Category: This Weeks News
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National 2nd Amendment Day
By Gun Owners of America (GOA) – February 22, 2023 GOA wants to extend our thanks to Brownells for the generous donation of $22,222 for Second Amendment Day, February 22nd, and encourage our members to celebrate this tradition with all of us. Brownell’s has played a key role in upholding Americans’ Second Amendment rights, as…
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Congresswoman Boebert Introduces the American Energy Act
By Congresswoman Lauren Boebert – February 22, 2023 Congresswoman Lauren Boebert introduced the American Energy Act to cut red tape to unleash American energy, streamline the energy permitting process, reduce gas prices, and eliminate frivolous lawsuits threatening American energy independence.Congresswoman Lauren Boebert stated, “The Biden administration is colluding with Green New Deal extremists to slow…
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Our First President
By Dr. Ben Carson – February 22, 2023 On February 22, 1732, George Washington was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia. A full 57 years later, on April 30, 1789, George Washington took the oath of office and became the first and only U.S. president unanimously elected to serve as the nation’s chief executive. In his…
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MUSHROOM CONSUMPTION
By Jaime Yarbrough – Science Reporter- February 22, 2023 Upon discovering the world of fungi in 2009 and dreams of starting a mushroom farm, before the reality of having a business came crashing down, I looked at as many aspects of mushrooms as possible. In the beginning, prior to my realization that returning “home” from…
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Del Norte County’s First Homeless Gulag
Commentary by Samuel Strait – February 21, 2023 It may lack the guard towers and the barbed wire, but the Del NorteCounty Board of Supervisors recently gave the nod to Alison Ramsey ofTrue North Organizing for the construction of a pallet house “village”to house the County’s homeless population, pending receipt of $7 to $8million dollars…
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Follow-up To California Taxpayer Protection Initiative
By Carl DeMaio – February 20, 2023 We just received word that the opposition campaign against our California Taxpayer Protection Initiative has contacted local elected officials in your area asking them to pass a local resolution formally OPPOSING passage of our California Taxpayer Protection Initiative. Here’s what’s happening and why we need your help to…
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Looks Like The Chickens Are Coming Home To Roost
Commentary by Samuel Strait The fiscal future for California by all indicators is looking ratherbleak. Spending for the past nearly five years has become akin to thatof a “drunken sailor” with no end it sight. Governor “empty suit”Newsom and Sacramento’s one party legislators have taken a wrecking ballto the State’s financial health in a way…
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Our Congressman Jared Huffman’s Take on Biden’s State of the Union Address and more…..
By Congressman Jared Huffman – February 18, 2023 Last week, I attended President Joe Biden’s State of the Union Address, and his message was clear: the state of our union is strong – and now it’s time to finish the job. The Biden-Harris administration and Democrats in Congress have delivered big results over the last…
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Failing Up
By Congressman Kevin Kiley – February 17, 2023 The Secretary of Labor, Marty Walsh, is resigning to take a job with the NHL Players Union. I can see why representing pro athletes would be more appealing than serving in Joe Biden’s Cabinet. What’s alarming is who Biden is favoring as the presumptive nominee to replace…
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Homelessness
Opinion By Samuel Strait – February 17, 2023 Recently I attended the local Board of Supervisors meeting, Tuesday,February 14th, and dutifully wrote a piece for the Crescent City Times giving myimpressions of said meeting. As usual, there is often much more to sayabout certain decisions made by the Board, likely as not the decisionwas a…