AMERICANTHINKER - Separating the Americans from the America-Haters
Image: tomaszmichalkania via Pixabay , Pixabay License . tomaszmichalkania It’s a good year to take stock of American greatness.
Image: tomaszmichalkania via Pixabay , Pixabay License . tomaszmichalkania It’s a good year to take stock of American greatness.
Bones The results of the Los Angeles mayoral primary are disappointing to the rest of America but unsurprising.
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Image via Pexels . Pexels You’ve got your degree. Now what are you going to do with it?
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Perchance AI The D.C. Circuit’s transgender ruling unconstitutionally usurps the Commander-in-Chief.
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Data: Federal Reserve, FactSet ; Note: Includes both directly held stocks and shares held indirectly in mutual funds and ETFs, as a share of total assets of U.S. households and non-profits; Chart: Matt Phillips/Axios Americans are letting it ride, with a record share of their wealth in the stock market. Why it matters: It means that the AI-driven rally is enriching Americans more than usual and exposing them to potentially painful losses from a reversal. State of play: A record 33% of the total wealth of the U.S. household sector was in stocks at the end of 2025, according to Federal Reserve data. - That beats the ~30% during the meme stock-and-SPAC mania of 2021. - And tops the ~27% reached in Q1 2000, just as the internet boom peaked.…
Data: U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates ; Chart: Russell Contreras/Axios California is losing people from suburbs year after year, revealing a deeper demographic shift reshaping America's most populous state. Why it matters: If California's commuter engines keep shrinking, the state risks losing the diverse workforce that powers its economy — while shifting political clout to the states where those families relocate. - The cities losing people generally aren't the ultra-wealthy coastal enclaves typically associated with California flight, but places that were supposed to be attainable. By the numbers: A new Axios analysis of Census Bureau estimates reveals widespread population losses across parts of the Golden…
"It's everybody's war. A nuclear weapon is a threat to everybody on the planet," O'Reilly said.
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A recent opinion piece in The New York Times has the answers, albeit unwittingly.
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No amount of handouts can alter a mindset that rejects prudent individual agency, which is the actual key to success and prosperity.
If the “fair” trading field tilts somewhat towards them, then so be it — that would be magnanimous payback to the nation that bequeathed us the richest inheritance.
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