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Canvassing and the Election

…Lara Trump? Mother Jones states “Lara Trump Is All About Meritocracy.” The big picture: The materials describe the 2020 Trump campaign’s reach-out efforts as “inefficient,” and emphasize the campaign’s priorities of…

Why Is Brazil Ahead of the US…fuel

…natural gas, other than the odd city bus or garbage truck in random municipalities? The answer is a simple but unpleasant one. See, we in the US would label the…

Housing Update

…considered almost risk-free because if the borrowers default, Fannie or Freddie will pay off the loans (assuming Fannie and Freddie remain solvent). Non-conforming loans go into pools known as private-label