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Four Democrats Pass Bill Making It Harder for Married Women to Vote
Jared Golden, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, Henry Cuellar, and Ed Case
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Four Democrats Pass Bill Making It Harder for Married Women to Vote
Jared Golden, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, Henry Cuellar, and Ed Case
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Ukraine deliberately blindsided Trump before massive drone attack on Russia
Why inform Putin's Bitch?
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Zelensky ordered to leave White House without signing minerals deal after Oval Office clash with Trump
Trump is a Russian agent.
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Trump threatens to blow apart entire G7 to protect Putin
Russia Loving Republicans. Trump is a Russian asset. Treat the US government like an enemy.
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U.S. going ahead with tariffs on Canada and other countries - March 4th
The best response to US tariffs is to make free trade deals with UK, EU and others. Free trade will win over protectionism. Protectionism is just dumb and counterproductive.
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Zelensky ordered to leave White House without signing minerals deal after Oval Office clash with Trump
Zelensky For President!
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How likely do you think there will be a run on the banks?
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YSK: Do you have documents to prove you are a US citizen? If not, here's how
Get this: The filing fee for a Certificate of Citizenship is $1,335.
The advantage of a Certificate of Citizenship over a passport is that it does not expire (I believe this is correct).
The passport fee is $130.
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We are entering a major transition period, with many technological changes happening to disrupt the existing economy. One of the most important is the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy.
For hundreds of years, the energy economy has been a system where certain countries and companies controlled the locations on earth where fossil fuels are located, and had the technology to process the fuels. Fossil fuels by their nature require the user to buy "feedstock" as they go. The countries and companies that control fossil fuel production profit from this system and are some of the wealthiest groups in the world.
Renewable energy systems, such as solar, wind and batteries, require an upfront payment for the equipment. The cost of equipment for renewable energy is dropping every year. They can be located almost everywhere. There is no ongoing feedstock payment. Renewables break the fossil fuel industry model, and some of the wealthiest people in the world are scrambling to control governments to somehow retain their income flow. Currently their strategy is to delay implementation of renewables, but eventually they will try to create monopolies where they control the source of power and charge the customer about the same as they are paying now, with the utilities benefitting from the low cost of renewable power.
This is only one of the transitions happening at this time. There are many major disruptions coming from implementing AI in the economy, from electric vehicles and self-driving vehicles. There are probably many more transitions that no one is predicting or even imagining at this time. You can expect things to be crazy for a decade or more as these technologies change the way our economy, infrastructure and society is shaped.
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Votes not counted yet but it's a Carneggedon
There's a lot of insane people voting for insane conservatives.
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Solar Etrike
200W solar panel, 48V 20 aH battery. Range is 25 miles on battery with no pedaling, estimated additional 20 miles per day of full sunlight with solar panel, pedaling will increase range. In full sun, the panel charges at about the same rate as the plug in charger, 3 amps.
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FDA making plans to end its routine food safety inspections, sources say
i guess there were too many recalls.
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Holy relics seized at border, returned to Italy after Winnipeg man bought them on eBay
The holy hand grenade of Antioch is one of the most powerful relics known to Christendom.
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Stock market posts third biggest gain in post-WWII history on Trump's tariff about-face
New York con man dump and pump
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Why are serfs so lazy?
Send your churls to collect taxes, thats what I do.
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Midwest rule
Some states have both!
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Which American Cities Are Becoming Bike-Friendly the Fastest?
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It is very difficult to live on Mackinac Island, it is 100% a tourist town. Its like saying Disneyland is the most walkable city in the US.
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Could Wisconsin even pull it off?
Michigan has tank assembly lines.
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Solar Etrike
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I started with a trike, and added a cheap direct drive ebike kit (Voilamart), and a Hailong battery 48V 20 aH. Then built a frame out of electrical conduit with Makerpipe connectors. The solar panel mount is made of 1x2 wood epoxied together and lashed with string onto the metal frame. I connected the 36V 200W Allpowers flexible solar panel to an Elejoy MPPT boost charge controller, which outputs 54.2V into the battery. That is the short version.
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UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting suspect thanks people for mail on new website
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Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition.