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Federal Reserve: Increasing Minimum Wage will cost Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs

Click here: …[C]urrent minimum wages have directly reduced the number of jobs nationally by about 100,000 to 200,000, relative to the period just before the Great Recession.
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Israel: The World’s Most Moral Army

Is the Israeli military a paragon of morality and wartime ethics? Or is it an oppressive force that targets innocent Palestinian civilians and commits war crimes as a matter of policy? Colonel Richard Kemp, who was the commander of British Forces in Afghanistan, was in Israel during its war against Hamas in 2014, and analyzes whether Israel’s military is ethical, evil, or somewhere in between.

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NASA’s Climate change shock: Burning fossil fuels ‘COOLS planet’

Click here: BURNING fossil fuels and cutting down trees causes global COOLING, a new NASA study has found.
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How Do You Judge America?

Is the United States an exceptional country that has played a uniquely good role in history? Or is it a typical country, perhaps even a uniquely bad one considering the legacy of slavery and Jim Crow? On this, the Left and Right do not agree.

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NOAA Relies On ‘Compromised’ Thermometers That Inflate US Warming Trend

Click here: “The majority of weather stations used by NOAA to detect climate change temperature signal have been compromised by encroachment of artificial surfaces like concrete, asphalt, and heat sources like air conditioner exhausts,” Anthony Watts, a seasoned meteorologist and lead author of the study, said in a statement Thursday.

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How Do We Make Society Better?

How do you want to improve America? By focusing on improving and refining yourself? Or by transforming society? The answer to that question will reveal whether you’re on the Left or the Right.

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How Big Should Government Be?

How big should the government be? And what is its proper role in the daily lives of Americans? The Left and Right have opposite answers.

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NY Times Poll: Most Americans say ‘NO’ to Assault Weapons Ban

Click here: New York Times Poll Shows Majority Of Americans Don’t Want ‘Assault Weapon’ Ban

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Hillary Clinton’s most repugnant lie

Click here: Liar, liar, pantsuit on fire: Hillary Clinton still insists she didn’t tell the grieving families of the Benghazi victims that an anti-Islam video was to blame.
Yet family members say she said just that, three days after the attack, at the Sept. 14, 2012, ceremony at Andrews Air Force Base.
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Click here: Benghazi hero’s sister rips Hillary Clinton, “She knows that she knew what happened that day and she wasn’t truthful,” Kate Quigley said. “This is a woman that will do and say anything to get what she wants. I have very little respect for her. I know what she said to me and she can say all day long that she didn’t say it. That’s her cross to bear.”

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Leftist Magazine calls for Banning & Confiscation of All Guns (Police Too!)

Click here: It’s Time to Ban Guns. Yes, All of Them. Ban guns. All guns. Get rid of guns in homes, and on the streets, and, as much as possible, on police.