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CBO Projects Highest Level Of Growth Of GDP In 15 Years
https://truepundit.com/another-trump-win-cbo-projects-highest-level-of-growth-of-gdp-in-15-years/

President Trump is presiding over an economy that is soaring; according to the Congressional Budget Office?s budget and economic outlook, real Gross Domestic Product will grow by 3.3% from the fourth quarter of 2017 to the fourth quarter of 2018. That would be the highest level of growth in 15 years.

The CBO report states, ?In CBO?s projections, real GDP expands by 3.3 percent this year and by 2.4 percent in 2019. It grew by 2.6 percent last year.? As CNS News reports, ?The last time real GDP grew by more than 3.3 percent from the fourth quarter of one year to the fourth quarter of the next was in 2003, when it grew by 4.4 percent, according to the historical data published by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.?


And guess who is responsible for this good news? A GOP president and Congress, apparently. CBO notes, ?CBO significantly boosted its projections of the growth of real GDP in 2018 and 2019, mostly because of the recent changes in fiscal policy.?
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14 States Set Records For Low Unemployment Levels
http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/384414-14-states-hit-record-low-unemployment

We were told the economy would tank with President Donald Trump in office; instead, there?s been a noticeable economic boom thanks in large part to Trump-era deregulation and Republican-passed tax cuts. In fact, under the Trump economy, 14 states have hit record low unemployment levels.

As reported by The Hill, eight states hit new lows in unemployment levels in March: Hawaii at 2.1%, Idaho at 2.9%, Kentucky at 4.0%, Maine at 2.7%, Mississippi at 4.5%, Oregon at 4.1%, Wisconsin at 2.9%, and California at 4.1%. Moreover, Colorado has a low rate of 2.6%, North Dakota set a new low last year, and Texas hit a low of 3.9% in November. Tennessee also set a state record at 3.3% in January.

According to a new U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report, ?The largest job gains occurred in California (+321,000), Texas (+294,100), and Florida (+173,100). The largest percentage gains occurred in Idaho and Utah (+3.3 percent each), followed by Nevada (+2.9 percent), according to the agency,? notes Newmax.

Average hourly earnings of non-farm employees rose to $26.82 in March.
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JGrimez said:
Everyone who disagrees is the enemy.
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the irony of that statement can't be lost on you? :)

After Trump Hints V.A. Nominee Might Drop Out, an Aggressive Show of Support

trump characterizes what's happened to jackson as "'ugly' abuse". it's the responsibility of the senate va committee to thoroughly investigate a nominee's suitability for the position and that's what they are doing. jackson seemed, to many, woefully underqualified to run the va and the troubling information which has emerged about his work record seems to simply confirm that he's a terrible choice for the job.

alasdair
 
Thats stating the obvious.

Any one of us chumos on bl would do a better job.

Even I would do a better job than him.

At least cost less money.
 
^ very coy. what?

today: Michael Cohen asserts Fifth Amendment rights in Stormy Daniels case

bottom line, this is his constitutional right.

but what do people think about this decision? let's ask the president of the u.s.:

"the mob takes the 5th. if you are innocent why are you taking the 5th amendment?"

"i think it's disgraceful."

disgraceful indeed.

alasdair
 
alasdairm said:
^ very coy. what?
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Keep an eye on:
-the unfolding Kanye drama. Kim K pushback against media, celebrities of color publicly abandoning the Dems.
-the Strzok/Page FBI 'missing texts' that are about to drop
-tomorrow is also the deadline for the release of the CIA/JFK documents.
 
Donald Trump said:
Kanye West has performed a great service to the Black Community - Big things are happening and eyes are being opened for the first time in Decades - Legacy Stuff! Thank you also to Chance and Dr. Darrell Scott, they really get it (lowest Black & Hispanic unemployment in history).
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^can also thank Candace Owens

Kanye West said:
Obama was in office for eight years and nothing in Chicago changed.
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Chance The Rapper said:
Black people don't have to be Democrats
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Pushing for transparency for the science used to influence EPA decision is an excellent idea.

WaPo Breaks Push for Transparency to Criticize Potential EPA Move to Make Research Public
https://www.aim.org/aim-column/wapo...e-potential-epa-move-to-make-research-public/

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has introduced a rule that would dramatically improve the transparency of the research the agency relies on to implement regulations. But since that transparency poses a threat, the mainstream media is unhappy.
At issue primarily is what is known as the Six Cities Study ? 30-year-old research, which has never been made public but forms the basis for most of America?s air pollution regulations.
In the annals of science there aren't many reports that have as much impact as Harvard?s Six Cities Study of 1993,? Joel Achenbach of the Washington Post wrote in a story headlined, Scientists denounce Pruitt's effort to block ?secret science? at EPA.
The Six Cities Study showed ?a dramatic association between long-term exposure to air pollution and higher risk of an early death. It influenced government pollution standards that research shows have saved thousands of lives.
?But the Six Cities Study, as well as many other scientific research papers, could be deemed unreliable and discarded by the Trump administration under a proposal announced Tuesday? by Pruitt.
?Such restrictions could affect how the agency protects Americans from toxic chemicals, air pollution and other health risks,? according to the Post?s original story on the rule proposal.
That story said Pruitt and his proponents describe the new approach as an advance for transparency, one that will increase Americans' trust and confidence in the research on which EPA's decisions are based.
But a chorus of scientists and public health groups warn that the rule would effectively block the EPA from relying on longstanding landmark studies on the harmful effects of air pollution and pesticide exposure.
Then it mentioned the fig leaf the EPA has used for years to kill similar efforts to make public the results of the Six Cities Study or the follow-up on American Cancer Society research ? both of which the agency has refused for decades.
Such research often involves confidential personal or medical histories or proprietary information, the Post reported.
Pruitt said the agency has too long relied on secret science to craft regulations.
Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) praised the move as a way of putting a stop to hidden agendas.
For all its purported benefits and importance to Americans health, the EPA steadfastly has refused to release the data.
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Reason a group would be against this push? Corruption, false sceice agendas..


 
i agree that transparency is a good thing. do you agree that the government should actively (and transparently) study the causes and effects of gun violence?

alasdair
 
From a Washington Post article on the EPA transparency plan.

Pruitt and proponents describe the new approach as an advance for transparency, one that will increase Americans’ trust and confidence in the research on which EPA decisions are based. “Today is a red-letter day,” he told a group of supporters at agency headquarters. “The science that we use is going to be transparent. It’s going to be reproducible.”

But a chorus of scientists and public health groups warn that the rule would effectively block the EPA from relying on long-standing, landmark studies on the harmful effects of air pollution and pesticide exposure. Such research often involves confidential personal or medical histories or proprietary information.

The move reflects a broader effort already underway to shift how the EPA conducts and uses science to guide its work. Pruitt has upended the standards for who can serve on its advisory committees, barring scientists who received agency grants for their research while still allowing those funded by industry.

His announcement Tuesday came as the administrator faces increasing heat for ethics and management decisions — from both sides of the political aisle, with even President Trump privately voicing more concern over the growing number of allegations. Pruitt only focused on the proposed rule during his remarks, saying his agency was “taking responsibility for how we do our work and respecting process.”

He made clear he intends the new requirements to be lasting ones. “This is not a policy,” he said. “This is not a memo.”

The proposal will be subject to a 30-day comment period, EPA officials said. Scientific organizations are already campaigning to block the rule from being finalized. Based on previous court cases, it could prompt legal challenges if implemented.

Former EPA administrator Gina McCarthy said that requiring the kind of disclosure Pruitt envisions would have disqualified the federal government from tapping groundbreaking research, such as studies linking exposure to leaded gasoline to neurological damage or a major 1993 study by Harvard University that established the link between fine-particle air pollution and premature deaths.

Scientists often collect personal data from subjects but pledge to keep it confidential. Researchers will have trouble recruiting study participants if the rule is enacted, she predicted, even if they pledge to redact private information before handing it over to the government.

“The best studies follow individuals over time, so that you can control all the factors except for the ones you’re measuring,” said McCarthy, who now directs the Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard’s public health school. “But it means following people’s personal history, their medical history. And nobody would want somebody to expose all of their private information.”

House Science Committee Chairman Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Tex.), who was with Pruitt during his announcement Tuesday, has for years sought to establish a similar requirement. His 2017 legislation, titled the Honest and Open New EPA Science Treatment Act, failed to pass both chambers.

Pruitt and Smith met at EPA headquarters on Jan. 9, according to Pruitt’s public calendar, and an email obtained under the Freedom of Information Act indicates that the lawmaker pressed the administrator to adopt the legislation’s goal as his own.

Smith made “his pitch that EPA internally implement the HONEST Act [so that] no regulation can go into effect unless the scientific data is publicly available for review,” Aaron Ringel, deputy associate administrator for congressional affairs at the EPA, wrote other agency staffers. His email was obtained by the Union of Concerned Scientists, a scientific advocacy organization.

Conservatives, such as Trump EPA transition team member Steve Milloy, have long tried to discredit independent research the agency used to justify limiting air pollution from burning coal and other fossil fuels. A series of studies has shown that fine particulate matter, often referred to as soot, enters the lungs and bloodstream and can cause illnesses such as asthma and even premature death.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...can-use/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.a0fe0783afb9

While it looks good on the surface, this is basically saying the scientific community is very against this because it essentially eliminates a lot of groundbreaking research that, because of unwillingness of patients to disclose information or a variety of reasons, were made not publicly available. These studies, such as ones showing that fine particulate matter from things such as burning coal are bad for our health, are important to our understanding of the actual effects of pollution. Modern environmental regulations are built on the back of studies like these. Back in the 80s the smog was horrific in cities, and since then it has improved dramatically. This act is an attempt to go back to a time when pollution and environmental destruction were not regulated against.

The last bolded part... do you see that as problematic? Don't you think we SHOULD limit air pollution? Don't you agree that air pollution is a public health concern? Do you really believe these people are trying to help the environment, or do you think they're trying to help the coal industry, and others?
 
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it's sickening, and the hatchet job trump has done on environmental regulations (and the departments that administer them) - and on science - is why i truly despise him.
i find his senility both amusing and disturbing, but i don't care that trump's a two-bit con-artist.
i don't really care how much of an asshole he is - that's something i would say about most US presidents. being an asshole is an important part of the job.

i do however, care about him being an environmental vandal.

he seems to be really losing his mind though - he has an truly amazing ability to keep plumbing new depths of blatant hypocrisy, corruption and stupidity.
i saw a clip on a news story of him talking on fox news and the hosts look really uncomfortable - i don't know if anyone has seen that?

my impression is that it's not looking good for him at all, but it's going to be interesting to see how all of trump's legal issues play out.
 
Making some big assumptions and predictions there.
How could you be against total transparency of the science used by the EPA to make decisions? That is massive.
You'd rather just trust EPA bureaucrats instead of letting the public analyze the data?
 
Trumps continuous pressure on China and NK is paying off bigly! If he unites Korea folks on the left are going to lose their minds. You have to think the tough talk, extra tough sanctions, and his brass tacks no nonsense unpredictable nature made this happen. Regardless, I just hope for the NK people they this happens, they have suffered far too much!
 
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