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These 19 U.S. Cities Have the Highest Crime Rates in 2025
These 19 U.S. Cities Have the Highest Crime Rates in 2025
In 2025, the United States sees a troubling trend with certain cities grappling with escalating crime rates. This article explores the 19 U.S. cities facing the steepest challenges, each struggling with unique socio-economic factors contributing to their perilous situations. From bustling metropolises to historically-rich centers, these cities are at the forefront of the nation’s battle […]
·we3travel.com·
These 19 U.S. Cities Have the Highest Crime Rates in 2025
Obama: Constitution 'Constrains' Me
Obama: Constitution 'Constrains' Me
In his pursuit of overarching gun control legislation in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook massacre, President Barack Obama has been dogged.
The notion that government tyranny is impossible in an elective republic is insanity of the first order. Hitler was elected chancellor. Mussolini manipulated his way into power through constitutional means. Hamas was elected in the Gaza Strip. Mohammed Morsi and his thuggish Muslim Brotherhood were elected in Egypt. If rights are dependent on votes -- if we only have a right to bear arms because a majority of the population elects politicians who say we have a right to bear arms -- then we have no rights at all.
The logic Obama uses with regard to gun control is the root of fascism and oppression.
the right that protects all other rights, especially when popular whims turn against human liberties -- is the right to bear arms.
admitted that only the Constitution stands between him
full gun confiscation
The point of rights is to guarantee them against government.
That is why the founders stated
rights descend not from government
but from God or nature
·townhall.com·
Obama: Constitution 'Constrains' Me
Are you better or worse off than you were four years ago?
Are you better or worse off than you were four years ago?
This would be a perfect question for a Rasmussen Reports survey, especially ahead of the 2024 presidential election.
economic issues
In 2022, the national debt was $30.8 trillion. Four years ago, it was $21.4 trillion. In four short years it increased by almost $10 trillion. It took America 230 years to accumulate $10 trillion in debt, and only 4 years to add another $10 trillion to the debt.
more than a four-fold increase in spending money we don’t have.
The current 30-year fixed mortgage rate is 7.18 percent as of the end of last month. Four years ago, it was 3.58 percent, half of the current rate.
the average sales price of houses sold in the U.S. for quarter 2 in 2023 was $495,000. Four years ago, it was $377,000, more than a $100,000 difference.
drug overdose deaths. In 2017, there were 61,000 such deaths. Four years later in 2021, the most recent data available, there were 98,000 overdose deaths, almost a 50 percent increase.
They asked a similar question a week ago, discovering that “52% of Likely U.S. voters think the U.S. economy has gotten worse since Biden became president.”
national finances
Debt is definitely worse than four years ago.
mortgage rates
Before securing a mortgage, one must purchase a house.
credit cards.
U.S. credit card debt in the second quarter of 2023 was $1.03 trillion, an increase of about $150 billion compared to four years ago ($848 billion in the second quarter of 2019).
psycho-social misery
Drugs are tied to illegal immigration
Pew Research found that there were 1.7 million encounters at the U.S.-Mexico border in 2021. Four years ago, this number was only 304,000. That’s more than a five-fold increase over the past four years
What do Americans think? Is “better or worse” a question that will resonate with likely U.S. voters?
Rasmussen Reports asked that question last month, finding that only 34% think the country is heading in the right direction compared to 61% that believe the nation is headed down the wrong track.
annual US budget deficit
gas is currently $3.84 per gallon compared to $2.62 four years ago, about a 27% increase. Four years ago, America was energy independent and now we are importing over 8 million barrels per day of petroleum.
food
with Food inflation currently 4.9% compared to 1.8% four years ago. That’s more than double in the past four years.
·rasmussenreports.com·
Are you better or worse off than you were four years ago?
COVID Masking Déjà vu?
COVID Masking Déjà vu?
COVID first emerged on the scene 3 ½ years ago, along with facemasks, distancing, lockdowns, quarantines, followed by mandatory vaccination and other dystopian social controls. As life has recently been returning to normal, it feels like Groundhog Day, with an eerie sense of déjà vu, especially around masking.
·rasmussenreports.com·
COVID Masking Déjà vu?