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A plurality of registered voters (37%) say the country is currently in a recession. Two weeks ago, 35% said the country was currently in a recession,

Almost half (48%) of Democrats say the U.S. is in a recession, while only 18% disagree.

Republicans are more positive; only 25% say the country is in a recession, and 50% disagree.

Among the 37% who say the U.S. is in a recession, most (66%) say it will not end in the next 6 months.

Similarly, among the 33% of voters who say we are not in a recession, a majority (59%) say the U.S. will not enter a recession in the next 6 months.

As always, the party in power is more optimistic.

This data is from a Napolitan News Service survey of 1,000 Registered Voters conducted online by Scott Rasmussen, December 1-2, 2025. RMG Research, Inc., conducted the field work for the survey. It has a margin of error of +/- 3.1

https://napolitannews.org/posts/37-percent-now-say-the-u-s-is-in-a-recession

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https://apnews.com/article/trump-indiana-redistricting-republicans-midterm-elections-senate-564915bd5d58b7cc91b80fd861d356ea

Spencer Deery’s son was getting ready for school when someone tried to provoke police into swarming his home by reporting a fake emergency.

Linda Rogers said there were threats at her home and the golf course that her family has run for generations.

Jean Leising faced a pipe bomb scare that was emailed to local law enforcement.

The three are among roughly a dozen Republicans in the Indiana Senate who have seen their lives turned upside down while President Donald Trump pushes to redraw the state’s congressional map to expand the party’s power in the 2026 midterm elections.

It’s a bewildering and frightening experience for lawmakers who consider themselves loyal party members and never imagined they would be doing their jobs under the same shadow of violence that has darkened American political life in recent years. Leising described it as “a very dangerous and intimidating process.”

Redistricting is normally done once a decade after a new national census. Trump wants to accelerate the process in hopes of protecting the Republicans’ thin majority in the U.S. House next year. His allies in Texas, Missouri, Ohio and North Carolina have already gone along with his plans for new political lines.

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Democrat voters are retarded

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15358599/Somali-fraud-Minnesota-Ilhan-Omar-Tim-Walz.html

Somali refugees in Minnesota have committed the 'biggest theft of taxpayer dollars in US history' and local Democratic officials were 'fully complicit' in the scheme,White House officials declared Friday night.

Federal authorities announced this week that at least 86 people mostly within small Somali communities in the state have stolen more than $1 billion in public funds from programs meant to feed children,assist the homeless and provide autism therapy.

The suspects allegedly ran companies that billed Minnesota state officials for millions of dollars in social services that were never actually rendered in three separate fraud schemes.

It has since been revealed that Representative Ilhan Omar and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz had connections with at least some of the Somali refugees charged in the massive scheme.

They were both pictured with Abdul Dahir Ibrahi, who was taken into Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody on Friday.

He had previously been convicted in Canada of asylum and welfare fraud, Fox News reports.

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> https://nypost.com/2025/12/06/us-news/gavin-newsom-roasted-for-bizarre-reaction-post-to-viral-testicle-crushing-sitting-pose/

California Gov. Gavin Newsom was roasted online for his bizarre AI-created reaction to being called out by The Post for sitting in a testicle-crushing pose during an interview.

Newsom’s press office took to X Friday to try and deflect from the many masculinity-mocking pol-watchers with a doctored image of the governor in an even more compromising yoga-style pose on stage at The New York Times Dealbook Summit.

“Democracy requires flexibility,” the tone-deaf Governor Newsom Press Office wrote in a caption to the post.

The strange attempt at humor fell flat with X-users who were aghast at the extra eyeful of Gavin.

“They…Posted this?” Mark Mitchell from Rasmussen Report wrote.

“In a moment of rare honesty, Gavin Newsom replicates the position of his typical California citizen as he prepares to tax them up the a– even more,” user Viva Frei wrote in a comment.

“This isn’t a parody account,” another ironically wrote.

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https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/kash-patel-promises-fbi-wont-turn-our-eye-away-from-claim-the-french-and-one-israeli-are-trying-to-kill-candace-owens/
FBI Director Kash Patel promised that the bureau wouldn’t “turn our eye away from” Candace Owens’s wild claim that French President Emmanuel Macron authorized a hit squad including “one Israeli” during a Friday afternoon appearance on The Megyn Kelly Show.

In a much-maligned tweet last month, Owens wrote:
"URGENT
Two days ago I was contacted by a high-ranking employee of the French Government. After determining this person’s position and proximity to the French couple, I have deemed the information they gave me to be credible enough to share publicly in the event that something happens.

In short, this person claims that the Macrons have executed upon and paid for my assassination. Yes, you read that correctly. More specifically, that the green light was given to a small team in National Gendamarie Intervention Group. I am told there is one Israeli that is on this assasination squad and the plans were formalized.

Again, this person provided concrete proof that they are well placed within the French government apparatus.

Further to this point, this person claims that Charlie Kirk’s assassin trained with the French legion 13th brigade with multi-state involvement.

Journalist Xavier Poussard’s life is also at risk. This is deadly serious. The head of state of France apparently wants us both dead and has authorized professional units to carry this out.


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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/judge-orders-jeffrey-epstein-related-grand-jury-transcripts-florida-re-rcna247624
A federal judge in Florida has ordered the release of material from grand jury investigations into sex offender Jeffrey Epstein from 2005 and 2007.

A similar bid was rejected earlier this year, but U.S. District Judge Rodney Smith said he was granting the Justice Department's renewed request in light of the bill that Congress passed last month requiring the DOJ to release all of its records related to Epstein.

The newly passed Epstein Files Transparency Act calls for the release of "unclassified records, documents, communications, and investigative materials that relate to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell," and the specific language of the law overrides the traditional secrecy of grand jury materials, Smith wrote.

It's unclear when the materials will become public. In its motion asking for the materials to be released, the Justice Department said it "will work with the relevant United States Attorney’s Offices to make appropriate redactions of victim-related and other personal identifying information."

The grand jury investigation was conducted in West Palm Beach, near Epstein's home. Federal prosecutors were investigating whether the financier was preying on scores of underage girls in his mansion.

He eventually struck a much-scrutinized deal that allowed him to plead guilty to state solicitation charges involving a single underage victim, while also reaching a secret non-prosecution agreement with the federal government.

It's unclear how much of the material in the 2005 and 2007 investigations will be new.

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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c98nldr06l2o
A protective shield covering the Chernobyl nuclear reactor in Ukraine can no longer provide its main containment function following a drone strike earlier this year, according to a UN watchdog.

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors found that the massive structure, built over the site of the 1986 nuclear disaster, had lost its "primary safety functions including the confinement capability".

In February, Ukraine accused Russia of targeting the power plant - a claim the Kremlin denied.

The IAEA said repairs were "essential" to "prevent further degradation" of the nuclear shelter. However environmental expert Jim Smith told the BBC: "It is not something to panic about."

Prof Smith from the University of Portsmouth in the UK, who has studied the aftermath of the Chernobyl disaster, said the biggest danger linked to the site was disturbing radioactive dust.

But he said that "the risk is low" because contaminated dust is contained within a thick concrete "sarcophagus" which is covered by the protective shield.

The 1986 explosion at Chernobyl blasted radioactive material into the air, triggering a public health emergency across Europe.


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https://www.reuters.com/world/supreme-court-decide-legality-trump-move-limit-birthright-citizenship-2025-12-05/
Dec 5 (Reuters) - The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to decide the legality of President Donald Trump's directive to restrict birthright citizenship in the United States, a contentious part of his efforts to curb immigration and a step that would alter how a 19th century constitutional provision has long been understood.
The justices took up a Justice Department appeal of a lower court's ruling that blocked Trump's executive order telling U.S. agencies not to recognize citizenship of children born in the U.S. if neither parent is an American citizen or legal permanent resident, also called a "green card" holder.

The lower court ruled that Trump's policy violated the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment and a federal law codifying birthright citizenship rights in a class-action lawsuit by parents and children whose citizenship is threatened by the directive. The justices are expected to hear arguments during their current term and issue a ruling by the end of June. They did not set a date for the arguments.
The Republican president signed the order his first day back in office on January 20 as part of a suite of initiatives he has pursued during his second term as president to crack down on legal and illegal immigration.
The Trump administration has argued that the provision does not grant citizenship to the babies of immigrants who are in the country illegally or whose presence is lawful but temporary, such as university students or those on work visas.
The 14th Amendment has long been interpreted as guaranteeing citizenship for babies born in the United States.

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/06/trump-supreme-court-independent-agencies-ftc/87620043007/

WASHINGTON − President Donald Trump’s attempt to increase his power by taking control of independent agencies comes before the Supreme Court on Dec. 8 in the second of at least four major cases on Trump’s expansive view of presidential authority the justices are considering this term.

Trump wants the court to overturn a 1935 decision limiting presidents’ ability to remove leaders of multi-member administrative agencies that could include the Federal Reserve and the Federal Trade Commission.

He may get his wish because the court has been chipping away at the decision since 2010.

Vance’s warning lands as lawmakers on both sides of the Atlantic want to trade liberty for the illusion of digital order.
https://reclaimthenet.org/jd-vance-condemns-eu-censorship-pressure-defends-x

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https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/kennedy-advisers-vote-dropping-hepatitis-b-vaccine-recommendation-most-us-2025-12-05/
Dec 5 (Reuters) - U.S. vaccine advisers on Friday scrapped a long-standing recommendation that all American newborns receive the hepatitis B shot, a major policy win for health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr that disease experts say will reverse decades of public health gains.
The committee recommended the birth dose only for infants of mothers who test positive for the virus or whose status is unknown, replacing the 1991 universal recommendation aimed at protecting all children from hepatitis B infections.
For the vast majority of children whose mothers test negative for the virus, it said parents should consult with their healthcare providers over if and when to begin the three-shot vaccine series and recommended the first dose no sooner than at two months of age.
Public health experts and medical groups including the American Medical Association decried the move, saying the decision creates obstacles to the vaccine and is in conflict with decades of evidence on its safety and efficacy.
Hepatitis B infections, which can lead to serious liver disease, have fallen nearly 90% in the U.S. from 9.6 per 100,000 before vaccination became widespread to about one per 100,000 in 2018.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - now run by a Kennedy-appointed acting head, Jim O'Neill, who is not a scientist - will use the committee's recommendations to set U.S. public health guidance.
The recommendations affect U.S. health insurance coverage and play a key role in assisting physicians who are choosing appropriate vaccines for patients. The trade group for insurers said they would continue covering the shot.
The American Academy of Pediatrics said it continued to support the birth dose of the vaccine.

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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c04vdengk3do
President Donald Trump's administration has warned that Europe faces "civilisational erasure" and questioned whether certain nations can remain reliable allies, in a new strategy document that puts a particular focus on the continent.

The 33-page National Security Strategy sees the US leader outline his vision for the world and how he will wield US military and economic power to work towards it.

Trump described the document as a "roadmap" to ensure America remains "the greatest and most successful nation in human history".

European politicians have begun to react, with Germany's Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul saying his country did not need "outside advice".

A formal National Security Strategy is typically released by presidents once each term. It can form a framework for future policies and budgets, as well as signalling to the world where the president's priorities lie.

The new document follows similar rhetoric to Trump's speech to the United Nations earlier this year, where he had harsh criticism for Western Europe and its approach to migration and clean energy.

The new report doubles down on Trump's point of view, calling for the restoration of "Western identity", combatting foreign influence, ending mass migration, and focusing more on US priorities such as stopping drug cartels.


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https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/us-sets-2027-deadline-europe-led-nato-defense-officials-say-2025-12-05/
WASHINGTON, Dec 5 (Reuters) - The United States wants Europe to take over the majority of NATO's conventional defense capabilities, from intelligence to missiles, by 2027, Pentagon officials told diplomats in Washington this week, a tight deadline that struck some European officials as unrealistic.
The message, recounted by five sources familiar with the discussion, including a U.S. official, was conveyed at a meeting in Washington this week of Pentagon staff overseeing NATO policy and several European delegations.

The shifting of this burden from the U.S. to European members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization would dramatically change how the United States, a founding member of the post-war alliance, works with its most important military partners.
In the meeting, Pentagon officials indicated that Washington was not yet satisfied with the strides Europe has made to boost its defense capabilities since Russia's expanded invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
The U.S. officials told their counterparts that if Europe does not meet the 2027 deadline, the U.S. may stop participating in some NATO defense coordination mechanisms, said the sources, who requested anonymity to discuss private conversations.
Some officials on Capitol Hill are aware of and concerned about the Pentagon's message to the Europeans, one U.S. official said.

He’s been missing for 2 WEEKS and apparently, he’s the only one who’s trying to fight off the AI menace! Or is this just coincidence & happenstance? He’s really out back still…?!

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2025/12/sam-kirchner-missing-stop-ai/685144/

https://www.usdebtclock.org/
Tariffs and the $38 trillion national debt: Kevin Hassett sees ’big reductions’ in deficit while Scott Bessent sees a ‘shrinking ice cube’
https://fortune.com/2025/12/04/tariffs-38-trillion-national-debt-kevin-hassett-scott-bessent-shrinking-ice-cube/