The RoanokeSlant

This file is a US personal journal of commentary of examples of the Roanoke Times and Liberal Media Slant...... lbhagen@aol.com

Wednesday, July 23, 2025

 

Roanoke’s LogPerch Flooding Abomination

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Roanoke Times tries again to paint-over the extensive abuse of the so called “endangered species act” and the massive past and ongoing damage and expense it has done to Roanoke and its residences and businesses.
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Why the Roanoke logperch is now off the endangered species list
https://roanoke.com/news/local/government-politics/article_91645f5d-5b23-4b48-935a-bfde2cf1b120.html
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said the large freshwater darter, which grows to between 3 and 6 inches long in adulthood, is no longer at risk of extinction.
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(Reality: they were never at ‘risk of extinction’ and even if they were, aren’t we all!)
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The SnailDarter and the LogPerch are now both OFF the ‘endangered species act list’. A law invented by radical-environmentalists hell-bent to stop any activity they did not endorse.
The Roanoke River flood control project was such an activity and the act was used to convert ‘flood control’ into ‘river bank beautification’!
After spending $80-Million dollars of tax-payer funding, Roanoke is just as subject to flooding as when it was Big Lick.
The ongoing effort now is to use more tax-payer money to relocate residents, buy and demolish homes and businesses and lay fallow the flood-prone land.
In addition to city taxes and fees residents are paying big increases in flood insurance.
This is another prime example of major government malfeasance cloaked in the name of conservation do-gooding and aided-and-abated by the PravdaMedia.
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Roanoke Flooded Again – Thank The Snail Darter and Log Perch
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2020/11/roanoke-flooded-again-thank-snail.html
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https://roanoke.com/news/local/roanoke-funded-to-buy-demolish-50-year-old-motel-some-see-as-blight/article_c40a6ea4-43f1-11ec-a1a4-c7492923e226.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2021/11/taxpayers-buying-roanoke-flood-damaged.html
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Tuesday, July 22, 2025

 

You Want Transparency? I'll Give You Transparency!

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The Democrats and their PravdaMedia tried again to make an issue out of the Epstein sex scandal implying a Trump cover-up.
Trump responded by directing that the entire Grand Jury files be made public.
Dems: Whoa! That’s Not OK! Can’t-Shouldn’t Do That! Stop!
However much Trump may be embarrassed by the revelations; It’s likely that the Democrats, starting with Clintons’ frequent-flyer trips to visit the girls on the Epstein Island, will be far more ‘tared-and-feathered’ than Trump!
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WSJ: With Epstein conspiracy theories, Trump faces a crisis of his own making
(Really?)
https://roanoke.com/news/nation-world/government-politics/article_f8a31288-4aab-56be-b4aa-a3e2904536a1.html
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WSJ: Trump, Epstein and the demands for transparency | Hot off the Wire podcast
https://roanoke.com/news/nation-world/article_cb72d6c1-bb41-5f55-b641-6f4894f6e426.html
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Trump: You want Transparency? I’ll give you transparency!
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Roanoke Times – falls on salacious-sword --- there’s No There There!
No new bombshells in Justice Department's release of Jeffrey Epstein files
https://roanoke.com/news/nation-world/article_dd18c3b5-895d-516e-947c-9aabf086b923.html
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Epstein’s Ghost Lives On
Like the ghost of Jacob Marley, Jeffery Epstein continues to stalk the news with a tenacious and salacious need for “more news”.
Those who clammer for “more news” may well regret what they ask for.
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2025/07/epsteins-ghost-lives-on.html
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WSJ Falls On Financial Doomsday Sword

What to do, what to do at the WSJ?
After months of predicting doom, gloom and financial collapse, caused by Trump’s actions, the economy is growing and healthy! Damn!
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The U.S. Economy Is Regaining Its Swagger
https://www.wsj.com/economy/the-u-s-economy-is-regaining-its-swagger-922623e3?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=ASWzDAhHANIquTs1Wwrbhnm9gDLSiiPNdvhKoRAGZJ8Vdn-9QSzdcJgmRdemkZIE40M%3D&gaa_ts=687ed267&gaa_sig=W-e8dZB0Fhk3fva1f0kNd3drnoDTnYWlqLK-CYX8_IcHT_xsr6QHIrEIilBAKYHr1faopSRE23YzHUGud1zaWQ%3D%3D
Consumer sentiment collapsed. The S&P 500 stock index fell by 19% between February and April. The world held its breath and waited for the bottom to drop out.
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But that didn’t happen. Now businesses and consumers are regaining their swagger, and evidence is mounting that those who held back are starting to splurge again.
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The stock market is reaching record highs. The University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment index, which tumbled in April to its lowest reading in almost three years, has begun climbing again. Retail sales are up more than economists had forecast, and sky-high inflation hasn’t materialized—at least not yet.
“We’ve been surprised again and again by consumers,” said Jonathan Millar, senior U.S. economist at Barclays. In April, Millar predicted that the U.S. economy would likely go into recession this year. He now expects it to keep growing, albeit at a slow pace.
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Big Beautiful Bill Reflections
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2025/07/big-beautiful-bill-reflections.html
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Renewable Self-Inflected Power Shortages

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The Real Risk to the Electric Grid
Power shortages are coming thanks to wind and solar subsidies. Here’s how they distort energy investment.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-real-risk-to-the-energy-grid-wind-solar-power-data-shortage-c297e93b?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=ASWzDAgHbTDTCW2L-mxK6W6DXyhz0uCqpQ3Ow2OANti1_euD43dhIjkSrXk0fiC0YIs%3D&gaa_ts=687ed3c2&gaa_sig=o0-D_5dFPhLzuWj8_0ToaQU7kTjEIU0mWAI2MsT2OMxc52tAHwjoyGbVJmRcFfaXe6-B8Ya64UsoANat5jgxtw%3D%3D
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Democrats are attacking the GOP’s budget bill for phasing out subsidies for wind and solar power, claiming this will cause power shortages and higher electric rates. The evidence suggests the opposite, as a new Energy Department study illustrates.
As we’ve been writing for years, the reliability of the U.S. electrical grid is in trouble. The Energy report projects potential power shortfalls in 2030, as 104 gigawatts of baseload power retire in the next five years. But here’s the really bad news: That shortfalls will exist even if that production is replaced, as expected, with 209 gigawatts of the mostly solar and wind generation under development.
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Americans would lose power in 2030 for an average of 817.7 hours (34 days), assuming typical weather conditions. If heat waves or storms stress the grid, outages could reach 55 days. Even without plant shutdowns, Americans would lose power for 269.9 hours (11 days) amid demand growth. The power shortages would be worse in middle America, where demand is growing fastest owing to AI data centers and renewables are displacing coal and gas.
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How can this be? The answer is that the Inflation Reduction Act turbo-charged subsidies for wind and solar in ways that are distorting energy investment. Because the subsidies can offset more than 50% of a project’s cost, solar and wind became more profitable to build than new baseload gas plants. The credits enable wind and solar to under-price coal and gas plants in competitive power markets.
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Any wonder that solar, wind and batteries (which also qualify for IRA subsidies) are projected to make up 93% of new utility-scale electricity capacity this year? Coal, nuclear and gas plants are still needed to back up solar and wind, but they can’t make a profit running only some of the time. Thus many have been closing, jeopardizing grid reliability.
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Yet Another ‘DÉJÀ VU’ Temperature Record!
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2025/07/yet-another-deja-vu-temperature-record.html
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Moon Walk 56th Anniversary

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No – Not Michael Jackson’s Best MoonWalk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6pomaq30Gg
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Pope Leo XIV marks 56th anniversary of moon landing with observatory visit, call to Buzz Aldrin
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/20/pope-leo-calls-buzz-aldrin-marks-56th-anniversary-moon-landing/
“This evening, 56 years after the Apollo 11 moon landing, I spoke with the astronaut Buzz Aldrin,” Pope Leo wrote on his X account. “Together we shared the memory of a historic feat, a testimony to human ingenuity, and we reflected on the mystery and greatness of Creation.”
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Tuesday, July 16, 2019
50th Anniversary Of American Flag & Astronauts Landing On Moon
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2019/07/50th-anniversary-of-american-landing-on.html
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Sunday, July 20, 2025

 

More Obama Gender Dysfunction

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More insight into the Obama disconnect from traditional American values.
Apparently Machelle’s ancestry is from Guinea Bissau where women rule and males are subservient and not valued.
https://kumakonda.com/bijagos-islands-in-guinea-bissau-where-women-rule/
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Apparently Barack would expose his sons, if he had any, to homosexuals for friendship and culture indoctrination.
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Michelle Obama Is Happy About NOT Having a Baby Boy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=fVb3-uq02D0
Talk show lesbian agrees that having boys is problematic.
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Barack Obama Urges Young Men To Befriend Gay People
https://www.yahoo.com/news/barack-obama-urges-young-men-204511250.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS91cmw_cT1odHRwcyUzQSUyRiUyRnd3dy55YWhvby5jb20lMkZuZXdzJTJGYmFyYWNrLW9iYW1hLXVyZ2VzLXlvdW5nLW1lbi0yMDQ1MTEyNTAuaHRtbCZzYT1VJnNxaT0yJ
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Apparently Barack is either unaware or dismissive of the past massive abuse of young boys by homosexual men in the Boy Scouts and the Catholic Church.
While busy exposing boys to homosexual men for cultural indoctrination one might expose girls to lesbians for their social awareness – NOT!
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Teaching youngsters to be tolerant and nonjudgmental of others is proper and responsible, however, 
homosexual behavior should not be normalized, 
and children should never be sexually-modified.
Tolerance is Not approval Nor endorsement!
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Obama’s homosexual America
President embraces liberal goal of ending marriage and societal stability
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/may/10/obamas-homosexual-america-833943949/
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Boy Scouts Open Files On Sex Abuse
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2012/10/boy-scouts-open-files-on-sex-abuse.html
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Catholic Church and Homosexual Priests
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2005/12/catholic-church-and-homosexual-priests.html
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Saturday, July 19, 2025

 

The Criminal Obamanation Of Our Government

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The "documented evidence" of the Obama-Hillary coup against the 2016 Trump candidacy has been uncovered and sent to the Justice Dept.
These charges of falsified-treason against Trump should result in serious criminal charges against all those involved in these crimes against the United States.

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Tulsi Gabbard calls for Obama to be prosecuted over 2016 election claims
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/18/tulsi-gabbard-obama-2016-election-russia
“The information we are releasing today clearly shows there was a treasonous conspiracy in 2016 committed by officials at the highest level of our government.
“Their goal was to subvert the will of the American people and enact what was essentially a years-long coup with the objective of trying to usurp the President from fulfilling the mandate bestowed upon him by the American people.
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Obama admin 'manufactured' intelligence to create 2016 Russian election interference narrative, documents show
'There was a treasonous conspiracy in 2016 committed by officials at the highest level of our government," Gabbard said

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/obama-admin-manufactured-intelligence-create-2016-russian-election-interference-narrative-documents-show
May have to copy-paste address into your browser -- just more left-wing abuse!
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Trump slams 'very dishonest' Brennan, Comey amid FBI probe
President Donald Trump reacted to Fox News Digital's reporting that former CIA Director John Brennan and former FBI Director James Comey are under criminal investigation related to the Russia probe.
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On Friday, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard declassified documents revealing "overwhelming evidence" that demonstrates how, after President Donald Trump won the 2016 election against Hillary Clinton, then-President Barack Obama and his national security team laid the groundwork for what would be the years-long Trump–Russia collusion probe.
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Durham Probe ‘Hillary Did It’
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2022/05/durham-probe-hillary-did-it.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2022/02/durham-hillarys-russian-collusion.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2019/03/top-fbi-team-and-sedition.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-real-us-russia-collusion.html
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Friday, July 18, 2025

 

Epstein’s Ghost Lives On

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Like the ghost of Jacob Marley, Jeffery Epstein continues to stalk the news with a tenacious and salacious need for “more news”.
Those who clamer for “more news” may well regret what they ask for.
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Epstein 1:
Trump orders release of grand jury transcripts from Epstein case
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/17/trump-orders-release-epstein-grand-jury-transcripts/
President Trump said Thursday he has directed Attorney General Pam Bondi to release “any and all” relevant grand jury testimony in the case of deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Epstein 2:
Comey’s daughter demanded a federal judge seal Epstein files
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/17/comeys-daughter-demanded-federal-judge-seal-epstein-files/
The daughter of former FBI Director James B. Comey persuaded a federal judge last year to block the public disclosure of a trove of government evidence against Jeffrey Epstein and his associate, Ghislaine Maxwell, keeping hidden much of what is now considered to be the “Epstein files.”
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Epstein 3:
Trump says salacious Epstein letter attributed to him is ‘fake’ and plans lawsuit against WSJ
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/17/trump-epstein-letter-wall-street-journal-attributed-fake-plans/
President Trump lashed out Thursday at the Wall Street Journal for publishing a letter he supposedly sent to disgraced late financier Jeffrey Epstein, calling the note a fake.
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Epstein 4:
Democrat senators demand Pam Bondi release report on Epstein files
https://thepostmillennial.com/democrat-senators-demand-pam-bondi-release-report-on-epstein-files#google_vignette
Sens. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) are pushing Attorney General Pam Bondi to provide a report on disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein after the fallout from a Department of Justice memo that said Epstein killed himself, there was no evidence he was blackmailing people, and that there was no incriminating "client list" of third parties to be prosecuted.
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Epstein 5:
WSJ: Jeffrey Epstein’s Friends Sent Him Bawdy Letters for a 50th Birthday Album. One Was From Donald Trump.
(Trump denies this allegation and intends to sue)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/trump-jeffrey-epstein-birthday-letter-we-have-certain-things-in-common-f918d796?mod=hp_lead_pos7
It was Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday, and Ghislaine Maxwell was preparing a special gift to mark the occasion. She turned to Epstein’s family and friends. One of them was Donald Trump.
Maxwell collected letters from Trump and dozens of Epstein’s other associates for a 2003 birthday album, according to documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.
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Hiding BiPartisan Epstein Files
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2025/07/hiding-bipartisan-epstein-files.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2019/08/big-democrat-men-saved-by-epstein.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2020/08/bill-clinton-and-epstein-girls.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2019/08/the-epstein-suicide-caper.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2021/05/epstein-was-virus.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2019/11/pravdamedia-whistleblower-fired.html
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Wednesday, July 16, 2025

 

The Ongoing Illegal Aliens Game

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ICE, CBP Arrest at Least 361 Illegal Aliens During Marijuana Grow Site Operation, Rescue at Least 14 Children
DHS agents dodged bullets while conducting the operation in California

https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/07/13/ice-cbp-arrest-least-361-illegal-aliens-during-marijuana-grow-site-operation-rescue
ICE and CBP arrested violent and dangerous criminal illegal aliens during the operation who were working at the marijuana site,
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ICE Raids at California Cannabis Farms Now Involve 14 Children, 361 Arrests, 1 Death
Convicted kidnapper, rapist, burglar and drunk drivers were among those arrested at Glass House Farms, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

https://www.cannabisbusinesstimes.com/us-states/california/news/15750612/ice-raids-at-california-cannabis-farms-now-involve-14-children-361-arrested-1-dead
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Video:
Child predator among more than 300 nabbed in cannabis farm ICE raid, largest of Trump's second term
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAY8mYKcpXY
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Rogue Democrat Judge chastises ICE agents for the raid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqYzSlBJlU4
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Governor Newsom calls recent ICE raids on California farms 'inhumane'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJltvlb-1yE
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LA Democrat Riots Continue
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2025/06/la-democrat-riots-continue.html
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Monday, July 14, 2025

 

Hiding BiPartisan Epstein Files

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Apparently the “Epstein Frequent Flyer Club” was so BiPartisan and HiLevel that Trump has decreed it’s too disruptive to see ‘the light of full disclosure (Or Any additional disclosure)’!
Apparently it’s the only BiPartisan Thing in DC right now!
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In reflection we never did see JFKs little black book.
And WidowJackie was very busy in the ‘JetSet’.
Bill Clinton didn’t need a list, his contacts were on the Secret Service SpeedDial.
Just another episode of the Rich and Famous.
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MAGA world erupts over Trump's defense of Bondi amid Epstein files fallout
President defends AG Bondi's 'fantastic job' while MAGA supporters push for transparency
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/maga-world-erupts-over-trumps-defense-bondi-amid-epstein-files-fallout
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Big Democrat Men Saved By Epstein ‘Suicide’?
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2019/08/big-democrat-men-saved-by-epstein.html
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Sunday, July 13, 2025

 

Newsome & California: Beyond Redemption

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"California's burning, burning, burning to the ground
And my head is turning, turning, turning round and round"
https://genius.com/Augustana-californias-burning-lyrics
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The 2025 Palisades fire started on January 7th 2025 – 6-Months Ago.
Newsome has processed 90 out of 1,207 (7%) of Input Rebuild Permits ToDate!
Newsome wants to be your next POTUS!
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Following recent wildfires in Los Angeles, rebuilding efforts are underway, but the issuance of building permits is lagging. In unincorporated Los Angeles County, 1,207 rebuild applications have been received, but only 90 permits have been issued. The city of Los Angeles has issued 161 permits, according to a recent Instagram post. The process is hampered by debris removal, plan reviews, and other bureaucratic hurdles.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLy9XirOqXH/
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California Dismantles Landmark Environmental Law to Tackle Housing Crisis
Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom pushed to roll back a 50-year-old law blamed for blocking development and reducing affordability
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/california-dismantles-landmark-environmental-law-to-tackle-housing-crisis-44486b30?mod=hp_lead_pos6
California lawmakers on Monday night rolled back one of the most stringent environmental laws in the country, after Gov. Gavin Newsom muscled through the effort in a dramatic move to combat the state’s affordability crisis.
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The Democratic governor—widely viewed as a 2028 presidential contender—made passage of two bills addressing an acute housing shortage a condition of his signing the 2025-26 budget. A cornerstone of the legislation reins in the California Environmental Quality Act, which for more than a half-century has been used by opponents to block almost any kind of development project.
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The abuses of the law have spread so widely that opponents used it to block some bicycle-lane expansions when Newsom served as San Francisco’s mayor, he said during a signing ceremony at the Sacramento capital. “We have seen this abuse over and over and over again,” the governor said. “We have fallen prey to a strategy of delay. As a result of that, we have too much demand chasing too little supply. This is not complicated, it is Econ 101.”
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California's Shock & Awe Reality
WSJ: How the Left Turned California Into a Paradise Lost
Gavin Newsom promised to ‘Trump-proof’ the Golden State. If only he’d fireproofed it instead.

http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2025/01/californias-shock-awe-reality_15.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2025/01/la-fires-roanoke-floods-fish-won-people.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2019/10/california-dark-and-burning.html
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Tuesday, July 08, 2025

 

Mamdani New York’s Latest Socialist

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Zohran Mamdani ID’d himself as Asian and African American on Columbia application: report
https://nypost.com/2025/07/03/us-news/uganda-born-zohran-mamdani-idd-himself-as-asian-and-african-american-on-columbia-application-report/
Democratic socialist New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani, a Muslim immigrant, identified as both Asian and African American on his Columbia University application, a report claims.
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The 33-year-old checked both “Asian” and “Black or African American” on his application to the Ivy League university — which was ultimately rejected — when he was a high school senior in 2009, the New York Times reported Thursday.
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Mamdani, born in Uganda, told the outlet he doesn’t identify as either race but rather “an American who was born in Africa.”
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“It’s now clear that Zohran Mamdani misrepresented his racial identity to gain admission to Columbia University, and at the time, he wasn’t even a U.S. citizen,” Adams’ campaign spokesperson Todd Shapiro said in a statement,
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NYC Socialist TakeOver
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2025/06/nyc-socialist-takeover.html
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Yet Another ‘DÉJÀ VU’ Temperature Record!

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When is a climate record Not a record?
It’s hot – it was hot in 1930 and 1952 too!
Not much CO2 back then! So, why was it as hot then as now given our current high CO2?
Why doesn’t the Goreites and the PravdaMedia point out these ‘facts’?
Perhaps because they can't explain reality or natural variations?
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It’s Hot Again – Back To The 30s
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2012/07/its-hot-again-back-to-30s.html
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Renewable Energy ‘TrainWreck’
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2025/06/renewable-energy-trainwreck.html
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Big Beautiful Bill Reflections

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Big Beautiful Bill Passes B4 The 4th
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2025/07/big-beautiful-bill-passes-b4-4th.html
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Friday, July 04, 2025

 

July 4th 2025

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The Founding Father delegates of the Second Continental Congress declared that the Thirteen Colonies were no longer subject (and subordinate) to the monarch of Britain, King George III, and were now united, free, and independent states.[1] The Congress voted to approve independence by passing the Lee Resolution on July 2 and adopted the Declaration of Independence two days later, on July 4.[1]
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Independence Day (United States) - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(United_States)
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This was the object of the Declaration of Independence:
Not to find out new principles, or new arguments, never before thought of, not merely to say things which had never been said before; but to place before mankind the common sense of the subject, in terms so plain and firm as to command their assent, and to justify ourselves in the independent stand we are compelled to take." —Thomas Jefferson (1825)
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The most amazing 17-days in June in the history of mankind!
“The celebration of the Declaration of Independence Drafted by Thomas Jefferson between June 11 and June 28, 1776, the Declaration of Independence is at once the nation's most cherished symbol of liberty and Jefferson's most enduring monument. Here, in exalted and unforgettable phrases, Jefferson expressed the convictions in the minds and hearts of the American people. The political philosophy of the Declaration was not new; its ideals of individual liberty had already been expressed by John Locke and the Continental philosophers. What Jefferson did was to summarize this philosophy in "self-evident truths" and set forth a list of grievances against the King in order to justify before the world the breaking of ties between the colonies and the mother country.”
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July 4, 1776
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2020/07/july-4-1776-2020.html
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Thursday, July 03, 2025

 

Big Beautiful Bill Passes B4 The 4th

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WSJ: House Passes Trump’s Megabill in GOP Triumph
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-pushes-republicans-to-pass-stalled-megabill-dc84b7fc?mod=WSJ_home_mediumtopper_pos_1
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The House narrowly passed Republicans’ sprawling tax-and-spending bill, delivering a major second-term victory for President Trump and again demonstrating his power to keep GOP lawmakers in line.
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The 218-214 vote Thursday sends the measure to Trump’s desk, ahead of the July 4 target he set for Congress to finish the legislation that cuts taxes, boosts border security and lowers social safety-net spending. Trump and GOP leaders muscled the bill through the House after an all-night session, despite many lawmakers’ misgivings about the version the Senate passed 51-50 earlier this week.
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“We are at the precipice of the new golden age of America,” said House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R., La.).
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Working with exceptionally slim margins in the House and Senate, Republicans achieved a goal they had sought for nearly eight years by erasing the Dec. 31, 2025 expiration date from their 2017 tax cuts. Their bill indefinitely extends the higher standard deduction and child tax credits that benefit middle-income families along with tax-rate cuts, business deductions and estate-tax reductions that tilt toward upper-income households.
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On top of that, they added temporary versions of Trump’s tax-cut priorities, creating new deductions for tipped workers, overtime pay, car-loan interest and senior citizens. They expanded the cap on the state and local tax deduction to at least $40,000 for five years, a measure that got a handful of blue-state House GOP lawmakers on board.
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Democrat's NoBudget Hypocrisy
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2025/06/democrats-nobudget-hypocrisy.html
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Massive US Medical Scam By Russia

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Feds expose largest U.S. medical scam ever
Russian-led ring stole $10.6 billion
https://washingtontimes-dc.newsmemory.com/?ta_r=1&token=e274cc9340421f0993dba99fe7f118fd_6966dc80_3074
Russian-led scammers bought out legitimate U.S. medical companies, stole the identities of more than 1 million Americans and submitted $10.6 billion in bogus claims under their names
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Justice Dept. announces largest health care fraud takedown ever; $14.6 billion in bogus claims
Illegal immigrants helped Russian scammers steal nearly $1 billion in fraudulent health payments
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/30/justice-department-announces-largest-ever-health-care-fraud-takedown/
Russian-led scammers bought out legitimate U.S. medical companies, stole the identities of more than 1 million Americans and submitted $10.6 billion in bogus claims under their names, federal authorities revealed Monday in announcing what they called the largest medical fraud takedown in American history.
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PravdaMedia $16-Million Penalty For Fake Electioneering

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Paramount, CBS forced to pay eight figures, change editorial policy in settlement with President Trump
https://www.foxnews.com/media/paramount-global-settles-trumps-lawsuit-against-cbs-news-over-60-minutes-interview
Paramount Global and CBS agreed on Tuesday to pay President Donald Trump a sum that could reach north of $30 million to settle the president’s election interference lawsuit against the network.
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Trump will receive $16 million upfront. This will cover legal fees, costs of the case, and contributions to his future presidential library or charitable causes, to be determined at Trump’s discretion.
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The lawsuit alleged CBS News deceitfully edited an exchange Harris had with "60 Minutes" correspondent Bill Whitaker, who asked her why Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wasn't "listening" to the Biden administration. Harris was widely mocked for the "word salad" answer that aired in a preview clip of the interview on CBS' "Face the Nation."
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However, when the same question aired during a primetime special on the network, Harris had a different, more concise response. Critics at the time accused CBS News of deceitfully editing Harris' "word salad" answer to shield the Democratic nominee from further backlash leading up to Election Day.
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