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An “imaginary hobgoblin” – that’s what economics and finance professor Mark Perry called the so-called rise in income inequality in an article published yesterday for the American Enterprise Institute.
In other words, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the notion that the rich keep getting richer while the unwashed masses scramble for far fewer coins…
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In yet another round of congressional Ping-Pong Tuesday, Senate Democrats successfully filibustered a federal ban on abortions after 20 weeks, blocking the bill in a 54-42 vote that failed to garner the 60-vote majority it needed to advance.
Already passed by the House earlier this year, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act would ban…
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The federal government is spending $437,739 in taxpayer dollars for psychology students at Kalamazoo College to study whether getting drunk and sleeping around will increase a person’s chances of getting HIV.
No, really.
According to the grant request from the Michigan-based school, the National Institute of Health awarded the nearly half-million…
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In case you were worried about the United States’ inability to protect its borders, rest assured! A Vietnamese woman got caught at the Washington-Dulles airport while traveling with 20 live seahorses in her luggage Monday, preventing U.S. citizens from being overrun by illegal alien ocean life, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) boasted …
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The latest numbers from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) are in, proving our borders are secure by explaining that about 9,800 children and family units were caught crossing the U.S. border per day in August.
Broken down by category, CBP data shows 149 illegal alien children (UACs) were caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border per day in August for a…
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As they promised, House Republicans managed to pass two pro-life bills on Friday – one to defund the taxpayer-subsidized abortion giant Planned Parenthood, the other to increase protections for babies born alive during botched abortions. While they aren't expected to be signed into law -- President Obama has already promised to veto them, and…
Based on numerous polls and countless surveys, we already knew Americans didn’t trust Congress or the Executive Branch – but now, it looks like they don’t trust the courts, either.
A new Gallup poll released Friday shows only 53 percent of Americans say they have a “great deal” or “fair amount” of trust in the United States' judicial system, a record low since Gallup first began measuring…
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Speaking on the House floor yesterday, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) claimed Planned Parenthood has “never, ever, ever done one mammogram, because they are not certified to do mammograms.”
Gohmert advocated strongly for stripping Planned Parenthood of its millions in annual federal funding after nearly a dozen undercover videos, recently published…
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Color me stunned, but I do believe Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) just admitted to hating abortion.
Not that it will have any impact on the way she votes on the matter, but the Democratic House minority leader admitted that “we all” hate abortion during her weekly press briefing on Thursday.
After accusing Republicans of a “lack of respect for women”…
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Imagine waking up one morning believing you had only hours to live, only to be granted a second shot at life. That’s exactly what happened to Richard Glossip, a death-row inmate in Oklahoma charged with plotting the 1997 murder of hotel owner Barry Van Treese, after his lawyers filed the Hail Mary of all appeals and snagged him an emergency…
