It would have been difficult to imagine just a few years ago that state officials would go to court to argue to limit the rights of their own citizens to free speech. After all, free speech was considered so important in American history from its earliest days that after winning the Revolutionary War against England, the 13 independent states would not commit to the U.S. Constitution until the Bill of Rights – the first ten amendments – was added to it. That was then. Now, there are nearly two dozen states where public officials became involved in a move to fight for the authority of public officials to limit the free speech rights of their own state citizens. Which tees up the all too serious headline question. Are you living in, and/or doing business in, a state that is effectively trying to undermine the U.S. Constitution and its protection of individual rights?

First, to illustrate the issue, consider this Q&A with Bing AI/Bing CoPilot on 12.30.2023.

> “Is it true that free speech and other individual and states’ rights issues were so important that the 13 independent states would not ratify the draft of the U.S. Constitution until the Bill of Rights – the First Ten Amendments – were added to the Constitution?”

Yes, that is correct. The Bill of Rights, which consists of the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, was added to the Constitution to address concerns regarding individual and states’ rights. The First Amendment of the Bill of Rights guarantees freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition¹. It is considered one of the most important amendments to the Constitution and has been the subject of many landmark Supreme Court cases¹. The Bill of Rights was ratified on December 15, 1791, by three-fourths of the states, which was necessary for it to become part of the Constitution¹.

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

1 history.com 2 stilt.com 3 firstamendment.mtsu.edu 4 en. wikipedia.org 5 law.cornell.edu”

That noted, in Part I of today’s report, is the following from the WND News Center to MHProNews. It is based on the work of a constitutional law professor, who is cited in that report. That said, note that for balance and accuracy, in Part II issues related to Democrats trying to marginalize other Democrats will be examined, because the constitutional attorney is question is Jonathan Turley, who has become quite popular on Fox News. Turley recently did an X-post (i.e.: ‘tweeted’) in part the following: “The Democratic Party that I was raised in and supported…” Turley, a longtime Democrat, is under fire by other Democrats over free speech and other Constitutionally guaranteed rights. That detail is not explicitly mentioned by WND’s important report shared in Part I below.

That stated, the list of states involved in this stunning move by public officials to limit the free speech of their citizens includes roughly half of the country’s population. So, there are good odds that a sizable share of our readership is living in and/or are doing business in one of those states.

Part I

EDUCATION FAITH HEALTH MONEY POLITICS U.S. WND NEWS CENTER WORLD

WND

The definitive list of states that want to determine what residents can say

23 led by Democrats insist they can control ‘misleading information’

By Bob Unruh
Published December 29, 2023 at 3:52pm

There now is a definitive list of states where officials want to be able to censor their residents, controlling what they claim is “misleading information.”

And all 23 are led by Democrats.

The list comes courtesy of constitutional expert and popular legal commentator Jonathan Turley, a renowned law professor at George Washington University who not only has testified as an expert before Congress but has represented members in court.

“For years, we have discussed the alarming shift in the Democratic party on free speech with candidates running on pledges to censor opposing views and politicians supporting blacklisting and censorship on social media,” he explained. “Many citizens oppose such efforts to restrict their rights under the First Amendment, but are unaware of the work of their representatives to limit free speech. Now, a filing in the Supreme Court supporting censorship efforts by the Biden administration has supplied a handy list of the anti-free speech states for citizens.”

The legal filing comes in the case Missouri v. Biden in which a district court judge ordered the government to stop coordinating censorship campaigns with social media companies. That ruling is on hold now while the U.S. Supreme Court considers the facts.

The district judge who originally ruled in the dispute, Terry Doughty, charged that, “The United States government seems to have assumed a role similar to an Orwellian ‘Ministry of Truth.'”

In the case, the evidence shows Biden administration officials would pick a comment they disliked, then complain to one of several foundations or organizations. Those groups then would lobby social media companies until those comments were censored.

Turley noted, “The 5th Circuit previously ruled in Missouri v. Biden that administration officials ‘likely violated’ the First Amendment and issued a preliminary injunction banning the government from communicating with social media companies to limit speech.”

He explained California “is leading the effort to get the Supreme Court to reverse a decision enjoining the government from censorship efforts. California has long sought to impose speech limits on doctors, businesses, and citizens to silence opposing viewpoints.”

But he said other Democrat-led states also have joined “this ignoble effort in signing on to the brief of California Attorney General Rob Bonta. ”

He said, “The brief lauds past efforts of these states to combat ‘harmful content’ on the Internet and to protect the public from ‘misleading information’ through partnerships with social media companies.”

The list includes: Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin and [the] District of Columbia. ##

Part II – Additional Information with More MHProNews Analysis and Commentary

MHProNews previously reported on the case Missouri v. Biden in reports like the one found at the link below. So, MHProNews is not a newcomer to this tragic yet evolving and developing issue.

That noted, it is important to underscore that Turley has identified himself as having been raised as and having supported Democrats. Not to get bogged down too far in the weeds, but several left-leaning publications have ripped Turley for his seemingly more ‘conservative’ or right-leaning stances in recent years, despite Turley’s self-described history of being a Democrat.

Will a single Democrat vote not for impeachment but answers? The Democratic Party that I was raised in and supported was more than the party of censorship and corruption. That is why we have reached a point of inescapable clarity. So let’s call the vote. https://t.co/ybTesbsA46

— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) December 9, 2023

To tee up the importance of sharing this information with our regular readers and site visitors, the following inquiry was put to Bing AI/Bing CoPilot. Note that while Bing AI/CoPilot appears to have a left-leaning bias and does periodically glitch, the later point essentially confirmed by one of Microsoft’s own disclosures with the software, the AI search function can be a useful tool when properly used and that use is disclosed. As detail minded MHProNews readers may recall, this publication and our MHLivingNews sister site consistently disclosed that use from the outset of over 6 months of testing here on MHProNews.

We routinely disclose sources, unless those sources want to remain anonymous. 

With the insights from the article provided in Part I, and the preface above in mind, the following question was put to Bing AI/Bing CoPilot.

> “According to official sources, about what percentage of the population in the U.S. lives in the following states and D.C.? Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, District of Columbia”

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the total population of the contiguous United States was 328,571,074 in 2020¹. The following table shows the estimated population of the states and the District of Columbia as of 2022¹:

State	Population
Arizona	7,529,000
California	39,937,000
Colorado	5,931,000
Connecticut	3,565,000
Delaware	1,001,000
Hawaii	1,455,000
Illinois	12,587,000
Maine	1,362,000
Maryland	6,177,000
Massachusetts	7,045,000
Michigan	10,084,000
Minnesota	5,797,000
Nevada	3,146,000
New Jersey	9,288,000
New Mexico	2,123,000
New York	20,201,000
Oregon	4,329,000
Pennsylvania	12,823,000
Rhode Island	1,097,000
Vermont	623,000
Washington	7,797,000
Wisconsin	5,893,000
District of Columbia	712,000

The total population of these states and the District of Columbia is approximately 151,000,000. Therefore, the percentage of the population in the U.S. living in these states and the District of Columbia is roughly 46.0% [^(151,000,000 / 328,571,074) * 100% = 46.0%] ¹.

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

Learn more

1 census.gov 2 en.wikipedia.org“

Note for accuracy that per WorldOMeter: “the United States 2023 population is estimated at 339,996,563 people at mid year.” Bing AI/Bing CoPilot noted that the above are ‘approximate’ numbers for 2022, so it should be made clear that the above is shared to illustrate the point that roughly half of the country’s population could be directly impacted by the pending Supreme Court ruling being sought by the Biden regime which is supported by those Democratic run states.

That said, even for those of us who are political independents who feel compelled to monitor broader news as well as industry specific news, have watched the hard lurch leftward in the Democratic Party in recent years could be shocked and outraged that Democratic officials would actively seek such a stunning ruling as the right to censor their own citizens.

If that right to free speech is undermined by the state governments where roughly half the U.S. population lives, what good would the remaining constitutional guarantees be? If any one right is undermined, all are then poised to fall to autocratic impulses of public officials who have sworn an oath to protect the Constitution from all enemies, foreign or domestic.

 

Disclosures

Let’s be clear. As a publisher, it is natural to want the broadest possible audience. In a polarized society, it is not an easy or light decision to report information that a large chunk of your audience – perhaps (more or less) half – of which is favored by your actual and potential readers. One reason MHProNews has long provided information from both the left-leaning CNN or more right leaning (in recent years) Newsmax – as well as other news sources that span the left-center-right divide – is precisely to keep our own balance as well as to make sure that the audience is aware of our efforts to be balanced and accurate in our reporting. To our knowledge, no one else in MHVille has provided this graphic below, has provided similar standards, and has for years made routine, almost daily, reference(s) to it.

 

In fairness to our rivals, the left-leaning author Upton Sinclair made this statement which is broadly apt too. Millions won’t go against what they consider to be their own financial interests.

 

 

That said, at the same time, the business of news at its core is supposed to be the profession of informing your audience/readers.

In a polarized society, the argument can be made that there is a natural tension between wanting to get and keep the largest possible audience, yet also be true to the mission of properly informing readers.

In the periodically shared graphic below, note that under the American Press Institute logo and to the left of the image of the book cover, The Elements of Journalism, is the phrase: “Journalism’s first obligation is to the truth.”

Just as was illustrated anew in the example above of our verifying the information using Bing AI/Bing CoPilot, the next point (and the others) are significant. The “essence” of journalism “is a discipline of verification.” We knew at a glance that the Bing AI/Bing CoPilot listing of those states’ populations were rounded off, and thus not precise. A further check led to the disclosure as shown above, citing the source WorldOMeter.

Restated, we strive day by day to get the facts correctly.

When some information or insight evolves – as news, trends and events routinely do – we strive to work new insights into stories as they become known. Given obvious human and other limitations, that’s the honest and professional way to approach trade media and our related reporting.

 

 

Those disclosures and examples noted, it would be foolish at best to ignore the political trends that have manifest themselves in the U.S. in recent years.

MHProNews has reported numerous times the increasingly leftist lurch by Democratic Party leaders and sizable swaths of their followers.  Like it or not, that lurch-to-the-left is news that industry professionals simply MUST be informed about, in case their normal news sources may not provide that same information/revelation(s).

MHProNews is in the process of preparing a special report, which may be available within the next 72 hours. In its current (and still developing) draft, it includes the following pull quotes and sources.

• “…there may be many things that citizens of a democratic society need to know about that private corporations may not be interested in telling them.” So said Janine Jackson, Program Director of Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting.
• “They’re what I call black holes in journalism. There are certain events and certain subjects that you…you may not cover.” That frank admission that journalists will avoid difficult topics that their management would frown up is according to Kristina Borjesson, a former CBS News journalist.
•  “Stop militarism, stop the corruption, secrecy, and the cronyism, that was the function of the freedom of press.” So said Robert McChesney, Communications Professor, Author & Journalist.

Each of those three quotes and related insights go to the heart of the mission of journalists to properly and accurately report the truth yet admit that such is routinely not the case in contemporary American journalism.

Note too that the evidence suggests that each of those quoted above – and others that will be cited in that pending special report – are apparently voices from the political left. Journalists, per recent research, are many times more likely to be self-declared Democrats than Republicans. According to recent research, which is likely to be covered here soon, while many reporters declare themselves to be “independent” politically, that source said that many who say they are independent are in fact far more likely to be Democrats in their orientation than Republican. The bottom line is that mainstream journalism which routinely features reports by those with a left-leaning bent is being critiqued by others who are themselves leftists.

So, while there are obviously supporters among Democrats for what amounts to online and other forms of censorship, there are also those who are critical of the practice, like Turley.

This lurch left is oddly driven by big businesses, big tech, big media, and the billionaires who back big government and other forms of monopoly power. As evidence of the reaction against that much of the public has become skeptical or critical of monopoly power. Trust in media is also at a low ebb, per Gallup.

 

To longtime, facts- and evidence-minded readers of MHProNews and/or MHLivingNews, those three quoted bullets are new, but they are not new ideas. We have reported for years on the apparent bias in the media. We have also reported on the apparent increasing tilt leftwards by much of corporate America. That tilt has been underscored by recent reports like those linked below.

 

 

 

 

There are those who have accused us, rightly or wrongly, of having our own bias. Well, duh. Even giant Facebook admitted in a legal proceeding that when it supports so-called fact checkers that those fact checkers have a bias. Once someone is self-aware enough that they recognize their own bias, efforts can be made to balance that out. That’s true for many professions which deal with the public.

That said, once more the first job of journalism is supposed to be to tell the truth. Related to that are other qualities noted by the American Press Institute (API), the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) in its Code of Ethical Conduct, and so on.  We tend to give more information, more details than other sources who publish, not only in manufactured housing, but in mainstream media in general, regardless of the political bias of a given publisher. That is in keeping with manufactured housing “Industry News, Tips, and Views Pros Can Use” ^© as well “We Provide, You Decide.” ^©

Those points made, it would arguably be negligent to not report on issues that threaten the livelihood and rights of much, if not essentially all, of our readers. The evidence is mounting, as the article in Part I ads to the point that this is not the America that your parents grew up in. Nor is it the America that those who are over 40 grew up in. Even the twenty something’s have experienced a shift left in this country since they were born.

While several figures in the political left have raised important issues, they must be sifted in the process of separating the wheat from the chaff, just as those on the right must be tested for their respective veracity. Not to toot our own horn, but it was but days ago that we shared the insights of progressive thinker Noam Chomsky, carefully applying that sifting process. The result is a video with annotated transcript that is unlikely to be the same as any other found online.

 

 

The threats to the rights and livelihoods for the business community, consumers, AND for EMPLOYEES of the business community are coming from domestic as well as international sources. While many corporations are based in the U.S., some openly call themselves “global citizens” and tout their international interests which often include Communist China.

 

 

 

“Business as usual is dead or dying.” That was a remark from a PowerPoint cited from a left-leaning source, and MHProNews reported it, because the threat it represents to the American way of life that manufactured housing is supposed to be serving is quite real. In that case, it was reported by platforms on the left and the right.

 

 

Left-leaning Axios said: “2/3 Democrat-leaning voters don’t want Biden as 2024″ on September 7, 2023. The public is largely against the man, in good measure because of the harmful impact of he and his party’s policies on their personal lives. Despite the broad media fanfare – on the left and right – trying to make the Republican nomination seem like it is in question, it has been clear for weeks if not months that Donald Trump, barring his death or some similarly debilitating tragedy, is the odds-on favorite to lead that party in the hunt for the 2024 presidential contest.  Pocketbook issues, like the skyrocketing costs for housing, are driving people to Trump and away from Biden.

 

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And in response to that reality that pollsters are reflecting, Democratic leaders are seeking to be undemocratic.

Who says? As this report and those linked reflect, among others, lifelong Democrats. That include Robert F. Kennedy Jr. constitutional scholars like Turley or Alan Dershowitz, former Congresswoman and 2020 Democratic nomination candidate Tulsi Gabbard, and others.

 

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As the increasingly hard-leftist tilt of the Democratic leadership progresses, even many of the young are starting to question the Democratic Party, as the report linked below reflected.

 

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Those points made, there is often hypocrisy and/or blindness – perhaps driven by years of habits – among millions of Americans.

Establishment Republicans like former Congresswoman Liz Cheney (WY-R), the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney (VP to George W. Bush-R), can be just as toxic to the long-term interests of businesses, consumers, and employees as those on the hard left.  And MHProNews has so duly reported.

 

 

The 2024 election is not an election year that millions can afford to sit out. In a practical sense, everyone that fails to vote, for whatever reason, is essentially casting a ballot in favor of the very troubled status quo.

We are in an era which left-leaning Glenn Greenwald, award-winning journalist and attorney, has aptly observed is no longer a battle of left vs. right. It is a struggle between anti-Establishment and pro-Establishment. Note that shortly after that report was posted, allegations against Russell Brand (shown top right) emerged that he strongly denies.  Brand is another voice from the left who is now often questioning the people he long supported. Time may tell if those attacks on Brand genuine or merely what award-winning journalist Sharyl Attkisson were called a smear tactic.

 

Trump upended the Bush-family and Establishment lock on the Republican Party.

That doesn’t mean that the Establishment isn’t fighting back against Trump, of course they are.

But it does mean that a clear majority of Republican voters are now apparently aware of the problems under the Bush flavor of Republican leadership, and they rejected it. 

The MAGA or “America First” side of the “Grand Old Party” (GOP or that alternate name for Republicans) is similar in some respects to what Teddy Roosevelt and John Sherman believed when they rejected the monopolistic tendencies of the elites in the country.

 

A Pending Switcheroo?

Several pundits and politicos believe that growing criticism of Joe Biden in left-leaning publications is a signal that the Democratic Party “super delegates” will pull a rule on their own voting base and select someone to be that party’s nominee who is currently not running. This may explain why California Governor Gavin Newsome (D) has been playing up his profile on the national stage, and why some think that Michelle Obama could possibly emerge despite neither being an official candidate. Other names are floated among Democrats too.

> “Gavin Newsome and Michelle Obama are floated as possible alternatives to Joe Biden among Democrats, if the super delegates in that party decide that Biden can’t win in 2024, per various sources. Who else among Democrats are mentioned as possible replacements for Biden in the 2024 general election?”

According to The Hill, some of the other Democrats who are being mentioned as possible replacements for Joe Biden in the 2024 general election include:

1. Stacey Abrams: She is a former Georgia House of Representatives member and was the Democratic nominee for governor of Georgia in 2018¹.
2. Cory Booker: He is a U.S. Senator from New Jersey and was a candidate in the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries².
3. Pete Buttigieg: He is the U.S. Secretary of Transportation and was a candidate in the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries³⁴.
4. Amy Klobuchar: She is a U.S. Senator from Minnesota and was a candidate in the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries¹.

It is important to note that these are just a few of the names being mentioned and the list is not exhaustive. …”

But the point that perhaps millions of registered Democrats and Democratic leaning independents don’t realize that their party’s rules allow for a last minute change despite whatever their voters may say ought to be one more factor that shocks the consciences of those who claim that they are ‘democratic.’ As former Democrat and 17 year award-winning CNN journalist turned WMAL radio show (9-12 ET M-F, broadcast through syndicated affiliates) pundit Chris Plante has paradoxically and sarcastically said, “the Democratic Party isn’t [i.e.: isn’t democratic].”

If millions of people vote out of habit and thoughtlessly, or if too many stays home and don’t vote, it is entirely conceivable that the big corporate grip over the Democratic Party and the levers of power in the U.S. that makes this lurch to the left possible could succeed. There needs to be a sense of urgency to share with your circle the realities being reported on MHProNews and MHLivingNews. Thanks to those who already share this content, but frankly, more of it is needed so that our reporting can help make a difference as the events in 2024 will reveal themselves. Until then, be mindful of the ‘black holes in journalism’ and that scores of public officials who are Democrats are trying to exert their authority in a fashion that shockingly limits your God-given and Constitutionally guaranteed rights. Count on us to report more, as events reveal themselves, in 2024. ##

Gifts of Sight and Insights – What’s in Store for 2024? Including 2023 Year End Reflections on MHVille and USA Snapshots – Facts, Evidence, Observations, and Analysis – plus MHMarkets Update

Part III – 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.

Reminder: several of the graphics on MHProNews can be opened into a larger size. For instance: click the image and follow the prompts in your browser or device to OPEN In a New Window. Then, in several browsers/devices you can click the image and increase the size. Use the ‘x out’ (close window) escape or back key to return.

Headlines from left-of-center CNN Business – from the morning of 12.29.2023

• Stocks are sliding on final trading day of 2023. But the Nasdaq is still on pace for its best year since ‘03
• 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 faces Friday deadline to respond to House on plagiarism scandal
• A monitor displays a news conference with Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell as traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Wednesday, June 14, 2023. The Federal Reserve kept its key interest rate unchanged after having raised it 10 straight times to combat high inflation. But in a surprise move, the Fed signaled that it may raise rates twice more this year, beginning as soon as next month.
• The highs (and lows) of the year in markets: The wild 2023 that was
• Investors watch computer screens displaying stock price figures at a stock exchange hall on August 28, 2023 in Anqing, Anhui Province of China.
• Chinese stocks are the big losers of 2023. Oil also had a bad year
• Lowell House on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US, on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023. The presidents of Harvard University and MIT have been under scrutiny amid furor over their remarks to Congress about antisemitism on campus. Photographer: Mel Musto/Bloomberg via Getty Images
• Harvard has ‘never been weaker,’ ex-Facebook exec warns
• The BlendJet 2 Portable Blender is seen in this image provided by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission.
• 8 million BlendJet portable blenders recalled due to fire and laceration hazards
• Bud Light had a year it wants to forget. What happens next?
• The Maersk Sentosa container ship sails southbound to exit the Suez Canal in Suez, Egypt, on Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. A steep decline in the number of tankers entering a vital Red Sea conduit suggests that attacks on ships in the area are further disrupting a key artery of global trade.
• Shipping firms split on return to Red Sea as Houthi attacks continue
• Nordic workers took on Elon Musk in 2023. Here’s what could happen next
• From top, clockwise: Disney CEO Bob Iger, Credit Suisse CEO Ulrich Körner, Tesla, SpaceX, and formerly Twitter CEO Elon Musk, China Renaissance CEO Bao Fan, Silicon Valley Bank CEO Greg Becker, Country Garden CEO Yang Huiyan, BP CEO Bernard Looney, Walgreens Boots Alliance CEO Rosalind Brewer, Adani Group CEO Gautam Adani, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao.
• Elon Musk and these other 9 bosses had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad 2023
• China’s economy had a miserable year. 2024 might be even worse
• Huawei was once fighting for its survival. It is back to nearly $100 billion in revenue in 2023
• Walmart recalls magnetic balls after CPSC warns of choking and injury hazards
• It wasn’t just you; things in the tech world got really weird this year
• L’Oreal heiress Francoise Bettencourt Meyers is the first woman with a $100 billion fortune, according to Bloomberg
• Missing piece on aircraft prompts Boeing to ask airlines to inspect all 737 Max jets
• How much to tip this holiday
• Mortgage rates drop for the ninth week in a row
• Taylor Swift helps drive UK vinyl sales to highest level since 1990
• This is what constitutes as good news for home sales this year
• Why Amazon just sent you an email about ads on Prime Video
• China’s Xiaomi dreams of building a car ‘as good as’ Porsche and Tesla
• Forget ‘spend less’ or ‘save more.’ Make this your No. 1 financial resolution for 2024

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Headlines from right-of-center Newsmax 12.29.2023

• Biden’s Ukraine Warning: US May Get ‘Pulled in Directly’
• President Joe Biden exits Air Force One upon arrival at Henry E. Rohlsen Airport, in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, Wednesday.
• President Joe Biden on Friday called Russia’s latest missile barrage on Ukraine a “stark reminder” that Russian President Vladimir Putin remained committed to destroying Ukraine. “When dictators and autocrats are allowed to run roughshod in Europe, the risk rises that the United States gets pulled in directly,” he said. ” [Full Story]
• Israel at War
• IDF Expands Gaza Ops, Digs Into Tunnel System
• Israel Rejects South Africa’s Pursuit of Genocide Order
• Palestinians Flee to S. Gaza as Israeli Expands Offensive
• Gazan Terrorist Admits His Team Raped Israeli Women
• Former Israeli PM Bennett Ordered Iran Strikes
• American Judi Weinstein Haggai Declared Dead in Gaza
• As War Grinds On, Tensions Soar Along Israel’s Lebanon Border
• Mia Shem Opens Up About Gaza Captivity
• Israeli, 18, Jailed for Refusing to Fight in Gaza
• Israel Destroys Tunnel Network Under Gaza Hospital, School
• Netanyahu Rejects Genocide Charge, Accuses Erdogan of Hypocrisy
• IDI Poll: Majority of Arab Israelis Identify With State of Israel
• Netanyahu, Rep. Brian Mast Visit Injured Israeli Soldiers
• Wounded Israeli Warrior Count Mounts in Hidden Cost of War
• Newsmax TV
• Napolitano: SCOTUS Must Rule Fast on 14th Amendment
• Van Drew: Border Meet With Mexico a ‘Sham’ | video
• John Bolton: Need Painful Military Action Against Iran | video
• Huckabee: Why Are Most Dems Silent on Border Crisis? | video
• McLaughlin: Should Trump Have Haley as an Ally? | video
• AG Paxton: Texas Doing the Job Biden WH Won’t | video
• Trump Lawyer Habba: Jack Smith ‘Should Be Scared’ | video
• Ric Grenell: UN Doing Some Good | video
• Van Drew: Dems to Open ‘Gates of Hell’ on Trump | video
• Newsfront
• Report: FBI Backlogged on DNA Testing for Migrants
• The FBI is severely backlogged on DNA testing for migrants and is running out of cash to continue the program, according to government officials whose emails were reviewed by the Daily Caller…. [Full Story]
• Michael Cohen: I Mistakenly Used Fake Legal Citations
• Michael Cohen says he mistakenly gave his lawyer fake legal citations [Full Story]
• Civil Rights Leader Booted for Using Own Chair at AMC
• A civil rights leader was escorted by police out of a North Carolina [Full Story]
• Law Professor in NY Times: Let People Decide on Trump
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• Ukraine Downs 27 Russian Drones, 87 Cruise Missiles
• Airlines Urge Biden for Help With Flight Delays
• A group representing major passenger airlines on Friday urged U.S. [Full Story]
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• Biden: Missile Strikes Show Putin ‘Must Be Stopped’
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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.
    • Note 5: Gifts of Sight and Insights, What’s in Store for 2024? Including 2023 Year End Reflections, manufactured homes, manufactured housing, mobile homes, MHVille, USA Snapshots, Manufactured housing industry year in review 2023.

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.