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NY Times: Democrats Imitated Russian Tactics in Senate Race

Click here: “As Russia’s online election machinations came to light last year, a group of Democratic tech experts decided to try out similarly deceptive tactics in the fiercely contested Alabama Senate race, according to people familiar with the effort and a report on its results.”

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Record 156,795,000 Americans Employed, 13th Record-Breaker Under Trump

Click here: The number of employed Americans once again reached an all-time high of 156,795,000, the 13th record since Donald Trump became president.

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Who Are the Most Powerful People in America?

The genius of America is that it was set up as a representative government, but increasingly, Americans are ruled over by leaders who are unelected, and very powerful. Columbia Law Professor Philip Hamburger unmasks the people who are really ruling our lives in this short 5-minute video.

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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.