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Nevada Governor Declares Emergency Because of Pot Shortage

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Gov. Brian Sandoval has declared a state of emergency because Nevada is running out of marijuana! Maybe Sandoval had a severe case of the munchies that clouded his thinking or maybe his priorities are just different, but mobilizing the state government because of a “wacky tobaccy” shortage breaks new ground in emphasizing trivialities.

A Trump Takedown Would Damage Democracy

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Pat Buchanan: If Washington brings Trump down, will the rest of America rejoice?…My guess: The reaction will be one of bitterness, cynicism, despair, a sense that the fix is in, that no matter what we do, they will not let us win.

Texas Economy Booms While California Wheezes Along

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In California they care about the environment and if workers have to be sacrificed on the altar of carbon denial, then so be it.  And in California this whole idea of “growth” makes our rulers uncomfortable. It might produce carbon or encourage someone to buy a car or even worse build a car.

Trump Opponents Attack His Children

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Chuck Morse: The war against Trump is now turning ugly and personal as his opponents harass him at his most vulnerable area by going after his children. They are uncovering minutiae, things that would have been overlooked if the perpetrator was a more acceptable establishment figure like, say, Hillary Clinton, or John McCain, or Elizabeth Warren.

No Crystal Ball for Long-Term Climate Predictions

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Larry Bell: Temperatures were at least as warm about 2,000 years ago when Christianity arose during the “Roman Warm Period.” They were also about the same as current temperatures during the “Medieval Warm Period” about a thousand years later when followers of Erik the Red raised sheep and goats on southwestern Greenland’s coastal grasslands.

Is Trump Under Criminal Investigation or Not?

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Judge Andrew Napolitano: Of what value is a criminal investigation of a person if that person cannot be charged criminally? Can’t the president fire an FBI director without fear of a criminal investigation of his purposes? Can’t he order the cessation of a criminal investigation without fearing that the FBI will investigate the reasons for his order?

Lotteries Encourage Big Government

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R.J. Moeller:  Lotteries were instituted for to increase revenue for the government without having to raise taxes. That might seem like a good idea. But what happens is that elected officials feel even more entitled to over-spend when they see the government’s coffers filling up

Mueller, Rosenstein Must Withdraw from Russia Probe

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James  Hirsen: It is not possible for a legitimate charge of obstruction of justice to be made — either legally or constitutionally. Additionally, mounting conflicts of interest involved with the special counsel investigation mandate the recusal of Rosenstein and his special counsel appointee Mueller.

NSA Leaker Hates Trump, Backed Bernie Sanders

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Reality Winner, the 25-year-old federal contractor charged with leaking top secret information to the media, has a long social media trail of liberal political posts and is a supporter of Sen. Bernie Sanders.  Winner also hates President Donald Trump, once posting that the president is a “piece of s***” over his moves to stop protests against the Dakota Access pipeline.