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Income Trends, the Middle Class, and American Prosperity

Income Trends, the Middle Class, and American Prosperity

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The Sacrifices Made by the Men Who Signed the Declaration

The Sacrifices Made by the Men Who Signed the Declaration

When reading the Declaration of Independence, it is easy to focus only on the sweeping language of the second paragraph and skip over the names and mutual pledge of the signers at its conclusion. Read More…

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Biggest anti-Kremlin rally in years rocks Russia; opposition leader arrested

Biggest anti-Kremlin rally in years rocks Russia; opposition leader arrested

Russian authorities detained hundreds of anti-corruption protesters and arrested the nation’s leading opposition figure Sunday, as the biggest demonstrations against the Kremlin since 2011 broke out in several cities around the nation. Source: Biggest anti-Kremlin rally in years rocks Russia; opposition leader arrested

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FBI confirms investigation into Trump campaign ties with Russia - Washington Times

FBI confirms investigation into Trump campaign ties with Russia – Washington Times

http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/20/fbi-confirms-probe-trump-campaign-ties-russia/

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Massachusetts man attacks Muslim airline employee at JFK, prosecutor says

Massachusetts man attacks Muslim airline employee at JFK, prosecutor says

A Massachusetts man is accused of attacking a Muslim airline employee at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, allegedly kicking and shouting obscenities at the woman and telling her that Source: Massachusetts man attacks Muslim airline employee at JFK, prosecutor says

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WSJ--U.S. Eyes Michael Flynn’s Links to Russia

WSJ–U.S. Eyes Michael Flynn’s Links to Russia

Counterintelligence agents have investigated communications by President Trump’s national security adviser, including phone calls to Russian ambassador in late December… Read More…  

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WaPo: Donald Trump may have just destroyed the Republican effort to repeal Obamacare

WaPo: Donald Trump may have just destroyed the Republican effort to repeal Obamacare

When even the most committed Republicans came around to support Donald Trump in 2016, they made a kind of bet. It wouldn’t matter much that Trump had no apparent fealty to conservative ideology or that he was a complete ignoramus about policy, because he’d be leaving all that boring stuff to them. The Republican Congress would pass its agenda, he’d sign whatever they put in front of him, and…

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Tax Competition: A Necessary Liberalizing Process to Discipline the "Stationary Bandit" of Government

Tax Competition: A Necessary Liberalizing Process to Discipline the “Stationary Bandit” of Government

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Duterte orders troops to blast militants and their hostages

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said he has ordered his troops to bomb extremists who flee with their captives in a bid to stop a wave of kidnappings at sea, calling the loss of civilian lives in such an attack "collateral damage." Read More...

Tillerson avoids condemning Philippines dictator Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs as a human rights violation

Secretary of state nominee Rex Tillerson hesitated to call the Philippines a human rights violator when asked for his opinion Wednesday at his Senate confirmation hearing. When pressed by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), the former ExxonMobil executive insisted he would need more information before he could assess whether the brutal crackdown on drugs led by Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte that has killed thousands could classify as a human rights abuse.

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Overwhelming Evidence That Obamacare Caused Premiums To Increase Substantially

Overwhelming Evidence That Obamacare Caused Premiums To Increase Substantially

Two scholars at the renowned Brookings Institution, Loren Adler and Paul Ginsburg, have published an analysis finding that “average premiums in the individual market actually dropped significantly upon implementation of the ACA [Affordable Care Act].” This contrasts with a plethora of evidence, including a rigorous 2014 Brookings study, showing that the ACA significantly increased premiums. In…

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Top Trump aide in frequent contact with Russia’s ambassador

Top Trump aide in frequent contact with Russia’s ambassador

President-elect Donald Trump’s national security adviser and Russia’s ambassador to the U.S. have been in frequent contact in recent weeks, including on the day the Obama administration hit Moscow wit Source: Top Trump aide in frequent contact with Russia’s ambassador

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Marco Rubio goes after Trump’s pick for secretary of state. Hard.

Marco Rubio goes after Trump’s pick for secretary of state. Hard.

Going into Wednesday’s hearing for President-elect Donald Trump’s secretary of state nominee, Rex Tillerson, all eyes were on Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), who could choose whether to give deference to Trump’s pick — or try to tear him apart.   Read More…

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CNN: Intel chiefs presented Trump with claims of Russian efforts to compromise him (CNN)Classified documents presented last week to President Obama and President-elect Trump included allegations that Russian operatives claim to have compromising personal and financial information about Mr. Trump, multiple US officials with direct knowledge of the briefings tell CNN. Read More...

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Marco Rubio puts Russian in political oppression spotlight – and calls out Vladimir Putin

Marco Rubio puts Russian in political oppression spotlight – and calls out Vladimir Putin

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio restarted his social media campaign to highlight political prisoners worldwide Monday, this time spotlighting a Russian imprisoned under President Vladimir Putin for “unauthorized assembly, and calling out Putin by name. Read More…

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Watch Arthur’s remarks at 2pm ET. Click here for the full agenda. via Arthur Brooks speaks at Passing the Baton 2017 conference — – Latest Content

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Jewish centers in several states targeted with bomb threats

Jewish centers in several states targeted with bomb threats

Bomb threats targeted Jewish community centers in at least six states Monday, and some were made with prerecorded telephone calls, according to an official with the Jewish Federations of North America Source: Jewish centers in several states targeted with bomb threats

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A Secret Glimpse at Life Inside a Bureaucracy

A Secret Glimpse at Life Inside a Bureaucracy

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