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Foreign nationals who were indicted for illegally voting still on state’s voter rolls

The Public Interest Legal Foundation wrote in its study “Safe Spaces” that the 1993 National Voter Registration Act makes it easier for noncitizens to register to vote because there are no other verification systems required to be in place.

September 9, 2018 in U.S..
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Number of people on unemployment welfare at 50-year low

Filings for unemployment benefits in the U.S. last week fell to the lowest number in nearly five decades, further evidence of a tight labor market and expanding economy.

September 9, 2018 in U.S..
Salazar for Senate

Socialist candidate Julia Salazar once arrested and accused of stealing thousands of dollars

The latest headache for Democratic Socialist darling Julia Salazar includes the uncovering of documents showing she was arrested in 2011 on suspicion of trying to access the bank account of the former wife of retired baseball all-star Keith Hernandez.

September 9, 2018 in U.S..
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Six key moments from the week’s social media congressional hearings

Sheryl Sandberg told senators that her company is working to eradicate fake news from Facebook. Jack Dorsey told the House Energy and Commerce Committee that Twitter is working to correct what led to the alleged shadow banning of some prominent conservatives on Twitter.

September 7, 2018 in U.S..
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Cory Booker goes rogue, leaks confidential docs in attempt to sink Kavanaugh

Democratic Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey revealed he leaked confidential documents to The New York Times relating to the judge’s work in the George W. Bush White House. “I’m saying I’m knowingly violating the rules,” Booker said.

September 6, 2018 in U.S..
Office of the President of the United States

Obama threatens to cancel taxpayer-funded speaking event if contract details released to the public

The event has already sparked criticism from citizens of Denmark’s Kolding Municipality, which is providing 750,000 kroner, or $117,000, in taxpayer funds to support the behind-closed-doors event titled “A Conversation with President Barack Obama.”

September 5, 2018 in U.S..
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Tucker Carlson on Nike, Kaepernick: ‘Real problem’ that the ‘most successful’ in US ‘hate this society’

“Sitting during the national anthem is a way of making a broad-based, generalized, and therefore impossible-to-rebut attack against the country that made him and Nike rich.”

September 5, 2018 in U.S..
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Leftists try to disrupt Kavanaugh hearing, Democrats try to delay

Chaos gripped the opening moments of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing Tuesday, as Democratic senators attempted to delay proceedings while protesters heckled Republican lawmakers.

September 4, 2018 in U.S..
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Electoral College foes continue push to make popular vote winner president

Efforts to elect the president by popular vote has had mixed popularity this year. After the Connecticut Legislature voted in May to join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, the plan is just 98 Electoral College votes shy of becoming a reality.

September 3, 2018 in U.S..
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Conservatives at Facebook form ‘FB’ers for Political Diversity’ to combat company’s ideological echochamber

More than one hundred conservative Facebook employees have joined an internal employee message board to protest what they call the company’s “intolerant” liberal culture.

September 2, 2018 in U.S..
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FBI refuses to say if it met with intelligence community inspector general over hacked Clinton server

An FBI spokeswoman refused to confirm if Intelligence Community Inspector General (ICIG) officials — including Frank Rucker, its chief investigator — briefed top bureau officials about evidence of penetration of Clinton’s private server by a Chinese government intelligence operation.

August 31, 2018 in U.S..
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Poll: Two-thirds of conservatives do not trust Facebook, Twitter and YouTube

Nearly two-thirds of self-described conservatives believe social media companies like Facebook, YouTube and Twitter are censoring conservative voices, according to a poll released Wednesday.

August 31, 2018 in U.S..

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