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Hill Conservatives Sound Alarm Over Spending Deal
Some conservatives in Congress are denouncing a spending compromise between President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats “that increases spending by about $2 trillion over the next 10 years, but provides only $77 billion in offsets,” according to the chairman of the Republican Study Committee. “While conservatives can appreciate the agreement’s restrictions on poison-pill riders, the… -
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Too Many Black Americans Live in Horrible Conditions
Let’s think about priorities. Say that you live in one of the dangerous high-crime and poor-schooling neighborhoods of cities like Chicago, Baltimore, Detroit, or St. Louis. Which is most important to you: doing something about public safety and raising the quality of education or, as most black politicians do, focusing energies upon President Donald Trump… -
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Sen. Braun Describes How He’s Trying to Bring ‘Accountability’ to Washington’s Spending
Sen. Mike Braun, R-Ind., joins the podcast to explain the downsides of the new spending bill and how his MAP Act would boost the economy. The CEO-turned-senator, a newcomer to Washington, D.C., also shares why it seems so hard to get any kind of spending control to occur in Congress. Read the exclusive interview, posted… -
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Proposed Trump Administration Rule Would Close Eligibility Loophole, Reducing Food Stamp Rolls
The Trump administration is pushing a reform of the food stamp program that could remove as many as 3.1 million recipients from the rolls, in response to persistent questions about whether only genuinely eligible needy people are recipients. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is seeking to close a loophole that allows states to make those… -
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Ted Budd’s Bill Would Help Main Street Small Businesses Find Investors
The Unlocking Capital for Small Businesses Act of 2019 (H.R. 3768), introduced by Rep. Ted Budd, R-N.C., would provide a safe harbor for finders and a reasonable regulatory regime for more active private placement brokers. It would have a substantial positive impact on the ability of Main Street entrepreneurs to raise capital. A “finder” is… -
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What Led to This Nasty, Ugly Spending Bill
Americans should not be celebrating the spending deal agreed to by congressional leaders and President Donald Trump. They should be appalled and insist Washington stop spending money we do not have. The debt currently stands at a jaw-dropping $22 trillion, or $67,000 for every man, woman, and child in the country. Worse, it’s set to… -
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Massive Budget Deal Would Add Huge Debt on Trump’s Watch
Trillion-dollar deficits are back, and they’re here to stay. That’s the message being sent by President Donald Trump and congressional leaders through their recently agreed to budget mega-deal, announced on Monday. The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019 is the fourth two-year agreement to raise the discretionary spending caps set in 2011 as part of the… -
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Judicial Watchdog Submits Congressional Ethics Complaint Against Rep. Omar for Potential Perjury, Fraud
Conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch filed a complaint with the House of Representatives’ ethics office asking for an investigation into possible crimes committed by Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar. The possible crimes include “perjury, immigration fraud, marriage fraud, state and federal tax fraud, and federal student loan fraud,” according to the complaint filed Tuesday by… -
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Google’s Suppression of Content Threatens the Future of America
Last week, at the invitation of Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, I spoke to the Senate Judiciary Committee about Google’s having placed more than 60 Prager University videos on its restricted list. Any family that filters out pornography and violence cannot see those particular videos on YouTube (which is owned by Google); nor can any school… -
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Liberals’ Equality Act Could Bring Canada’s Transgender Waxing Controversy to America
A high-profile dispute in Canada over whether a transgender activist can force women’s waxing salons to handle male genitalia could be repeated in the United States if a Democratic bill becomes law. The Equality Act, which the House passed in May with unanimous support from Democrats, would make “gender identity” a protected category under federal anti-discrimination… -
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Interior Secretary Bernhardt Shares How He’s Promoting Federalism, Opening Up Land for Hunting
The Interior Department is relocating the Bureau of Land Management from Washington, D.C., to Colorado. So why move a federal bureaucracy to the other side of the country? Interior Secretary David Bernhardt discusses that, federalism, opening up 1.4 million acres for hunting and fishing, and more. Read the interview, posted below, or listen on the… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Media Requests for EPA Records Soar Under Trump
Major news outlets, seemingly more prone to investigative reporting in the Trump era, are much more aggressive in seeking records from the Environmental Protection Agency than they were in the final years of the Obama administration, The Daily Signal has learned. ABC News, CBS News, the Associated Press, The New York Times, The Washington Post,… -
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‘The Squad’ Is Only the Beginning of Nancy Pelosi’s Problems
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the rest of “the squad” are just the beginning of problems for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the left. Socialism—and not the soft, “Scandinavian” kind—is building so much momentum that soon, it could come to define the modern-day left. My colleague Jarrett Stepman shed light on this in attending the “Socialism… -
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Nearly 3,100 Federal Inmates to Be Freed Under Prison Reform
The U.S. Bureau of Prisons is freeing over 3,000 inmates under a criminal justice reform measure, the largest group to be released since President Donald Trump signed the bipartisan First Step Act into law less than seven months ago. The law’s Second Chance Hiring Program funds job training and re-entry initiatives to help former prisoners gain… -
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Governor’s Veto Means Hawaiians Will Continue Suffering Property Rights Violations
One of the most positive trends in American law is the nationwide effort to reform civil forfeiture laws. Since 2014, 33 states have taken steps to secure the property rights of their citizens by limiting the practice. Hawaii was poised to become the 34th state, but Gov. David Ige recently vetoed the bill. His veto… -
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How the Media’s Moon Landing Reminiscences Drowned Out the 50th Anniversary of Chappaquiddick
It’s a long-standing tradition of the news media to run stories on the anniversaries of consequential events from the past, as they did for the 75th anniversary of D-Day on June 6. Accordingly, for several days last week, the print and broadcast news media ran countless stories leading up to the 50th anniversary of the… -
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Art of the Budget Deal: Trump, Pelosi Agree to Up Spending and Debt
When President Donald Trump begrudgingly signed a budget deal he called “ridiculous” in order to get increases for the military budget, he asserted: “I’m not going to do it again.” That was 16 months ago. Now, the Trump administration and House Democrats reportedly have reached a deal to suspend the debt limit temporarily and increase… -
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Rep. Omar’s Latest Anti-Israel Move
While the State Department was trying to stop religious hostility, one congresswoman was down the street trying to fuel it. In an eerie backdrop to the Trump administration’s ministerial, Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., seemed determined to highlight the threat that exists right here at home—radical Democrats. Omar, who hasn’t exactly been a friend to Israel,… -
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Trump on the ‘Squad’: It Is Not ‘Capable of Loving Our Country’
President Donald Trump said Sunday he doesn’t believe congresswomen in the “Squad” are capable of being patriotic Americans, adding that they are “destroying” the Democratic Party. “I don’t believe the four Congresswomen are capable of loving our Country. They should apologize to America (and Israel) for the horrible (hateful) things they have said,” Trump said in… -
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Schumer Calls for Federal Probe of Russia-Based FaceApp
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced recently on Twitter the “need” for a federal investigation into the popular Russia-based image-editing technology for smartphones called “FaceApp.” “BIG: Share if you used #FaceApp: The FBI and FTC must look into the national security and privacy risks now because millions of Americans have used it; it’s owned by…