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A Small Beautiful Bill
It would be nice if I could understand my energy bill.  This is the time of the year where we are gathered around tables – mostly with loving family and tasty food- and then someone says…
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December 24, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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COMIC: 6 tips to help you overcome social anxiety this season
If you're tempted to bail on potentially fun events becuase you feel awkward, read this. Level up your small talk game and practice social courage with six tips from psychologists.
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December 24, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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The Flag Deserves Better than Protection
Outlawing flag burning would undermine the banner’s very meaning.
www.cato.org
December 18, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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Rose Parade float takes shape at Cal Poly Pomona
Students from Pomona and San Luis Obispo prepare an entry with a giant robot for the drive to Pasadena for the 2026 parade.
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December 18, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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The Government Unconstitutionally Labels ICE Observers as Domestic Terrorists
A free country must have an absolute wall of protection for those who record government actions.
www.cato.org
December 17, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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Trump's DOJ Called a Sandwich a Threat. Jurors Rightly Disagreed.
By rendering a verdict of “not guilty,” jurors can stop the government from using the law as a weapon.
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December 16, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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CBP Held A U.S. Citizen For Hours At Houston Airport, Told Him No Fourth Amendment — Now He’s Suing To Stop Phone Searches - View from the Wing
CBP detained a school superintendant for hours at Houston’s airport after a trip to Nicaragua, and he says agents told him he had no Fourth Amendment rights while pressuring him for passwords and devi...
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December 16, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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How a Man Convicted of Running a Latin American Narco State Landed a Pardon
Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández’s unusual network of Trump allies and MAGA influencers helped deliver an extraordinary pardon to him.
www.wsj.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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America is Flying Blind on Immigration
Nobody Knows How Many Immigrant Workers Have Left the US Amidst Trump's Mass Deportations. That's Incredibly Bad.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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December 3, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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Gen X-ers Have Money to Spend. Why Are Retailers Ignoring Them?
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November 28, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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“‘We’re fundamentally talking about hard tradeoffs between mitigating wildfire risk, managing reliability impacts and managing costs, which often translate...’ Meredith Fowlie in POLITICO
politico.com/newsletters/california-climate/2025/11/18/californias-undergrounding-conundrum-00658395
California’s undergrounding conundrum
California regulators are poised to decide the future of power line safety.
www.politico.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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Are The Wheels Finally Falling Off MAGA?
Overreach, incoherence, and mass disinhibition may be triggering political gravity.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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One-Third of US Families Earn Over $150,000 - Marginal REVOLUTION
It’s astonishing that the richest country in world history could convince itself that it was plundered by immigrants and trade. Truly astonishing. From Jeremy Horpedahl who notes: This is from the lat...
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November 12, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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ICE and CBP’s Use of Facial Recognition Technology Needs Guardrails — Now
If left unchecked, immigration enforcement’s use of facial recognition technology could potentially trigger a constitutional crisis.
www.cato.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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Trump’s China Deal Is a Major Indictment of U.S. Trade Policy
The U.S. makes real concessions for small, temporary wins—and boosts China in the process.
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November 8, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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There's a Right To Record ICE Raids--and There's No Blanket Immunity for Raiders
Notwithstanding pronouncements from leading officials of the Trump administration, the consensus of federal courts is that the Constitution protects the right to record immigration raids, and federal ...
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November 7, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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There's No Epidemic of Political Violence, but Government Overreach Is a Real Threat
Despite tragic killings of Charlie Kirk and at an ICE facility in Dallas, the statistical reality points to a safer nation.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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Florence + The Machine - One of the Greats (Official Visualizer)
YouTube video by FlorenceMachineVEVO
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November 6, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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Batteries, solar help keep the lights on in Texas but more needed
Many Texas residents remain skeptical about the reliability of the electric grid since massive dayslong outages in February 2021. Notably, the power supply situation has since improved, with capacity ...
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November 5, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Striking Down the Tariffs Won’t Hurt Anybody
The Supreme Court will not devastate the economy or the budget by obeying the Constitution.
www.cato.org
November 4, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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The Folly of American Steel Protectionism
The US steel industry has been one of the most—if not the most—coddled industry by policymakers in Washington who have showered it with every conceivable form of protection from import competition.
www.cato.org
November 4, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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The rise of the middle-aged murder victim
Analyst Jeff Asher, one of the best sources for up-to-date data about crime in the U.S., shared numbers on Tuesday that struck me as interesting: the age of victims of murder has been trending upward ...
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October 31, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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Pearls, Gold and Pasadena Grace: The Enduring Allure of the Rose Court’s Magnificent Crowns – Pasadena Now
Daily Newsmagazine and City Guide to Pasadena, California featuring local news, breaking news, events, weather, sports news, schools news, shopping, restaurants and more from Pasadena Now
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October 31, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship
Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”
www.404media.co
October 31, 2025 at 4:18 AM