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CNN: Mexico 2nd Deadliest Country, Only Syria Deadlier

Click here: Mexico’s drug wars claimed 23,000 lives during 2016 — second only to Syria, where 50,000 people died.
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VIDEO: How Building a Border Wall Changed San Diego

In 1986, the San Diego border patrol sector accounted for approximately one-third of all apprehensions along the U.S. Mexico border. Today, it accounts for only a small fraction. How did the region go from one of the busiest sectors for illegal border crossings, to one of the most secure? The Daily Signal’s Kelsey Harkness visits the U.S.-Mexico border in San Diego to find out.

 

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Concern as Hate Crime Hoaxes Skyrocket

Click here: A comprehensive database of false reports of “hate crimes” committed in the USA.
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Toyota claims ‘World’s Fastest SUV’ title

Toyota Claims the World’s Fastest SUV after a Land Cruiser hit 230 miles an hour
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VIDEO: Why Isn’t Communism as Hated as Nazism?

When people think of humanity’s greatest evils, why is “communism” rarely mentioned? After all, it has caused more suffering than any other ideology, including Nazism.

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VIDEO: Where Are the Moderate Muslims?

After every terrorist attack, politicians and pundits reassure us that the atrocity does not represent the true beliefs of the “moderate Muslim majority.” But how many moderates are there? And what exactly does “moderate” mean? Military instructor and researcher Hussein Aboubakr explains.

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Environmentalists Are Dead Wrong, Just Look at Their Past Predictions

Click here: Hoodwinking Americans is part of the environmentalist agenda. Environmental activist Stephen Schneider told Discover magazine in 1989: “We have to offer up scary scenarios, make simplified, dramatic statements, and make little mention of any doubts we might have. … Each of us has to decide what the right balance is between being effective and being honest.” In 1988, then-Sen. Timothy Wirth, D-Colo., said: “We’ve got to … try to ride the global warming issue. Even if the theory of global warming is wrong … we will be doing the right thing anyway in terms of economic policy and environmental policy.”
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Graduation & dropout rates up in Iowa

Click here: Iowa Department of Education reports that Iowa has reached an all-time high in graduating high-school students at 91.3 percent. But Iowa’s dropout rate increased from 2.5 to 2.8 percent for the first time in five years.
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IPTV VIDEO: Southeast Iowa Art Tour

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VIDEO: American Indians Are Still Getting a Raw Deal

American Indians are the poorest of all of America’s ethnic groups. Why? After all, the government has granted them massive reservations and created entire agencies to look after them. Well, maybe that’s why. Naomi Schaefer Riley, author of “The New Trail of Tears,” explains.