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Half of Facebook Accounts are Fake?

Post author By Falcon
Post date January 25, 2019

Click here: Facebook has been lying to the public about the scale of its problem with fake accounts, which likely exceed 50% of its network.

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China, Russia Building Super-EMP Bombs for ‘Blackout Warfare’

Post author By Falcon
Post date January 25, 2019

Click here: Several nations, including China and Russia, are building powerful nuclear bombs designed to produce super-electromagnetic pulse (EMP) waves capable of devastating all electronics—from computers to electric grids—for hundreds of miles, according to a newly-released congressional study.

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Democrat Campaign workers demand minimum wage, progressive culture from 2020 Dems

Post author By Falcon
Post date January 24, 2019

Click here: “Every candidate should practice what they preach,” said Rebecca Katz, a veteran democrat progressive strategist. “If they’re talking about the American Dream, they should provide it for their own staffers as well.” “It’s hard to be going door-to-door, telling people you should vote for this [democrat] candidate because they support a $15 minimum wage when you yourself are making less than that,” added Ihaab Syed, secretary of the Campaign Workers Guild, a union for campaign staffers. “It’s hard to go door-to-door, calling for Medicare for All, when you’re not being given health care.”

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Americans Spent Over $43 Billion on Video Games in 2018

Post author By Falcon
Post date January 24, 2019

Click here: Consumers spent $43.4 billion last year, according to The NPD Group, which tracks retail sales of video game hardware and software. That’s an 18% increase over 2017.

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Exposing Students to Free Markets

Post author By Falcon
Post date January 24, 2019

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

Post author By Falcon
Post date January 23, 2019

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

Post author By Falcon
Post date January 22, 2019

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

Post author By Falcon
Post date January 21, 2019

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

Post author By Falcon
Post date January 17, 2019

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.

Post author By Falcon
Post date January 15, 2019

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.