“When a man unprincipled in private life[,] desperate in his fortune, bold in his temper . . .

According to an October Rasmussen poll, 38% of likely voters say they intend to vote for "someone other than President Trump or the Democratic presidential nominee" in the 2020 US presidential election. In a three-way presidential race, 38% constitutes a winning plurality, assuming it's distributed among the states such that the Electoral College outcome reflects it.

DES MOINES. IOWA (November 16, 2019) — Attorney General Tom Miller issued this statement regarding the Nov. 15 death of Iowa Chief Justice Mark Cady:

"I was shocked and devastated to learn about Chief Justice Cady’s passing. This is a terrible loss for the state and for the courts. The chief justice was a dedicated public servant and a fair-minded jurist.

WASHINGTON DC (November 14, 2019) — The Department of Homeland Security will publish a notice of proposed rulemaking in the 

US president Donald Trump "elevated his political interest above the national interest and demanded foreign interference in an American election," Peter Beinart asserts at The Atlantic. "What's received less attention is what the scandal reveals about Joe Biden: He showed poor judgment because his staff shielded him from hard truths. If that sounds faintly familiar, it's because that same tendency underlay Hillary Clinton's email woes in 2016."

WASHINGTON DC (November 13, 2019) — The Center for Security Policy (CSP) will present a panel discussion featuring Austrian author and free speech champion Elizabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff on Thursday 14, November 2019, 1–2PM EST. Moderated by the Center’s Vice President for Research and Analysis, Clare M.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (November 13, 2019) — Many of the immigrant families that the Jews and Christians in the Quad Cities are supporting through the QC Night to Honor Israel are affected by the rockets being fired by Palestinian terrorists in Gaza. We will continue to closely monitor the situation and provide immediate support if needed.

Come you masters of war/You that build the big guns You that build the death planes/You that build all the bombs You that hide behind walls/You that hide behind desks I just want you to know/I can see through your masks…. You fasten all the triggers/For the others to fire Then you sit back and watch/When the death count gets higher You hide in your mansion/While the young people's blood Flows out of their bodies/And is buried in the mud. — Bob Dylan, “Masters of War”

"Wasting resources, capital, and income on stuff nobody really needs," Charles Hugh Smith wrote in 2017, "is a monumental disaster on multiple fronts. Rather than establish incentives to conserve and invest wisely, our system glorifies waste and the destruction of income and capital, as if burning time, capital, resources, and wealth on stuff nobody needs is strengthening the economy."

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