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Biden strikes again. Calif.-based 99 Cents Only Stores Closing, Citing COVID, Inflation, Theft.

Biden strikes again.

Biden strikes again. Calif.-based 99 Cents Only Stores Closing, Citing COVID, Inflation, Theft. Well Joe’s at it again. His economy is forcing stores to close and put thousands of folks out of work.

Not only is a convience chain in California closing all 371 of its stores, but Family Dollar will close 970 stores and Dollar Tree will close 30 stores.

One thing that’s common in both closings is that most are in neighborhoods that don’t have a grocery store. So folks were forced to buy what limited food items they had at a higher cost. Now that is gone.

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Good news for Republicans the past week or so.

Crybaby Joe. Caught in another lie.

Good news for Republicans the past week or so.

We had a few victories in both the courts and with the state legislators the past 7-10 days. Remember it’s the legislators and not the Secretary of State who make the laws.

In Florida. Judge Cannon spurned Smith’s demand that she quickly decide whether the personal documents claim will be relevant to the trial, saying making a decision at this stage would be “unprecedented and unjust”.

In New Mexico, a judge ruled in favor of an election integrity group — and also rebuked the state’s Democrat election officials for violating public disclosure rules pertaining to its voter rolls.

Wisconsin voters approved two amendments to the state’s constitution — making sure that private money to fund elections will be banned and that only election officials can administer elections.

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen called on state lawmakers to pass measure LB764 to make the state’s electoral votes into a winner-take-all scenario.

Georgia — where the Georgia General Assembly actually passed three election integrity bills last Thursday.

The three bills — SB189, HB974, and HB1207 — ban unverifiable QR-coded voting and also require improved ballot chain of custody procedures to stop ballot fraud. They also mandate visible watermarks on all ballots to stop fake ballots.

On bill, SB189, mandates that all physical ballots are subject to Georgia Open Records law. The bills contain many more details to improve Georgia’s elections.

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday blocked Biden’s plan to cancel loans for borrowers who claim they were victims of ‘misleading information’ by colleges.

 

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Yes Virginia 500,000 left Florida, but a million moved there.

Florida has become a hot spot for millennials. Anna Bryukhanova/Getty Images

Yes Virginia 500,000 left Florida, but a million moved there. I saw somewhere where someone tried to say how horrible Florida was and 500,000 folks left.

What was left out was this. one million folks moved there. So to me that’s a win win for Florida. Since the Obama- Biden Pandemic, no state has grown the way Florida has.

Florida, which has long attracted new residents thanks to its beaches and absence of state income tax, is getting an economic boost driven by young Americans seeking new opportunities. While the state benefits from this influx, it also faces challenges such as increased living costs that are sometimes less obvious, and it could hurt the residents and the state in the long run.

Florida’s population jumped by 1.9% from 2021 to 2022, with a net gain of 417,000 new residents, making it the fastest-growing state in the country. What’s more, an analysis of Census Bureau data published by Smart Asset in November indicated the state had become one of the “hot spots” for millennials. And more people may be looking to move there: A March 2023 report from the real-estate outlet RedFin found that Florida dominated the list of the cities Americans want to move to the most.

  • People are moving to Florida in record numbers, and not just retirees.
  • Young people are being lured by the weather, a lack of state income tax, and more job opportunities.

 

 

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What did you think would happen? Restaurants in California laying off people.

Huge increases and layoffs.

What did you think would happen? Restaurants in California laying off people. Come April 1st, the restaurant minimum wage goes up to $20.00 an hour. Just last year state minimum went to $16.00 an hour.

Yes this is for large chain restaurants, but it effects small business outside of the restaurant industry. Folks will demand the same $20.00 an hour. How are the large chains reacting? Higher prices, layoffs, and reduced hours. There is a group fighting this.

The “Save Local Restaurants” coalition has been vocal in its opposition to the FAST Recovery Act in California. This law, which could set the fast food minimum wage as high as $22 an hour next year, has drawn criticism from the fast-food industry. The coalition includes a mix of stakeholders, such as small business owners, restaurant owners, franchisees, employees, consumers, and community-based organizations. Notable contributors to this coalition include Burger King, McDonald’s, and KFC owner Yum Brands. They argue that the law unfairly targets their industry and could lead to higher labor costs and menu price increases. In response to the Act’s passage, the coalition filed a voter referendum seeking to repeal the legislation2. The legislation applies to fast food restaurants with more than 100 locations nationwide.

The FAST Recovery Act aims to establish sectorwide minimum standards on wages, working hours, and other working conditions related to the health, safety, and welfare of fast food restaurant workers. Labor unions pushed for the creation of a Fast Food Council to address the challenges faced by fast food workers, who are often part of a disempowered workforce with a history of low wages and limited worker protections.

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Where Millennials are and are not buying.

What cities the money is going to. AP Photo

Where Millennials are and are not buying. More and more millennials are buying instead of renting. Just over 50 percent. I guess that tells you who has the money in most cases.

Now the figures below include the metropolitan areas of the cities listed.

 

According to the findings, cities with some of the highest shares of millennial households that own instead of rent in 2022 include:

  • Midland, Texas: 82%
  • Provo, Utah: 76%
  • Palm Bay, Florida: 75%
  • Youngstown, Ohio: 74%
  • Des Moines, Iowa: 73%
  • Boise City, Idaho: 72%
  • Portland, Maine: 72%
  • North Port, Florida: 71%
  • Columbia, South Carolina: 69%
  • Greenville, South Carolina: 67%

And here are some of the cities with the smallest share of millennial households that own:

  • Salinas, California: 19%
  • San Jose, California: 23%
  • Asheville, North Carolina: 25%
  • Chattanooga, Tennessee: 28%
  • Los Angeles, California: 31%
  • Sacramento, California: 32%
  • San Diego, California: 32%
  • Durham, North Carolina: 33%
  • Urban Honolulu, Hawaii: 34%
  • New York, New York: 34%
  • 2023 numbers haven’t been released.

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Biden with the man who made him rich and will create a bloodbath on our auto industry.

How the Biden family became millionaires. Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden take a walk after their talks in the Filoli Estate in the U.S. state of California, Nov. 15, 2023. Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday had a candid and in-depth exchange of views on strategic and overarching issues critical to the direction of China-U.S. relations and on major issues affecting world peace and development. The meeting was held at Filoli Estate, a country house approximately 40 km south of San Francisco, California. (Photo by Li Xueren/Xinhua via Getty Images)

Biden with the man who made him rich and will create a bloodbath on our auto industry. It’s a known fact that China is building factories in Mexico. Factories to build Electric cars. What do you think happens next? Let the Chinese tell you.

Xiaopeng in a letter to XPeng employees obtained by CNBC last month. Xiaopeng suggested that “a bloodbath” is coming for the American auto industry this year.

China seeks to deliver a “brutal knockout round” against its Western competitors, including the U.S., in the global EV market, Xiaopeng said.

CNBC reported:

“This year also marks the beginning of a fierce competition that may end in a ‘bloodbath’ (or as I prefer to call it, the brutal ‘knockout round’).

Now maybe you understand what Trump meant about a bloodbath.

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Case to watch. Biden social media case heads to Supreme Court.

FILE – This combination of 2017-2022 photos shows the logos of Facebook, YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat on mobile devices. (AP Photo/File)

Case to watch. Biden social media case heads to Supreme Court. Even MSM has admitted that federal officials in the Biden administration have mettled in social media and how they should ban or delete what they think is misinformation. This from The Hill.

The Biden administration’s legal battle over social media content moderation will reach the Supreme Court on Monday, when the justices are set to hear arguments over whether federal officials violated the First Amendment by urging platforms to remove posts they deemed false or misleading.

Two Republican attorneys general brought the case in a challenge to the administration’s efforts to curb misinformation online — an effort they described as a government “campaign of censorship.” They purported federal officials “coordinated and colluded” with social media platforms to “identify disfavored speakers, viewpoints, and content.”

Now the government lost before the 5th Circuit. Found that the White House, FBI and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention crossed the line into coercion.  After rehearing the case, the panel ruled that CISA did overstep also.

 

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Why Biden’s wrong on saying Inflation is down to 3%.

Prices continue to go up.

Why Biden’s wrong on saying Inflation is down to 3%. Biden keeps on saying how Inflation’s only 3%. It’s not. It’s over 17%. What cost you $100.00 in 2021 doesn’t cost you $103.00. It’s over $117.00 today. That according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The 3% he’s claiming is on top of inflation from 2021,2022, and 2023.Since 2021, inflation costs the typical household $11,434 annually.

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What happens when Biden inflation raises prices? You create a phony committee to blame Corporations.

Biden's hit squad. Tenor.com

What happens when Biden inflation raises prices? You create a phony committee to blame Corporations. We all have seen what Biden policies have done to the economy and high prices.

So what does Biden do to fix it? Joe Biden will launch a new strike force jointly led by the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice, to tackle “unfair and illegal” corporate pricing, which he blames for consumers’ continued high costs of living.

Only person missing is AG James from NY. She has a history of going after corporate giants. The announcements and the meeting are part of Biden’s ongoing crusade against corporate pricing practices that he claims are unfair. The White House believes they contribute directly to the public perception that the economy is doing poorly, despite data that objectively shows a strong U.S. economy.

 

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Wind Turbines not the answer in coal country. Or anywhere else.

Keyser, West Virginia, is going through an energy transition as wind turbines are built around the traditional coal mining area. Haiyun Jiang for NPR

Wind Turbines not the answer in coal country. Or anywhere else. In 2022, the country’s first major climate policy, known as the Inflation Reduction Act, passed with the promise to speed up that transition, offering at least $4 billion to boost development of renewable projects like the Pinnacle Wind Farm in Keyser.

Keyser got the jobs, all six of them. Nuff said.