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CNBC: Economy adds more jobs than expected in August, and wage growth hits post-recession high

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Post date September 7, 2018

Click here: President Trump’s economy continues to exceed expectations. Payrolls grew by 201,000 in August. Well above what economists expected for August (191,000 increase). Average hourly earnings also jumped by 2.9 percent, above the 2.7 percent increase economists expected.

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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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Report: More than 90 percent of political donations by Google employees went to Democrats.

Post author By Falcon
Post date September 7, 2018

Click here: A study released today shows that more than 90 percent of political donations by Google employees went to Democrats. The news only amplifies fears that everything we read, see, and hear is being controlled by tech industry employees with a left-wing political bent.

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NBC & CBS News: Democrats Plotted to Disrupt Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court Hearing

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Post date September 5, 2018

Click here: Democratic senators opened Kavanaugh confirmation hearing with a protest plan that was coordinated and agreed to over the weekend, people familiar with the planning tell @NBCPolitics. — NBC Politics (@NBCPolitics) September 4, 2018

CBS News’ Nancy Cordes reports that a source familiar with the discussions confirms that Sen. Schumer held a conference call with Judiciary Committee democrats over the Labor Day weekend to discuss the strategy they are now deploying in a coordinated manner, interrupting the start of the hearing to call – one after the other – for a delay in the proceedings until senators get all the Kavanaugh documents they want and have time to read them.

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$75,000 a year with benefits; no college needed. Yet employers can’t fill jobs

Post author By Falcon
Post date September 5, 2018

Click here: As the economy barrels toward full employment, contractors are struggling to find enough skilled workers to fuel the construction boom.

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Manufacturers growing at fastest pace in 14 years

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Post date September 5, 2018

Click here: American manufacturers are on a roll: Business conditions surged in August to a 14-year high.

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Stossel: What Trump’s Supreme Court Pick Means for Liberty

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Post date September 5, 2018

Will Judge Kavanaugh will be good for liberty? John Stossel explains in this short 5-minute video.

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Are you Left or Liberal?

Post author By Falcon
Post date September 4, 2018

Tell the average American you’re a liberal and they’ll assume you’re on the political left. Yet, leftists and liberals hold very different positions on key issues. In this short 6-minute video, Dennis Prager explains how the tenets of liberalism like a belief in capitalism and free speech have more in common with conservatism than with the identity politics and racial resentment preached by the left.