Your Sunday News Assembly, for 1-5-25!
Breaking news, video links, and contextual info to help peel those political onions out there!
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ONE!
Here's a great example of both the consequences and the fundamentally immoral construct of government blowhards telling other people how they can arrange their voluntary contracts. It's a window into the effects of the immoral CA minimum wage statute (which also breaches the Contract Clause of the US Constitution when forced onto already-existing work agreements). LINK!
Popular Restaurant Unable to Survive Even One Day of New $20.76 Minimum Wage Law - MSN
As the city of Seattle, Washington, hiked minimum wages to $20.76 per hour on New Year’s Day, some businesses had to close their doors, including one restaurant whose owner somehow still ...
www.msn.com
Of course, it's not as if this is an isolated incident. LINK!
The California Minimum-Wage Disaster | National Review
Last September, Gavin Newsom hailed the passage of a law that increased the already high $16-per-hour minimum wage in California to $20 per hour for fast-food workers at chains with more than 60 ...
www.nationalreview.com
And, in the UK, everything's coming up Roses — War of the Roses, more like. LINK!
Now cost of hiring minimum wage worker rises by £2,300 - MSN
She also said the National Living Wage, the legal minimum, would go up by 77p to £12.21 per hour. But the CPS warned the soaring cost of employing minimum wage staff would have an ‘obvious ...
www.msn.com
It always boggles my mind that more folks don't oppose these mandates on moral grounds and that they don't see the practical outcomes, which is that consumers simply want lower prices for things and for services, and if politicians push up the cost of labor for those, consumers will change their buying patterns and go without - including going without employing the lowest-skilled workers.
TWO!
Another California story, which includes San Fran's history of driving businesses away with its "before the state does it" mandate to hike the minimum wage a couple of years ago. Then there's the SF "before the state does it" non-arrests of shoplifters stealing up to $900 bucks in loot. Surely, such fertile ground, coupled with the SF zoning mandates that have hampered the creation of cheap rentals, surely this city must be a paradise, with streets completely clean, no homeless, no drug addicts... Yet this is their new move to try to handle one of their major problems. The welfarist mindset, in action. Keep taking money from people to give it to others, but then, invade the privacy of those others if they want the loot. This might sound like a solid idea to some who would like to see the welfare system act as an incentivizing system to stop drug use. It won't stop drug use. LINK!
San Francisco starts ban on cash welfare for drug addicts who refuse treatment - MSN
(The Center Square) – San Francisco started its ban on county-funded cash assistance for individuals with substance abuse disorders who refuse to engage in treatment. Measure F, approved by ...
www.msn.com
And the immoral taking and hand-out system now pits itself against a previous Circuit Court ruling, coming out of a Florida dispute that cropped up more than ten years ago. LINK!
Unconstitutional Conditions and Drug Testing Welfare Recipients
On February 26, 2013, a panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit preliminarily found in Lebron v.Florida Department of Children and Families that suspicionless drug testing of welfare recipients is unconstitutional under the Fourth Amendment, and that requiring consent to such testing as a condition of receiving welfare violates the doctrine of unconstitutional conditions.
www.jurist.org
Here's a bit of background on the SF hike in the minimum wage mandate.
SF minimum wage gets biggest increase in nearly a decade - San Francisco Examiner
San Francisco's minimum wage rate is updated every July 1 thanks to Proposition J, which voters passed back in 2014.
www.sfexaminer.com
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Okay, I don't know if Biden paid for these himself, perhaps utilizing his "Big Guy" money, or, perhaps, getting a discount from some of Hunter's biz associates at Chinese nations, or, perhaps, working a sponsorship with Burisma or Lockheed Martin, but, somehow, this seems like one of the final insults he's been saving for the end of his stellar occupancy of the cocaine-dusted 1600 Penn Ave. LINK!
Biden to award highest civilian honor to George Soros, Hillary Clinton
President Joe Biden named 19 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Saturday, including former Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and billionaire globalist George Soros.
www.theblaze.com
I have to admit, this, here, is pretty funny, a quick meme, skewering the move. LINK!
And, lest one forget her classic, “We came. We saw. He died.” Oh, and that callous, maniacal laughter… Just despicable. LINK!
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Yeah, so, while the Puppet President (when, in the last 70 years, has there not been one?) was getting those prizes ready for George and Hillary, he also was taking a page from Keir Starmer's book, to increase the government manipulation of the market for home heating, steering it towards... Feckless "heat pumps." If heat pumps are so great, people will willingly make them top-sellers. And if the “super-efficient” water-heaters in this US issue are so great, why not let people decide for themselves, based on their own price-satisfaction criteria? They don't need ScamTrak Joe to engage in fascism. LINK!
Biden Quietly Bans Most Gas Powered Tankless Water Heaters
In a significant regulatory shift that took place quietly the day after Christmas, the Biden administration finalized new climate rules targeting natural gas-powered instantaneous water heaters. The Department of Energy (DOE), which traditionally issues a press release for such regulations, chose not to announce these changes publicly, raising eyebrows across various sectors.
www.zerohedge.com
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This is almost comical. My take, which might not comport with what many in the MRCTV readership dig, is, "Why, when the US is not in a declared War and troops are not supposed to be mobilized, does the US have a military base in Honduras?" That comes atop the fact, of course, that the feds are not granted power over immigration — unless the Congress wants to declare War against the government of Honduras or they issue Letters of Marque and Reprisal to arrest the immigrants, since they aren't officially tied to the Honduran government. LINK!
The base houses between 500 to 1,500 U.S. military personnel, alongside Honduran Air Force members. JTF-Bravo conducts various missions, including humanitarian assistance, disaster relief, counter-narcotics operations, and regional security cooperation.
www.thegatewaypundit.com
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This would seem too far-fetched if presented in a novel or TV drama. Schumer just appointed new CA Sen Adam Schiff to the JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. Schiff being the guy who openly fabricated a "conversation" between then-Pres Trump and Zelenskyyyyyy in 2019. LINK!
Schumer Appoints Adam Schiff to Powerful Senate Judiciary Committee - Breitbart News Network
Incoming Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has named newly-installed Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) to the powerful Senate Judiciary Committee, which reviews judicial appointments, including to the Supreme Court.
www.breitbart.com
And here is his classic "fake-but-real" make-believe. LINK!
Schiff slammed for chalking up ‘disturbing’ fictional account of Trump-Ukraine call to ‘parody’
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., came under fire on Thursday for making up his own version of Trump’s phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for “parody” purposes.
www.foxnews.com
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This is encouraging. LINK!
Trump: 'Open Up' North Sea, Get Rid of Windmills - Newsmax
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump called to "open up" the North Sea and get rid of windmills in a post on his social media platform Truth Social on Friday. Oil companies have been steadily exiting the North Sea in recent decades with production declining from a peak of 4.4...
www.newsmax.com
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Let's talk about Mike Johnson, and how little self-respect, how little respect for the Constitution and ethics, his supporters appear to have now that only one member of the GOP, the stalwart Thomas Massie, voted against Johnson getting a sequel, "Speaker II: Electricky Boogaloo". First, here's a great meme showing Massie, and reminding folks of the bait-and-switch RiNO manipulators pulled a year ago, and again, with Johnson as the "same as it ever was" Speaker. LINK to X!
Next, let's look at some of the major problems real conservatives and constitutionalists have had with Johnson, via Politico reporter Olivia Beavers, on X.
And, the last time he said this upon entering office, he immediately pushed more weapons for Ukraine and Israel. This is almost as ridiculous as him appearing on TV the other day and trying to tie the NOLA truck attacker to the immigration debate. Jeesh! LINK!
After Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) was elected to Speaker of the House for the 119th Congress, he took the floor to give his speech to start the 119th Congress, where he noted how the United States will be implementing an "America first" agenda as President-elect Donald Trump takes office. "The path of prosperity has long been paved with policies that put America and Americans first and that is ...
thepostmillennial.com
This is a good exchange, on vid, between Gaetz and Massie, regarding the incredible disregard for both the Constitution and the so-called "rules" of the House that Johnson has exhibited. LINK!
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This is big... LINK!
FCC Net Neutrality Rules Blocked By Federal Appeals Court - Deadline
The FCC‘s effort to establish rules of the road for internet service has been sidelined again, as a federal appeals court has blocked the latest version of net neutrality regulations. The 6th ...
deadline.com
TEN!
So, last week, Joe issued an "EO" blocking for 20 years further nat-gas leases in Nevada's Ruby Mountain Federal TOTALITARIAN CONTROL ZONE. Now, he does this, creating a bookend to how his corrupt term started, in January 2021. LINK!
Joe Biden gives an Oval Office address on dropping out of the presidential race, pool photo by Evan Vucci,/Getty, July 24, 2024. Joe Biden is preparing to permanently ban new offshore oil and gas development in key U.S. coastal waters, which will be “difficult to revoke protections for sensitive marine areas.”
www.thegatewaypundit.com
ELEVEN!
Because, why not recognize another corrupt parasite who worked hard to make sure innocent people are in jail? LINK!
Biden to give Liz Cheney second highest civilian award
justthenews.com
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So, despite the fact that the US is not signatory to the International Criminal Court, it, and Israel, were involved and supported the creation of it. The Biden Admin applauded the ICC indictment of Putin last year (when Putin saved a lot of kids who had been living under Ukrainian aggression for years, and, btw, Russia also is not signatory to the ICC), but now that the ICC has cited Netanyahu and Gallant for their genocidal actions and statements that confirm their intentions, the US Congress saw the "rules" it passed on Friday including a new "sanctions" directive against the ICC. Here is the result, coming Friday eve, and as one reads it, one might wonder how the feds can "sanction" anyone without any trial. These "sanctions" not only apply to individual members of the ICC who might call out Israel, the unconstitutional federal actions also threaten Americans who want to engage in peaceful commerce with those people. The entire concept stands in absolute contradistinction from most of the Bill of Rights. LINK!
The House also agreed to a rules package that includes a measure to impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court as it seeks the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
www.clevelandjewishnews.com
As the story notes, the actual bill came from June, but, as Thomas Massie points out, the new "rules" made it impossible to bring up points of order against the sanctions bill that soon came after that vote for Speaker Johnson. "America First! (wink)... LINK!
Here is Kim Iversen on it LINK
THIRTEEN!
I can't help but shake my head at the insanity of this. LINK!
Michigan To Bulldoze 400+ Acres Of Trees To Build Solar Farm
Michigan state officials plan to clear 420 acres from a state forest to build a new solar farm in the name of environmentalism. A “top state official” confirmed to MLive that the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) planned to bulldoze a large swath of forestland to build a solar farm as part of a lease agreement. The outlet noted that the DNR “recently assessed 1,200 acres of ...
www.dailywire.com
And the heat-island effect, the unreliable nature of them, the threat of damage by storms... Completely overlooked, clouded under the myopic haze of the Climate Cult fantasy and funded with taxpayer cash... And, of course, the cheapest solar panels sold on Earth come from China, with the corporations making them thanks to cheap power provided by coal plants.
FOURTEEN!
Classic. This comes as a result of some of the things we got to discuss a few weeks ago, as VT moved to attack oil companies in a massive money-grab. LINK!
Vt. Sued for Requiring Firms to Pay for Climate Change Damage - Newsmax
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and a top oil and gas industry trade group are suing Vermont over its new law requiring fossil fuel companies pay a share of the damage caused over several decades by climate change. The federal lawsuit filed Monday asks a state court to ...
www.newsmax.com
FIFTEEN!
DeWine is such a nasty and deceitful, arrogant and morally empty person. The taxpayers already pay for the cops whether they want to or not (otherwise, cops will come for them at their homes to see them prosecuted for tax-jumping), and NOW, the state wants to make citizens pay to get the footage from the cop-cams THEY PAY FOR on the cops THEY PAY FOR. Just astounding. So corrupt and such a clear ploy to gain police union smiles. LINK!
Ohio lawmakers sneak in a new law to charge public for police body camera videos - Reason.com
Police. Ohio Lawmakers Sneak In a New Law to Charge Public for Police Body Camera Videos Civil liberty groups and press advocates worry that excessive fees could stifle police oversight.
reason.com
SIXTEEN!
This is interesting. LINK!
Federal liability shield may not protect against criminal charges. Two federal laws provide civil immunity to vaccine manufacturers. The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 grants manufacturers broad protection from civil liability for injuries resulting from vaccines listed on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s childhood immunization schedule.
childrenshealthdefense.org
SEVENTEEN!
Lest one forget the legacy of the jabs — from hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, killed or injured, to massive systemic corruption within govt, academia, the pop media, and investment houses, to lost jobs, and more — this is a valuable post from Alex Berenson, about a child who died during the "trials" that Moderna "conducted". LINK!
SOURCE — The death occurred in late 2022 or early 2023, when children under 5 who had already received Moderna’s original mRNA-1273 vaccine in the trial’s main phase were offered a shot of its “1273.214” booster against an early Omicron variant.
alexberenson.substack.com
Even if one goes by the faulty government "mortality" stats that were inflated by federal payoffs to medical centers that claimed people who died with errant positive PCR tests died FROM COVID, children were at virtually zero risk of being dangerously ill or spreading the "virus".
EIGHTEEN!
He's more solid on facts than Ketanji Brown Jackson. LINK!
Prominent atheist professor censored for saying sex is binary, defining ‘woman’ - The College Fix
Three well-known atheist scholars have quit leadership positions at the Freedom From Religion Foundation after it censored an essay that defined the word “woman” and described human sex as ...
www.thecollegefix.com
NINETEEN!
This Dem in Washington State called taking people's money "spreading that tax love around." And then, she mistakenly shared the email with the GOP in the legislature... Whoops! LINK!
Oops! Washington State Democrats Accidentally Reveal Plans for Big Tax Hikes
Washington state Democrats made a big boo-boo just before Christmas: They accidentally revealed to the world their plans for massive tax hikes.
thenewamerican.com
🙂 That's it for the links and the connected video links that go with those stories!
Now, let’s hit two video links! First, I want to offer you this very informative conversation between Judge Andrew Napolitano and Max Blumenthal, on Syria, Gaza, and more:
And this, from Andrew Napolitano, as well. His “Intel Roundtable” is excellent:
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