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Occupational Licensing Harms Poor, Doesn’t Help Consumers: Report Feb 24, 2020

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Occupational licensure — requiring individuals seeking to engage in a profession to obtain the state’s permission to do so, often at a high cost — does little to enhance consumer safety but much to prevent those at the lowest rung of the economic ladder from improving their lot, according to a recent report from the Archbridge Institute, a Washington, D.C., think tank.

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Nanny-state NY: Lawmakers Want to Ban Smoking in PRIVATE Dwellings Feb 24, 2020

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In New York, once found to be the least free state, politicians are working overtime trying to make ex-NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg’s ill-fated large soda ban seem the norm. The latest example is a proposal in Long Island’s Suffolk County to ban smoking “in apartment complexes, condominiums, and multi-family dwellings,” writes CBS New York, with violators facing up to a $1,000 fine.

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Stone Judge Suggests Russian Collusion Hoax Is True Feb 21, 2020

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Just before she sentenced longtime GOP operative Roger Stone to 40 months in prison for obstruction, witness tampering, and lying to Congress, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson unbosomed herself of a jeremiad to remind everyone that Stone and President Trump threaten the very foundation of the Republic.

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President’s Report Shows U.S. Economy Continues To Exceed Expectations Feb 21, 2020

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The Economic Report of the President, released on Thursday, touts the remarkable performance of the U.S. economy under the current administration. The good news is that the good news is likely to continue well on into the future.

Said the president, “Over the past three years my administration has championed policies to restore the United States’ economic strength, propelling growth to levels far exceeding preelection expectations.”

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Court Rules Against Christian Professor Who Refused to Use Trans Student’s Preferred Pronouns Feb 21, 2020

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Social Justice mania continues to infringe on First Amendment rights as an Ohio Court has told a Christian professor he could be fired for refusing to use trans pronouns, upholding the school’s nondiscrimination policy. Shawnee State University (SSU) professor Nicholas Meriwether filed suit against SSU after the university sided with a student who became hostile when Professor Meriwether said he would not refer to the student by his preferred pronouns.

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Communists Winning Elections Feb 21, 2020

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RICHMOND — Mainstream media outlets have spent the last four and a half years focused on the phantom of Russia influencing U.S. elections with the help of Donald Trump. Meanwhile, pro-Chinese communists working within and without the Democratic Party have been successfully implementing a plan to flip one state after another toward the left. The goal is to use Democratic control as a transitional stage toward communist control.

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Two Dozen Christians Slaughtered in Burkina Faso Church Attack Feb 20, 2020

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Gun-wielding terrorists killed at least 24 Christians, including a pastor, during an attack on a church in the West African nation of Burkina Faso on Sunday. The attack was just the latest example of the increasing violence against Christians and other marginalized groups in the majority Muslim nation.

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The Nation Against Politicians on Gun Rights Feb 20, 2020

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As the Left pushes harder and harder for civilian disarmament under the euphemistic title of “commonsense gun control,” individuals, communities, cities, counties, and entire states are pushing back. The result may be that liberal Democrats — who have enjoyed the media-inspired backlash against President Donald Trump — may soon find that they have been digging their own political graves.

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Despite Attacks at Wednesday’s Debate, Bloomberg’s Strategy Remains in Place Feb 20, 2020

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Despite being targeted by his Democrat opponents during Wednesday night’s so-called debate, Mike Bloomberg’s strategy remains in place: to fracture the race so that no one wins on the first ballot at the Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee in July.

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Chris Matthews Still Worried About Repeat of ’72: Sanders Must Be Opposed Feb 20, 2020

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About a year ago, moderate liberal Democrats began sounding the alarm that a radical-left presidential candidacy would end in a McGovern-like defeat in 2020.

The Green New Deal and Medicare for All are examples of non-starters, the moderates said, and pushing them and other radical ideas will end in disaster.

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