Who Made Life In The U.S. Unaffordable?

 Issues & Insights  

"CNBC ranks California as the most expensive state to live in and has only three red states — Florida, Montana and Utah — among its list of least affordable states."

"The Democrats have decided that “affordability” is the issue that will win the next election cycle. Are they daft? The most unaffordable states and cities in the country are Democrat strongholds.

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, the Democrat from New York, one of the least affordable states in the country, has told party leaders they need “to adopt a laser focus on the affordability crisis,” says Axios.

" 'Politico noted that the “Democrats are gearing up to hammer the GOP on the issue,” then quickly jumped in to help, declaring that the “Republicans have an affordability problem.” 

Will the Democrat strategy work? Not if voters get the facts, which we will helpfully provide.

According to U.S. News & World Report, the most unaffordable state is Gov. Gavin Newsom’s California. It is a deep blue, having been under the boot of Democrats for more than a quarter century, which, yes, includes eight years of Arnold Schwarzenegger, who ran as a Republican but governed more like the Democrats, as he was unable to break their now three-decade grip in Sacramento.

"U.S. News & World Report’s six most unaffordable states are Democratic states. The only Republican state among the 15 least affordable is Florida, the seventh least affordable. At the other end, the 12 most affordable states are Republican. Only two among the top 20 are Democrat.

"CNBC ranks California as the most expensive state to live in and has only three red states — Florida, Montana and Utah — among its list of least affordable states. The most expensive states based on the cost of living index, says the World Population Review, are Hawaii, California, Massachusetts and the District of Columbia. Republican Alaska is fifth, and is followed by 11 blue states.

"America’s most unaffordable cities are also Democratic bastions. San Jose, says the Visual Capitalist, is the least affordable city in the nation, followed by New York, Boston, San Francisco, San Diego, Los Angeles – we could go on, but let’s shorthand it and point out that we have to get to the ninth city on the list, Miami, to find one that isn’t Democratic (though voters just elected a Democrat to be mayor for the first time in nearly three decades). The next non-Democratic city is Dallas, at No. 20." . . .

Judge Finds Luigi Mangione Too Stunningly Handsome And Gorgeous To Stand Trial (Parody)

Babylon Bee Parody

I believe those voices expressing lustful affection for this "bad guy" are the same 20-something Gen-Z female voices we can hear at pro-Hamas street rallies and daytime TV audiences. TD

"NEW YORK, NY — In a shocking development in the case of a killer charged with murdering a health insurance executive, a New York judge found that Luigi Mangione was too stunningly handsome and gorgeous to stand trial.

"Though the prosecution had reportedly built a strong case with substantial evidence against him, Mangione was deemed, upon examination, to be far too good-looking to be tried for the murder.

" 'Have you seen him?" said Judge Maureen Donaldson in her ruling. "My goodness. In all my years on the bench, I have never run across a case that is so startlingly violent and brutal and carried out by such a hunky piece of Italian beef. It is the opinion of this court that Mr. Magione be released from custody on the grounds of his hotness."

"Though the judge's ruling was met with immediate controversy, other legal experts agreed with the finding. "I absolutely concur with Judge Donaldson," said attorney and legal analyst Debra Garney. "In a case like this, it's important to take into account how devastatingly handsome the defendant is. In Mr. Mangione's case, the decision was an easy one. He's a smoke show, and smoke shows have no business standing trial for murder. It is paramount, however, that we be given access to Mr. Mangione following this ruling. I implore the judge to provide his phone number."

"At publishing time, court insiders said that the judge also had a hard time keeping the female jurors from swooning and fainting every time Mangione entered the courtroom."

The World Must Stop Ignoring What Iranians Already Know: The Regime Is on the Brink

No, this is not about Gavin Newsom and California. Any similarities are purely coincidental. The Tunnel Dweller

  RedState  

"This reality also exposes the hollowness of claims by Reza Pahlavi—the so-called “baby shah”—that he represents the Iranian people’s future. The Iranian public has firmly rejected both the monarchy and the theocracy."

He rules by power; but how does Newsom keep his job?

"Ernest Hemingway famously wrote when describing bankruptcy: It happens “gradually, then suddenly.” The same is true of dictatorships. They project an illusion of permanence—until the moment the façade shatters and decades of repression give way to rapid collapse. Nowhere is this dynamic more evident than in the Islamic Republic of Iran, a theocracy that has ruled for 46 years through corruption, brutality, and systemic mismanagement.

"In recent weeks, a severe water crisis has pushed Iran into international headlines. President Masoud Pezeshkian himself warned that it is very feasible that water rationing in Tehran may follow. Several of Tehran’s life-sustaining reservoirs are already below ten percent capacity.

"The regime claims this crisis is the result of uncontrollable natural forces. But experts overwhelmingly point to man-made causes: decades of mismanagement, dam-building and diversion projects controlled by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and the regime’s chronic plundering of resources. Drought may be real, but the catastrophic scale of the disaster is the regime’s own creation.

"And the water crisis is only one among many. Fuel and electricity shortages have sparked protests. The economy is collapsing. Unemployment is soaring. Public services are failing. The environment is deteriorating at an alarming pace. A wildfire razed portions of the ancient Hyrcanian Forests, a UNESCO World Heritage site home to many endangered species, in November. Meanwhile, half the adult population lacks meaningful work, yet the regime pours billions into the IRGC, missile programs, regional militias, and vast surveillance networks designed to suppress domestic dissent." . . . 

"As international media continue to cover Iran’s water, economic, and political crises, they must also grapple with an unavoidable conclusion: if these trends continue, regime change in Iran is not only possible, but inevitable. Dictatorships fall the way Hemingway described—gradually, then suddenly. Iran is already deep into the “gradually” phase. The “suddenly” may come sooner than many expect."

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READ MORE: The End Is Near. Tehran Faces Evacuation As Water Supplies Reach Zero and the City Sinks Into the Desert.