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Why California Has the Nation's Worst Poverty Rate

Written by Ryan McMaken Earlier this week, the  LA Times  reminded its readers  that California has the highest poverty rate in the nation.  Specifically, when using the Census Bureau's most recent" Supplemental Poverty Measure" (SPM), California clocks in with a poverty rate of 20 percent, which places it as worst in the nation. To be sure, California is running quite closely with Florida and Louisiana, but we can certainly say that California is certain a top contender when it comes to poverty: This continues to be something of a black eye for California politicians who imagine themselves to be the enlightened elite of North America. The fact that one in five Californians is below this poverty line doesn't exactly lend itself to crowing about the state's success in its various wars on poverty.  Many conservative sites have seized on the information to say "I told you so" and claim this shows that "blue-state" poli...
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Cliven Bundy-FBI debacle: Another example of why the feds need to be leashed

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Written by James Bovard (Photo: John Locher, AP) The Justice Department was caught in another high-profile travesty last month that continues to reverberate through the western states. On Dec. 20, federal judge Gloria Navarro declared a mistrial in the case against Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and others after prosecutors were caught withholding massive amounts of evidence undermining federal charges . This is the latest in a long series of federal law enforcement debacles that have spurred vast distrust of Washington. Bundy, a 71-year old Nevadan rancher, and his sons and supporters were involved in an armed standoff with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) beginning in 2014 stemming from decades of unpaid cattle grazing fees and restrictions. The Bundys have long claimed the feds were on a vendetta against them, and 3,300 pages of documents the Justice Department wrongfully concealed from their lawyers provides smoking guns that buttress their ca...
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WikiLeaks: John Podesta Was Briefed On "Gross Negligence" Before FBI Removed Phrase From Clinton Exoneration

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Written by Tyler Durden Hillary Clinton's chief of staff, John Podesta, received an email from an advisor which brought up the phrase "gross negligence" in regards to the FBI's email investigation before the FBI agent in charge of the probe removed the phrase from her exoneration statement, according to WikiLeaks.  Podesta Emails # 45924  (WikiLeaks) In a March 2016 email from former Bill Clinton Chief of Staff Tina Flournoy to Clinton campaign chairman Podesta's Gmail account, Flournoy included links to two articles concerning the FBI email investigation; one from the Washington Post  which minimized Clinton's actions, and a legal analysis from retired D.C. attorney Paul Mirengoff in which he suggests Clinton was "grossly negligent or worse" and may be in serious hot water . (h/t Mike ) Screen capture, powerlineblog.com From Mirengoff in  Powerline Blog:  First, let’s again exam...
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Saudi Arabia Admits To John Kerry That It Created ISIS... But There Is A Twist

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Written by Tyler Durden On the day Barack Obama is kowtowing to his Saudi allies , and just days after a senior Obama administration finally made the admission that has been a "conspiracy theory" for years namely that " a lot of the money, the seed money if you will, for what became Al Qaeda, came out of Saudi Arabia, " the FT is out with another stunning revelation.  The FT has written an article that supposedly focuses on the US sources of growing diplomatic antipathy between the US and Saudi Arabia. The source of disagreement: the treatment of Iran. As US President Barack Obama arrives on a valedictory visit to Saudi Arabia this week, that 70-year-old bargain looks frayed by fractious relations with a ruling House of Saud that is coming under unpredictable new management. The shale-based energy revolution meanwhile shows the potential to liberate the US from dependence on Saudi and Gulf oil. Mr Obama’s main foreign policy achieveme...
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