by Damjan Tutarkov
LaCorte News
Democratic Washington D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser has activated the National Guard and warned residents to avoid the downtown area in the coming days ahead of expected protests by supporters of President Trump ahead of Congress’ Jan. 6 session to certify the electoral votes from the 2020 presidential election.
The story: According to some reports, Bowser has activated about 340 National Guard troops ahead of anticipated protests this week but only about 100 will be active in the city.
“I am asking Washingtonians and those who live in the region to stay out of the downtown area on Tuesday and Wednesday and not to engage with demonstrators who come to our city seeking confrontation, and we will do what we must to ensure all who attend remain peaceful,” Bowser wrote on Twitter on Sunday.
Money—the magical power it has over people is almost universal. But whether we earn it, spend it, or save it, we hardly ever think about the following questions: What is money, why does it exist, and what will money look like in the future? Why should we? Our money works. Day in, day out we use it without much effort. So what’s the problem?
President-elect Biden proposes to eliminate the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offet (GPO). These provisions reduce Social Security benefits for workers with significant government pensions from jobs not covered by Social Security and for their spouses and survivors.
Giving people direct, recurring cash payments, no questions asked, is a simple idea — and an old one. Different formulations of a guaranteed income have been promoted by civil rights leaders, conservative thinkers, labor experts, Silicon Valley types, U.S. presidential candidates and even the Pope. Now, it’s U.S. cities that are putting the concept in action.
Sydney Powell made famous the mythical beast known as the Kraken. But thus far Sydney Powell’s kraken has been a no-show. That is about to change, but not necessarily in the manner anticipated.
Evidence emerged Monday on Twitter that a story Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) told Elle magazine in October about demanding civil rights from the time she was in a stroller was seemingly lifted from a similar story that Martin Luther King Jr. gave to Playboy in 1965.
In October 2015, a consultant working on behalf of the Chinese energy conglomerate CEFC made an intriguing pitch to Hunter Biden, the son of the then-vice president.
President Donald Trump criticized Democrat Senate candidate Jon Ossoff on Monday for his ties to China.
World economies were hit hard by Covid-19. The effects have been especially severe in underdeveloped countries, where economies are weaker and healthcare infrastructure is more limited. Covid-19 forced some underdeveloped economies to choose between serving their population’s needs during these difficult times and serving their sovereign debt. This has raised concerns regarding the fragility of the sovereign debt market.
A mysterious cybersecurity document promoted by Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne extensively outlines how the 2020 election was stolen in the six battleground states and lays out 3 possible paths forward to restore America’s election system.
Here is a look at real world inflation, plus an email from a KWN reader out of Australia about gold’s surge.
Imagine changing the rules in the middle of a football game. The halftime score is 14-12, the Raiders scoring two touchdowns while the Broncos kicked four field goals. In the second half the rules change with field goals worth seven points and touchdowns only three points. Suddenly the Broncos are ahead 28-6. Absurd isn’t it?
Democrats in the House are proposing sweeping changes to the language used in the chamber that would remove gender terms.