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Powerball jackpot-rigging scandal is forgotten

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Post date January 11, 2016

Click here: Powerball jackpot-rigging scandal is forgotten as fever sweeps the Country.

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Hillary’s Health Concerns

Post author By Falcon
Post date January 8, 2016

Click here: Medical experts raise red flags, question her claimed recovery from brain trauma

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Most Americans are only one paycheck away from the street

Post author By Falcon
Post date January 7, 2016

Click here: 63% of Americans can’t deal with a $500 emergency

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Satellite Data Shows 2015 Was NOT The Hottest Year On Record

Post author By Falcon
Post date January 7, 2016

Click here: Satellite Data Shows 2015 Wasn’t Even Close To Being The Hottest Year On Record

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FTC: Lumosity to pay $2M for ‘deceptive advertising’

Post author By Falcon
Post date January 6, 2016

Click here: Online “brain training” company Lumosity to pay $2 million in fines because it deceived users with claims its games improved mental performance and would stave off age-related cognitive decline.

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Obama Executive Order May Require Those Selling Even a Single Firearm to Become Licensed Dealers

Post author By Falcon
Post date January 5, 2016

Click here: Order also brings back plan to keep certain Social Security recipients from buying guns

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Do You Understand the Electoral College?

Post author By Falcon
Post date January 4, 2016

Do you understand what the Electoral College is? Or how it works? Or why America uses it to elect its presidents instead of just using a straight popular vote? Author, lawyer and Electoral College expert Tara Ross does, and she explains that to understand the Electoral College is to understand American democracy.

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Popular Vote vs. the Electoral College

Post author By Falcon
Post date January 4, 2016

Right now, there’s a well-organized, below-the-radar effort to render the Electoral College effectively useless. It’s called the National Popular Vote, and it would turn our presidential elections into a majority-rule affair. Would this be good or bad? Author, lawyer, and Electoral College expert Tara Ross explains.

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Study: 2015 a Record Year for Federal Regulation

Post author By Falcon
Post date January 1, 2016

Click here: 2015’s publication of federal government rules, proposed rules and notices amounted to 81,611 pages, higher than last year’s 77,687 pages and higher than the all-time high of 81,405 pages in 2010.

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Poll: Most Americans Support Government Surveillance

Post author By Falcon
Post date January 1, 2016

Click here: 56-percent of Americans favor the government conducting surveillance on Internet communications without a warrant. By party, Republicans (67 percent) and Democrats (55 percent) favor warrantless government surveillance.