Understanding US Foreign Aid to Israel

The ties that bind the US-Israel relationship have been the subject of intense scrutiny over the years. The economic and military aid provided to Israel by the United States has been analyzed by experts, chronicled by historians and been the basis for op-eds by pundits, peers and politicians. Through it all, the main messages remain […]

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Electoral College Is Not ‘Affirmative Action’ for Rural Voters

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez loves to hate on the Electoral College. Once again, she has the nation up in arms about America’s unique presidential election system. The Electoral College, the New York Democrat said on Instagram last week, is a “scam” that “effectively weighs white voters over voters of color.” Then on Friday afternoon, she doubled […]

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Here’s Why We Aren’t—and Never Should Be—a Pure Democracy

Is America a democracy or a republic? This debate, if you can call it that, was launched on Twitter by two freshmen lawmakers, Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas. Crenshaw noted on Twitter that the Electoral College prevents pure democracy, and that’s a good thing. Ocasio-Cortez said a few days later that, essentially, […]

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Liberals Don’t ‘Invest’; They Spend Other People’s Money

Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, a self-avowed socialist, sometimes sounds like a multibillionaire entrepreneur when promoting his political agenda. He intends, you see, to “invest” a great deal of money. Of course, unlike a billionaire entrepreneur, Sanders won’t be investing his own money. He will be “investing” yours. Nor does Sanders intend to be a […]

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Fox News Attacks Trump; President Tweets Disdain for Fox News, Which ‘Isn’t Working For Us Anymore’

(CNSNews.com) – President Trump, in three tweets on Wednesday, said he needs to find another news outlet, because “Fox isn’t working for us anymore.” The president’s anger was triggered by a Fox News interview with DNC Communications Director Xochitl Hinojosa, in which Hinojosa discussed the shrinking field of Democrat presidential hopefuls. “I think that any […]

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Vermont Hospital Violated Nurse’s Conscience Rights on Abortion, HHS Says

The University of Vermont Medical Center forced a nurse to participate in an abortion, despite her objections, in violation of federal law protecting conscience rights, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Wednesday. The hospital denied the allegation. HHS cited provisions of 42 U.S.C. 300a-7, known as the “Church amendments,” named for then-Sen. […]

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Japan Surpasses China as Top Foreign Holder of U.S. Debt

(CNSNews.com) – Entities in Japan have surpassed entities in Mainland China as the top foreign holders of U.S. Treasury securities, according to the latest estimate published this month by the Treasury. In May of this year, the Chinese owned $1,110,200,000,000 in U.S Treasury securities and the Japanese owned $1,101,000,000,000. In June, however, Chinese ownership of […]

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