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    Author Testifies That China Fails to Crack Down on Fentanyl

    In testimony before a congressionally created panel that oversees U.S.-China economic and security issues, four specialists outlined negative implications of China’s expanding role in the global health care market. Award-winning investigative journalist Ben Westhoff, addressing the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, spoke on the dangers of China’s lucrative production of the drug fentanyl. Westhoff is the…
    Stone Washington
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    How Private Ownership Could Provide Real Social Security

    With the next round of Democratic presidential candidate debates upon us, we will surely hear more about government activism to fix racial inequalities. Inequality is real and needs attention. According to the Urban Institute, average white household wealth in 2016 was $171,000 compared with average black household wealth of $17,409. Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., wants…
    Star Parker
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    New Scrutiny for Former Government Official Who Invited Trump Aide to Cambridge

    Carter Page’s visit to the University of Cambridge during the heat of the 2016 presidential campaign has long intrigued congressional Republicans looking into the origins of the FBI’s probe of the Trump campaign. Page, an energy consultant who joined the Trump team in March 2016, attended an election-themed conference at the storied British university July…
    Chuck Ross
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    Voters Reject Single-Payer Health Insurance and Socialism, Heritage Action Polls Find

    Americans don’t want socialism and the policies pushed by the left, such as government-run health care, a series of polls commissioned by Heritage Action for America has found.  “Our goal was simple: To find out what issues currently motivate the coalition that elected Donald Trump and Republican congressional majorities in 2016, so that we can keep…
    Rachel del Guidice
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    Native of Scandinavia Debunks Myth of Nordic Countries as Socialist

    Liberals like Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., frequently hold up Scandinavian countries as successful experiments in “democratic socialism.” A historian and native Swede, however, is speaking out against their failure to observe the clear capitalistic traits of Scandinavian markets. “Whatever you think about Sweden and what we did, you have to…
    Kaylee Greenlee
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    Military Parents Want ‘Choice-Driven’ Policy in K-12, Report Finds

    Active-duty service members and their spouses show strong support for “choice-driven education policies and programs” for their children, according to a survey on military families and K-12 education. “It is a national security issue. … We need to not hurt our families by limiting their education,” said report co-author Lindsey Burke, director of the Center for…
    Kaylee Greenlee
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    Fact Check: Does Trump Have the Most Successful Judicial Nomination Record Since George Washington?

    President Donald Trump has had what many would consider a successful record on judicial appointments—and has repeatedly cast that success in historical terms.  “We have many appeals court judges—many—that we’ll have appointed. The courts are a whole different thing,” Trump told a largely teenage audience gathered Tuesday in Washington, before giving them a quiz. “I…
    Fred Lucas
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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…
    Luke Rosiak
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    Socialism 101: Myths and Realities

    Young people across America are increasingly embracing socialism. A cloud of misinformation has led many Americans to think socialism is something it is not—a good system of government. The Daily Signal recently interviewed Chris Wright, founder and president of the Anticommunism Action Team, to debunk the myths about socialism. The full audio is below along…
    Rob Bluey
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    We Hear You: What American Socialists Say They Want

    Editor's note: Jarrett Stepman's report from a conference of socialists over Fourth of July weekend in Chicago prompted a huge response from The Daily Signal's audience. Here's a sampling.—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: Anyone who wants to understand why American political life is so debased should consider what socialist influences have done to our public…
    Ken McIntyre
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    4 Big Border Issues in Homeland Security Chief’s House Testimony

    The nation’s acting homeland security chief defended the U.S. Border Patrol against political attacks in testimony at a House hearing Thursday where he also denounced some employees’ unprofessional conduct on Facebook. “The incendiary and overwrought attacks on the men and women securing our border and enforcing immigration laws in the interior are unwarranted and damaging,”…
    Fred Lucas
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    Nominee for Joint Chiefs Chairman Holds Forward-Looking Vision for Military

    The chief of staff of the Army, poised for the ultimate military promotion, says he will bring a forward-looking, high-tech vision to the chairmanship of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Army Gen. Mark Milley has been nominated to replace Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford, who will be retiring upon the completion of his second term…
    Emma Watkins
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    Top Trump Administration Officials Discuss How to Fight Anti-Semitism

    A Justice Department summit on fighting anti-Semitism brought together Trump administration leaders such as Attorney General William Barr and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos with prominent figures in the Jewish community. “I am deeply concerned about the rise in hate crimes and political violence that we have seen over the past decade,” Barr said in his…
    Kaylee Greenlee
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    I Went to a Socialism Conference. Here Are My 6 Observations.

    While you were enjoying your Fourth of July weekend, I was attending a national conference on socialism. Why? Because socialism is having its moment on the left. Since there’s often confusion as to what socialism really is, I decided to attend the Socialism 2019 conference at the Hyatt Hotel in Chicago over the Fourth of…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    The Totally, Utterly Irrefutable Case Against Socialism

    When a dozen of conservatism’s best minds take on Socialism and expose it for the utopian fraud it is, attention must be paid. In a brief foreword to a special issue of National Review, Editor-in-Chief Richard Lowry admitted that many conservatives thought socialism in America had been “vanquished” after the collapse of Soviet Communism 30…
    Lee Edwards
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    The Opioid Epidemic and the Overcriminalization Impulse

    During the first round of the recent Democratic primary debates, Sen. Cory Booker seemed at first to appreciate the dangers of overcriminalization. “Our country has made so many mistakes by criminalizing things … . We know that this is not the way to deal with problems,” the New Jersey Democrat said June 26. But then,…
    GianCarlo Canaparo
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    Illinois Politicians Are to Blame for Tax Hikes, Not Washington

    Illinois lawmakers recently moved one step closer to raising state income taxes. It’s the last thing Illinois needs—residents and businesses are already leaving the state in droves due, in large part, to the inhospitable tax climate. The irony is that the same politicians who are about to pass these tax hikes have been howling for…
    Adam Michel
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    House Defense Bill Would Fail to Rebuild the Military

    The House Armed Services Committee needs to do more if it’s serious about continuing to rebuild the military and meeting the challenges outlined in the president’s National Defense Strategy. It all starts with the budget. Chairman Adam Smith, D-Wash., has proposed a version of the National Defense Authorization Act funding our nation’s defense at $733…
    Will Coudret
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    She Survived China’s Forced Labor Camp. Now She’s Urging Americans to Reject Socialism.

    Jennifer Zeng grew up admiring the Communist Party of China and adhering to its stringent rules. But her life changed forever when she embraced religion and was swept up in a government crackdown on Falun Gong. Arrested four times as a young adult and held in as a prisoner in a labor camp, she quickly…
    Rob Bluey
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    It’s Actually OK to Be Proud of the Military on Independence Day

    Some are hyperventilating over reports that this year’s annual Independence Day celebration in Washington will feature remarks by President Donald Trump, military flyovers, and stationary displays of Army equipment, including tanks.  The Washington Post highlighted the increased costs of the event and expressed anxiety over how there was a chance that tanks and other heavy…
    Thomas Spoehr
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