The Most Important News – by Michael Snyder

We never seem to learn from our mistakes.  Just before the financial markets crashed and the economy plunged into a horrifying recession in 2008, U.S. consumers went on a debt binge of epic proportions.  Mortgage debt, auto loan debt and credit card debt all skyrocketed, and so when the economy finally crashed all of a sudden there were millions of Americans drowning in bills that they were unable to pay.  Well, now it is happening again.  According to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, during the third quarter of 2022 household debt increased at the fastest pace that we have seen since the first quarter of 2008…  Continue reading “U.S. Consumers Are Doing EXACTLY What They Did Just Prior To The Crash Of 2008”

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

Gun sales more than doubled in Oregon with Ballot Measure 114 (BM 114) pending, and Oregon State Police are struggling to keep up with the demand for background checks. Continue reading “Gun Sales More Than Double as Oregon Residents Race to Get Ahead of New Controls”

Yahoo News

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — U.S. regulators approved a plan Thursday to demolish four dams on a California river and open up hundreds of miles of salmon habitat that would be the largest dam removal and river restoration project in the world when it goes forward.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s unanimous vote on the lower Klamath River dams is the last major regulatory hurdle and the biggest milestone for a $500 million demolition proposal championed by Native American tribes and environmentalists for years. The project would return the lower half of California’s second-largest river to a free-flowing state for the first time in more than a century. Continue reading “‘Momentous:’ US advances largest dam demolition in history”

Breitbart – by John Binder

Special interest groups, many of which are donors to Republican and Democrat lawmakers, say the GOP must quickly throw support behind an amnesty for illegal alien farmworkers so the legislation can be rushed through the lame-duck Congress. Continue reading “Donors Rush Republicans to Throw Support Behind Farmworker Amnesty”

Yahoo News

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The largest dam demolition and river restoration plan in the world could be close to reality Thursday as U.S. regulators vote on a plan to remove four aging hydro-electric structures, reopening hundreds of miles of California river habitat to imperiled salmon. Continue reading “US regulators to vote on largest dam demolition in history”

Yahoo News

More than two decades after 9/11, the federal government is struggling to address the most significant terrorist threat currently facing the nation.

That is the crux of a new report released Wednesday by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee’s Democratic majority. The 128-page report is the culmination of a three-year investigation into the rise in domestic terrorism and the federal government’s response. Continue reading “New Senate report finds FBI, DHS failing to address threat of domestic terrorism”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Update(1314ET): A fresh White House statement has backed the Poland and NATO assessment that the Tuesday Polish border explosion was “most likely the result of a Ukrainian air defense missile that unfortunately landed in Poland.”  Continue reading “White House: Ukrainian Missile Landed In Poland, But Ultimate Blame Still On Russia”

Yahoo News – Fox News

County sheriffs in Oregon are taking a stand against the state’s newly-adopted gun law and say they will not enforce a major piece of the law that sets limits on magazine capacity because it violates the Second Amendment, wastes law enforcement resources and is the product of “pure anti-gun politics.”  Continue reading “Oregon sheriffs won’t enforce new gun law: ‘Infringes on Second Amendment’”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Never let a crisis go to waste. Or a market crash for that matter.

With equity and bond markets stuck in brutal bear markets and providing a sufficient distraction to what is happening behind the scenes, the Fed and a group of banks have been quietly preparing for the next stage in the “organized crash” pipeline: the rollout of CBSC.  Continue reading “Here Come “Programmable Dollars”: New York Fed And 12 Banking Giants Launch Digital Dollar Test”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

At the close of a wild roller-coaster of a day following the alleged “Russian missile attack” on a Polish border town, and despite little to nothing in the way of official confirmation of just what happened or whodunnit, and urgent phone calls flying between Western heads of state pledging “solidarity” – it’s perfect timing for the US to shovel out another nearly $40 billion to Ukraine… Continue reading “Biden Unveils $37BN More In Emergency Ukraine Aid On Heels Of Polish Border ‘Attack’”

Fox News

Congress is moving forward with plans to send a multi-billion dollar weapons package to Taiwan in an effort to ward off a potential invasion from China.

Bipartisan congressional leaders are seeking to avoid another Ukraine situation and hope to preemptively arm Taiwanese forces, the Washington Post reported. The plans come as President Biden held his first in-person meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Bali on Monday. Continue reading “Congress aims to fast-track weapons aid to Taiwan amid tensions with China”

Zero Hedge – Epoch Times

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor turned away an emergency application on Nov. 10 to halt New York City’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate that applies to firefighters, police officers, and other government employees. Continue reading “Supreme Court’s Sotomayor Denies NYC Workers’ Bid To Halt Vax Mandate”

Yahoo News – The Hill

The U.S. Department of Labor filed a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against a sanitation company on Thursday, alleging that the company attempted to interfere with an investigation into reports claiming the service used child labor. Continue reading “Dozens of kids found illegally working to clean Midwest meat plants, Labor Department says”

KOIN

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — As votes continue to be counted throughout Oregon, the Linn County Sheriff is already preparing for the possible passage of one measure that is some of the strictest gun control legislation in the U.S.  Continue reading “Linn County won’t enforce Measure 114 if passed, Sheriff says”