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Consumer confidence hits 18-year high

Click here: “These historically high confidence levels should continue to support healthy consumer spending, and should be welcome news for retailers as they begin gearing up for the holiday season,” says Lynn Franco, director of economic indicators at the Conference Board.
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Average FICO credit score hits all-time high

Click here: For the first time, the average national credit score has reached 704, according to FICO, developer of one of the most commonly used scores by lenders. FICO scores range from 300 to 850.
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Gallup: Republican Party Favorability Highest in Seven Years

Click here: Gallup – More Americans now view the Republican Party more favorably than the Democratic Party.

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Who Is Karl Marx?

When writing The Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx thought he was providing a road to utopia, but everywhere his ideas were tried, they resulted in catastrophe and mass murder. In this short 5-minute video, Paul Kengor, Professor of Political Science at Grove City College, illuminates the life of the mild-mannered 19th Century German whose ideas led to the rise of some of the most brutal dictators in world history.

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Equifax Breach: Freezing your credit is now free in all states under a new law

Click here: Starting last Friday, a new federal law allows people to freeze and unfreeze their credit at the three major credit bureaus without being charged. Before, it cost consumers in almost half the states $3 to $12 per bureau to freeze or unfreeze their credit reports. 
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SHOCK: Former FBI Director Comey & CIA Director Brennan both admit to being Communists

As hard as it is to believe, both former FBI Director James Comey AND former CIA Director John Brennan admit to being communists. Lou Dobbs reports in this short 6-minute video.

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John Stossel – Cool Commies and Other Myths

Michael Moynihan (The Daily Beast) joins John Stossel to discuss the myths which romanticize communism in this short 5-minute video.

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Walter E Williams – The Art of Legalized Theft

Professor Williams explains in this short 3-minute video what drives the political world.

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Hispanics flourishing in Trump economy

Click here: President Trump’s economy is the rising tide that is lifting all boats. This is especially true for Hispanics, who were among the biggest victims of the low-growth, high-regulation economy under President Obama. Last week, the Census Bureau announced new household income numbers, which showed that median income for Hispanic households grew by 3.7 percent, adjusted for inflation, last year. That’s more than double the increase seen by all households. More Hispanics moved into the upper-income brackets, and fewer remained in the lower ones. That’s welcome news as the nation celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month.
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Not a spare seat to be found as President Donald Trump addresses a packed U.S. Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa June 21, 2017.
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What Is Hezbollah?

When listing the world’s most notorious terrorist organizations, why is it that Al-Qaeda, ISIS and Boko Haram so quickly spring to mind, while Hezbollah is frequently forgotten? In this short 5-minute video, Tony Badran, Research Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, explains how the backing of Iran has served to legitimize Hezbollah on the world stage, while simultaneously making the group all the more dangerous.