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Brexit: Why Britain Left the European Union

Is the European Union good for Europe? Or would Europeans be better off without it? Nigel Farage, a leader of the United Kingdom’s Brexit movement, shares his view in a short 5-minute video.

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President Trump’s Economy Revving Up

Click here: New jobs increase by 313,000, exceeding 200,000 predicted by over 56%.
Click here: Record Number of Americans Employed. 155,215,000 Americans were employed in February, 785,000 more than last month’s record 154,430,000, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.
Click here: Black unemployment falls to record low.
Click here: American Manufacturing Jobs Up 31,000 in February; Up 263,000 Since Trump Took Office
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President Donald Trump speaks to a packed U.S. Cellular Center crowd in Cedar Rapids, Iowa June, 21, 2017
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Florida School Shooting Survivor Offers Alternatives to Gun Bans

Click here: Kyle Kashuv, a 16-year-old junior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, says employing veterans to guard schools and making mental health counseling available to students could help prevent mass shootings. Kashuv didn’t grow up around guns, and his family never owned any. When his peers say that “banning automatic weapons” is a solution to mass shootings, he corrects them. “They’ve been banned for a long time,” he says.
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REPORT: Broward County Schools Embraced Obama Policy To Avoid Arresting Criminal Students, Allowing Parkland Shooter To Slip Through Cracks

Click here: Florida school shooter was able to escape scrutiny despite dozens of red flags, including dozens of reports to police and at least two reports to the FBI, thanks to Obama administration policy dedicated to preventing the arrest of troubled students.
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Iowa town threatens resident with lawsuit for critical website

Click here: The city of Sibley, Iowa is threatening to sue one of its residents over a website that criticizes city officials.
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Something ominous is happening to men in America

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China’s Long Arm Reaches Into American Campuses

Click here: China is stepping up efforts to inject communist party ideology into student life.
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Study: Over 16.3 million Americans have Concealed Handgun Permits

Study: Over 16.3 million Americans have concealed handgun permits, and the number is climbing. Over 10% of Adult Iowans now have carry permits
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VIDEO: I used to be a Big Progressive, but not anymore. Here’s why I left the Left.

Dave Rubin of The Rubin Report used to be a big progressive. He even had a show with The Young Turks! But now he’s not a progressive. He has left the left. Why? Dave Rubin shares his story in short 4-minute video.

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How the Nation’s Governors Are Reacting to Trump’s Proposals on Guns, School Safety

Click here: “Right now, the reason it is easy to kill people in a school is because it is a gun-free zone and is known to be a gun-free zone,” said Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin, “Anyone who brings a gun into that gun-free zone knows that they have some period of time—might be seconds, but more likely minutes—before anyone will encounter them to stop them in any way, shape, or form.”