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The year in Popular Information [Judd Legum, Tesnim Zekeria, Rebecca Crosby, Popular Information]

By Spencer Chen
In [Popular Information]
December 26, 2022
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  • Accountability for right-wing billionaire Charles Koch.
  • Document obtained by Popular Information cited in class action lawsuit against DeSantis.
  • Breaking the news about Disney’s support of the politicians behind “Don’t Say Gay.”
  • Fake environmental group ends six-figure ad campaign.
  • College Board parts ways with top executive pushing to limit instruction on race and history in classrooms.
  • Tinder and Match end donations to Republican Attorneys General.
  • Major cinema chain exposed for distributing discredited film about 2020 voter fraud.
  • Reporting on corporate donations to anti-LGBTQ lawmakers inspires action.
  • Top PR firm apologizes for telling companies to stay quiet on abortion rights.
  • Revealing Toyota’s hypocrisy on election deniers.
  • Holding DeSantis accountable for lying about math textbooks.
  • Exposing right-wing activists fighting to ban thousands of books.
  • Republican Attorneys General Association returns illegal contribution from anti-vax group.
  • Uncovering a purge of left-leaning tenured faculty by a former Koch Industries executive.
  • Pulling back the curtain on Wells Fargo’s corporate PAC.

Click HERE for original. Published December 26, 2022

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December 26, 2022 [Heather Cox Richardson, Letters From An American]

By Spencer Chen
In Heather Cox Richardson [Letters from an American]
December 26, 2022
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  • On December 26, 1862, the U.S. government hanged 38 Santee men in the largest mass execution in American history, due to their actions in Minnesota’s Dakota War.
  • The war was caused by the U.S. government’s failure to provide the food promised to the Santees by treaty, and settlers’ fury at the Santees’ attempt to reclaim their land.
  • President Abraham Lincoln refused to sign off on the executions of 303 Santees convicted by a military tribunal, pardoning 265 of them, but the 38 convicted of murder or rape against civilians were hanged.
  • The aftermath of the hangings led to the development of the Lieber Code, which set out rules for wartime, and the Hague Conventions of the turn of the century.

Click HERE for original. Published December 26, 2022

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December 25, 2022 [Heather Cox Richardson, Letters From An American]

By Spencer Chen
In Heather Cox Richardson [Letters from an American]
December 25, 2022
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  • In July 1776, the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, but the British responded with military might.
  • By December, the Continental Army was demoralized and the Continental Congress had abandoned Philadelphia.
  • Thomas Paine published a pamphlet urging people to stand by their country and help drive the enemy back.
  • On Christmas night, Washington and his troops crossed the Delaware River and surprised the Hessians at Trenton, restoring confidence in the Revolutionary cause.
  • The Battles of Trenton and Princeton saved the Revolutionary cause and showed that tyranny could be conquered.

Click HERE for original. Published December 25, 2022

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I Want an Automobile for Christmas [Peter Zeihan, Zeihan on Geopolitics]

By William McClain
In Peter Zeihan [Zeihan on Geopolitics], Politics
December 23, 2022
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  • American Automotive companies will benefit from revised NAFTA tariffs and subsidies from the Inflation Reduction Act.
  • These have been updated by the Biden Administration and will put a significant strain on foreign imports.
  • Electric vehicles will be subsidized and those made in North America will benefit the most.
  • European companies are not meeting the requirements of the NAFTA tariffs, so they will struggle to compete with American Automotive.
  • The Biden Administration is likely to continue with punitive tariffs, meaning foreign imports will become increasingly scarce in North America.

link to original vlog published December 23, 2022: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG1q9gdxDq0

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December 23, 2022 [Heather Cox Richardson, Letters From An American]

By Spencer Chen
In Heather Cox Richardson [Letters from an American]
December 23, 2022
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  • In a 225-201 vote, the House passed a 4,155-page omnibus spending bill, which the Senate passed the day before.
  • The bill funds the government through September 30, 2023 and increases spending for defense, education, childcare, healthcare, mental health programs, the opioid crisis, food security programs, housing and heating assistance programs, the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Park Service, and the National Science Foundation.
  • The bill also provides supplemental funding for Ukraine aid, disaster relief, and investigations into the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol.
  • The bill was passed with bipartisan support, despite refusal from House Republicans to participate in negotiations.
  • The passage of the bill was particularly fitting, as it coincided with the day in 1783 that George Washington resigned his commission after the Revolutionary War.

Click HERE for original. Published December 23, 2022

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December 21, 2022 [Heather Cox Richardson, Letters From An American]

By William McClain
In Heather Cox Richardson [Letters from an American], Politics
December 21, 2022
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  • Vladimir Putin launched a new assault into Ukraine 300 days ago, but was met with strong resistance from the Ukrainians, who have refused to yield and have debilitated the Russian military.
  • Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky made his first trip outside Ukraine since the invasion began to visit the White House, thank President Biden, Congress, and the American people for their support, and ask for more aid, both military and humanitarian.
  • Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken pulled together allies around the globe to sanction Russia and Russian individuals and entities, weakening the Russian economy and protecting the concept of an international rules-based order.
  • As the Ukrainians fought back against the Russian invaders, they demonstrated the power of democracy and showed that Putin’s claim of moral superiority over secular democracies was a sham.
  • Zelensky’s visit to the White House and Congress demonstrated that the U.S. will give Ukraine its “unequivocal and unbending support” for as long as it takes, in stark contrast to Putin’s boasts and trip to Belarus.

Click HERE for original. Published December 21, 2022

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Where in the World: Quartzite and Greentech [Peter Zeihan, Zeihan on Geopolitics]

By William McClain
In Peter Zeihan [Zeihan on Geopolitics], Politics
December 21, 2022
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  • Green Tech solar and wind are heralded as a cure-all, however the process of producing PV cells is extraordinarily damaging to the environment.
  • Silicon, which is used to produce PV cells, is mined and refined with a blast furnace, often powered by coal, making the carbon footprint of the production process extreme.
  • Solar panels are not effective in most cities due to lack of sun, needing to run five times as long to make up for the carbon debt.
  • Wind turbines are a better option; they are non-toxic to manufacture, often created with carbon fiber and aluminum, and can be situated in places that make sense.
  • Wind power is more reliable, reaching higher speeds and able to be used for base load capacity, while solar power is intermittent and cannot be used for peak demand.
  • If solar is not used in the right location, it can become part of the environmental problem instead of the solution.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LV-D9mKoig – December 21, 2022

Website: https://zeihan.com/where-in-the-world-quartzite-and-greentech/

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December 20, 2022 [Heather Cox Richardson, Letters From An American]

By William McClain
In Heather Cox Richardson [Letters from an American], Politics
December 20, 2022
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  • Representative Elise Stefanik (R-NY) made a statement to desperately and unconstitutionally target President Trump and Republicans, while trying to ride Trump’s coattails to power.
  • Passantino, the top ethics lawyer for the Trump White House, is accused of advising Hutchinson to give misleading testimony which could be career ending and even lead to jail time.
  • The House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol is cooperating with the Justice Department’s special counsel and preparing to release its final report.
  • Title 42, the pandemic restriction on migrants’ right to apply for asylum in the U.S., is set to be lifted, but Republican attorneys general from 19 states have sued to keep it in place.
  • House Republicans are snarling at one another, while the administration has asked the court to deny the applicants’ attempt to keep Title 42 in place.
  • The House Committee on Ways and Means voted to make Trump’s tax returns public after blacking out personal information, while raising questions as to why the IRS was not auditing Trump’s taxes during his first two years in office.

Click HERE for original. Published December 20, 2022

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Steel: Thinning Supply Lines [Peter Zeihan, Zeihan on Geopolitics]

By William McClain
In Peter Zeihan [Zeihan on Geopolitics], Politics
December 20, 2022
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Key Points:

  • Steel fabrication involves two processes: making pig iron from iron ore and coal and creating hot and cold rolled steels.
  • The US is the world leader in cold rolled steel, but has to import most of its pig iron due to environmental regulations and foreign subsidies.
  • Indiana is a major exception, with half of US pig iron and 25% of all US steel coming from the state.
  • The US is able to produce economical hot rolled steel from recycled steel.
  • Due to sanctions and war, Ukraine is no longer a reliable source of pig iron, leaving Brazil as the US’s primary source.
  • Indiana is well-positioned to weather US steel’s struggles due to its existing foundries and infrastructure.

link to original vlog published December 20, 2022: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5B2WTFxw3w

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Actually, Color-Blindness Isn’t Racist [Coleman Hughes, TFP]

By Spencer Chen
In [The Free Press], Politics
December 20, 2022
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  • Color-blindness was once considered a progressive attitude, but is now seen as backwards, and even racist.
  • In reality, color-blindness is neither racist nor backwards; it is the belief that we should strive to treat people without regard to race in our public policy and personal lives.
  • Color-blindness has deep roots in the fight against slavery and segregation, and was embraced by the Civil Rights Movement.
  • Modern activists and intellectuals have twisted the history of color-blindness to delegitimize it, but this is a false history.
  • Color-blindness is the best way to govern a multiracial democracy and to fight racism, and abandoning it would be a mistake.

Click HERE for original. Published December 20, 2022

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