westernjournal--2020-01-10--Terror Leaders Now Fleeing, in Hiding Because of Trump’s Soleimani Strike: Report

Terrorists who sow fear are now living in fear themselves after the precision drone strike that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani , according to a new report .
Journalist Sara Carter , writing on her website , said that terrorist leaders within Iraq are leaving the region or going into hiding for fear that they could be next .
In her report , Carter quoted multiple sources she did not name , most cited as “ a U.S. official.
” In her report , she quotes former CIA Station Chief Daniel Hoffman as saying that President Donald Trump ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was a seminal moment , a change in strategy for the United States.
” Carter said that soon after last Thursday ’ s strike that killed Soleimani , terrorists — many of whom operate with the backing of Iran — were “ fleeing ” or hiding .
In Trump ’ s speech to the nation , the president made it clear that the U.S. will not be passive in the face of terror attacks .
TRENDING : UK Outlet Runs Pictures of Grinning Bill Clinton with Sex Slave and Epstein 's Pimp on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we have sent a powerful message to terrorists : If you value your own life , you will not threaten the lives of our people , ” the president said , according to a White House media pool report .
Carter said that terrorists got the message .
“ U.S .
officials intercepted communications and intelligence suggesting that terrorists in the region were signaling immediate concerns over Iran ’ s inability to protect Soleimani from the U.S. , ” she wrote .
James Carafano , a foreign policy expert at the Heritage Foundation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ protect or avenge them have learned a painful lesson .
“ If this is all Iran will do to avenge Soleimani no one can expect Tehran to expend a lot of capital to protect them from the Americans , ” he said , according to Carter .
Hoffman said Trump made it clear “ that we will deal with everyone ’ s proxy militia foot soldiers but we will also deal with Iranian leaders who are responsible for making the decisions that put our people and installations in harms way.
” In an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ analyst Rebecca Grant also said Trump ’ s attack put terrorists on notice that there is a new policy at work .
RELATED : Trump Defends the Queen : 'It 's Sad ' How Harry and Meghan Treated Her “ The deliberate killing of Soleimani opens a new chapter and shows Trump ’ s willingness to use military force to put Iran ’ s terrorist monster machine back in its box , ” she wrote .
“ The aim was to deter future Iranian attacks.
” Grant said some terrorists will risk the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ strikes on Iranian terror networks in Iraq , if necessary .
U.S. forces have the ability to target and strike other Iranian terrorist kingpins in Iraq , Syria and other locations .
With or without cooperation from others , U.S. forces can track them down and kill them , ” she wrote .
She noted that Trump ’ s strategy goes beyond payback .
“ President Trump authorized the killing of Soleimani not for revenge , but to start shutting down the monster of Iran ’ s terror network , ” she wrote @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it is , was calculated to make America safer right now , and over the long term.
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Terrorists who sow fear are now living in fear themselves after the precision drone strike that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, according to a new report.
Journalist Sara Carter, writing on her website, said that terrorist leaders within Iraq are leaving the region or going into hiding for fear that they could be next. In her report, Carter quoted multiple sources she did not name, most cited as “a U.S. official.”
In her report, she quotes former CIA Station Chief Daniel Hoffman as saying that President Donald Trump’s “decapitation strike targeting general Qassem Soleimani was a seminal moment, a change in strategy for the United States.”
Carter said that soon after last Thursday’s strike that killed Soleimani, terrorists — many of whom operate with the backing of Iran — were “fleeing” or hiding.
In Trump’s speech to the nation, the president made it clear that the U.S. will not be passive in the face of terror attacks.
“By removing Soleimani, we have sent a powerful message to terrorists: If you value your own life, you will not threaten the lives of our people,” the president said, according to a White House media pool report.
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Carter said that terrorists got the message.
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“U.S. officials intercepted communications and intelligence suggesting that terrorists in the region were signaling immediate concerns over Iran’s inability to protect Soleimani from the U.S.,” she wrote.
James Carafano, a foreign policy expert at the Heritage Foundation, said terror groups hoping Iran will protect or avenge them have learned a painful lesson.
“If this is all Iran will do to avenge Soleimani no one can expect Tehran to expend a lot of capital to protect them from the Americans,” he said, according to Carter.
Hoffman said Trump made it clear “that we will deal with everyone’s proxy militia foot soldiers but we will also deal with Iranian leaders who are responsible for making the decisions that put our people and installations in harms way.”
In an Op-Ed on Fox News, national security analyst Rebecca Grant also said Trump’s attack put terrorists on notice that there is a new policy at work.
“The deliberate killing of Soleimani opens a new chapter and shows Trump’s willingness to use military force to put Iran’s terrorist monster machine back in its box,” she wrote. “The aim was to deter future Iranian attacks.”
Grant said some terrorists will risk the wrath of America.
“Expect more strikes on Iranian terror networks in Iraq, if necessary. U.S. forces have the ability to target and strike other Iranian terrorist kingpins in Iraq, Syria and other locations. With or without cooperation from others, U.S. forces can track them down and kill them,” she wrote.
She noted that Trump’s strategy goes beyond payback.
“President Trump authorized the killing of Soleimani not for revenge, but to start shutting down the monster of Iran’s terror network,” she wrote.
“This assassination, shocking as it is, was calculated to make America safer right now, and over the long term.”
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westernjournal--2020-01-10--Chris Matthews Compares Terrorist Soleimani to Elvis and Princess Diana

The leader of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ’ Quds Force killed hundreds of American service members and had the blood of many more on his hands .
He was a commander in a terrorist organization that stifled dissent at home and abroad .
I don ’ t say this as if it were news to anyone — it certainly isn ’ t if you ’ ve been watching coverage of Soleimani ’ s death — but rather as a kind of incantation .
I want media grandees to say those words before they go on air every night or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Chant them , if they must .
TRENDING : UK Outlet Runs Pictures of Grinning Bill Clinton with Sex Slave and Epstein 's Pimp on 'Lolita Express' For the next few weeks , they should be a kind of mantra — kind of like “ om mani padme hum , ” but with time-sensitive knowledge substituted for ancient Sanskrit wisdom .
Without this salient ( and , I had hoped , universal ) information being chanted by our nation ’ s anchors and splayed out on yoga mats .
Without them meditating on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what apparently happens is they lapse into rhapsodizing about the head thug of the Quds Force .
They look googly-eyed at the kind of crowds that turned out for his funeral , at the lamentations for him in the Iranian state media , at the martyrdom that the mullahs have already built up around his legacy of destruction and think to themselves that they ’ re watching the passing of some colossal political figure — not the archetype of the kind of bloodthirsty , ambitious apparatchik that manages oppress others in every tyrannical @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from Caligula to Pinochet .
The latest victim is Chris Matthews of MSNBC , who looked at Soleimani ’ s funeral and saw the kind of outpouring of grief ( an outpouring which was no way coerced out of the Iranian people by their government , of course ) one might see for , say , Elvis Presley or Princess Diana .
“ When some people die , you don ’ t know what the impact is going to be .
When Princess Diana died , for example , there was a huge @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a Wednesday segment with Democratic Rep. Joaquin Castro of Texas .
“ Elvis Presley in our culture — it turns out that this general we killed was a beloved hero of the Iranian people to the point where — look at the people , we got pictures up now , these enormous crowds coming out .
There ’ s no American emotion in this case , but there ’ s a hell of a lot of emotion on the other side .
“ Should our leaders know what they ’ re doing when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Castro .
There ’ s nothing special about Castro ’ s answer , although it does speak to the boilerplate phraseology from the Democratic Party when it comes to Soleimani ’ s death .
“ They very much could have anticipated that Iranians would react in this way , both the Iranian public but also that the government would strike back , ” Castro said .
RELATED : A Brave Soul Compiled the 'Worst of MSNBC in 2019 ' into One Video “ This speaks to a much larger issue , Chris , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ very chaotic and erratic foreign policy , and especially with respect to Iran.
” Neither seemed to understand the issue with comparing Soleimani ( a terrorist killed by an American drone strike ) to Elvis Presley ( a singer killed by overindulgence of every sort ) or Princess Diana ( a royal killed in a car crash ) .
Beyond the fact that this logic is offensive on its face , there are several deeper problems with it .
For instance , why has the media suddenly become impressed with turnout ?
A @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Tehran for Soleimani ’ s funeral .
You may perhaps have noticed some differences between that event and Princess Diana ’ s funeral .
At the latter event , Elton John sung “ Candle in the Wind.
” At the former , Soleimani ’ s daughter called President Donald Trump “ the symbol of ignorance , the slave of Zionists.
” At Princess Diana ’ s funeral , the eulogy was given by Diana ’ s brother , Charles Spencer ; it was controversial partially because he said “ [ i ] @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of all the ironies about Diana , perhaps the greatest was this — a girl given the name of the ancient goddess of hunting was , in the end , the most hunted person of the modern age.
” A similar controversy erupted over the speeches at Soleimani ’ s funeral , although not because of the blatantly anti-Semitic content or the saber-rattling .
Rather , it ’ s because one of the speakers was the leader of Iranian proxy terror group Hamas , a fact which didn ’ t sit well with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Besides that , where is it said that the emotions of a people — assuming those emotions aren ’ t being manipulated by their government — should override our foreign policy interests ?
Whether or not you believe Soleimani was planning imminent attacks on American diplomats and service members , he represented an obvious threat to both our country and the Middle East at large .
We ’ re not the only ones who are glad to be rid of him , no matter what you might hear to the contrary .
There @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t happy .
And ?
There shouldn ’ t be a single person in Washington losing sleep over the fact we may have killed someone they venerated like Elvis .
This demonstrates misplaced priorities on their part , not ours .
Picking on Chris Matthews is usually picking at low-hanging fruit , except in this case he ’ s hardly alone .
Over on CNN , Anderson Cooper compared Soleimani to Charles de Gaulle , an interesting comparison when you consider one fought Nazis and the other served one of the most @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the planet .
At The New York Times , meanwhile , here were the tweets they sent out for the obituaries of Qassem Soleimani and Sam Wyche , former coach of the Cincinnati Bengals and Tampa Bay Buccaneers : If only Wyche had killed a few hundred American servicemen , maybe he could have earned more respect in death .
It ’ s perfectly acceptable for anyone to challenge the wisdom behind the Soleimani attacks .
However , comparing a terrorist to Charles de Gaulle , Elvis or Princess Diana to contextualize his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It merely erodes trust in anyone foolish enough to make such a comparison .
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Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani was a terrorist.
The leader of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force killed hundreds of American service members and had the blood of many more on his hands. He was a commander in a terrorist organization that stifled dissent at home and abroad.
I don’t say this as if it were news to anyone — it certainly isn’t if you’ve been watching coverage of Soleimani’s death — but rather as a kind of incantation.
I want media grandees to say those words before they go on air every night or file their columns for the day.
Chant them, if they must.
For the next few weeks, they should be a kind of mantra — kind of like “om mani padme hum,” but with time-sensitive knowledge substituted for ancient Sanskrit religious phraseology.
Without this salient (and, I had hoped, universal) information being chanted by our nation’s anchors and splayed out on yoga mats, without them meditating on the genuine evil that Soleimani embodied, what apparently happens is they lapse into rhapsodizing about the head thug of the Quds Force.
They look googly-eyed at the kind of crowds that turned out for his funeral, at the lamentations for him in the Iranian state media, at the martyrdom that the mullahs have already built up around his legacy of destruction and think to themselves that they’re watching the passing of some colossal political figure — not the archetype of the kind of bloodthirsty, ambitious apparatchik that manages oppress others in every tyrannical regime across the span of history, from Caligula to Pinochet.
The latest victim is Chris Matthews of MSNBC, who looked at Soleimani’s funeral and saw the kind of outpouring of grief (an outpouring that was no way coerced out of the Iranian people by their government, of course) one might see for, say, Elvis Presley or Princess Diana.
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“When some people die, you don’t know what the impact is going to be. When Princess Diana died, for example, there was a huge emotional outpouring,” Matthews said during a Wednesday segment with Democratic Rep. Joaquin Castro of Texas.
“Elvis Presley in our culture — it turns out that this general we killed was a beloved hero of the Iranian people to the point where — look at the people, we got pictures up now, these enormous crowds coming out. There’s no American emotion in this case, but there’s a hell of a lot of emotion on the other side.
“Should our leaders know what they’re doing when they kill somebody?” he asked Castro.
There’s nothing special about Castro’s answer, although it does speak to the boilerplate phraseology from the Democratic Party when it comes to Soleimani’s death.
“They very much could have anticipated that Iranians would react in this way, both the Iranian public but also that the government would strike back,” Castro said.
“This speaks to a much larger issue, Chris, which is the president has had a very chaotic and erratic foreign policy, and especially with respect to Iran.”
Neither seemed to understand the issue with comparing Soleimani (a terrorist killed by an American drone strike) to Elvis Presley (a singer killed by overindulgence of every sort) or Princess Diana (a royal killed in a car crash).
Beyond the fact that this logic is offensive on its face, there are several deeper problems with it.
For instance, why has the media suddenly become impressed with turnout? A million people did indeed flood the streets of Tehran for Soleimani’s funeral.
You may perhaps have noticed some differences between that event and Princess Diana’s funeral.
At the latter event, Elton John sung “Candle in the Wind.” At the former, Soleimani’s daughter called President Donald Trump “the symbol of ignorance, the slave of Zionists.”
At Princess Diana’s funeral, the eulogy was given by Diana’s brother, Charles Spencer; it was controversial partially because he said “[i]t is a point to remember that of all the ironies about Diana, perhaps the greatest was this — a girl given the name of the ancient goddess of hunting was, in the end, the most hunted person of the modern age.”
A similar controversy erupted over the speeches at Soleimani’s funeral, although not because of the blatantly anti-Semitic content or the saber-rattling.
Rather, it’s because one of the speakers was the leader of Iranian proxy terror group Hamas, a fact that didn’t sit well with either the Egyptian or Saudi governments.
Besides that, where is it said that the emotions of a people — assuming those emotions aren’t being manipulated by their government — should override our foreign policy interests?
Whether or not you believe Soleimani was planning imminent attacks on American diplomats and service members, he represented an obvious threat to both our country and the Middle East at large.
We’re not the only ones who are glad to be rid of him, no matter what you might hear to the contrary.
There are obviously some Iranian hyperpartisans who aren’t happy. And?
There shouldn’t be a single person in Washington losing sleep over the fact we may have killed someone they venerated like Elvis.
This demonstrates misplaced priorities on their part, not ours.
Picking on Chris Matthews is usually picking at low-hanging fruit, except in this case he’s hardly alone.
Over on CNN, Anderson Cooper compared Soleimani to Charles de Gaulle, an interesting comparison when you consider one fought Nazis and the other served one of the most rabidly anti-Semitic regimes on the face of the planet.
At The New York Times, meanwhile, here were the tweets they sent out for the obituaries of Qassem Soleimani and Sam Wyche, former coach of the Cincinnati Bengals and Tampa Bay Buccaneers:
If only Wyche had killed a few hundred American servicemen, maybe he could have earned more respect in death.
It’s perfectly acceptable for anyone to challenge the wisdom behind the Soleimani attacks.
However, comparing a terrorist to Charles de Gaulle, Elvis or Princess Diana to contextualize his death does nothing of the sort.
It merely erodes trust in anyone foolish enough to make such a comparison.
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westernjournal--2020-01-10--McConnell Moves To End Impeachment Early, Backs Key Senate Rules Change

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is supporting a resolution that would allow the Senate to reject the House-passed articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump without holding a trial .
The resolution to change the Senate ’ s rules was introduced by Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri , who announced Thursday that McConnell had signed on as a co-sponsor .
“ Speaker Pelosi started this bogus impeachment by claiming President Trump was an urgent ‘ threat to democracy ’ who had to be removed now , ” Hawley said in a statement Monday , when he introduced the resolution @ @ @ @ @ @ @ against the articles in the House , and with the public opposed to the Democrats ’ partisan games , Pelosi has changed her tune.
” The resolution would give the House 25 days to send its articles of impeachment over to the Senate .
Once that time has elapsed , a senator could offer a motion to dismiss “ with prejudice for failure by the House of Representatives to prosecute such articles.
” The motion could then pass with a simple majority vote , according to The Hill .
TRENDING : Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Democrats for Refusing To Pay Party Dues The resolution introduced by Hawley could be passed using what is called the “ nuclear ” option , which would allow a simple majority of 51 votes to decide on the rules change needed to let it proceed .
Otherwise , the resolution would require two-thirds support to pass the Senate .
The House rushed to pass the articles before its Christmas recess , but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has refused to formally transmit them to the Senate until she approves of how the Senate will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The delay has irked McConnell , who has criticized Pelosi for the tactic .
“ This is what they have done : They have initiated one of the most grave and most unsettling processes in our Constitution and then refused to allow a resolution , ” he said Thursday .
‘ The speaker began something that she herself predicted would be ‘ so divisive to the country ’ … and now she is unilaterally saying it can not move forward towards a resolution , ” he added .
Pelosi , for her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the articles over “ soon.
” “ I ’ m not holding them indefinitely , ” she told reporters Thursday , according to The Hill .
“ I ’ ll send them over when I ’ m ready , and that will probably be soon.
” In the aftermath of those words , McConnell told senators that the trial could start next week .
RELATED : Nancy Pelosi Says Impeachment Will Be Sent to the Senate 'Soon' “ We thought , we as the body , that the speaker will … shortly send @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said next weekend don ’ t go anywhere , ” Republican Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama said .
GOP Sen. Kevin Cramer of North Dakota said McConnell told other Republicans he expected the articles in the “ next day or two.
” Senate plans call for the trial to start at 1 p.m. on the day after the articles arrives at the upper chamber of Congress , with the Senate scheduled to meet six days a week until the trial ends .
McConnell said he was anxious to get the trial started .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ re gon na come over , ” he told reporters Thursday , as Fox News reported .
“ Let me just say that I sure hope so .
We ’ ve been waiting three weeks and would love to have the opportunity to get started.
” On Thursday , Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina introduced a resolution demanding immediate transmittal of the articles .
“ This resolution is a simple statement by the Senate .
It is our job as senators to dispose of the articles that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ The speaker ’ s attempt to shape or delay the trial is unprecedented .
It can not stand.
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is supporting a resolution that would allow the Senate to reject the House-passed articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump without holding a trial.
The resolution to change the Senate’s rules was introduced by Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri, who announced Thursday that McConnell had signed on as a co-sponsor.
“Speaker Pelosi started this bogus impeachment by claiming President Trump was an urgent ‘threat to democracy’ who had to be removed now,” Hawley said in a statement Monday, when he introduced the resolution. “But after a bipartisan vote against the articles in the House, and with the public opposed to the Democrats’ partisan games, Pelosi has changed her tune.”
The resolution would give the House 25 days to send its articles of impeachment over to the Senate. Once that time has elapsed, a senator could offer a motion to dismiss “with prejudice for failure by the House of Representatives to prosecute such articles.”
The motion could then pass with a simple majority vote, according to The Hill.
The resolution introduced by Hawley could be passed using what is called the “nuclear” option, which would allow a simple majority of 51 votes to decide on the rules change needed to let it proceed.
Otherwise, the resolution would require two-thirds support to pass the Senate.
The House rushed to pass the articles before its Christmas recess, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has refused to formally transmit them to the Senate until she approves of how the Senate will conduct its required trial on the articles.
The delay has irked McConnell, who has criticized Pelosi for the tactic.
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“This is what they have done: They have initiated one of the most grave and most unsettling processes in our Constitution and then refused to allow a resolution,” he said Thursday.
‘The speaker began something that she herself predicted would be ‘so divisive to the country’ … and now she is unilaterally saying it cannot move forward towards a resolution,” he added.
Pelosi, for her part, now says she might send the articles over “soon.”
“I’m not holding them indefinitely,” she told reporters Thursday, according to The Hill. “I’ll send them over when I’m ready, and that will probably be soon.”
In the aftermath of those words, McConnell told senators that the trial could start next week.
“We thought, we as the body, that the speaker will … shortly send that over, so [McConnell] said next weekend don’t go anywhere,” Republican Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama said.
GOP Sen. Kevin Cramer of North Dakota said McConnell told other Republicans he expected the articles in the “next day or two.”
Senate plans call for the trial to start at 1 p.m. on the day after the articles arrives at the upper chamber of Congress, with the Senate scheduled to meet six days a week until the trial ends.
McConnell said he was anxious to get the trial started.
“I have no idea when they’re gonna come over,” he told reporters Thursday, as Fox News reported. “Let me just say that I sure hope so. We’ve been waiting three weeks and would love to have the opportunity to get started.”
On Thursday, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina introduced a resolution demanding immediate transmittal of the articles.
“This resolution is a simple statement by the Senate. It is our job as senators to dispose of the articles that were lawfully passed,” Graham said. “The speaker’s attempt to shape or delay the trial is unprecedented. It cannot stand.”
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westernjournal--2020-01-10--New Jobs Numbers Show Continued Growth, Low Unemployment Rate

U.S. employers added 145,000 jobs in December and the unemployment rate held steady at 3.5 percent , signaling that the job market remains strong at the start of 2020 even if hiring and wage gains have slowed somewhat more than a decade into an economic expansion .
Friday ’ s snapshot from the Labor Department showed hiring slipped from robust gains of 256,000 in November , which were given a boost by the end of a strike at General Motors .
For the year , employers added an average of roughly 175,000 jobs per month , compared with about 223,250 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ growth fell in December to 2.9 percent , down from an annualized average of 3.3 percent a year earlier , a possible sign that some slack remains in the labor market and that unemployment could fall even further from its current half-century low .
The picture of a slowly-but-steadily improving economy — plus low inflation — likely gives the Federal Reserve comfort in keeping interest rates low , which has been a boon to stock markets .
TRENDING : UK Outlet Runs Pictures of Grinning Bill Clinton with Sex Slave and Epstein 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Industrial Average was largely unchanged in Friday morning trading , but it briefly reached the record-level of 29,000 .
“ We ’ re starting 2020 in very good shape , ” Gus Faucher , chief economist at PNC Financial Services , said .
“ We should see continued economic expansion throughout 2020 driven by consumers.
” The state of the job market has become a pivotal division between President Donald Trump and his Democratic challengers .
Trump can campaign on the low unemployment rate and job growth as he seeks a second term @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , will point to wages that have not taken off in a meaningful way for many Americans coping with highs costs for medical care and higher education .
This is the last jobs report before the Iowa caucus in February that will serve as a first step for choosing the Democratic presidential nominee .
The prospect of a stable job market , a pick-up in global growth , supportive central banks , an easing of trade tensions and U.S. economic growth of around 2 percent should be a positive for this year .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ our backs going into 2020 , ” Julia Pollak , a labor economist at the employment marketplace ZipRecruiter , said .
Yet job growth has failed so far to translate into substantially better hourly pay .
RELATED : US Stock Indexes Open High on First Trading Day of 2020 The pace of annual average wage growth slowed in December to 2.9 percent from 3.3 percent a year ago , a possible sign that there is still room for additional job gains despite the decade-plus expansion that has reduced the number of unemployed Americans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wages jumped in January as many states raised their minimum wages .
Some businesses in competitive industries are already taking steps to prepare for wage competition this year .
The Big Blue Swim School based in Chicago vies with day cares , learning centers and gyms for its instructors .
The chain has five sites employing on average 30 people and plans to open five more schools this year and 17 in 2021 .
But it had to dramatically boost wages in order to attract staff for that expansion .
“ We gave @ @ @ @ @ @ @ percent or 11 percent raise because of the fear we have about the wage pressures in the economy , ” CEO Chris Kenny said .
“ We can ’ t meet our business goal without great staff.
” The U.S. economy added 2.1 million jobs last year , down from gains of nearly 2.7 million in 2018 .
Hiring may have slowed because the number of unemployed people seeking work has fallen by 540,000 people over the past year to 5.75 million .
With fewer unemployed people hunting for jobs , there is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The steady hiring growth during the expansion has contributed to gains in consumer spending .
Retail sales during the crucial holiday shopping improved 3.4 percent compared to the prior year , according to Mastercard SpendingPulse .
This likely contributed to a surge of hiring in retail as that sector added 41,200 jobs in December .
The leisure and hospitality sector — which includes restaurants and hotels — added another 40,000 jobs .
Health care and social assistance accounted 33,900 new jobs .
Still , the report suggests a lingering weakness in manufacturing .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ after the end of the GM strike produced gains of 58,000 in November .
Manufacturing companies added just 46,000 jobs in all of 2019 .
Manufacturing struggled last year because of trade tensions between the United States and China coupled with slower global economic growth .
Safety problems at Boeing have also hurt orders for aircraft and parts .
The Associated Press contributed to this report .
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U.S. employers added 145,000 jobs in December and the unemployment rate held steady at 3.5 percent, signaling that the job market remains strong at the start of 2020 even if hiring and wage gains have slowed somewhat more than a decade into an economic expansion.
Friday’s snapshot from the Labor Department showed hiring slipped from robust gains of 256,000 in November, which were given a boost by the end of a strike at General Motors.
For the year, employers added an average of roughly 175,000 jobs per month, compared with about 223,250 per month in 2018.
Annual wage growth fell in December to 2.9 percent, down from an annualized average of 3.3 percent a year earlier, a possible sign that some slack remains in the labor market and that unemployment could fall even further from its current half-century low.
The picture of a slowly-but-steadily improving economy — plus low inflation — likely gives the Federal Reserve comfort in keeping interest rates low, which has been a boon to stock markets.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was largely unchanged in Friday morning trading, but it briefly reached the record-level of 29,000.
“We’re starting 2020 in very good shape,” Gus Faucher, chief economist at PNC Financial Services, said. “We should see continued economic expansion throughout 2020 driven by consumers.”
The state of the job market has become a pivotal division between President Donald Trump and his Democratic challengers.
Trump can campaign on the low unemployment rate and job growth as he seeks a second term.
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Democrats, seeking to oust him, will point to wages that have not taken off in a meaningful way for many Americans coping with highs costs for medical care and higher education.
This is the last jobs report before the Iowa caucus in February that will serve as a first step for choosing the Democratic presidential nominee.
The prospect of a stable job market, a pick-up in global growth, supportive central banks, an easing of trade tensions and U.S. economic growth of around 2 percent should be a positive for this year.
“We really have the wind at our backs going into 2020,” Julia Pollak, a labor economist at the employment marketplace ZipRecruiter, said.
Yet job growth has failed so far to translate into substantially better hourly pay.
The pace of annual average wage growth slowed in December to 2.9 percent from 3.3 percent a year ago, a possible sign that there is still room for additional job gains despite the decade-plus expansion that has reduced the number of unemployed Americans.
There is also the potential that wages jumped in January as many states raised their minimum wages.
Some businesses in competitive industries are already taking steps to prepare for wage competition this year.
The Big Blue Swim School based in Chicago vies with day cares, learning centers and gyms for its instructors. The chain has five sites employing on average 30 people and plans to open five more schools this year and 17 in 2021. But it had to dramatically boost wages in order to attract staff for that expansion.
“We gave all of our front-line employees a 10 percent or 11 percent raise because of the fear we have about the wage pressures in the economy,” CEO Chris Kenny said. “We can’t meet our business goal without great staff.”
The U.S. economy added 2.1 million jobs last year, down from gains of nearly 2.7 million in 2018.
Hiring may have slowed because the number of unemployed people seeking work has fallen by 540,000 people over the past year to 5.75 million.
With fewer unemployed people hunting for jobs, there is a potential limit on job gains.
The steady hiring growth during the expansion has contributed to gains in consumer spending.
Retail sales during the crucial holiday shopping improved 3.4 percent compared to the prior year, according to Mastercard SpendingPulse.
This likely contributed to a surge of hiring in retail as that sector added 41,200 jobs in December.
The leisure and hospitality sector — which includes restaurants and hotels — added another 40,000 jobs. Health care and social assistance accounted 33,900 new jobs.
Still, the report suggests a lingering weakness in manufacturing.
Factories shed 12,000 jobs in December, after the end of the GM strike produced gains of 58,000 in November. Manufacturing companies added just 46,000 jobs in all of 2019.
Manufacturing struggled last year because of trade tensions between the United States and China coupled with slower global economic growth. Safety problems at Boeing have also hurt orders for aircraft and parts.
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westernjournal--2020-01-10--How Prince Harry and Meghan Can Claim Their Independence as Palace Scrambles To Sort Out Solution

Queen Elizabeth II has moved quickly to take control of the crisis surrounding the decision by Prince Harry and Meghan , the Duchess of Sussex , to distance themselves from the royal family , ordering royal courtiers to sort out a future role for the pair within days .
British media reported Friday that the monarch , who is at her Sandringham estate in eastern England , held a conference call with her son Prince Charles and grandsons Prince William and Prince Harry .
The royal family is said to be “ hurt ” by Harry and Meghan ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ down from being senior royals , with reports claiming it was not told of the statement beforehand .
But the queen , Charles and William have told their teams to work with the government and the Sussexes to sort out a solution .
In the meantime , Meghan has returned to Canada , where she and Harry spent the Christmas holidays , instead of with other royals at Sandringham .
The former actress is American but has longstanding ties to Canada , having lived in Toronto while filming the TV show “ Suits.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Grinning Bill Clinton with Sex Slave and Epstein 's Pimp on 'Lolita Express' The talks come after the royal pair released a “ personal message ” Wednesday evening that said they were stepping back from being senior members of Britain ’ s royal family , would work to become financially independent and would “ balance ” their time between the U.K. and North America .
Harry , 35 , is Elizabeth ’ s grandson and sixth in line to the British throne , behind his father , older brother William and his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ former British Army officer is one of the royal family ’ s most popular members and has spent his entire life in the public eye .
Before marrying the prince in a wedding watched around the world in 2018 , the 38-year-old Meghan was a star of the TV legal drama “ Suits.
” The couple ’ s son , Archie , was born in May 2019 .
A friend of the couple , broadcaster Tom Bradby , said Harry and Meghan were made aware while in Canada over the holidays that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on those at the top of the line of succession .
An image of the monarch , Charles , William and his son George released last week underscored the message of who the Windsors see as their core members .
RELATED : Trump Defends the Queen : 'It 's Sad ' How Harry and Meghan Treated Her Bradby , an ITV television anchor who filmed a documentary with Harry and Meghan while they were in Africa , appeared in a news program on his network and described the royal split as inevitable .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ to leave the grind of front-line royal duty had been known , but the timing of their announcement was not .
“ It ’ s certainly not true to say the palace were blindsided by this , ” Bradby told ITV .
“ The couple ’ s view was they came back and wanted to talk to the family about their plans .
It had been made clear to them in their absence there was going to be a slimmed-down monarchy and they weren ’ t really a part of it.
” Harry @ @ @ @ @ @ @ barrage of criticism from the British press over their decision .
The latest developments reveal more divisions within the British monarchy , which was just rocked in November by Prince Andrew ’ s disastrous television interview about his relationship with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein .
Harry and Meghan have long complained of intrusive media coverage and accused some British media commentators of racism .
They slammed the country ’ s longstanding arrangements for royal media coverage and insisted that from now on they prefer to communicate directly with the public @ @ @ @ @ @ @ couple have their supporters .
Labour Party leadership contender Clive Lewis told backers Friday at his campaign launch that he understood their decision .
“ It is extremely unfortunate and a sign of the media we have that they feel they have to do this , ” he said .
“ I know it is not the only reason .
But if you look at the intrusion on their lives , if you look at the racism that Meghan Markle has experienced in the British media , then I can understand why.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ left many questions unanswered — such as what they plan to do and how they will earn private income without tarnishing the royal image .
At the moment , they are largely funded by Harry ’ s father , Prince Charles , through income from his vast Duchy of Cornwall estate .
The couple said they plan to cut ties to the British taxpayer support given each year to the queen for official use , which currently covers 5 percent of the costs of running their office .
But commentators have questioned whether @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cost to the country , arguing their statement doesn ’ t appear to cover some of the costs embedded in royal life , such as security .
Harry and Meghan have considerable assets of their own .
Harry inherited an estimated $ 9.1 million from his late mother , Princess Diana , as well as money from his great-grandmother .
Meghan has money from a successful acting career .
The Associated Press contributed to this report .
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Queen Elizabeth II has moved quickly to take control of the crisis surrounding the decision by Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, to distance themselves from the royal family, ordering royal courtiers to sort out a future role for the pair within days.
British media reported Friday that the monarch, who is at her Sandringham estate in eastern England, held a conference call with her son Prince Charles and grandsons Prince William and Prince Harry.
The royal family is said to be “hurt” by Harry and Meghan’s statement Wednesday that they want to step down from being senior royals, with reports claiming it was not told of the statement beforehand.
But the queen, Charles and William have told their teams to work with the government and the Sussexes to sort out a solution.
In the meantime, Meghan has returned to Canada, where she and Harry spent the Christmas holidays, instead of with other royals at Sandringham. The former actress is American but has longstanding ties to Canada, having lived in Toronto while filming the TV show “Suits.”
The talks come after the royal pair released a “personal message” Wednesday evening that said they were stepping back from being senior members of Britain’s royal family, would work to become financially independent and would “balance” their time between the U.K. and North America.
Harry, 35, is Elizabeth’s grandson and sixth in line to the British throne, behind his father, older brother William and his brother’s three children. The former British Army officer is one of the royal family’s most popular members and has spent his entire life in the public eye.
Before marrying the prince in a wedding watched around the world in 2018, the 38-year-old Meghan was a star of the TV legal drama “Suits.”
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The couple’s son, Archie, was born in May 2019.
A friend of the couple, broadcaster Tom Bradby, said Harry and Meghan were made aware while in Canada over the holidays that the monarchy’s future focus would be on those at the top of the line of succession.
An image of the monarch, Charles, William and his son George released last week underscored the message of who the Windsors see as their core members.
? To mark the start of a new decade, a portrait has been released of Her Majesty The Queen and Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales, The Duke of Cambridge and Prince George. The portrait was taken by Ranald Mackechnie in the Throne Room at Buckingham Palace. pic.twitter.com/ER5nqBMpz0 — The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) January 3, 2020
Bradby, an ITV television anchor who filmed a documentary with Harry and Meghan while they were in Africa, appeared in a news program on his network and described the royal split as inevitable. The wish by the duke and duchess to leave the grind of front-line royal duty had been known, but the timing of their announcement was not.
“It’s certainly not true to say the palace were blindsided by this,” Bradby told ITV. “The couple’s view was they came back and wanted to talk to the family about their plans. It had been made clear to them in their absence there was going to be a slimmed-down monarchy and they weren’t really a part of it.”
Harry and Meghan, meanwhile, faced a barrage of criticism from the British press over their decision.
The latest developments reveal more divisions within the British monarchy, which was just rocked in November by Prince Andrew’s disastrous television interview about his relationship with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Harry and Meghan have long complained of intrusive media coverage and accused some British media commentators of racism. They slammed the country’s longstanding arrangements for royal media coverage and insisted that from now on they prefer to communicate directly with the public through social media.
Still, the couple have their supporters. Labour Party leadership contender Clive Lewis told backers Friday at his campaign launch that he understood their decision.
“It is extremely unfortunate and a sign of the media we have that they feel they have to do this,” he said. “I know it is not the only reason. But if you look at the intrusion on their lives, if you look at the racism that Meghan Markle has experienced in the British media, then I can understand why.”
The couple’s statement on Wednesday left many questions unanswered — such as what they plan to do and how they will earn private income without tarnishing the royal image. At the moment, they are largely funded by Harry’s father, Prince Charles, through income from his vast Duchy of Cornwall estate.
The couple said they plan to cut ties to the British taxpayer support given each year to the queen for official use, which currently covers 5 percent of the costs of running their office.
But commentators have questioned whether the royal couple have misunderstood their true cost to the country, arguing their statement doesn’t appear to cover some of the costs embedded in royal life, such as security.
Harry and Meghan have considerable assets of their own. Harry inherited an estimated $9.1 million from his late mother, Princess Diana, as well as money from his great-grandmother. Meghan has money from a successful acting career.
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westernjournal--2020-01-10--Nancy Pelosi Says Impeachment Will Be Sent to the Senate ‘Soon’

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she will “ soon ” transmit the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump , signaling she might be ready to yield in her standoff with Senate Republicans .
The California Democrat faces mounting pressure from Republicans and some Democrats to quit delaying the president ’ s trial in the Senate , three weeks after the House Democrats impeached Trump on charges of abuse and obstruction .
Republicans say Democrats are embarrassed about their partisan vote to impeach the president , while Pelosi claims Democrats are ‘ ’ proud ” of upholding the Constitution .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ impeachment trial to begin next week .
“ I ’ ll send them over when I ’ m ready .
That will probably be soon , ” Pelosi told reporters at the Capitol on Thursday , noting she is not postponing it “ indefinitely.
” TRENDING : UK Outlet Runs Pictures of Grinning Bill Clinton with Sex Slave and Epstein 's Pimp on 'Lolita Express' The House impeached Trump in December on the charge that he abused the power of his office by pressuring Ukraine ’ s new leader to investigate possible corruption @ @ @ @ @ @ @ using as leverage $ 400 million in military assistance for the U.S. ally .
While he was vice president , Biden pressured Ukraine to fire a prosecutor who had investigated Burisma Holdings , an energy company where Biden ’ s son Hunter served on the board .
The House Democrats also hit Trump with an additional charge of obstruction of Congress for not cooperating with their investigation .
Trump insists he did nothing wrong .
Pelosi ’ s delay in sending the articles of impeachment over for a Senate trial has led to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ McConnell over what would be the third impeachment trial in the nation ’ s history .
The Kentucky Republican said that if Pelosi and House Democrats are “ too embarrassed ” to send the articles of impeachment , the Senate will simply move on next week to other business .
“ They do not get to trap our entire country into an unending groundhog day of impeachment without resolution , ” McConnell said .
He told GOP senators at a lunchtime meeting to expect the trial next week , according to two people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ requested anonymity to discuss the private meeting .
At the same time , McConnell signed on to a resolution from Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri to allow for the dismissal of articles of impeachment if the House doesn ’ t transmit them in 25 days .
That change to Senate rules appears unlikely to happen before Pelosi transmits the articles .
RELATED : Trump on Why He Did n't Tell Congress About Soleimani Attack : They Would 've Leaked It In the weeks since Trump was impeached , Democrats have focused on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump ’ s effort to pressure Ukraine to investigate Biden , and they pushed the Senate to consider new testimony , including from former White House national security adviser John Bolton .
Republicans , however , are focused on a speedy trial under the same rules that were used in the impeachment of President Bill Clinton in 1999 .
Republicans have the leverage , with a slim 53-47 Senate majority , as McConnell rebuffs the Democratic demands for testimony and documents .
But Democrats are using the delay in an attempt to sow @ @ @ @ @ @ @ process .
“ When we say fair trial , we mean facts , we mean witnesses , we mean documents , ” said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer , D-N.Y. , promising votes ahead .
“ Every single one of us , in this Senate , will have to have to take a stand .
How do my Republican friends want the American people , their constituents and history to remember them ?
” Trump weighed in from the White House suggesting that he , too , would like more witnesses at trial @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as well as the government whistleblower whose complaint about the president ’ s July 25 , 2019 , phone call with Ukraine ’ s Volodymyr Zelensky sparked the impeachment investigation .
In the call , the president asked his counterpart to open an investigation into the Bidens , saying , “ Biden went around bragging that he stopped the prosecution , so if you can look into it .
… It sounds horrible to me.
” Trump suggested that his administration would continue to block Bolton or others from the administration from appearing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have defied congressional subpoenas for their testimony .
“ When we start allowing national security advisers to just go up and say whatever they want to say , we can ’ t do that , ” the president said during an event with building contractors .
“ So we have to protect presidential privilege for me , but for future presidents .
That ’ s very important.
” Bolton , one of four witnesses that Democrats have requested , said this week that he would testify if subpoenaed .
McConnell has said from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump ’ s trial on the last time the Senate convened as the court of impeachment , for Clinton , and there will be “ no haggling ” with House Democrats over Senate procedures .
“ There will be no unfair new rulebook written solely for President Trump , ” the majority leader said Thursday .
McConnell , who met with Trump late Wednesday at the White House , suggested last month it would be “ fine with me ” if the House never sent the articles .
More recently , he has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for the Senate to have the ultimate say on matters of impeachment .
He scoffed that Pelosi has ‘ ’ managed to do the impossible ” by uniting Democrats and Republicans who want the trial to begin .
Some Democrats have been showing increased anxiety over the delay as Americans remain divided over Trump ’ s impeachment .
The delay on impeachment has also upended the political calendar , with the weekslong trial now expected to bump into presidential nominating contests , which begin in early February .
Several Democratic senators are running @ @ @ @ @ @ @ One 2020 hopeful , Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey , told The Associated Press ’ s Ground Game podcast that a looming impeachment trial and other pressing issues in Washington could deal a “ big , big blow ” to his presidential campaign by keeping him away from Iowa in the final weeks before the Feb. 3 caucuses .
As Pelosi dashed into a morning meeting at the Capitol , she was asked if she had any concerns about losing support from Democrats for her strategy .
She told reporters : “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” to send the impeachment articles over , Pelosi said .
“ I won ’ t be telling you right now.
” Pelosi is seeking what she says she wanted from the start — “ to see the arena ” and “ terms of the engagement ” that McConnell will use for the trial — before sending her House managers to present the articles of impeachment in the Senate .
She has yet to choose the managers , a source of political intrigue as many lawmakers want the high-profile job .
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she will “soon” transmit the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, signaling she might be ready to yield in her standoff with Senate Republicans.
The California Democrat faces mounting pressure from Republicans and some Democrats to quit delaying the president’s trial in the Senate, three weeks after the House Democrats impeached Trump on charges of abuse and obstruction.
Republicans say Democrats are embarrassed about their partisan vote to impeach the president, while Pelosi claims Democrats are ‘’proud” of upholding the Constitution.
Many on Capitol Hill expect the Senate impeachment trial to begin next week.
“I’ll send them over when I’m ready. That will probably be soon,” Pelosi told reporters at the Capitol on Thursday, noting she is not postponing it “indefinitely.”
The House impeached Trump in December on the charge that he abused the power of his office by pressuring Ukraine’s new leader to investigate possible corruption involving Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, using as leverage $400 million in military assistance for the U.S. ally.
While he was vice president, Biden pressured Ukraine to fire a prosecutor who had investigated Burisma Holdings, an energy company where Biden’s son Hunter served on the board.
The House Democrats also hit Trump with an additional charge of obstruction of Congress for not cooperating with their investigation.
Trump insists he did nothing wrong.
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Pelosi’s delay in sending the articles of impeachment over for a Senate trial has led to a standoff with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell over what would be the third impeachment trial in the nation’s history.
The Kentucky Republican said that if Pelosi and House Democrats are “too embarrassed” to send the articles of impeachment, the Senate will simply move on next week to other business.
“They do not get to trap our entire country into an unending groundhog day of impeachment without resolution,” McConnell said.
He told GOP senators at a lunchtime meeting to expect the trial next week, according to two people familiar with his remarks. The people requested anonymity to discuss the private meeting.
At the same time, McConnell signed on to a resolution from Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri to allow for the dismissal of articles of impeachment if the House doesn’t transmit them in 25 days. That change to Senate rules appears unlikely to happen before Pelosi transmits the articles.
In the weeks since Trump was impeached, Democrats have focused on what they claim is new evidence about Trump’s effort to pressure Ukraine to investigate Biden, and they pushed the Senate to consider new testimony, including from former White House national security adviser John Bolton.
Republicans, however, are focused on a speedy trial under the same rules that were used in the impeachment of President Bill Clinton in 1999.
Republicans have the leverage, with a slim 53-47 Senate majority, as McConnell rebuffs the Democratic demands for testimony and documents. But Democrats are using the delay in an attempt to sow public doubt about the fairness of the process.
“When we say fair trial, we mean facts, we mean witnesses, we mean documents,” said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., promising votes ahead. “Every single one of us, in this Senate, will have to have to take a stand. How do my Republican friends want the American people, their constituents and history to remember them?”
Trump weighed in from the White House suggesting that he, too, would like more witnesses at trial. They include Joe and Hunter Biden as well as the government whistleblower whose complaint about the president’s July 25, 2019, phone call with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky sparked the impeachment investigation.
In the call, the president asked his counterpart to open an investigation into the Bidens, saying, “Biden went around bragging that he stopped the prosecution, so if you can look into it. … It sounds horrible to me.”
Trump suggested that his administration would continue to block Bolton or others from the administration from appearing before senators. Many of those officials have defied congressional subpoenas for their testimony.
“When we start allowing national security advisers to just go up and say whatever they want to say, we can’t do that,” the president said during an event with building contractors. “So we have to protect presidential privilege for me, but for future presidents. That’s very important.”
Bolton, one of four witnesses that Democrats have requested, said this week that he would testify if subpoenaed.
McConnell has said from the start he is looking to model Trump’s trial on the last time the Senate convened as the court of impeachment, for Clinton, and there will be “no haggling” with House Democrats over Senate procedures.
“There will be no unfair new rulebook written solely for President Trump,” the majority leader said Thursday.
McConnell, who met with Trump late Wednesday at the White House, suggested last month it would be “fine with me” if the House never sent the articles. More recently, he has drawn on the Constitution’s intent for the Senate to have the ultimate say on matters of impeachment. He scoffed that Pelosi has ‘’managed to do the impossible” by uniting Democrats and Republicans who want the trial to begin.
Some Democrats have been showing increased anxiety over the delay as Americans remain divided over Trump’s impeachment.
The delay on impeachment has also upended the political calendar, with the weekslong trial now expected to bump into presidential nominating contests, which begin in early February. Several Democratic senators are running for the party’s nomination.
One 2020 hopeful, Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey, told The Associated Press’s Ground Game podcast that a looming impeachment trial and other pressing issues in Washington could deal a “big, big blow” to his presidential campaign by keeping him away from Iowa in the final weeks before the Feb. 3 caucuses.
As Pelosi dashed into a morning meeting at the Capitol, she was asked if she had any concerns about losing support from Democrats for her strategy. She told reporters: “No.”
“I know exactly when” to send the impeachment articles over, Pelosi said. “I won’t be telling you right now.”
Pelosi is seeking what she says she wanted from the start — “to see the arena” and “terms of the engagement” that McConnell will use for the trial — before sending her House managers to present the articles of impeachment in the Senate.
She has yet to choose the managers, a source of political intrigue as many lawmakers want the high-profile job.
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westernjournal--2020-01-11--Dog Miraculously Rescued from Beneath Rubble After Home Explodes

A pit bull named Miracle is alive after a house explosion in Detroit , Michigan , left her buried underneath a heavy pile of debris .
Six people were hospitalized after a fire and house explosion the night of Jan. 4 that fire officials believe was caused by a natural gas leak , WXYZ-TV reported .
Emergency response crews heard a clinking chain in the backyard and began an intense search and rescue mission to try and find the pet who they believed was on the other end of the chain .
As they suspected , a dog had been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rescue crews worked feverishly to save her life .
“ There was a ton of people trying to dig her out from underneath the debris .
It was very intense , ” Theresa Sumpter , director and founder of Detroit Pit Crew Dog Rescue , told WXYZ .
TRENDING : UK Outlet Runs Pictures of Grinning Bill Clinton with Sex Slave and Epstein 's Pimp on 'Lolita Express' “ People were literally just throwing bricks off of her , ” Sumpter said .
“ I saw people picking up a microwave and getting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shingles , anything that would come off a house , siding .
All of that was on top of her.
” When the dog emerged , she appeared to be in good spirits .
With the humans in the home hospitalized , the dog — renamed Miracle by her rescuers — was taken to Advanced Animal Emergency , where it was determined that she had a broken pelvis .
During the dog ’ s medical exam , Sumpter and her colleagues became concerned that Miracle had not been well cared for in quite @ @ @ @ @ @ @ thin , with bones protruding out of her spine and ribs .
The fact that she was found attached to a chain in the backyard during the Michigan winter suggested Miracle ’ s day-to-day living conditions were not ideal .
RELATED : Woman Gives Coat Off Her Back to Dog Tied to Tree So He Can Stay Warm “ We are concerned that whoever was caring for her was not taking proper care of her , ” Sumpter told WDIV .
“ We do see that her body condition is not good .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ said it is too early to determine whether or not Miracle will go back to live with her original owners .
Of the six people involved in the explosion , five of them were being treated for burns .
Given the overall condition of Miracle ’ s health upon arrival , Sumpter said her forever home is something that will be up for discussion when the time is right .
“ She will be held on stray hold .
She ’ ll be with us for a while , while she ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ We ’ ll see if somebody tries to claim her and we ’ ll deal with that at the time.
” For now , Miracle needs a lot of rest and , thankfully , is expected to make a full recovery .
“ We were just so happy to see that she was alive and that she ’ s going to go on to live a very happy life , ” Sumpter said .
“ We ’ re going to make sure of it.
” We are committed to truth and accuracy in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ editorial standards .

A pit bull named Miracle is alive after a house explosion in Detroit, Michigan, left her buried underneath a heavy pile of debris.
Six people were hospitalized after a fire and house explosion the night of Jan. 4 that fire officials believe was caused by a natural gas leak, WXYZ-TV reported.
Emergency response crews heard a clinking chain in the backyard and began an intense search and rescue mission to try and find the pet who they believed was on the other end of the chain.
As they suspected, a dog had been buried alive underneath the rubble, and rescue crews worked feverishly to save her life.
“There was a ton of people trying to dig her out from underneath the debris. It was very intense,” Theresa Sumpter, director and founder of Detroit Pit Crew Dog Rescue, told WXYZ.
“People were literally just throwing bricks off of her,” Sumpter said. “I saw people picking up a microwave and getting it off of her. There was shingles, anything that would come off a house, siding. All of that was on top of her.”
When the dog emerged, she appeared to be in good spirits.
With the humans in the home hospitalized, the dog — renamed Miracle by her rescuers — was taken to Advanced Animal Emergency, where it was determined that she had a broken pelvis.
During the dog’s medical exam, Sumpter and her colleagues became concerned that Miracle had not been well cared for in quite some time.
The dog was very thin, with bones protruding out of her spine and ribs.
The fact that she was found attached to a chain in the backyard during the Michigan winter suggested Miracle’s day-to-day living conditions were not ideal.
“We are concerned that whoever was caring for her was not taking proper care of her,” Sumpter told WDIV. “We do see that her body condition is not good. She should definitely weigh more.”
Sumpter said it is too early to determine whether or not Miracle will go back to live with her original owners.
Of the six people involved in the explosion, five of them were being treated for burns.
Given the overall condition of Miracle’s health upon arrival, Sumpter said her forever home is something that will be up for discussion when the time is right.
“She will be held on stray hold. She’ll be with us for a while, while she’s recovering,” Sumpter said. “We’ll see if somebody tries to claim her and we’ll deal with that at the time.”
For now, Miracle needs a lot of rest and, thankfully, is expected to make a full recovery.
“We were just so happy to see that she was alive and that she’s going to go on to live a very happy life,” Sumpter said. “We’re going to make sure of it.”
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westernjournal--2020-01-11--Chinese Nationals Arrested for Allegedly Photographing US Military Base

Two Chinese students were arrested on Jan. 4 for taking pictures on a U.S. military base in Key West , Florida .
Yuhao Wang and Jielun Zhang , students who attend the University of Michigan , appeared in federal court on Monday on charges of photographing defense installations on U.S .
Naval property , the Florida Keys Keynoter reported .
The 24-year-olds had approached the guard station at Sigsbee Annex in the Naval Air Station at 8:30 a.m. and were told to turn around , but they allegedly continued driving onto the restricted property .
Following their arrest , both @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them to make a U-turn out of the area , but Wang said they ignored the directions and drove onto the property before parking their car .
The U.S. Navy Security Forces located the students and found that they carried cellphones and a Nikon camera .
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Navy Forces obtained consent to look at the devices and observed photographs taken on the Sigsbee Annex property , including U.S. military structures on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ affidavit read .
Both students voluntarily showed the pictures and video they had taken , and Zhang said he gave his Michigan driver ’ s license to the guard .
Wang and Zhang were scheduled to appear at a detention hearing on Friday , according to Fox News .
According to the Florida Keys Keynoter , four Chinese nationals have been arrested for taking pictures of military facilities in Key West since the fall of 2018 .
U.S. counterintelligence officials have been investigating suspected Chinese spies in South Florida , including visitors to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Palm Beach .
A 33-year-old Chinese woman , Yujing Zhang , was sentenced to eight months in prison in November for trespassing at Mar-a-Lago and lying to Secret service agents , Fox News reported .
When she was arrested in March , she carried four cellphones , a computer and an external hard drive .
She had nine flash drives , five cellphone SIM cards , a signal detector to spot hidden cameras and $ 8,000 in cash in her hotel room .
The judge presiding over her case ordered Zhang to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ after her release .
RELATED : US Construction Spending Up , Housing Rebound Expected to Continue in 2020 Another Chinese woman was arrested in December for trespassing on Mar-a-Lago property and refusing to leave .
She was charged with loitering and prowling , and later Palm Beach County police found she had an expired visa , Fox News reported .
A different Chinese student was also arrested last month for driving onto the Truman Annex at the Naval Air Station to take pictures of the property .
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Two Chinese students were arrested on Jan. 4 for taking pictures on a U.S. military base in Key West, Florida.
Yuhao Wang and Jielun Zhang, students who attend the University of Michigan, appeared in federal court on Monday on charges of photographing defense installations on U.S. Naval property, the Florida Keys Keynoter reported.
The 24-year-olds had approached the guard station at Sigsbee Annex in the Naval Air Station at 8:30 a.m. and were told to turn around, but they allegedly continued driving onto the restricted property.
Following their arrest, both students admitted that the guard had told them to make a U-turn out of the area, but Wang said they ignored the directions and drove onto the property before parking their car.
The U.S. Navy Security Forces located the students and found that they carried cellphones and a Nikon camera.
“U.S. Navy Forces obtained consent to look at the devices and observed photographs taken on the Sigsbee Annex property, including U.S. military structures on Fleming Key,” an FBI complaint affidavit read.
Both students voluntarily showed the pictures and video they had taken, and Zhang said he gave his Michigan driver’s license to the guard.
Wang and Zhang were scheduled to appear at a detention hearing on Friday, according to Fox News.
According to the Florida Keys Keynoter, four Chinese nationals have been arrested for taking pictures of military facilities in Key West since the fall of 2018.
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U.S. counterintelligence officials have been investigating suspected Chinese spies in South Florida, including visitors to President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach.
A 33-year-old Chinese woman, Yujing Zhang, was sentenced to eight months in prison in November for trespassing at Mar-a-Lago and lying to Secret service agents, Fox News reported.
When she was arrested in March, she carried four cellphones, a computer and an external hard drive.
She had nine flash drives, five cellphone SIM cards, a signal detector to spot hidden cameras and $8,000 in cash in her hotel room.
The judge presiding over her case ordered Zhang to be turned over to immigration authorities for deportation after her release.
Another Chinese woman was arrested in December for trespassing on Mar-a-Lago property and refusing to leave.
She was charged with loitering and prowling, and later Palm Beach County police found she had an expired visa, Fox News reported.
A different Chinese student was also arrested last month for driving onto the Truman Annex at the Naval Air Station to take pictures of the property.
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westernjournal--2020-01-11--First They Came for the Guns, Now Cali Considering Ban on Gas-Powered Lawn Tools

The nanny state of California is now considering a ban on gasoline-powered lawn equipment , a move the state government says is for Californians ’ own good .
According to KOVR , state lawmakers are not worried about citizens losing fingers to mower blades , but about the greenhouse gasses being emitted from garden tools running on fossil fuels .
As of now , 60 cities have enacted some form of restriction on gas-powered lawn equipment .
A statewide ban would seemingly force everyone in the state to turn to electric gear to maintain their lawns and gardens .
For @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gas-powered lawn equipment and the tools ’ electric-powered cousins , there is a clear difference in power .
TRENDING : UK Outlet Runs Pictures of Grinning Bill Clinton with Sex Slave and Epstein 's Pimp on 'Lolita Express' This ban would also mean time spent recharging or the hassle of dragging an extension cord to all corners of the yard .
Seemingly , citizens ’ only other choice would be to use hand tools .
In the mind of California politicians , this is worth it to save the world from climate disaster @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Board , a commercial leaf blower running for an hour “ emits smog-forming pollution comparable to driving a 2017 Toyota Camry about 1100 miles , or approximately the distance from Los Angeles to Denver.
” Lawnmowers are apparently slightly better for the environment , with an hour of use emitting only what a Camry would in a 300-mile drive .
It ’ s unclear if the ban would affect other machines using similar small engines , like smaller go-karts and generators , or simply be limited to garden gear .
This move would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to lead the nation in fighting the apparently existential threat of climate change , including banning plastic straws .
Of course , the Golden State is not content to just keep people from causing environmental catastrophe .
California is infamous for its nanny state-style gun laws , which include red-flag regulations , restrictions on ammunition and bans on certain firearm parts .
RELATED : It Could Take Cali Decades To Recover from Census Discovery of Mass Exodus While the state ’ s potential ban on gasoline-powered lawn equipment may make its emissions statistics @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to combat the massive amount of pollutants coming from increasingly industrialized nations like India and China .
China alone was found to be a major ocean polluter , something that even the strictest of regulations in the United States would not stop .
Likewise , Californians could soon be hacking away at overgrown weed with anemic tools while China ’ s 1.3-billion-strong population is using gas-powered tools for the most mundane of garden chores .
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The nanny state of California is now considering a ban on gasoline-powered lawn equipment, a move the state government says is for Californians’ own good.
According to KOVR, state lawmakers are not worried about citizens losing fingers to mower blades, but about the greenhouse gasses being emitted from garden tools running on fossil fuels.
As of now, 60 cities have enacted some form of restriction on gas-powered lawn equipment.
A statewide ban would seemingly force everyone in the state to turn to electric gear to maintain their lawns and gardens.
For anyone who has ever worked with both gas-powered lawn equipment and the tools’ electric-powered cousins, there is a clear difference in power.
This ban would also mean time spent recharging or the hassle of dragging an extension cord to all corners of the yard.
Seemingly, citizens’ only other choice would be to use hand tools.
In the mind of California politicians, this is worth it to save the world from climate disaster.
According to the California Air Resources Board, a commercial leaf blower running for an hour “emits smog-forming pollution comparable to driving a 2017 Toyota Camry about 1100 miles, or approximately the distance from Los Angeles to Denver.”
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Lawnmowers are apparently slightly better for the environment, with an hour of use emitting only what a Camry would in a 300-mile drive.
It’s unclear if the ban would affect other machines using similar small engines, like smaller go-karts and generators, or simply be limited to garden gear.
This move would fit with California’s prior attempts to lead the nation in fighting the apparently existential threat of climate change, including banning plastic straws.
Of course, the Golden State is not content to just keep people from causing environmental catastrophe.
California is infamous for its nanny state-style gun laws, which include red-flag regulations, restrictions on ammunition and bans on certain firearm parts.
While the state’s potential ban on gasoline-powered lawn equipment may make its emissions statistics a little better, it does nothing to combat the massive amount of pollutants coming from increasingly industrialized nations like India and China.
China alone was found to be a major ocean polluter, something that even the strictest of regulations in the United States would not stop.
Likewise, Californians could soon be hacking away at overgrown weed with anemic tools while China’s 1.3-billion-strong population is using gas-powered tools for the most mundane of garden chores.
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westernjournal--2020-01-11--Man Dies After Coworker Poisoned His Lunch Leaving Him in a Coma

A German intern who fell into a coma four years ago after his coworker poisoned his food with mercury and other substances has died .
According to The New York Times , the young employee was 23 years old when he ingested the poisoned food that left him in a vegetative state with permanent brain damage .
After four years of suffering , the man , now 26 , died this week , the German news agency DPA confirmed , per The Guardian .
The convicted killer was identified only as Klaus O. per German privacy laws .
The 57-year-old @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for attempted murder in a German court last March .
TRENDING : UK Outlet Runs Pictures of Grinning Bill Clinton with Sex Slave and Epstein 's Pimp on 'Lolita Express' Klaus O. had worked for ARI-Armaturen , a mid-sized manufacturing company in northwest Germany , for 38 years and is suspected of killing 21 colleagues during his career , according to the German news outlet Deutsche Welle .
Klaus O. was arrested in May 2018 after being caught on camera sprinkling white powder on one of his coworker ’ s sandwiches .
After @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coworkers had convinced the company to install a hidden camera in the break room .
A police investigation led to the discovery of a basement laboratory in Klaus O.
’ s home , where he used lead , cadmium and mercury to concoct his poisonous mixtures .
“ In the beginning we thought it was a misconceived prank between co-workers , and not a murder attempt , ” company manager Tilo Blechinger told Deutsche Welle .
RELATED : Teen Missing for Over Two Years Found by Police in Closet of Child Pornography Suspect @ @ @ @ @ @ @ homicide investigation team is considering exhuming the bodies of other employees as part of the probe into the full extent of Klaus O.
’ s crimes .
According to The Times , the defendant chose not to speak in court , but a psychiatrist ’ s testimony revealed that Klaus O. took interest in watching the effects of the poison on his victims ’ health .
“ He enjoyed killing .
He enjoyed causing suffering and killing .
There is no other answer to that question , ” Candice DeLong , a former @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Deutsche Welle in a July 2018 interview .
Klaus O. , described by his manager as an employee who was “ conspicuously inconspicuous , ” allegedly has plans to appeal his life sentence .
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A German intern who fell into a coma four years ago after his coworker poisoned his food with mercury and other substances has died.
According to The New York Times, the young employee was 23 years old when he ingested the poisoned food that left him in a vegetative state with permanent brain damage.
After four years of suffering, the man, now 26, died this week, the German news agency DPA confirmed, per The Guardian.
The convicted killer was identified only as Klaus O. per German privacy laws.
The 57-year-old machinist was sentenced to life in prison for attempted murder in a German court last March.
Klaus O. had worked for ARI-Armaturen, a mid-sized manufacturing company in northwest Germany, for 38 years and is suspected of killing 21 colleagues during his career, according to the German news outlet Deutsche Welle.
German man dies four years after being poisoned by colleague https://t.co/ipAXpjQi6r — Guardian news (@guardiannews) January 9, 2020
Klaus O. was arrested in May 2018 after being caught on camera sprinkling white powder on one of his coworker’s sandwiches.
After several people fell mysteriously ill, suspecting coworkers had convinced the company to install a hidden camera in the break room.
A police investigation led to the discovery of a basement laboratory in Klaus O.’s home, where he used lead, cadmium and mercury to concoct his poisonous mixtures.
German Man Who Poisoned Colleagues’ Sandwiches Gets Life in Prison – https://t.co/Z8dM2WoA5X – BERLIN — Something was very wrong at the valve factory. A 23-year-old trainee at ARI-Armaturen, a middle-sized manufacturer in the German industrial town of Schloß Holte-Stukenbroc… pic.twitter.com/zN4UKnc5O1 — Trending Press News (@trendingpress1) March 8, 2019
“In the beginning we thought it was a misconceived prank between co-workers, and not a murder attempt,” company manager Tilo Blechinger told Deutsche Welle.
According to the outlet, a 15-member homicide investigation team is considering exhuming the bodies of other employees as part of the probe into the full extent of Klaus O.’s crimes.
According to The Times, the defendant chose not to speak in court, but a psychiatrist’s testimony revealed that Klaus O. took interest in watching the effects of the poison on his victims’ health.
“He enjoyed killing. He enjoyed causing suffering and killing. There is no other answer to that question,” Candice DeLong, a former FBI criminal profiler and criminologist, told Deutsche Welle in a July 2018 interview.
Klaus O., described by his manager as an employee who was “conspicuously inconspicuous,” allegedly has plans to appeal his life sentence.
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westernjournal--2020-01-11--Mom Says Young Son Learned Valuable Lesson After Finding Envelope with $900 Cash Inside

Not all news is bad news , and there have been many stories of anonymous acts of kindness scattered across the internet : a mom finding a $ 20 bill sticky-noted to a package of diapers , gift-wrapped presents addressed to finders and people finding a variety of ways to pay it forward .
With the exception of some surprisingly generous tips from wealthy patrons , most of the little acts of kindness are just that — small , nice things that don ’ t break the bank but make someone ’ s day a little brighter .
When 10-year-old @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mom in Hoover , Alabama , he stumbled across a scenario that could have almost resulted in making his day a lot brighter , but it would have stolen away someone else ’ s joy — and savings .
A blank envelope was in the aisle .
When they picked it up and opened it , they counted nine $ 100 bills .
TRENDING : UK Outlet Runs Pictures of Grinning Bill Clinton with Sex Slave and Epstein 's Pimp on 'Lolita Express' That wasn ’ t all , though — cash in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to trace , but tucked inside was a slip from the credit union , and it had someone ’ s name and signature on it , implying that this find was accidental .
Parisa Dudley , the boy ’ s mother , posted what happened next on Facebook .
“ Foster , my 10 year old son , learned a great lesson in integrity and empathy this past weekend , ” she wrote , explaining the details that led up to finding the cash .
“ His first response was , ‘ Mom @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” It was a knee-jerk reaction most of us would experience — but Parisa asked him to reflect on the situation and see if that ’ s really what he thought was best .
“ I looked at him and asked him to put himself in her shoes .
What if he had lost that much money .
How would he feel ?
” “ He quickly answered , ‘ Mom , we have to find her and give it back . '
” RELATED : Adorable Cat Named 'Frankenkitten ' Has One @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ It took 2 days for the store manager , Jeremy Walker , with the help of the police , to track her down but they did.
” The cash was found Friday , and on Sunday the Dudleys met the rightful owner of the money , Verdina Ball , at the same Target .
Parisa shared photos from the meeting and of Foster giving Ball a hug , as well .
While in this kind of case the reward is generally the satisfaction of having chosen to do the right thing , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was surprised with a $ 100 gift card to Target .
A lesson was learned , a large sum of money returned , and a 10-year-old is richer and wiser for all of it .
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Not all news is bad news, and there have been many stories of anonymous acts of kindness scattered across the internet: a mom finding a $20 bill sticky-noted to a package of diapers, gift-wrapped presents addressed to finders and people finding a variety of ways to pay it forward.
With the exception of some surprisingly generous tips from wealthy patrons, most of the little acts of kindness are just that — small, nice things that don’t break the bank but make someone’s day a little brighter.
When 10-year-old Foster Dudley was at Target with his mom in Hoover, Alabama, he stumbled across a scenario that could have almost resulted in making his day a lot brighter, but it would have stolen away someone else’s joy — and savings.
A blank envelope was in the aisle. When they picked it up and opened it, they counted nine $100 bills.
That wasn’t all, though — cash in an envelope could’ve been impossible to trace, but tucked inside was a slip from the credit union, and it had someone’s name and signature on it, implying that this find was accidental.
Parisa Dudley, the boy’s mother, posted what happened next on Facebook.
“Foster, my 10 year old son, learned a great lesson in integrity and empathy this past weekend,” she wrote, explaining the details that led up to finding the cash.
“His first response was, ‘Mom, can we keep it?'” It was a knee-jerk reaction most of us would experience — but Parisa asked him to reflect on the situation and see if that’s really what he thought was best.
“I looked at him and asked him to put himself in her shoes. What if he had lost that much money. How would he feel?”
“He quickly answered, ‘Mom, we have to find her and give it back.'”
“It took 2 days for the store manager, Jeremy Walker, with the help of the police, to track her down but they did.”
The cash was found Friday, and on Sunday the Dudleys met the rightful owner of the money, Verdina Ball, at the same Target. Parisa shared photos from the meeting and of Foster giving Ball a hug, as well.
While in this kind of case the reward is generally the satisfaction of having chosen to do the right thing, the cherry on top was that Foster was surprised with a $100 gift card to Target.
A lesson was learned, a large sum of money returned, and a 10-year-old is richer and wiser for all of it.
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