Make America Safe and Prosperous (News Review Week 4)

Trump DOGE reducing waste, fraud, and abuse of government power

During President Trump’s fourth week in office, exciting events took place around the Beltway region. First, the CPAC 2025 Conference is being held February 19-22nd at the National Harbor. The GOP Republican Governor Convention also took place in Washington, D.C. with President Trump delivering the keynote speech on Thursday, February 20th. Just a few days earlier, on February 18th, a […]

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Critical Needs Recognized via Hearings, Committees, and L.A. Wildfire Investigation

LA Department of Water and Power -- Santa Ynez, Pacific Palisades

According to various special interest groups and experts, the Los Angeles, California wildfires, which struck Pacific Palisades, Altadena and other areas last month beginning on January 7th, might not have been preventable, but the damage and impact could have been less if the L.A. authorities were better prepared. This is the opinion of experts testifying at the House Judiciary Committee […]

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Many questions, many concerns (Week 3 News Review)

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There is good news on Week 3 of the new Trump Administration. The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has made significant headway in crushing the behemoth of the USAIDS (U.S. Agency for International Development) after discovering many projects that continued to be funded long after their expiration date. According to HalTurnerRadioShow.com, staggering sums of money have been misspent. For instance, […]

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Ignore the Trolls, Forge Ahead (Press News Review)

ignore the trolls

This is an impromptu editorial due to the heaviness that weighs in everyone’s heart due to the L.A. wildfires. We should be thankful and hopeful because at least in terms of the national agenda, President Trump is very much meeting his supporters greatest concerns. On day one, President Trump signed an “Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions” taking […]

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Water system inadequacies contribute to failures during L.A. fires

Status of Fire Incidents Jan 19, 2025 from CalFire

Tragedy has fueled speculation about the causes Many questions arise about the Los Angeles fire infernos over the past ten days. The first significant L.A. area fire began on January 7, recorded live by a LAX video journalist 10:30am. The Pacific Palisades fire spread embers and fireballs due to the abnormally high winds, as high as 90mph. This was how […]

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Vote for Kennedy, Heal the Divide: “Recovering America”

From trailer of "Recovering America"

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will soon qualify to be on the ballot for U.S. President 2024 in all 50 states, including in the District of Columbia, but many voters don’t know it. Kennedy Jr. confirmed this in a live call while thanking his volunteers for helping collect signatures. Team Kennedy is holding campaign conferences and phone banks to reach out […]

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Too many fires, why oh why?

Fire_as in wildfires, sudden fires

According to the news, the first sign of the tragedy that unfolded in Lahaina, Maui in Hawaii two weeks ago, on August 8, 2023, was an early morning brush fire in uninhabited lands off the coastal highway roughly northeast of town. The fire crew had put the fire out according to various reports by about 10am in the morning, and […]

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Deadly censorship on the rise at YT

Technocrats studied Harry Potter in Grade School

Censorship has increased by leaps and bounds since 2010, but it’s difficult for everyday people to notice. For one thing, Facebook users so restrict their news network to their acccount feeds that they don’t even realize what they are missing or self-censoring. That is if they are interested in the news anymore at all. Other social network users are similarly […]

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Resilient infrastructure solutions for climate change

Committee on Adaptation to a Changing Climate; edited by J. Rolf Olsen, Ph.D.

The IPCC has warned the public time and again that the world is heading towards a warming climate with rising oceans. Current projections are between 2-4 °C provided that positive feedback loops do not lead towards uncontrollable warming.  Russian scientists are exploring the phenomenon of methane clathrates, a scenario in which methane locked in frozen solids begins to melt or […]

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President Trump ignores California wildfire significance

Bokchoy wilt in desert like heat

The California wildfires’ intense heat and prolonged burning ought to draw the attention of U.S. politicians particularly at a time when there are new global records being set around the world in high temperatures, abnormal number of fires, and rapidly spreading burns. However over the past few weeks as wildfires have raged across California, the Trump Administration as well as […]

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California forests hard hit by drought and other factors

Sierra National Park mountain with bark-beetle infested trees

There is no doubt that the drought over the past several years has hit the Sierra Nevada forests hard. Any visitor to the Kings Canyon National Park will see signs of the devastation just about everywhere. On fly-overs, extensive stands of yellowish-brown trees dominate the landscape especially in the southern Sierra Nevada forests. Tourists are having to wait in car […]

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Tree Removal from Drought and Rough Fire Continues

Rough Fire licked the Sequoia Giant at its base

Precautionary measures for Grant Grove Giant Sequoias included fire hydrant and wrapping trees in flame retardant foil. There is no doubt that the drought from the past several years has hit the Sierra Nevada forests hard. Any visitor to the Kings Canyon National Park above the Central Valley foothills can see signs of the devastation just about everywhere. Rough “Zombie” […]

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