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Authored by Josh Harkinson, originally posted at MotherJones.com,

If the nationalists get their way, this November might be the last time Texans vote for a US president.

On Wednesday, the Platform Committee of the Texas Republican Party voted to put a Texas independence resolution up for a vote at this week's GOP convention, according to a press release from the pro-secession Texas Nationalist Movement. The resolution calls for allowing voters to decide whether the Lone Star State should become an independent nation.

Peter Wolfgang wrote what I consider to be a really dumb piece yesterday, arguing that the Benedict Option produced Donald Trump.  His point is that we got Donald Trump because too many Christians stayed out of the political fray. It’s a groundless argument for a number of reasons. But here’s the gist of it:

Submitted by Thad Beversdorf via First Rebuttal.com,

If one steps back and simply looks at the accuracy of the world’s prominent PhD economists and market pros’ predictions over the past 7 years one can’t help but shake one’s head. And I believe investors have become wise to their ignorance.  We’ve seen a record 15 consecutive weeks of net selling of equities despite these expert pundits continuing on in their attempt to deceive investors into believing we are just one or two quarters away from that (now) proverbial recovery.

As Facebook nears the size of Exxon Mobil, Google has just topped Apple (for the first time since Dec 09) as the biggest company in America...

Did AAPL just become Microsoft?

Following today's eagerly anticipated summit between Paul Ryan and Donald Trump, don’t expect a joint press conference or photo op. As the Hill notes, Ryan is showing no signs that he’s prepared to swiftly endorse Trump when they emerge from their huddle at Republican National Committee (RNC) headquarters on Thursday morning.