In 2008, the founding editor of the popular progressive Slate.com blog Michael Kinsley wrote to Minnesota voters: “If the voters of Minnesota would rather be represented by a hack like…
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America Now
Treasury Defies Watchdog Order to Recover Wasted Taxpayer Dollars From Obama-Era TARP Funds
November 18, 2017Ronald Reagan’s famous saying that “government programs, once launched, never disappear” couldn’t be more true, as Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) is finding out in his investigation of the Nevada Hardest…
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Health
Another Blow to Obamacare: Eight States Now Faced With Single Insurance Option in 2018 Enrollment
November 17, 2017As the Obamacare individual mandate comes under threat of repeal from the Senate tax bill, other nails in the coffin of the law are being hammered in by insurance companies.…
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On Monday, the Supreme Court announced that it will hear an appeal by a coalition of pro-life advocates who are challenging a California law forcing life-affirming pregnancy centers to advertise…
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America Now
Breaking the No Nation-Building Promise? Increase in US and NATO Troops Set for Afghanistan
November 11, 2017In his August speech on Afghanistan strategy, President Trump declared, “We are not nation-building again.” Why, then, was it announced Wednesday that almost 1,000 additional US and NATO troops are…
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On the campaign trail, candidate Trump often derided the Federal Reserve System for its easy money policy, and its former and current chairmen Ben Bernanke and Janet Yellen for their…
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News
Mattis, Tillerson Say Troops Could Stay In Iraq Without Congress or Baghdad Permission
November 5, 2017In a hearing prompted by the killing of four US troops in Niger on October 4th, Defense Secretary Mattis and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson stated that there is no…
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America Now
Federal Judge Partially Blocks Trump’s Ban on Transgender Military Service
November 4, 2017President Trump’s controversial ban on transgender people enlisting in the military was partially stonewalled by federal court judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly. Kollar-Kotelly issued a preliminary injunction which halted two key provisions…
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A bipartisan bill has been introduced by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) along with a coalition of Democrats and Republicans that would reform FISA Section 702…
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The Brazilian Senate is debating a bill containing tough regulations for ride-sharing apps, causing Uber’s Chief Executive Officer Dara Khosrowshahi to consider leaving their second-largest market. The bill would require…
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America Now
Democrats Attempt To Delay and Obstruct Vote On Religious Freedom Ambassador Nominee
November 1, 2017Senate Democrats are planning to stall the nomination of Kansas Governor Sam Brownback to Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom because of Brownback’s position on marriage. The obstructionism will force Senate…
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America Now
Manafort Indicted On Charges Not Related To Trump Campaign; Mueller Looks Into Podesta Lobbying
October 31, 2017The mainstream media’s Trump/Russian collusion narrative took another loss Monday after Bob Mueller released his indictments for former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his business partner Rick Gates. Manafort…