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WB Corners Academy receives Donation

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West Burlington High School’s ‘Corners Academy at SCC’ receives an $800 donation for the program Wednesday from the Community Foundation of Des Moines County. Front row (l-r): Teresa Garcia, Matt Rinker, WBAHS Principal Bruce Snodgrass, WB English Instructor Vern Reed, Jerry Jochims. Back row (l-r): Mike Shinn, Jerry Parks, Amy O’Brien, and Dennis Wilson.
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Census confirms 63% of ‘non-citizens’ on welfare

Click here: A Census Bureau finding shows 63% of non-citizens are using a welfare program, and it grows to 70% for those here 10 years or more, confirming another concern that once immigrants tap into welfare, they don’t get off it.
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GM should repay U.S. taxpayers for bailout

Click here: $11.2 billion in taxpayer money lost saving the company

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Error upends major ocean warming study

Click here: Researchers at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Princeton University had to walk back their findings published last month that mistakenly showed oceans have been heating up dramatically faster than previously thought as a result of climate change.

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Video shows migrant caravan is ‘organized, well-funded’ and 95% adult males.

Ami Horowitz traveled to Mexico for a firsthand look at the migrant caravan from Central America. Horowitz shows the reality of the caravan in this short 4-minute video.

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Why Some Capitalists Are the Worst Enemies of Capitalism

Amazon lobbies for government favors and bad regulations that hurt their competition. John Stossel explains in this short 6-minute video.

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Hamilton: The Man Who Invented America?

Alexander Hamilton: You know the name, but what do you know about the man? Joseph Tartakovsky, senior fellow at the Claremont Institute, details how Hamilton took a country with no past and envisioned its future. This short 5-minute video was made in partnership with the American Battlefield Trust.

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HERE IT IS: Complete List of President Trump’s Accomplishments in the Two Years Since His Historic 2016 Election Win

Click here: Overall President Trump’s first two years since the 2016 election are outstanding. He was attacked from all sides at times yet stood tall. America is stronger and greater than ever before. The economy is growing and the world is safer.  President Trump kept his promises and has truly Made America Great Again!
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President Donald Trump speaks to a packed U.S. Cellular Center crowd in Cedar Rapids, Iowa June, 21, 2017
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October Surprise: U.S. Added More Than 1,000 Manufacturing Jobs a Day, Best Since 1998

Click here: The United States added 32,000 new manufacturing jobs in October, more than 1,000 every day, including holidays and weekends. Twenty-one thousand of the new manufacturing goods were in durable goods manufacturing, including more than 10 thousand in transportation manufacturing. More than 6,000 new jobs were added in autos and auto parts. Nearly 5,000 jobs were added by makers of machinery.
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Record Employment for 12th Time Under Trump

Click here: The number of employed Americans has never been higher. The 156,562,000 Americans employed in October is the twelfth record set under President Donald Trump.