As this news analysis will explore, there are several states where primarily Democratic officials are attempting to keep deposed President Donald J. Trump from being on their  primary ballots under the premise that he is an “insurrectionist.” But remarks like those made by lifelong Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an attorney, noted that the Colorado State Supreme Court ruling to bar deposed President Donald J. Trump from that state’s primary ballots Tweeted (X-posted) appeared to violate the letter and spirit of the law and were not democratic but were anti-democratic or “banana republic” style behavior. Per Kennedy on 12.19.2023: “Trump blocked from the ballot in Colorado. When a court in another country disqualifies an opposition candidate from running, we say, “That’s not a real democracy.” Now it’s happening here.” If the court’s ruling is allowed to stand, some legal observers have mused that it will mean that even write in ballots using Trump’s name won’t be counted. ALG’s VP Rob Romano in the Daily Torch (see Part I) noted that the Colorado State Supreme Court ironically: “also stayed their own opinion until Jan. 4, 2024, and “If review is sought in the Supreme Court before the stay expires on January 4, 2024, then the stay shall remain in place, and the Secretary will continue to be required to include President Trump’s name on the 2024 presidential primary ballot, until the receipt of any order or mandate from the Supreme Court.”” So, while there is a sense of urgency in the case that has drawn international attention, as ballots will be printed soon in states for primary elections, there is about 2 weeks for the U.S. Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) to take this case up on an emergency basis and hand down a ruling that could put this matter to rest for Colorado and all other states that have been trying a similar maneuver. The Warren Buffett connection to this will be explored in Part III, further below.

Trump blocked from the ballot in Colorado. When a court in another country disqualifies an opposition candidate from running, we say, “That’s not a real democracy.” Now it’s happening here.

— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) December 20, 2023

https://t.co/pzcjWkAn3E Wasting no time to report what will be reversed. Total butchering of the Constitution Just more Soros funded lawfare and radical leftist judges

— C Richard R (@cr76richard) December 20, 2023

Why does this issue matter to manufactured housing pros and all others?

While this publication has publicly disagreed with attorney Kurt Kelley’s MHR publication on several issues, including recently here, MHProNews has periodically highlighted his very apt remarks about the importance of predictability and stability in the rule of law. On that point, attorney and publisher Kelley was spot on. Anyone is capable of speaking or expressing the truth. The remarks below are perhaps among Kelley’s finest thoughts.

Unpacking MH Attorney Kurt Kelley’s ‘Predictability in Law is the Key to a Prosperous Republic.’ Is USA Democracy or Republic? Why it Matters to Businesses, Pros, Consumers, or any American

Returning to the tweets from Kennedy and several others are the following examples of reactions to the Colorado Supreme Court’s 4-3 ruling (in an all-Democrat high court).

Every American should be troubled by the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to remove President Trump from the ballot.

— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) December 20, 2023

If Trump is kept out of office through judicial fiat rather than being defeated in a fair election, his supporters will never accept the result. This country will become ungovernable.

— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) December 20, 2023

 “This is a major and extraordinary holding from a state supreme court,” one law professor says of Colorado’s ruling barring Trump from the ballot — and it requires SCOTUS “to step into the thorniest of political thickets.”

Final read by @NColtrain:https://t.co/c3uTbRMDxe

— Jon Murray (@JonMurray) December 20, 2023

Dan Bongino on what the Republican’s next move, after the Colorado ruling, should be:

“Joe Biden by taking money from the CCP in the form of a $40k check (we have the bank records for).. .. Joe Biden is engaged in an act of insurrection and we should take him off the ballot… pic.twitter.com/ZN3RkqEFRJ
— FreedomvilleUSA (@Freedomville_) December 20, 2023

This is as simple as standing up for democracy. Nothing more and nothing less. Great leadership by Vivek

Fair elections & ultimately America as we know it are a thing of the past. https://t.co/wL7V6XbclN

— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) December 20, 2023

With that preface, let’s pivot to Part I from the Daily Torch. Part II will provide more legal analysis provided by the Daily Signal. Part III will provide additional information that includes the Warren Buffett connection to this “lawfare” challenge.

Part I – per Daily Torch: As Trump soars in polls, Colorado Supreme Court tries to remove him from ballot in sop to Democrats

By Robert Romano

The Colorado Supreme Court voted 4-3 to remove former President Donald Trump from the ballot of the Colorado Republican presidential primary on Dec. 19 in a desperate bid to interfere in the 2024 election as Trump continues to lead incumbent President Joe Biden in national polls, ahead of Biden 47.2 percent to 44.2 percent, according to the latest average polls compiled by RealClearPolitics.com.

The ruling attempts, without any criminal charge of insurrection even being brought against Trump in any jurisdiction anywhere, let alone proving it beyond a reasonable doubt with a conviction, that the state of Colorado — and presumably any other state — can just declare whoever they want to be a rebel traitor to the country and therefore not qualified to stand for election under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment.

In this case, the question was whether Trump’s Jan. 6, 2021 speech at the National Mall where he called for supporters to “peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard” preceding the riot at the U.S. Capitol was an insurrection for which Trump could be disqualified over without any trial or conviction.

Under the Fourteenth Amendment’s Section 3, it states “No person shall … hold any office, civil or military, under the United States … who, having previously taken an oath … as an officer of the United States … to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid and comfort to the enemies thereof.”

The ruling states, “A majority of the court holds that President Trump is disqualified from holding the office of President under Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Because he is disqualified, it would be a wrongful act under the Election Code for the Colorado Secretary of State to list him as a candidate on the presidential primary ballot.”

It did so, remarkably, by ruling that “Congress does not need to pass implementing legislation for Section Three’s disqualification provision to attach, and Section Three is, in that sense, self-executing…” even though Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment states, “The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.”

Read that again, Congress—not the state of Colorado—”shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article…”

Before the Fourteenth Amendment was even ratified in 1868, Congress had already supplied a procedure for disqualifying former Confederate officers and soldiers from running for public office in the First Military Reconstruction Act of 1867. The disqualification required military tribunals, speedy trials and convictions, also ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment in order for states to be readmitted to the Union.

This was enforced in part by the Enforcement Act of 1870, which provided in Sections 14 and 15 for federal prosecutors to bring cases that would remove individuals from holding public office if they had participated in the Confederacy. It was not self-executing, it required convictions.

Section 14 stated, “That whenever any person shall persons hold office, except as a member of Congress or of some State legislature, contrary to the provisions of the third section of the fourteenth article of  amendment of the Constitution of the United States, it shall be the duty of the of the district attorney of the United States for the district in which such person shall hold office, as foresaid, to proceed against such person… [in] the circuit or district court of the against by United States in such district, and to prosecute the same to the removal of such person from office.” Here, Congress was explicitly holding onto its own power to disqualify its own members, and of states to do the same. Under no reading, however, would this provision have applied to the President, to be removed, since that is covered under impeachment, removal and disqualification as under the Constitution. In this case, officers of the United States, that is, federal employees, could be removed from office if they were later tried and convicted of participating in the Confederacy.

Section 15 provided that upon conviction, a person who had participated in the Confederacy and held public office and was removed, would be guilty of a misdemeanor, imprisoned for no more than a year and fined no more than $1,000.

When it came to removing the former Confederates’ disability of running for public office, that was once again Congress. Congress had already removed political disabilities for 4,616 former Confederates by March 1871. And then, with the Amnesty Act of 1872 to remove all political disabilities “except Senators and Representatives of the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Congresses and officers in the judicial, military, and naval service of the United States, heads of Departments, and foreign ministers of the United States.”

And again, in 1896, it was Congress who voted to allow former Confederate officers to rejoin the U.S. armed forces. And in 1898, the Section 3 bar was removed completely by Congress. Every time, this was done by two-thirds votes required of Congress to remove the political disabilities under Section 3.

So, during Reconstruction, it was the military districts who would try rebels that were in military captivity. And afterward, if a member of the Confederacy were in the federal civil or armed services, it would be federal prosecutors who would bring a charge and seek conviction and removal of said officers, all under processes Congress established.

But that’s not stopping the Colorado Supreme Court from recklessly pursuing an undemocratic process, even as the court freely admitted it was in “uncharted territory,” stating, “We are also cognizant that we travel in uncharted territory, and that this case presents several issues of first impression…” No kidding.

Mercifully, however — and as noted by Viva Frei on X.com (formerly Twitter) — the court also stayed their own opinion until Jan. 4, 2024, and “If review is sought in the Supreme Court before the stay expires on January 4, 2024, then the stay shall remain in place, and the Secretary will continue to be required to include President Trump’s name on the 2024 presidential primary ballot, until the receipt of any order or mandate from the Supreme Court.”

So, at the moment, the ruling has no effect and is stayed until Jan. 4, 2024, and if Trump appeals the decision to the Supreme Court — CBS News reports a campaign spokesperson stated that Trump will be appealing — then the stay remains in effect, and Trump will appear on the March 5 Republican presidential primary ballot.

Either the Supreme Court will hear that appeal, or if it doesn’t, pending the appeal, Trump will appear on the ballot on March 5. And then, after the primary has already occurred, the Court might come back and declare the issue to be moot, or given the imminent 2024 general election, come back and have to rule on whether Trump can appear on the general election ballot should he win the Republican nomination.

So, it might not even work, making the exercise by the Colorado Supreme Court a sop for political Democrats who simply do not want to face the strongest candidate in the Republican field, Trump, as the state’s highest court kicks the issue to the Supreme Court begging it to instead make a decision on this, knowing it is likely to be overturned. Cynically, then Democrats in more sops can pretend that it was a Republican-majority appointed Supreme Court that had allowed Trump to remain on the ballot.

Responding to the ruling by the Colorado Supreme Court, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on X.com (formerly Twitter) stated on Dec. 19, “Today’s ruling attempting to disqualify President Trump from the Colorado ballot is nothing but a thinly veiled partisan attack. Regardless of political affiliation, every citizen registered to vote should not be denied the right to support our former president and the individual who is the leader in every poll of the Republican primary. We trust the U.S. Supreme Court will set aside this reckless decision and let the American people decide the next President of the United States.”

Johnson is right. The Supreme Court would need to act with haste to overturn this decision — and I would add would need to make it unanimous to remove any doubt as to the outcome.

This is so dangerous to our nation. As George Washington University Law School professor Jonathan Turley stated on Fox News on Dec. 19, “This country is a powder keg and this court is just throwing matches at it… [F]or people that say they are trying to protect democracy, this is hands down the most anti-democratic opinion I’ve seen in my lifetime.” Turley also called it a “slippery slope” for partisans to “shortcut” elections by removing their opponents from the ballot on specious grounds.

Turley is also right. With more than 25 states variously hearing lawsuits on Trump’s qualification — he’s a natural-born citizen over the age of 35 as is required under the Constitution, but what do they care? — the Supreme Court will likely have to intervene to settle these questions. Its choices are obvious, cast the country into the abyss of undemocratic shitholes around the world, or overturn the Colorado Supreme Court and uphold the obvious text of the Constitution and preserve the civil society.

I do believe this is being done intentionally to provoke a response. Cool heads must prevail! The last time the civil society and liberty was lost it was not recovered for more than a thousand years.

And as for Republicans considering what to do in the 2024 primary, supporting Trump might increasingly be viewed as the only antidote for what is happening here, the only leader who might stand up to an entrenched establishment. At this point, it is a matter of self-preservation for the civil society more than anything.

Robert Romano is the Vice President of Public Policy at Americans for Limited Government Foundation. ##

Part II – per the Daily Signal to MHProNews

POLITICS NEWS

Fact Check: Would US Sanction Other Countries for Doing What Colorado Supreme Court Did to Trump?

Fred Lucas / @FredLucasWH / December 20, 2023

Officials associated with the political party in power act to ban the opposition’s leading candidate from even competing on the ballot.

Not to fear, the Biden administration—and before that, the Trump administration—stepped up to sanction other nations that did that.

The Colorado Supreme Court’s controversial ruling Tuesday disqualifying former President Donald Trump from the state’s ballot invited comparisons to other countries sanctioned by the United States for barring opposition candidates from their ballots.

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., posted Tuesday evening on X: “The U.S. has put sanctions on other countries for doing exactly what the Colorado Supreme Court has done today.”

The U.S. has put sanctions on other countries for doing exactly what the Colorado Supreme Court has done today

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) December 19, 2023

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, in a similar post, wrote: “We’d threaten sanctions against countries that had their courts exclude a challenger to protect the incumbent.”

We’d threaten sanctions against countries that had their courts exclude a challenger to protect the incumbent.

— Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) December 20, 2023

In a post Wednesday on X, Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Mich., wrote:

“The ruling from Colorado is fundamentally undemocratic and the type of action we’d condemn or even sanction another country for doing. Americans should have the right to vote for whoever they choose.”

The congressional lawmakers’ remarks are accurate. The United States has sanctioned several countries, including Venezuela, Belarus, and Nicaragua, for kicking opposition candidates or opposition parties off the ballot.

Similar to the Colorado case leading to Trump’s disqualification, these foreign governments cited laws to rationalize their actions. However, most did not adjudicate the matter through court proceedings.

The Colorado Supreme Court decided 4-3 to disqualify Trump from the state ballot, based on the legal argument that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prevents the former president from holding federal office because the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, constituted an “insurrection.”

Although the House then impeached Trump for incitement to insurrection, the Senate acquitted him in a trial.

Earlier this year, special counsel Jack Smith secured a grand jury indictment charging Trump with conspiracy for challenging the outcome of the 2020 election, but didn’t charge him with insurrection.

Colorado’s highest court relied on the official report of the Democrat-dominated House Select Committee on the January 6th Attack on the Capitol, which did accuse Trump of insurrection.

U.S. sanctions on other nations generally include freezing or restricting U.S.-held assets and property of foreign individuals or entities.

Here are some recent examples of countries that the United States announced sanctions against for barring opposition candidates from elections.

1. Venezuela

In October, the Biden administration announced some sanctions relief for Venezuela, a reversal of intense sanctions by the Trump administration regarding violations of human rights, including the right to free and fair elections.

The Treasury Department suspended some sanctions, but left others in place in response to the Maduro regime’s signing onto and “electoral roadmap agreement” with Venezuela’s Unitary Platform, the opposition party.

The United States and some allies don’t recognize Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s regime as the legitimate government. Key to the sanctions relief from the Biden administration is dropping the suspension of ballot access for opposition candidates.

In a public statement Oct. 18, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said:

The United States has also conveyed our expectation and understanding that Venezuela will take the following steps before the end of November:

1. Define a specific timeline and process for the expedited reinstatement of all candidates. All who want to run for president should be allowed the opportunity, and are entitled to a level electoral playing field, to freedom of movement, and to assurances for their physical safety.
2. Begin the release of all wrongfully detained U.S. nationals and Venezuelan political prisoners.

Failure to abide by the terms of this arrangement will lead the United States to reverse steps we have taken.

The Treasury Department issued licenses authorizing transactions involving Venezuela’s oil and gas sector and its gold sector, and removed a ban on secondary trading, Brian E. Nelson, under secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, said in a public statement.

“Treasury is prepared to amend or revoke authorizations at any time, should representatives of Maduro fail to follow through on their commitments,” Nelson said. “All other restrictions imposed by the United States on Venezuela remain in place, and we will continue to hold bad actors accountable. We stand with the Venezuelan people and support Venezuelan democracy.”

Still, Maduro’s regime reportedly intends to ban Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado from running for president next year. The ban would follow the signing of  an “electoral road-map agreement.”

“Last month Maria Corina Machado, a former right-wing legislator, won the opposition’s presidential primary,” NPR reported in November. “However, with polls predicting she would crush President Maduro in a free election, the regime has banned her from running. That will likely force the opposition to nominate an alternative candidate, says Phil Gunson, who’s based in Caracas for the International Crisis Group.”

2. Belarus

In late 2020, the Trump administration’s Treasury Department imposed numerous sanctions against entities and individuals with ties to the government of Belarus for their roles in an August 2020 presidential election that the U.S. determined was fraudulent and included violent crackdowns on opposition parties.

The Treasury Department concluded that the August 2020 election in Belarus “included a myriad of election irregularities, including barring opposition candidates, denying access to poll observers, and falsifying voting results, robbing the Belarusian people of their right to choose their leaders through free and fair elections.”

The government of Belarus is aligned with Vladimir Putin’s Russian regime.

Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control targeted an agency called the Central Commission of the Republic of Belarus on Elections and Holding Republican Referenda, also known as the Belarusian CEC.

The agency was led by Chairwoman Lidziya Yarmoshina, Deputy Chairperson Vadzim Ipatau, and Secretary Alena Dmukhayla, who all three helped managed the election.

“The election [in Belarus] included a myriad of irregularities that made it neither free nor fair, including barring opposition candidates, denying access to poll observers, and certifying inaccurate vote tallies,” the Treasury Department announced in a press release.

“The Belarusian CEC is being designated pursuant to [Executive Order] 13405 for being responsible for, or having participated in, actions or policies that undermine democratic processes or institutions in Belarus,” the press release continued.

In June 2021, the sixth month of the Biden administration, Treasury announced that Canada, Britain, and the European Union joined to apply similar sanctions on those tied to corruption in Belarus.

This announcement included condemning Belarus for “prevention of multiple opposition candidates from appearing on the ballot and restrictions on the ability of the opposition to campaign.”

“Andrei Ivanovich Shved … was named Belarus’ prosecutor general one month after the August 9, 2020, fraudulent presidential election,” Treasury’s press release continued. “In that position, he has filed politically motivated terrorism charges and extradition requests against presidential candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and publicly defended his office’s prosecution of peaceful protesters.”

 3. Nicaragua

In November 2021, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control imposed economic sanctions on the Public Ministry of Nicaragua and nine government officials in relation to what the U.S. government said it considered “sham” elections.

The election results that year retained the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega.

Biden’s Treasury Department criticized Ortega’s “imprisonment of nearly 40 opposition figures since May,” and said “the blocking of political parties from participation rigged the outcome well before election day.”

“Relying on Nicaraguan law, including Law 1055, the Public Ministry has unjustly arrested and investigated presidential candidates and prevented them from running for office, thereby undermining democracy in Nicaragua,” the Treasury Department announced at the time.

The country’s Law 1055 prohibits from public office anyone the government designates as “traitors,” or those advocating “foreign interference” in Nicaragua’s sovereignty, according to the Treasury Department.

“In June 2021, the Public Ministry used Law 1055 and requested that leading opposition presidential candidate Cristiana Chamorro, whom it was investigating on groundless charges relating to ‘the crimes of laundering, forgery of official documents, and abusive management,’ be disqualified from the electoral process,” Treasury said in the announcement.

“The Public Ministry also initiated investigations or filed charges against leading presidential candidates Arturo Cruz [Sequeira], Felix Maradiaga, Juan Sebastian Chamorro, and Miguel Mora, all of whom were detained since June of this year in the run-up to the sham November elections,” the announcement continued.

4. Congo

Congo is perhaps not the strongest comparison, as a much more crass method allegedly was used to knock opposition candidates off the ballot.

In September 2016, during the Obama administration, the Treasury Department imposed sanctions on government officials from Congo.

The sanctioned officials included Gen. John Numbi, former national inspector for the Congolese National Police.

“During the March 2016 gubernatorial elections in the DRC’s [Democratic Republic of Congo’s] four ex-Katangan provinces, Numbi used violent intimidation to secure victories for candidates affiliated with President [Joseph] Kabila’s MP coalition,” the Treasury Department’s announcement of sanctions said at the time.

“Numbi threatened to kill opposition candidates who did not voluntarily withdraw from the race, and on the same day these exchanges purportedly took place, three candidates withdrew,” Treasury’s announcement said. “Numbi also reportedly gave provincial deputies a unique numeric code to write on each of their ballots so he could verify their votes after the election.  Though he is no longer a DRC government official, Numbi is reportedly an influential adviser to President Kabila.” ##

Part III – Additional Information with More MHProNews Analysis and Commentary

The Warren Buffett connect to this and other factual insights on this topic are provided herein below. In no particular order of importance, let’s start with the following.

According to the Hill on 12.20.2023: “Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) on Tuesday suggested taking President Biden off the ballot in Texas due to his handling of immigration, citing the Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling to kick former President Trump off the state’s ballot.

“Seeing what happened in Colorado tonight … makes me think — except we believe in democracy in Texas — maybe we should take Joe Biden off the ballot in Texas for allowing 8 million people to cross the border since he’s been president, disrupting our state far more than anything anyone else has done in recent history,” Patrick said.”

The left-leaning New Republic said on 12.21.2023 in response to Texas Lt Gov. Patrick’s remarks: “We get it: He’s angry about the Colorado court ruling. But this is just ridiculous.” What? Turnabout isn’t fair play?

As some pundits have noted tirelessly, Trump said on January 6, 2021 that the crowd should “peacefully and patriotically” march to the Capitol to protest. There was no call for an insurrection. Trump was accused by Democrats of leading an insurrection, but thus far, none of the pending cases against him actually charges him with that imagined offense. So, what the Colorado State Supreme Court, in a 4-3 split decision did, is remove the leading opposition candidate from the upcoming primary ballot.

The actual end of democracy. pic.twitter.com/OXA4SHnNug

— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) December 20, 2023

Democrats in the House tried that case, the Senate shot it down. Restated, the evidence is that there is no legal basis for such a claim to remove Trump from any ballot, but Colorado and other Democrats have tried it anyway.  “Election interference” is just one of the more polite expressions being used to describe this particular use of “lawfare.”

Per left-leaning Wikipedia: “Lawfare is the use of legal systems and institutions to damage or delegitimize an opponent, or to deter an individual’s usage of their legal rights.”

MHProNews has noted that Bing AI has its place, but that it also appears to have a left-leaning bias.  As potential evidence, consider this Q&A.

> “Per conservatives and Republicans what is a list of efforts to manipulate the law to keep Trump off ballot or otherwise from running or winning?”

 

What? How is answering that question a potential harm to any individual or group?

Under that rationale, if ‘information’ that might make someone or some group look bad, then any or all information could be censored.

The censorship regime in big tech is apparently alive and well at Microsoft, which provides Bing AI. Microsoft, of course, was long lead by founder William “Bill” Gates III, a longtime ally of Warren Buffett, corporate leader of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK). As Bing AI has previously confirmed, Gates and Buffett have significant financial, nonprofit, and advocacy ties.

That noted, let’s explore the way Warren Buffett’s ‘donations’ have apparently helped support the lawfare case that led to the Colorado State Supreme Court case.

Note that in the Q&A with Bing AI, some of what MHProNews’ previously reported experience with that ‘artificial intelligence’ (AI) left-leaning bias arguably appears. To Bing AI/a.k.a. Bing CoPilot’s credit, it often admits an error when confronted with evidence of that error. That said, how many may use Bing AI – and other forms of search and artificial intelligence – and simply trust that the reported results are true? After some 6 months of almost daily testing, our experience reveals this: someone almost has to know at least part of the answer to the question for Bing AI/Bing CoPilot to be truly useful in terms of providing accurate information.

Note in fairness to Bing AI, that it did cite some sources from the political and social right. But many of the sources it cited were biased toward the political and social leftist viewpoints.

Note too, at least in this search thread, an increasing use of “Microsoft Partners” in the search results. As MHProNews has often noted, William “Bill” Gates III has been financially, philanthropically (i.e.: common nonprofit funding interests), politically, and otherwise aligned with Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway (BRK).

That said, let’s look at a specific example as it applies to Warren Buffett’s funding ties to this Colorado anti-Trump case. For purposes of this, keep in mind that it shouldn’t matter if someone is for or against Trump. Nor should it matter if someone is for or against Warren Buffett and his various business, nonprofit, media, and political interests. What should matter is getting an accurate understanding of what is or is not true.

With that brief tee up, consider what is learned from the following.

 

> “What role did Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) play in the Colorado Supreme Court Decision?”

The Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) is a non-profit organization that aims to promote ethics and accountability in government and public life ¹². The organization was involved in a legal case in Colorado where six Republican and unaffiliated Colorado voters challenged Donald Trump’s eligibility to be on the ballot following his actions on January 6th ¹. The case was based on Section 3 of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which disqualifies individuals who have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the Constitution from holding public office ¹. The Colorado Supreme Court ruled that former President Donald Trump will not be able to participate in the state’s 2024 electoral primaries, seeking the presidency of the United States ³⁴⁵. The court held that the six voters stated a claim under Colorado law, that Section 3 may be enforced through state ballot access laws, that the petition does not raise a non-justiciable political question and that the First Amendment does not shield Trump’s incitement ¹². CREW represented the six voters in the case and is planning to build on the trial judge’s ruling that Donald Trump engaged in insurrection ¹.

From Microsoft Start Partners

3

Trump legal news brief: In landmark ruling, Colorado Supreme Court removes Trump from ballot

4

Colorado Supreme Court rules that Trump cannot run for president in the state

Learn more

1 citizensforethics.org 2 bing.com 5 realvail.com”

> “It has been said that Warren Buffett directly and/or indirectly funded nonprofits have donated to the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) nonprofit. Confirm or clarify that remark and provide linked evidence if that is true.”

According to my search results, Warren Buffett has not directly or indirectly funded the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) nonprofit ¹²³⁴. However, CREW has received financial backing from several organizations, including the Open Society Institute and the Tides Foundation¹⁴.

I hope this information helps. Let me know if you have any other questions.

Learn more

1en.wikipedia.org 2discoverthenetworks.org 3freebeacon.com 4crewexposed.com 5en.wikipedia.org”

 

> “Pardon me, Bing, but to your point about the Tides Foundation. Warren Buffett has funded the NoVo Foundation. The NoVo Foundation in turn has donated to the Tides, isn’t that correct? See the evidence linked here: https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/tides-foundation/ Then Tides, as you noted, supported the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) nonprofit. Isn’t that all factually correct?”

You are correct. I apologize for the confusion in my previous response. Warren Buffett has indeed funded the NoVo Foundation¹²³. The NoVo Foundation has donated to the Tides Foundation¹³, which in turn has supported the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) nonprofit ³. Thank you for bringing this to my attention and I hope this clears up any confusion.

Let me know if you have any other questions.

From Microsoft Start Partners

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Warren Buffet donates Berkshire Hathaway shares to children’s … – MSN

Learn more

1 influencewatch.org 3 fconline.foundationcenter.org 4 mashable.com”

There is also a documented money flow through what is known as the Arabella Network, per the Capital Research Center (CRC) and/or Influence Watch, as well as per other sources that their research has cited.

 

 

After some semi-correct answers, this response from Bing AI received the following follow up and Bing AI/Bing CoPilot response.

 

> “So, to clarify your response, Buffett bucks has indirectly flowed to Arabella and there are financial as well as other possible ties between Arabella and CREW, correct?”

You are correct that Warren Buffett has funded the NoVo Foundation¹² , which in turn has donated to the Tides Foundation¹. The Tides Foundation has supported the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) nonprofit .

Regarding Arabella Advisors, it is a philanthropic consulting firm that provides guidance to donors and organizations on how to best allocate their charitable funds ¹. According to a report by the Capital Research Center, Arabella Advisors has received funding from several organizations, including the NoVo Foundation¹. The report also states that the Arabella network has donated to the Tides Foundation¹. However, I could not find any direct evidence of Arabella Advisors having ties to the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) nonprofit.

I hope this information helps. Let me know if you have any other questions.

From Microsoft Start Partners

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Massive Left-Wing ‘Dark Money’ Network Spent $854 Million In … – MSN

Learn more

1capitalresearch.org 3capitalresearch.org”

> “Pardon me, but you are being self-contradictory. If money is going from Buffett to any nonprofit, be it NoVo Foundation and/or others, and from there to Arabella and from Arabella to the Tides and from Tides to CREW, that is indirect evidence of funding, isn’t that accurate? Money is fungible. And when funding is coming as you described, it is a fair and accurate statement to say that money from Buffett has direct and/or indirectly flowed to CREW via both Tides and Arabella, isn’t that accurate?”

You are correct that Warren Buffett has funded the NoVo Foundation¹² , which in turn has donated to the Tides Foundation¹. The Tides Foundation has supported the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) nonprofit .

Regarding Arabella Advisors, it is a philanthropic consulting firm that provides guidance to donors and organizations on how to best allocate their charitable funds ¹. According to a report by the Capital Research Center, Arabella Advisors has received funding from several organizations, including the NoVo Foundation¹. The report also states that the Arabella network has donated to the Tides Foundation¹.

It is true that money is fungible and that indirect funding can be difficult to trace. While there is no direct evidence of Warren Buffett funding the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) nonprofit, it is possible that his donations to the NoVo Foundation have indirectly supported the organization. The NoVo Foundation has donated to the Tides Foundation, which in turn has supported CREW¹. Additionally, Arabella Advisors has received funding from the NoVo Foundation and has donated to the Tides Foundation¹. While there is no direct evidence of Arabella Advisors having ties to CREW, it is possible that the organization has indirectly supported the nonprofit.

I hope this information helps. Let me know if you have any other questions.

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That “Microsoft Partner” linked in result #2, above, has a headline that says: “Massive Left-Wing ‘Dark Money’ Network Spent $854 Million In 2022, New Documents Reveal.” That dark money network is the Tides Foundation and related organizations, which MHProNews and/or MHLivingNews has reported on several times. For example, the MHAction nonprofit receives funding from the Tides. MHProNews has used this illustration several times since it was first published in June 2019. Which ought to be the question: why hasn’t MHI and/or MHI linked trade media and bloggers shared these documentable facts with manufactured home industry readers in their digital platforms?

 

> “It has been said that Buffett Bucks has flowed to the Sierra Club. The Sierra Club in turn sued the Department of Energy (DOE) during the Trump Administration to force an advancement of the DOE manufactured housing energy rule, isn’t that correct? Buffett Bucks have also flowed via the Tides to MHAction, correct? And of course, the Manufactured Housing Institute gets support from members such as Clayton Homes, 21st Mortgage, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Shaw, and other firms that are owned by Berkshire Hathaway (BRK), isn’t that all correct?”

You are correct that Warren Buffett indirectly funded the Tides Foundation¹²³. The Tides Foundation has supported the Sierra Club⁴. The Sierra Club sued the Department of Energy (DOE) during the Trump Administration to force an advancement of the DOE manufactured housing energy rule ⁵.

Regarding MHAction, it is a nonprofit organization that advocates for the rights of manufactured homeowners ¹. According to a report by Manufactured Home Living News, MHAction has received funding from the Tides Foundation¹⁶. The report also states that the Tides Foundation has been funded by Warren Buffett ³.

Regarding the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI), it is a trade association that represents the interests of the manufactured housing industry ⁷. Members of the MHI include Clayton Homes, 21st Mortgage, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, and Shaw, among others ⁷. These firms are owned by Berkshire Hathaway⁷.

I hope this information helps. Let me know if you have any other questions.

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Note that in the 19 of the linked results above, 10 of them are found on ManufacturedHomeLivingNews.com (MHLivingNews.com) and/or this site: ManufacturedHomeProNews.com (MHProNews.com).

Note that zero results for the above inquiry comes from MHI, MHI linked trade publishers/bloggers, and/or MHI linked state associations.

 

DOE Strikes Back-Manufactured Housing Institute and Texas Manufactured Housing Association vs. United States Department of Energy and Jennifer Granholm Case No. 1:23-CV-00174-DAE; plus MHMarket$

 

Note too as an interesting segue, that in the new MHI website, missing is their own so-called history, and they also previously posted a list of their members and state association affiliates.

After several at least partially erroneous answers, the following inquiry on 12.22.2023 at about 9:35 AM ET illustrated that point above.

> “Pardon me, Bing. But you keep making the same mistake. Let me prove it. Here are the inquiries I’ve been asking you about that you responded to in 8, 9, and 10 of 30. https://www.manufacturedhousing.org/?s=state+association https://www.manufacturedhousing.org/?s=member+directory https://www.manufacturedhousing.org/?s=History None of those items are available to the public. Isn’t that correct? Please correct your response.”

I apologize for the confusion. I was mistaken in my previous responses. The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) website does not provide a publicly available list of their members, their organization’s history, or their state association affiliates ¹². The website does provide a directory of manufacturers and lenders in each state, but this directory is only available to MHI members ³. …”

 

So, as MHProNews has been illustrating, since about the time that the first of a series of national class action lawsuits that involved MHI members was launched, MHI changed their format and removed numbers of items that were previously available to the public.

 

Attorney Glenn Greenwald Observations and Video Evidence

On 12.202.2023 attorney turned award-winning journalist Glen Greenwald said this: “the establishment effort to avoid facing Donald Trump before the electorate at the ballot box saw one of its gravest and most unprecedented escalations yet. Just as Trump rises to his highest point yet in polling for 2024 and as Biden sings to his worst level of disapproval yet, a state court in Colorado full of Democratic Party-appointed judges just decided yesterday by a 4 to 3 ruling that Trump is ineligible to appear on the Colorado Republican presidential primary ballot. In the view of these four judges, he is guilty of being an insurrectionist and thus ineligible to run for the presidency under the 14th Amendment.

There are so many grave and glaring flaws in the legal reasoning of this decision, which we will show you, but one need not have a law degree to detect its most significant error: Donald Trump, despite being indicted in four separate jurisdictions, has never once been charged with, let alone convicted of the crime of insurrection.”

Greenwald is a longtime liberal, leftist, and Democratic supporter, whichever category(ies) you may wish to use to describe him.

This video demonstrates that the Colorado State Supreme Court is not only legally mistaken with respect to the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, they are flatly contradicted by the evidence in this video clip with transcript shown a bit further below.

Obviously, some are in favor of this Colorado case ruling and others are opposed. But among the questions that ought to be asked is: is this decision legally valid? Does the Colorado Supreme Court ruling barring Trump from the Republican primary ballot in that state stand up to scrutiny? According to some attorneys, there are multiple problematic notions that this Colorado ruling and other similar cases are based upon. One is that it either ignores what then President Trump actually said on January 6. The key piece of video with transcript is posted below.  A close reading reveals he did not call for an insurrection at all. The meaning and definitions of words matter. Per Oxford Languages: and insurrection is “a violent uprising against an authority or government.” But that is the opposite of what Trump actually said.

 

Transcript

0:05

after this we’re going to walk down and

0:08

I’ll be there with you we’re going to

0:10

walk down

0:12

we’re going to walk down anyone you want

0:15

but I think right here we’re going to

0:16

walk down to the Capitol

0:21

and we’re going to cheer on

0:23

Brave senators and congressmen and women

0:28

and we’re probably not going to be

0:29

cheering so much for some of them

0:34

because you’ll never take back our

0:37

country with weakness you have to show

0:39

strength and you have to be strong

0:43

we have come to demand that Congress

0:46

do the right thing

0:48

and only count the electors who have

0:51

been lawfully slated lawfully slated

0:55

I know that everyone here will soon be

0:58

marching over to the Capitol Building

1:00

to peacefully and patriotically make

1:03

your voices heard today we will see

1:06

whether Republicans stand strong for

1:09

integrity …

 

Furthermore, according to somewhat left-leaning Reuters: “President Donald Trump wanted National Guard troops in Washington to protect his supporters at a Jan. 6 rally that ended with them attacking the U.S. Capitol, leaving five dead, Trump’s former Pentagon chief testified on Wednesday.

Former Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller told a House of Representatives panel that he spoke with Trump on Jan. 3, three days before the now-former president’s fiery speech that preceded the violence and led to his second impeachment.

Miller made the remarks during a contentious hearing held by the House Oversight Committee, which is investigating security failures in the days leading to and during the riot.”

So,

MHProNews and MHLivingNews has stood largely alone in the artificially smaller world of manufactured housing (what we lovingly but pointedly refer to as MHVille) for the manipulation of a what politicos and pundits from both major parties have called a ‘rigged system.’ But when MHProNews began to feature such politically focused reports, some thought it a mistake and said so.  For example, ManageAmerica’s Andy Gedo accused us of being “far to the right” “assuming that your readers share your political opinions” and that manufactured housing was a “very conservative industry.” There is apt evidence that each of those remarks were and are in error. Yes, MHProNews presents our editorial views that are not only routinely labeled as an analysis but are under the top left (typically first thing a visitor will see) logo with tagline that says manufactured home “Industry News, Tips, and Views Pros Can Use.” ^©  MHProNews has also long used the tag line, “We Provide, You Decide.”  ^© We know that many don’t agree with our perspective. No other source in MHVille even comes close to pulling information from across the left-center-right divide than MHProNews.  And pardon us, Andy, but it is apparent that significant numbers in MHVille are pro-Democratic and pro-Establishment (of whatever party).  We deliberately provide the thoughts and views of others in longer form analytical journlism fashion so that readers can see for themselves how a careful analysis can expose the contradictions of their remarks.

 

 MHProNews warned industry readers before and after the 2020 election as to what was occurring and what was ahead. Those articles have arguably stood the test of time.

In a response to Carlson’s tweet above is the X-post response of Trump as the president of peace. He is an apparently imperfect individual, but he never claimed otherwise. The fact that the Establishment, donor class, elites or whatever someone wants to call the wealthy corporate class attempting to rule the U.S.A., it should be clear that Trump is hated by them. That may be one of the best reasons to support the man.

Trump is the President of Peace. The “powers that be” hate him for that. pic.twitter.com/jOoiU48PaT

— 🇺🇸 American Free Thinker 🇺🇸 (@USA_Think_Free) December 20, 2023

Heritage post the follow last Flag Day, 6.14.2023, under the headline, “The New Fight for Freedom.”

The American political landscape has undergone a radical transformation in the last few years. Gone are the days of “may the best idea win.” Instead, Americans have been left with a system mirroring the banana republics of Central America, in which the long arm of the law is arrayed against the government’s opponents.

Gene Hamilton—Vice President and General Counsel of America First Legal—joins The Kevin Roberts Show for a conversation on our new system of government, and what Americans can do to fight back against this encroachment on their freedom.

Conservatives are going on offense, and Americans like Hamilton are leading the charge.” 

Of course, there are sizable numbers that think that removing Trump from the ballot is a great idea.

One need but listen to late night TV to see audience respond favorably to left-leaning hosts telling left-leaning audiences what they want to hear.

To the extent that so many are that conditioned to follow talking points and propaganda is but another reason to wake up, smell the coffee, tea, or other caffeinated energy drink, and get on with the business of fostering a deeper understanding of what has gone wrong in America and what can be done to fix it.

REQUIEM FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM, ‘Concentration of Wealth-Power’ Noam Chomsky Documentary Video-Transcript; Views-Analysis on Affordable Housing-Vanishing Middle Class from MHVille; plus MHMarkets

There are some bad ideas on the political left, which this publication has identified and called out for years. But there are some who are leftists who do say things that are demonstrably true, and MHProNews – by separating the wheat from the chaff – shows how the left and right have more common ground than some might at first blush think. Glenn Greenwald is one example. Another is RFK Jr.

Some polls and pundits, for example, have said that RFK Jr’s candidacy is more of a threat to Biden than Trump. Kennedy is a lifelong Democrat who held and holds leftist views, and still shares some ideas in common with White House Resident Joe Biden.

We recently took a photo of our teenage son pointing at a “Banana Republic” sign at an outdoor mall.  It was a blustery, overcast late-fall day in Florida. It was an apt symbol of what is sadly occurring in our country.

It is fortunate that there hasn’t been violence from among Trump supporters since January 6th, while violence from the left has periodically reared its ugly head. The Daily Torch recently reported that Trump has led Biden in 20 out of the last 26 polls.

Summary and Conclusion

Legal voters and lawfully cast legal votes should decided this next election.

Those who think it acceptable that the legal system is being manipulated to attempt to disenfranchise tens of millions of Americans should try to shoe on the other foot approach that Democrat Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz likes to point to in his talks on issues like this one. Would Democrats want one of their candidates charged with a bogus crime and even before there is a trial, keep such a person off the ballot?

When one constitutionally protected right is threatened, others are too.

MHProNews plans to monitor and periodically report as deemed warranted. ###

Part IV – is our Daily Business News on MHProNews stock market recap which features our business-daily at-a-glance update of over 2 dozen manufactured housing industry stocks.

This segment of the Daily Business News on MHProNews is the recap of yesterday evening’s market report, so that investors can see at glance the type of topics may have influenced other investors. Thus, our format includes our signature left (CNN Business) and right (Newsmax) ‘market moving’ headlines.

The macro market move graphics below provide context and comparisons for those invested in or tracking manufactured housing connected equities. Meaning, you can see ‘at a glance’ how manufactured housing connected firms do compared to other segments of the broader equities market.

In minutes a day readers can get a good sense of significant or major events while keeping up with the trends that are impacting manufactured housing connected investing.

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Headlines from left-of-center CNN Business – from the morning of 12.21.2023

• The risks and rewards of a Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount merger
• Harvard University President Claudine Gay attends a House Education and The Workforce Committee hearing titled “Holding Campus Leaders Accountable and Confronting Antisemitism” on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 5, 2023.
• Why Harvard continues to back President Claudine Gay during her plagiarism controversy
• Hundreds of images of child sexual abuse found in dataset used to train AI image-generating tools
• Mortgage rates fall for the eighth consecutive week.
• Mortgage rates in America dropped to their lowest level since June
• Harvard University President Claudine Gay watches a video being played during a House Education and The Workforce Committee hearing titled “Holding Campus Leaders Accountable and Confronting Antisemitism” on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 5, 2023.
• Harvard President Claudine Gay requests new corrections as House panel launches plagiarism probe
• Nicolas Puech, heir of the Hermes family, shareholder of ‘Hermes International’ poses in his hacienda called “The four winds” in Arasena
• Hermès billionaire wants to bequeath fortune to his former gardener
• In this Oct. 20, 2019, file photo a long row of unsold 2020 Accord sedans sits at Honda dealership in Littleton, Colo.
• Honda recalling 2.6 million vehicles for a fuel pump issue
• A shopper carries bags at the Polaris Fashion Place mall on Black Friday in Columbus, Ohio, US, on Friday, Nov. 24, 2023. An estimated 182 million people are planning to shop from Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday, the most since 2017, according to the National Retail Federation.
• The US economy expanded 4.9% in the third quarter, slightly weaker than previously estimated
• Bottles of Starry with other Pepsi-Cola products in a supermarket in New York on Sunday, January 29, 2023. Starry replaces Sierra Mist as their citrus flavored product.
• From pastina pasta to Sierra Mist, here are 8 food and drinks we lost in 2023
• A general view of the refinery at Angolan state oil company, Sonangol, in Luanda, Angola, on June 7, 2022.
• Angola is leaving OPEC
• McDonald’s is bringing Squishmallows to Happy Meals
• Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount CEOs discuss possible merger
• Starbucks’ CEO wants people to stop protesting its stores over Israel war in Gaza
• Elon Musk could hurt your portfolio
• Powerball jackpot climbs to $620 million ahead of Saturday’s drawing
• 2022 had the lowest total unemployment rate ever
• Toyota recalls 1 million vehicles over airbag sensor glitch
• Southwest, pilots reach tentative agreement for contract worth $12 billion
• Why the Dow just tumbled about 500 points after nearly hitting a record
• Scooter sharing company Bird files for bankruptcy
• Christmas shoppers, beware! The window to do your holiday shipping is closing
• Harvard president’s corrections do not address her clearest instances of plagiarism, including as a student in the 1990s
• Tinder expands offering of invite-only $499 monthly membership

 

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Headlines from right-of-center Newsmax 12.21.2023

• Jim Jordan, Andy Biggs Demand Information on Trump Probe
• Any Biggs, R-Ariz., left and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, confer at committee hearing on Capitol Hill.
• House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Chair Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., are demanding information from special counsel Jack Smith concerning his investigation into former President Donald Trump. [Full Story]
• Israel at War
• Huckabee: ‘Stand With Israel’ After Hamas Horrors
• Hamas Releases Video It Says Shows Fighting in Khan Yunis
• Israeli Defense Minister: ‘We Will Not Tolerate Threats’ Against Israel
• 2 Wounded by Anti-tank Missile From Lebanon
• Biden: US Pushing for Hostage Deal, Though ‘No Expectation’
• UN Again Delays Gaza Aid Vote to Avoid US Veto
• Mother of Slain Hostage Forgives, Encourages IDF
• Gaza Hospital Director: Hamas Turned Clinic Into Military Base
• Israeli Poll: Majority Blame Antisemitism for Gaza War
• Israel Signals Readiness for Another Hostage Exchange
• IDF Hits Over 300 Targets in Gaza
• Hamas’ Top Leader in Cairo for Cease-Fire Talks
• More Israel at War
• Newsmax TV
• GOP Chair: Removing Trump From Ballot Is Un-American
• Colorado GOP Chairman: Removing Trump From Ballot Is Un-American | video
• Mike Waltz: Biden Policy Emboldens Houthis | video
• Cammacho: Colo. Ruling Is ‘Judicial Activism’ | video
• Vera Ortegon, Hope Scheppelman: Let Colo. Voters Decide | video
• Harvard Rabbi: Too Few Speaking Out on Antisemitism | video
• Steil: Bidenomics Is Painful; Biden Doesn’t Get It | video
• Fry: Must ‘Wield a Subpoena’ for Info From Garland | video
• Joe Pinion, Jeanette Hoffman: Reparations ‘Pandering’ | video
• More Newsmax TV
• Newsfront
• Giuliani Files for Bankruptcy After $148M Judgment
• Rudy Giuliani, an ally of former President Donald Trump, filed for bankruptcy Thursday, days after a jury decided he must pay more than $148 million in damages to two former Georgia election workers he defamed by accusing them of helping to rig the 2020 election… [Full Story]
• Franklin Graham: Pope Can’t Save You From God’s Judgment
• The Rev. Franklin Graham, president of the Billy Graham Evangelistic [Full Story]
• Related
• Chief Rabbi Tells Pope: ‘Repent for Your Sins’ |video
• Pope Francis Gay Edict Poses Danger to Church’s Future, Leaders Say
• Bishop Strickland Urges Catholics to Reject Pope’s Same-Sex Blessings
• Gunman Kills 14, Wounds 25 at Prague University
• A 24-year-old student killed 14 people and wounded 25 at a Prague [Full Story]
• Florida CFO’s Bill Bars Funds for NewsGuard, Media Monitors
• Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis announced a consumer protection bill [Full Story]
• Jordan, Biggs Demand Information on Trump Probe
• House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Subcommittee [Full Story]
• Related
• Jack Smith Cites Enron Survey to Cut Trump Juror Bias |video
• Tennessee’s BlackRock Lawsuit May Spell Doom for ESG
• In a first-of-its-kind civil lawsuit, the State of Tennessee is [Full Story] | Platinum Article
• US Army to Decommission Some Black Hawk Helicopters
• The U.S. Army will decommission nearly 8% of its UH-60 Black Hawk [Full Story]
• Saint Anselm Poll: Haley Making Push in N.H.
• Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley trails former President Donald [Full Story]
• Related
• Comer Pushes Pentagon for Osprey Crash Info
• House Oversight Committee Chair Rep.James Comer, R-Ky., called on the [Full Story]
• Ukraine Frustrated by War’s Stalemate, Anxious About Aid
• The year started with high hopes for Ukrainian troops planning a [Full Story]
• Related
• Ukraine to Produce 1M First-Person-View Drones Next Year
• Hungary’s Orbán Agrees to Meet Zelenskyy
• Ukraine Legalizes Medical Marijuana to Help Ease Stress of War
• Dem Sen. Fetterman: ‘Both Sides Hoping That I Die’
• John Fetterman, D-Pa., said he’s receiving similar amounts of [Full Story]
• Harvard President to Submit Dissertation Edits
• Embattled Harvard University President Claudine Gay will submit three [Full Story]
• NYC Spent $155 Million for Police Overtime in Subways
• New York City this year has spent a staggering $155 million for [Full Story]
• Top 5 Items on Democrats’ Christmas Wish List
• After a successful off-year election that featured significant wins [Full Story] | Platinum Article
• Related
• Top 5 Items on Republicans’ Christmas Wish List |Platinum Article]
• Honda Recalls 2.54M US Cars Over Fuel Pump Issue
• Honda Motor’s American unit is recalling 2.54 million vehicles in the [Full Story]
• National Public Affairs Poll: Hamadeh Leads After Trump Push
• Arizona 8th Congressional District primary candidate Abe Hamadeh has [Full Story]
• Texas Gov. Flies 100 Migrants to Chicago
• Texas Gov. Greg Abbott continued his controversial practice of having [Full Story]
• NewsNation Sees Ratings Declines After GOP Debate
• NewsNation had hoped that hosting a Republican primary debate could [Full Story]
• Jobless Claims Tick Up; GDP Revised Down to 4.9%
• The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits [Full Story]
• Czech Police: Fatalities After Shooting in Prague
• Czech police say a shooter killed an unspecified number of people and [Full Story]
• France President Chided for Siding With Depardieu
• Women’s rights activists criticized French President Emmanuel Macron [Full Story]
• Blue Origin, Cerberus Look to Buy United Launch Alliance
• Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin and private equity firm Cerberus are among [Full Story]
• Pentagon: Top US, China General Speak, Ending Freeze
• The chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. C.Q. Brown, spoke to his [Full Story]
• Wisconsin GOP Speaker Wants Abortion on Future Ballot
• Wisconsin’s top Republican wants to let voters decide whether to [Full Story]
• Wisconsin GOP Bill Would Legalize Medical Marijuana
• Wisconsin Republicans plan to unveil a proposal soon to legalize [Full Story]
• Fresh Allegations of Plagiarism by Harvard’s Gay
• Allegations that Harvard President Claudine Gay plagiarized continue [Full Story]
• Justice Depart Sues Texas Developer for Hispanic Predatory Loans
• The Justice Department filed its first predatory mortgage lending [Full Story]
• Meadows’ Appeal to Move to Federal Court Denied
• A federal appeals court denied Mark Meadows appeal to move his [Full Story]
• Some in GOP Say Take Biden Off Ballots for Border Woes
• Many Republicans outraged by the Colorado Supreme Court ruling that [Full Story]
• NKorea’s Kim Warns of ‘Nuclear Attack’ If Provoked
• North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Pyongyang would not hesitate to [Full Story]
• Xi Tells Biden China Will Take Taiwan
• Chinese President Xi Jinping recently told President Joe Biden that [Full Story]
• Three National Banks Are Paying All Time High Interest Rates – View the List
• Savings Pro
• More Newsfront
• Finance
• Friday Data Expected to Show Fed Has Won Inflation Battle
• The Personal Consumption Expenditure report due Friday is likely to be the bow on top of last week’s key data – showing that the Federal Reserve has won its hard-fought battle against inflation, Bloomberg reports…. [Full Story]
• NYC Teachers Union Sues Mayor Adams Over Steep Cuts
• GM, Ford Vehicles to Lose US EV Tax Credits Jan. 1
• Sues Ralphs for Rejecting Applicants With Criminal Histories
• Centrist Voters Still an Untold Power
• More Finance
• Health
• 63 Percent Say Holidays More Stressful Than Taxes
• What’s even more nerve-wracking than paying taxes? The holidays, according to a majority of Americans, who say it takes them weeks to recover from seasonal stress. “The holidays are an easy time to justify putting off healthy habits, but it’s important to manage chronic…… [Full Story]
• Intermittent Fasting Alters Your Gut and Brain
• How to Prevent a Holiday Sugar Hangover
• Pancreas Supplement Beneficial in Kids With Autism
• Antibody Therapy May Prevent Food Allergies in Kids

 

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Notice: MHProNews invites the firms named in these reports to respond to any concerns about possibly inaccurate information via email that identifies the concern and offers evidence that sheds a different light on the topic discussed. That said, neither publicly MHI nor by email have MHI and their ‘insider brands’ done so. They’ve been repeatedly invited to do so, including an outreach on Dec 7, 2o23.

APO = Apolo Global Management – bought Inspire Communities

BAM = Brookfield Asset Management – owns and invests in manufactured home communities (MHCs).

BLK = BlackRock – conglomerate has investments in firms and operations involved in manufactured housing.

BRK-A = Berkshire Hathaway – includes outright ownership of Clayton Homes, 21st Mortgage Corp, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, other manufactured home industry linked firms (MHC brokerage, suppliers, etc.).

BX = Blackstone – Blackstone Group LP has made its first big bet on manufactured housing by buying a portfolio of communities sold by Tricon Capital Group Inc.

CDPYF = Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust – also has manufactured home communities (MHCs).

CIGI = Colliers International Group Inc. – The Manufactured Housing and RV Group “We Assist Owners and Investors with Disposition, Acquisition, and Financing for Manufactured Housing Communities and RV Parks.”

CG = The Carlyle Group – has manufactured home communities investments.

CSGP = CoStar Group – is commercial real estate’s leading provider of information, analytics and online marketplaces. They acquired listing service Homes.com.

CVCO = Cavco Industries – manufactured home and other factory-built housing production, retail, finance, insurance.

ECNCF = ECN Capital Group – includes manufactured home lender Triad Financial Services.

ELS = Equity LifeStyle Properties – includes land lease manufactured home communities (MHCs), but also RV and marine slips holdings. Also has captive manufactured home retail operations, and parent to Datacomp/MHVillage.

FGF = FG Financial Group – FG Communities “Owns and Operates Growing Portfolio of Manufactured Housing Communities.”KEY = KeyCorp – manufactured home community financing and manufactured home single-family mortgage financing.

KMMPF = Killam Apartment REITs- (includes manufactured home communities (MHCs).

LCII = LCI Industries – components for the manufactured home industry and others (RVs, housing, etc.).

LEGH = Legacy Housing – produces manufactured homes, tiny houses, retail, and captive finance operations.

LPX = Louisiana Pacific Corporation – components for the manufactured home industry and others (housing, etc.).

MHC-UN.TO = Flagship Communities Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT).

MHPC = Manufactured Housing Properties – land lease manufactured home communities (MHCs).

MMI = Marcus and Millichap – commercial real estate brokerage services that include land lease manufactured home communities (MHCs).

NOBH = Nobility Homes – produces and offers captive retail, financing, and insurance services for HUD Code manufactured homes and modular homes.

PATK = Patrick Industries – components for the manufactured home industry and others (RVs, housing, etc.).

SKY = Skyline Champion – produces and offers captive retail, financing, and insurance for HUD Code manufactured homes and modular homes.

SUI = Sun Communities – includes land lease manufactured home communities (MHCs), but also RV and marine slips holdings. Also has captive manufactured home retail operations.

UMH = UMH Properties – includes land lease manufactured home communities and captive manufactured home retail, leasing, and financing operations.

UFPI = UFP Industries – components for the manufactured home industry and others (housing, etc.).

• • • NOTE 1: Chart above of manufactured housing connected equities includes the Canadian stock, ECN, which purchased Triad Financial Services, a manufactured home industry finance lender.
    • NOTE 2: Drew changed its name and trading symbol at the end of 2016 to Lippert (LCII).
    • NOTE 3: Deer Valley was largely taken private, say company insiders in a message to MHProNews on 12.15.2020, but there are still some outstanding shares of the stock from the days when it was a publicly traded firm.  Thus, there is still periodic activity on DVLY.
    • Note 4: some recent or related reports to the REITs, stocks, and other equities named above follow in the reports linked below.

2023 …Berkshire Hathaway is the parent company to Clayton Homes, 21^st Mortgage, Vanderbilt Mortgage and other factory-built housing industry suppliers.
· LCI Industries, Patrick, UFPI, and LP each are suppliers to the manufactured housing industry, among others.
· AMG, CG, and TAVFX have investments in manufactured housing related businesses. For insights from third-parties and clients about our publisher, click here.

 

2022 was a tough year for many stocks. Unfortunately, that pattern held true for manufactured home industry (MHVille) connected stocks too. See the facts, linked above.

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• Note 1: MHVille means manufactured housing industry, MHVille also means artificially smaller manufactured housing (MH) industry,
• Note 2: Manufactured housing, building, factories, retail, dealers, manufactured home, communities, passive mobile home park investing, suppliers, brokers, finance, financial services, macro-markets, manufactured housing stocks, Manufactured Home Communities Real Estate Investment Trusts, MHC REITs.
• Note 3:
  

  APO, Apollo Global Management, BAM, Brookfield Asset Management, BLK, BlackRock, BRK-A, Berkshire Hathaway, BX, Blackstone, CDPYF, Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust, CIGI, Colliers International Group Inc, CG, The Carlyle Group, CSGP, CoStar Group, CVCO, Cavco Industries, ECNCF, ECN Capital Group, ELS, Equity LifeStyle Properties, FGF, FG Financial Group, FG Communities,  KEY, KeyCorp, KMMPF, Killam Apartment REITs, LCII, LCI Industries, LEGH, Legacy Housing, LPX, Louisiana Pacific Corporation, MHC-UN.TO, Flagship Communities Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), MHPC, Manufactured Housing Properties, MMI, Marcus and Millichap, NOBH, Nobility Homes, PATK, Patrick Industries, SKY, Skyline Champion, SUI, Sun Communities, UMH, UMH Properties, UFPI, UFP Industries.

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By L.A. “Tony” Kovach – for MHProNews.
Tony earned a journalism scholarship along with numerous awards in history. There have been several awards, honors and numerous public recognitions for his achievements in manufactured housing. For example, he earned the prestigious Lottinville Award in history from the University of Oklahoma, where he studied history and business management. Kovach is a managing member and co-founder of LifeStyle Factory Homes, LLC, the parent company to MHProNews, and MHLivingNews.com, which is ranked as the runaway most read trade media in modern manufactured housing history. This article reflects the LLC’s and/or the writer’s editorial views and may or may not reflect the views of sponsors or supporters.