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Image of the Day: Climate Change Causing Wildfires? No.

From our friends at Unleash Prosperity, another fantastic visual aid to rebut the predictable default rationalization that climate change, rather than incompetent leadership, underlies wildfires in California or elsewhere:

 

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="874"] Climate Change? No.[/caption]

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January 17, 2025 • 07:50 AM

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Will California Hobble the U.S. Railroad Industry?
By Veronique de Rugy
Thursday, May 02 2024
American federalism is struggling. Federal rules are an overwhelming presence in every state government, and some states, due to their size or other leverage, can impose their own policies on much or all of the country. The problem has been made clearer by an under-the-radar plan to phase out diesel locomotives in California. If the federal government provides the state with a helping hand, it would bring nationwide repercussions for a vital, overlooked industry. Various industry and advocacy groups are lining up against California's costly measure, calling on the U.S. Environmental Protection…
 
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Trusting China in Inviting Another Pandemic
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The 'Biden Bump' That Didn't Last Long
"The election is clearly changing now, moving towards Biden," the influential Democratic strategist…
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Joe Biden Says There Are Very Fine People on Both Sides of the Oct. 7 Debate
"I condemn the antisemitic protests ..." President Joe Biden told reporters after days of anti-Jewish…
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Drug Shortages Reach Record High Following Biden’s Price Controls
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Stop the 'Emergency Spending' Charade Already
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There's No Right to Sleep Outdoors
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Covering former President Donald Trump's trial on television is a difficult job. There are no cameras…
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CFIF stands ready and willing to work with lawmakers and stakeholders to address remaining CON regulations…
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Notable Quote   
 
"Under the Constitution, 'the President is invested with certain important political powers, in the exercise of which he is to use his own discretion.' For his decisions, 'he is accountable only to his country in his political character, and to his own conscience.' His choices cannot be questioned in court because 'the subjects are political. They respect the nation, not individual rights, and being…[more]
 
 
— John Yoo, Heller Professor of Law at University of California at Berkeley, and Robert Delahunty, a Fellow of the Claremont Institute’s Center for the American Way of Life
 
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