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Exposing Students to Free Markets

John Stossel started a charity called Stossel in the Classroom. It offers teachers free videos that introduce kids to free market ideas. Students rarely hear about these ideas in school. Watch this short 5-minute video to find out more.

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Minnesota Democrat Collin Peterson says Democrats should ‘give Trump the money’ for border wall

Click here: “Give Trump the money” Congressman Collin Peterson (D-MN) said. “I’d give him the whole thing…and put strings on it so you make sure he puts the wall where it needs to be. Why are we fighting over this? We’re going to build that wall anyway, at some time.” Peterson, the Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, added “I don’t know how we get (to a deal).   The White House hasn’t called me. When I bring up what I have to say (to Democrats), they look at me cross-eyed.”

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The media’s ‘Gotcha!’ hysteria is shameful

Click here: Imagine a scientist wanted to conduct an experiment to see if it’s true that blind hatred of President Trump has led Democrats and their media handmaidens to go ’round the bend and off the cliff. Such a scientist would inject a damning — and false — media report about Trump into the political bloodstream, then observe the reactions. It wouldn’t take long. Then, suddenly, the scientist would have to pull the plug on the experiment. He had seen enough to prove the thesis: Much of America, many of its leaders and some of its most prominent institutions are indeed gripped with madness.

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What It Takes to Become a Millionaire

What’s the difference between America’s millionaires and the rest of us? Chris Hogan, author of Everyday Millionaires, and his research team interviewed over 10,000 millionaires to find out, and what they discovered exploded a number of common myths in this short 5-minute video.

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Google is a bigger threat to America’s elections than Russia

Google’s Influence on American elections could be viewed as illegal campaign finance donations. Experts on the left are also alarmed by the findings in a recent report. Tucker Carlson explains in this short, but shocking, 8-minute video.

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Where Are You, Martin Luther King? We Really Need You.

A half-century after his death, Martin Luther King, Jr. is as revered as ever. But have we been following his example, or merely paying lip service to his ideas? Jason Riley, Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, weighs in with this short 5-minute video.

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WB’s Davis signs with Marshalltown

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West Burlington Senior Alexis Davis signs to play softball with Marshalltown Community College Friday at West Burlington. L-R: WB Head Softball Coach David Oleson, Jessica Davis (mother), Alexis Davis, Chris Davis (father), and Marshalltown CC Head Softball Coach Dominic Ellis.
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Sweden Isn’t Socialist

Click here: For years, I’ve heard American leftists say Sweden is proof that socialism works, that it doesn’t have to turn out as badly as the Soviet Union or Cuba or Venezuela did.

But that’s not what Swedish historian Johan Norberg says in a new documentary and Stossel TV video.

“Sweden is not socialist — because the government doesn’t own the means of production. To see that, you have to go to Venezuela or Cuba or North Korea,” says Norberg.

“We did have a period in the 1970s and 1980s when we had something that resembled socialism: a big government that taxed and spent heavily. And that’s the period in Swedish history when our economy was going south.”

Many people think Sweden is socialist, but its success comes from free markets. John Stossel explains in this short 5-minute video.
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‘The President Is Right’: Obama’s Former Border Patrol Chief Says Walls ‘Absolutely Work’

The chief of U.S. Border Patrol during Barack Obama’s presidency said Monday that President Trump is right in his view that border walls are effective. Watch this short 3-minute video interview.

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Why We’re Losing Liberty

Was the Constitution written in a way that was designed to protect freedom and limit the government’s size? Has it been effective in doing that? And what’s the Supreme Court’s record when it comes to protecting our rights? Robert George, Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University, answers these questions and more in this short 5-minute video.