation as not based in "reality."
"This is not sensible policy, and I think the biggest hope is that it ends up being a lot of rhetoric and no reality," Jason Furman told The New York Times in a report published Friday. "There’s no upside here, and there is some downside."
https://news.yahoo.com/news/obama-economist-trashes-kamala-harris-194717549.html
Washington Post hits Harris over ‘populist gimmicks’ in economic proposal
https://news.yahoo.com/news/washington-post-hits-harris-over-025212016.html
Harris' economic plan promises voters affordable groceries and homes. Don't fall for it. USA today
A liberal economic columnist criticized Vice President Kamala Harris' proposal to control prices on food and groceries as "totally unworkable" and compared it to failed efforts by communist governments.
"It‘s not going to be markets, it‘s not going to be supply and demand that’s determining how much your grocery store charges you for milk or for eggs, it‘s going to be some bureaucrat in D.C., which seems like totally unworkable," Catherine Rampell said on CNN on Friday.
https://news.yahoo.com/news/economic-commentator-warns-harris-price-001724043.html
by the numbers
Biden
https://www.factcheck.org/2024/07/bidens-numbers-july-2024-update/
https://datavisualizations.heritage.org/markets-and-finance/the-biden-inflation-tracker/
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Prop 47
https://news.yahoo.com/news/kamala-harris-played-critical-role-080044383.html
During her time as attorney general, Harris and her office were responsible for writing the ballot initiative descriptions that helped voters decide what they were voting on. Her description predicted a reduction in prison populations, successful truancy programs and financial savings for the state that could be used for mental health services and K-12 education.
The IOC is letting Imane Khelif of Algeria and Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan compete in womens Boxing even though they both have XY chromosomes.
Harris
Harris is seen on camera opposing fracking, stating she would "think about" abolishing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), describing hiring more police officers as "wrongheaded thinking" and weighing the proposal of permitting felons to vote. Harris is also seen saying she was in favor of a "mandatory buyback program" for guns and said private health insurance should be eliminated, according to a summary of the ads’ content by the New York Times.
hen-Sen. Harris asked Ronald Vitiello, Trump’s nominee to lead ICE, if he was "aware of the perception" of parallels between ICE and the KKK.
CBS station slapped with Community Note after claiming Trump misled about Harris-backed bail fund
https://news.yahoo.com/news/cbs-station-slapped-community-note-190009061.html
“under Republican administrations in general, tax collections go up as rates get cut,”
https://news.yahoo.com/news/finance/news/m-economist-trump-win-november-110204107.html
Kamala Harris praised ‘defund the police’ movement in June 2020 radio interview
https://news.yahoo.com/news/kamala-harris-praised-defund-police-090003747.html
Border czar' or not, Kamala Harris ran from her job to get the border under control
https://news.yahoo.com/news/border-czar-not-kamala-harris-180824975.html
Harry Reid, the former Senate majority leader, said race had been essential to Mr. Biden’s decision.
Sacramento City Attorney’s Office warned Target it could face fines for retail theft calls
https://news.yahoo.com/news/sacramento-city-attorney-office-warned-120000373.html
Calif water restrictions
this was snuck in during the 2018 election cycle
California to impose permanent water restrictions on cities and towns
by: Iman Palm
Posted: Jul 8, 2024 / 01:57 PM PDT
Updated: Jul 8, 2024 / 01:57 PM PDT
https://ktla.com/news/california/california-to-impose-permanent-water-restrictions-on-cities-and-towns/
Senate Bill 606 (Hertzberg) and Assembly Bill 1668 (Friedman)
https://water.ca.gov/-/media/dwr-website/web-pages/programs/water-use-and-efficiency/make-water-conservation-a-california-way-of-life/files/pdfs/final-wcl-primer.pdf
https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/conservation_portal/docs/enrolled_ab1668_sb606.pdf
The bill, until January 1, 2025, would establish 55 gallons per capita
daily as the standard for indoor residential water use, beginning January 1, 2025, would establish the
greater of 52.5 gallons per capita daily or a standard recommended by the department and the board
as the standard for indoor residential water use, and beginning January 1, 2030, would establish the
greater of 50 gallons per capita daily or a standard recommended by the department and the board
as the standard for indoor residential water use. The bill would impose civil liability for a violation
of an order or regulation issued pursuant to these provisions, as specified.
2025
four broad fronts that will decide America’s future:
1. Restore the family as the centerpiece of American life and protect
our children.
2. Dismantle the administrative state and return self-governance to the
American people.
3. Defend our nation’s sovereignty, borders, and bounty against global threats.
4. Secure our God-given individual rights to live freely—what our Constitution
calls “the Blessings of Liberty.”
https://static.project2025.org/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf
Ecclesiastes 10:2 .The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.
Trump added twice as much to the national debt as Biden: Analysis
https://news.yahoo.com/news/trump-added-twice-much-national-151200361.html
Those additions were mostly due to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), changes to the Affordable Care Act, and different budgetary acts in 2018 and 2019.
Most of Biden’s non-pandemic-related additions were due to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, student debt relief, appropriations bills and other executive actions.
The two parties add to the debt in different ways, with Republicans doing it mostly through bipartisan legislation and Democrats doing it more through executive actions, the CRFB says in a preview of future work.
Seventy-seven percent of the Trump administration’s additions to the national debt were attributable to bipartisan legislation, while 23 percent came from bills and actions with little to no bipartisan support.
For the Biden administration, 29 percent of additional debt has come from bipartisan laws, while 71 percent came from unilateral decisions.
Seven federal agencies have pushed tech giants to censor Americans, Media Research Center says
https://news.yahoo.com/news/seven-federal-agencies-pushed-tech-090052901.html
California voters lose a shot at checking state and local tax hikes at the polls
https://news.yahoo.com/news/california-supreme-court-removes-tax-170753834.html
Student loan relief contributing to 27% jump in projected federal budget deficit, per CBO
https://news.yahoo.com/news/student-loan-relief-contributing-27-180002635.html
Since President Biden took office, inflation has increased 16.6%.
Grocery (food at home) prices have increased 20%.
Food away from home prices have increased 18%.
Energy prices have increased 38%.
Prices for fuel oil have increased 45%.
Natural gas prices have increased 20.7%.
Electricity prices have increased 26%.
Rental prices for a primary residence have increased 15.6%.
Prices for used cars and trucks have increased 35%.
Prices for new vehicles have increased 20%.
Furniture prices have increased 18.8%.
Apparel prices have increased 10.8%.
Airline fares have increased 39%.
Biden is a failure
Newsom urged to halt progressives' 'scheming' to derail popular anti-crime initiative
https://news.yahoo.com/news/newsom-urged-halt-progressives-scheming-080034428.html
Prop 47 reform penalizing criminals on November ballot
https://www.yahoo.com/news/california-group-secures-signatures-land-015547663.html
Some Democrats said they plan to introduce inoperability clauses into the set of proposed public safety bills to prevent them from going into effect if voters approve the Prop 47 reforms. They contend that it's a way to ensure there aren't any inconsistencies in the law.
American College of Pediatricians on gender dysphoria
https://acpeds.org/press/pediatricians-doctors-and-medical-organizations-sign-declaration-urging-prominent-us-medical-organizations-to-cease-harmful-interventions-on-children-with-gender-dysphoria
Newsom’s lawyers believe voters aren’t capable of making informed decisions about taxes | Opinion
https://news.yahoo.com/news/newsom-lawyers-believe-voters-aren-120000493.html
California Gov. Newsom's budget could cost businesses billions in higher taxes
https://news.yahoo.com/finance/news/california-gov-newsoms-budget-could-185627308.html
Yet a new report published by the California Taxpayers Association (CalTax), a nonpartisan and nonprofit tax research group, suggests Newsom's revised budget plan actually contains several indirect tax increases on businesses that could cost as much as $18 billion over the next four years.
US federal budget crosses grim milestone as interest payments overtake defense spending
https://news.yahoo.com/finance/news/us-federal-budget-crosses-grim-milestone-as-interest-payments-overtake-defense-spending-155521072.html
Interest is now the third-biggest expenditure after Social Security and health. And not because any of the other programs are shrinking. While most government expenditures grow modestly from year to year, interest expenses in 2024 are running 41% higher than in 2023.
Newsom no tax increases. His budget tells a different story
https://news.yahoo.com/finance/news/walters-newsom-shuns-tax-increases-170311387.html
American households fully spent their pandemic-era savings as of March 2024
https://news.yahoo.com/finance/news/americans-spent-savings-economists-worry-113203731.html
Americans have spent their savings. Economists worry about what comes next
Analysis by Nicole Goodkind, CNN
Tue, May 7, 2024 at 4:32 AM PDT·6 min read
Americans saved quite a bit of money during the pandemic: $2.1 trillion worth, to be exact.
That extra cushion meant that consumers kept spending in the years that followed and the economy remained robust despite rising interest rates and persistent, though gradually decreasing, inflation.
But now that extra spending money is gone, economists are concerned about what comes next.
What’s happening: The most recent estimates of excess pandemic savings in the US economy have turned negative, according to Hamza Abdelrahman and Luiz Edgard Oliveira, economists at the San Francisco Federal Reserve.
That means many Americans have more debt than savings and suggests “that American households fully spent their pandemic-era savings as of March 2024,” they wrote in a recent report.
Consumer spending plays a crucial role in driving economic growth in the United States, and it has shown remarkable strength over the past two years. But now that excess savings have now dwindled to nothing, that could hurt spending and spell trouble for the American economy.
Alarmingly, debt is also accumulating. Chicago Federal Reserve President Austan Goolsbee said last month that while consumer debt levels aren’t yet “especially” high, the Fed is concerned about the rate of consumer delinquencies, or missed or late payments on expenses such as auto loans, credit card bills and rent.
Instrumental Marxism, or elite model, is a theory which reasons that policy makers in government and positions of power tend to "share a common business or class background, and that their decisions will reflect their business or class interests". It perceives the role of the state as more personal than impersonal, where actions such as nepotism and favoritism are common among those in power, and as a result of this, the shared backgrounds between the economic elite and the state elite are discernible. The theory argues that due to the high concentration of wealth within the State that the actions of State actors seek to secure and increase their wealth by passing policies that benefit the economically superior class.
Political Relations Between Poland & Belarus
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/P7fjWEwWq4E
California spent billions on homelessness without tracking if it worked
https://news.yahoo.com/california-fails-track-effectiveness-billions-185244850.html
El Cajon Mayor Bill Wells. Hamas-style attack could happen to us, border mayor warns as migrant surge continues
https://news.yahoo.com/crisis-california-hamas-style-attack-222100376.html
National debt is fast becoming the thorn in the side of the American economy that nobody wants to extract—and it will continue to cause damage, sending the U.S. into financial crisis and 10 years of stagnation.
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/america-left-severe-irreversible-scars-113555033.html
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