US Political News and Trump’s China visit
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Davey Crockett
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Davey Crockett
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Davey Crockett
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Well, well, well. What do we have here?
California's Water Overlords Siphon Cash to Israel
One billionaire couple controls an astonishing amount of California’s water—and their deep ties to Israel cannot be overlooked.
Stewart and Lynda Resnick, with a combined net worth of $9 billion, quietly seized control of California’s water supply in 1994 through their company, Wonderful. Today, they consume over 150 billion gallons of water annually, even as working-class Californians face droughts, rising water costs, and severe restrictions.
The Resnicks own brands like FIJI Water, Pom Wonderful, Halos mandarins, and Wonderful Pistachios. Their agricultural empire is based in California’s Central Valley, where they grow water-intensive crops like almonds and pistachios while local communities struggle with water scarcity.
Ties to Israel:
• Major donors to Israel and its institutions, contributing millions to Friends of the IDF.
• $50 million to the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.
• Lynda and Stewart Resnick Fellowship at the National Library of Israel.
• Partnering with Israeli companies like Netafim.
California’s Water Crisis:
The Resnicks acquired the Kern Water Bank—one of California’s largest water reserves—through a controversial privatization deal in 1994, gaining control of a resource meant to serve the public. As California’s drought worsens, their farms continue to expand, consuming vast amounts of water while local communities are left to ration and pay skyrocketing rates.
Their hoarding of water resources has dire consequences during California’s devastating wildfires, where shortages exacerbate the damage.
Davey Crockett
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j_hungary
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While I will say the inherit risk is there, but it will take a very large movement to try to influence any of the EU parliament individually, and then he had to influence EU parliament in order to sway EU policy, the issue would have been more pronounce in Canada and the UK because both are outside EU Parliament.
But at the end of the day, US Politics are more prone to this type of influence since we aren't a democratic country, we are a republic and you don't need to seethe into the grassroot level to control the US government, as long as you win the representation. In Europe tho, you need to get deep into the grassroot level for you to completely control the government, it's harder to say than done.
Davey Crockett
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California's insurer of last resort (FAIR) is where people go to obtain homeowners, including some commercial, insurance policies when no other carrier will insure them.
Turns out they won't have enough money to pay out from these wildfires.
Exposure: $458-billion
Reserves: $700-million
Data source: [link to www.afr.com (secure)]
Current damage estimate: $52-billion
Data source: [link to www.desertsun.com (secure)]
Now in all fairness, not all of that $52-billion is held by FAIR policy holders.
You can see where a large portion of FAIR's book of business is held here.
[link to www.cfpnet.com (secure)]
Turns out they won't have enough money to pay out from these wildfires.
Exposure: $458-billion
Reserves: $700-million
Data source: [link to www.afr.com (secure)]
Current damage estimate: $52-billion
Data source: [link to www.desertsun.com (secure)]
Now in all fairness, not all of that $52-billion is held by FAIR policy holders.
You can see where a large portion of FAIR's book of business is held here.
[link to www.cfpnet.com (secure)]
Davey Crockett
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Henry Winkler's Los Angeles Fires Theory Goes Viral
18 minutes agoTHERE IS an ARSONIST here in LA . May you be beaten you unrecognizable !!! The pain you have caused !!!
— Henry Winkler
"We live right near the home in studio city that burned and there is zero chance it happened because of an ember from the other side of the hill. Breeze blowing the opposite direction. I'm with you, Henry," said another.
[link to www.newsweek.com (secure)]
