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There’s more than one way to get good government: move to it! According to the latest Census data, that’s what a massive number of Americans who are sick of higher taxes, lockdowns, and regulations are doing. In other words, there’s more than one set of migrant caravans in North America — and the legal ones are pulling up to homes in places like California and New York, loading up the belongings of thousands of families and driving them to freer, cheaper states like Texas...

It’s a hot Saturday afternoon in Lagos and as you drive down the narrow street lined with cars to attend the naming ceremony of your colleague’s newborn son, a horde of young men come rushing onto the street from a nondescript building at the corner. Your first reaction is to slow down and watch their next move, another part of you wants to quickly get out of the way to avoid any untoward occurrence. There is a brief and palpable fear inside the car as you scan the faces of the crowd passin...

Former Harris County clerk: No ‘regrets’ over voting programs that sparked Texas legislative backlash Former Harris County clerk: No ‘regrets’ over voting programs that sparked Texas legislative backlash The state’s largest county experimented with drive-thru voting, 24-hour polling locations and sending unsolicited mail ballots. Now, the Legislature is trying to make clear that those practices are outlawed. Harris County Clerk Chris Hollins speaks outside the federal courthouse after...

Yes, Overreliance On Wind And Solar Helped Feed Texas’s Power Outages Share This storyline also claimed a lack of electricity from wind and solar had nothing to do with the disaster that claimed 111 lives. Instead, the blackouts were the failure of normally reliable thermal power—natural gas, coal, and nuclear—due to a reluctance to spend billions of dollars to winterize facilities throughout a state more known for persistently hot summers than for transient polar vortices. A variant of ...

April 12, 2021 This storyline also claimed a lack of electricity from wind and solar had nothing to do with the disaster that claimed almost 60 lives. Instead, the blackouts were the failure of normally reliable thermal power—natural gas, coal, and nuclear—due to a reluctance to spend billions of dollars to winterize facilities throughout a state more known for persistently hot summers than for transient polar vortices. A variant of this liberal argument was posited by Pedro Gonzalez at Ame...

  Share Source: AP Photo/Andrew Harnik Well, its been a year since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 to be a global pandemic. To commemorate the anniversary, President Joe Biden stayed awake long enough to give an approximately 25 minute speech, though, in a shock to no one, didnt take questions. On the surface, Biden and his supporters surely saw it as an attempt to exude hope to the American people. Key word, "an attempt." The idea of "unity" and "coming together" were menti...

The WasteWatcher March 2, 2021 — Frances Floresca During the days and weeks after a winter storm hit Texas on February 11, dozens died, millions were without power, and nearly half of the state’s residents were forced to boil their water.  The storm may become the worst disaster in the state’s history, surpassing Hurricane Harvey, which caused $125 billion in damage.  The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) operates most of the state’s electrical grid and manages the marke...

Bay Areas migration is real, but Postal Service data shows California exodus isnt FacebookTwitterEmail [Want more news on a changing Bay Area? Sign up for the Bay Briefing newsletter here] Despite all the talk of people leaving the Bay Area during the pandemic, only a small fraction of residents have left the state, suggesting that reports of an exodus have been exaggerated, according to a Chronicle analysis of United States Postal Service data. Only 3.7% of the households and businesses that f...

By Susan Jones | February 19, 2021 | 7:18am EST PacifiCorps Hunter coal fired power pant releases steam as it burns coal outside of Castle Dale, Utah on November 14, 2019. (Photo by GEORGE FREY/AFP via Getty Images) (CNSNews.com) - As Texans struggle through a prolonged cold snap that has left many homes dark and now flooded with burst water pipes, attention turns to the state-managed power grid and the relative merits of fossil fuels versus green energy. On ...

  Share Source: Jeff Schrier/The Saginaw News via AP Texas is in trouble. A brutal winter storm rolled in over Presidents Day weekend, knocked out power for millions of residents, and the temperatures have dipped to extreme levels. People have died from carbon monoxide poisoning because they’re running cars for warmth. One family had emergency services arrive after they used a charcoal grill to heat their home. It’s a situation that should never happen in the United States. How could Texa...