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Fire trucks use residential garden hoses to fill up their water tanks Life is hell on earth under full Democrat control. Wednesday evening marked day two of the horrifying fires ravaging Los Angeles. More than 100,000 people have been evacuated in the greater Los Angeles area as tens of thousands of acres burn. Thanks to incompetent Democrats such as LA Mayor Karen Bass, the fire hydrants have run dry and there are not enough resources to fight the wildfires. Fire trucks are using garden hoses from residential homes to fill up their water tanks after hydrants run dry. There is…

Topline President-elect Donald Trump blamed his political nemesis California Gov. Gavin Newsom for the devastating Los Angeles County wildfires on Wednesday, claiming Newsom rejected what the governor’s office said was a non-existent “water restoration declaration” Trump suggested could have helped prevent the fires. California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a press conference in Oakland, California, on December … [+] 27, 2024. (Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)Anadolu via Getty Images Key Facts Trump said Newsom refused to approve a “water restoration declaration” that “would have allowed millions of gallons of water . . . to flow daily into many…

President-elect Donald Trump said during a preview of policies for his second administration on Tuesday that he would not rule out the use of economic pressure, or even military force, to obtain control of Greenland and the Panama Canal.  Asked during his Mar-a-Lago press conference if he would pledge not to use coercive force against Panama or Greenland, Trump replied, “No, I can’t assure you on either of those two.” “But I can say this — we need them for economic security. The Panama Canal was built for our military,” he added. “Look, the Panama Canal is vital to our country.…

The House of Representatives passed the Laken Riley Act on Tuesday morning despite opposition from 159 Democrats. The legislation requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to take into custody illegal aliens arrested, charged, or convicted for burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting. All present House Republicans voted in favor of the Laken Riley Act which is named after the 22-year-old nursing student who was brutally murdered last year in Athens, Georgia, by an illegal alien released into the United States interior. Months before Riley’s murder, Jose Antonio Ibarra was issued a citation for shoplifting in Athens and was later issued a bench…

Finnish President Alexander Stubb will host a summit in Helsinki of the NATO countries that border the Baltic Sea together with Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal next Tuesday.The summit, which will take place at the Presidential Palace, will be attended by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte as well as leaders from Germany, Denmark, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Sweden.The topic will be the security of the Baltic Sea region, especially measures required to secure the critical underwater infrastructure, the Finnish presidency said in a statement on Wednesday.The discussion will focus on strengthening NATO’s presence in the Baltic Sea and responding to…

Senate Energy and Natural Resources ranking member Martin Heinrich is warning Chair Mike Lee to wait to schedule a confirmation hearing for Chris Wright, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Energy secretary, until he receives all relevant paperwork. Heinrich, a New Mexico Democrat, sent a letter to Lee on Wednesday that urged the Utah Republican to follow the committee’s “longstanding precedence and take seriously your constitutional responsibilities” by sharing final FBI background checks, financial disclosures and an ethics agreement before issuing a notice for a hearing for Wright, the CEO of fracking services company Liberty Energy. POLITICO previously reported Republicans are…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed legislation Wednesday that boosts the rights of parents to know when schools are changing their child’s health care or preparing to present lessons involving “sexuality content,” as conservatives nationally increasingly criticize public schools as too liberal on such issues.The signing comes as conservatives nationally are increasingly critical of public schools as too liberal and seek to quash discussion of hot-button topics, particularly around gender identity.The Republican governor told reporters after a separate bill-signing at the Statehouse that the basis of the “Parents’ Bill of Rights” is that parents want to be…

California enacted Assembly Bill 1821 (AB 1821) last week, mandating the inclusion of Native American history and perspectives in public education.Signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom on September 27, 2024, the legislation went into effect on January 1, 2025.The law aims to provide students with a more comprehensive understanding of the state’s history concerning the experiences of Native Americans during the Spanish colonial and the Gold Rush eras.AB 1821 amends the California Education Code to ensure that social science instruction at the elementary and secondary levels incorporates Native American perspectives.For students in grades 1 through 6, the curriculum must…

Bernd Vogel was caught posting comments on social media under photos of scantily clad models German politician Bernd Vogel has landed himself in hot water over his steamy activities on social media. Less than two months before the snap parliamentary elections in Germany, the 75-year-old was apparently spending his time posting lewd comments under photos of scantily clad models, using his primary account on social media platform X.The news about the politician’s controversial deeds spread on X over the weekend, some users wondering if the politician was aware that his comments were public and visible to everyone on the social…

Via RealInvestmentAdvice.com,Outflows from bond ETFs, such as TLT, have been tremendous over the last two months. ETFs, unlike mutual funds, allow dealers to redeem shares for the underlying securities and vice versa.The exchanges most often occur when the demand to buy or sell the ETF is high, thus creating a small arbitrage for the dealer.Investors frequently associate strong inflows with higher ETF prices and outflows with weaker performance.While at times that is certainly true, other times, it’s a false indicator. For instance, as the graph of TLT below shows, fund inflows were at record-high levels in 2022 as TLT sold…