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ConstitutionGovernmentPolitics
ELECTION ELITES OUTED AND SHENANIGANS EXPOSED
by Nancy Thorner November 14, 2020The November 3, 2020 election was a total exposure of “Republicans”
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ConstitutionGovernmentPolitics
Will Anti-Trump Anger Triumph Over Preserving Our Republic?
by Nancy Thorner and Bonnie O'Neil September 10, 2020The lines have been drawn. Will the American people choose what is offered by the Democrats or will Trump win in his re-election bid?
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Politics
Australia’s Most Prominent Libertarian Politician Speaks at The Heartland Institute
by Nancy Thorner April 20, 2017The Heartland Institute on April 12 hosted “An Evening with Sen. David Leyonhjelm,” who
distinguishes himself as the only libertarian in the Australian Parliament – the Rand Paul of the
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As the controversy rages between those Republicans who want full repeal and those who want to retain what might be “good” about ObamaCare, we are not asking the right questions.
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Environment/EnergyFeatured
Republicans Embrace All-of-the-Above Energy Policy
by H. Sterling Burnett July 28, 2016Democratic operatives responsible for writing their party’s platform unanimously adopted a provision calling for the Department of Justice to investigate companies that disagree with Democrats on global warming science.
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Commentators from the political “left” as well as the “right” have attempted to analyze and dissect the rise and appeal of Donald Trump. The reality is, I would suggest, is that he represents the essence of the modern interventionist state, with its regulated economy and redistributive politics.
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Arizona Republican Senator John McCain has over his decades in government built a reputation based largely on a few key tenets. As a genuine Vietnam War hero, and as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, he is one of the lead defenders and proponents of all things military. He relentlessly champions “good government” – i.e. spending government money more wisely and well. And he has engaged in a relentless pursuit of “campaign finance reform” so as to allegedly remove the undue influence of political donors on policy decisions.
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Budgets/TaxesFeatured
This Year’s Presidential Politics Equals Continuing Big Government
by Richard Ebeling March 29, 2016The daily and unending bombardment of political campaign reporting and news, with its “drama” about who will be the Republican and Democratic Party candidates for the U.S. presidency, hides from view the continuing and real choice facing the American public: freedom or statism, individual liberty or government control.
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Environment/EnergyFeatured
Both Parties are Fractured, but on Energy, Each is Unified
by Marita Noon March 9, 2016The Democrat divide is, as NBC News sees it, between dreamers and doers—with the International Business Times (IBT) calling it: “a civil war over the party’s ideological future.” The Boston Globe declares that the “party fissures” represent “a national party torn between Clinton’s promised steady hand and Sanders’ more progressive goals.”
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Environment/EnergyFeatured
Campaign 2016: Nobody Cares About Climate Change
by Marita Noon February 16, 2016Frustrated that nobody seems to care about climate change, “the country’s biggest individual political donor during the 2014 election cycle,” has pledged even more in 2016. Tom Steyer spent nearly $75 million in the 2014 midterms, reports Politico. He intends to “open his wallet even wider” now.
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Budgets/TaxesFeatured
A Constitutional Convention Can Be Limited in Scope
by Kyle Maichle February 4, 2016Many conservative pundits have been tough on Rubio because of his role in pushing a controversial immigration reform bill in 2013. Rothman calls Rubio’s endorsement of Article V “a dangerous pander to one of the right’s worst ideas.” Rothman’s column is largely a collection of old arguments against the convention process and is peppered with speculative claims about Rubio’s motives.
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Environment/EnergyFeatured
Ted and Trump Take Different Tracks on Ethanol
by Marita Noon January 26, 2016Terry Branstad was first elected governor of Iowa in 1982. His six terms in office have made him the longest serving governor in American history and the most influential politician in the state. He rarely takes sides in the Republican caucuses and hasn’t endorsed a primary presidential candidate since 1996.
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FeaturedInternet/Telecom
Who Can Screw Up a Water Auction in the Desert? Government Can
by Seton Motley January 13, 2016The age-old analogy describing a good salesman is “He can sell ice to Eskimos.” Let us now contemplate the opposite. What if someone has repeatedly screwed up so terribly – they could damage the sale of the hottest of commodities to a full panoply of desperate buyers? How could anyone hamstring a water auction – in the desert?