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Why is Congress a millionaires club?

This article was written in 2012 but begs the same question be asked today.

The evidence is clear: Americans overwhelmingly disapprove of Congress and don't believe their representatives share their priorities.


There's plenty of room for debate over whether Congress shares voters' priorities on political and policy issues. But when it comes to personal priorities, at least, voters have good reason to be skeptical of Congress. Most members of Congress simply don't share in the average American experience.

National unemployment has lingered above 8 percent for longer than 28 straight months. Congress, meanwhile, is a club that consists of 245 millionaires. Based on 2009 data, there are currently 66 in the Senate and 179 in the House (among current voting members). So while just 1 percent of Americans are millionaires, 66 percent of senators are millionaires, as are 41 percent of House members.

Even the 2010 elections, with its promises to "take our country back," produced a freshman class of senators with a median net worth of close to $4 million. The median net worth of freshman House members is more than half a million dollars, according the Center for Responsive Politics, a Washington-based, non-partisan research group that tracks the effect of money on elections and public policy.

Multiple factors contribute to this picture. It begins with campaigns that have become increasingly costly to run, making it all the more difficult for a person of modest income to run for office. National parties, looking for ways to bring down their own costs, actively recruit wealthy candidates.

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What the Naysayers Don’t Want to Hear: 5 Reasons Why Trump Will Win in 2020?

Reason #1: He cares about American families
Reason #2: His main priority is America, not other countries
Reason #3: He knows how important a country’s military force is
Reason #4: He has endured constant attacks without giving up on the USA
Reason #5: He has made the economy — and our lives — better


ALEC BALDWIN’S IMPRESSION OF OUR PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, MAY HAVE REMINDED SOME THAT HIS CAREER IS NOT (YET) OVER, BUT IT STILL GOES TO SHOW HOW THE NAYSAYERS ARE WILLING TO GO THE EXTRA MILE IN ORDER TO PREVENT AMERICANS FROM LIVING THEIR BEST LIVES.
THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS — DONALD TRUMP IS HERE TO STAY. IN FACT, HE’S STAYING BECAUSE HE BELIEVES THE USA CAN AGAIN BECOME A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH; A COUNTRY THAT THE WHOLE WORLD WILL RESPECT, WHETHER THEY LIKE IT OR NOT.
Still not convinced? Well, then, it’s time to remind everyone of the five reasons why Trump will certainly win the re-election in 2020.

The 5 reasons in detail:

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Deadly Weapons

SO You want to ban Guns??--Below is the deadliest weapon ever known to man and it's legal--Just since 1973 it has killed over 60 million unborn Babies in America alone---that is 58.5 Million more then all of the soldiers killed in all of the wars since America's beginning --And you doubt that God calls abortion a Sin?? Really??

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Why the Democrats are slowly disappearing.

The Democrat party is no longer the party of Kennedy and Roosevelt. They used to be the party of the working class. Now they are the party of open borders, abortions, resistance, high taxes and crime. They are the party of gay activism, misgendering and fake news. They are the party of violent protests, rent-a-riot marches and witch hunts. Funny, they don't like to be referred to as male or female but they hold 'Women's marches'. Considering they are are the party of slavery, segregation, the KKK, Jim Crow, racial terrorism, sympathy for fascism, discrimination and lynching, it is not surprising that people who want to coexist in a peaceful surrounding are leaving the Democrat party. Over 58 million possible future Democrats have been aborted since 1973. Democrats are killing off their future. Planned Parenthood is Planned Obsolescence of the Democrat Party.
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The Mueller Merry-Go-Round - The Circus that never ends

How convenient is it that CNN was tipped off to be there to witness it live, for maximum propaganda impact? HA! Real collusion is between the deep state and the fake news. Meanwhile the real criminals roam free and are still in power. What a joke. Definitely not a load of sh-t!
That was a Tweet by @MrWyattEarpLA



Since when does the FBI alert a supposed news org. that an arrest is about to be made? They are usually made in the darkness of night with stealth. Something rotten in FBI.

Here's the absurdity of Stone's arrest:

One of the counts against him is failure to turn over some emails and texts.

HILLARY DESTROYED EMAILS, PHONES AND TEXTS WHILE UNDER SUBPOENA! NOT ONE CHARGE! ZERO??

Filming his arrest was red meat for liberal MSM.


That was a Tweet by @HLAurora63



WATCH: CNN Airs Footage of FBI Arresting Roger Stone

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Kudlow: 'Hottest Economy in World' to Grow 3 Percent

White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow on Friday said he expects forecasts of three percent U.S. economic growth this year to hold because America enjoys the "hottest economy in the world."

The veteran financial guru and former Ronald Reagan adviser also said that he did not see rising U.S. employment as increasing inflation, speaking in an interview on Fox Business Network after government data earlier on Friday showed U.S. job growth surging in January.


“The economy is very healthy. The president was tweeting out this morning, I think correctly. The USA is hottest economy in the world," he told Fox's Stuart Varney.

“The tax cuts are working. The deregulation is working. The trade reforms are working. We're hitting on all cylinders," said Kudlow, who worked as Reagan’s budget deputy between 1981 and 1985.

“I think our three percent growth rate is intact I think we're going to surprise a lot of people," he said, urging his friends who are pessimistic to not bet against the American economy.

The Labor Department’s closely watched monthly employment report on Friday showed no “discernible” impact on job growth from a 35-day partial government shutdown. But the longest shutdown in history, which ended a week ago, pushed up the unemployment rate to a seven-month high of 4.0 percent, Reuters reported.

With key data from the Commerce Department, including the fourth-quarter gross domestic product report, still delayed because of the government shutdown, the employment report is the clearest evidence yet that the economy remains on solid ground.

Clouds have been gathering over the economic expansion, now in its ninth year and the second longest on record, with business and consumer confidence deteriorating in recent months. Confidence has been eroded by the fight over the government budget and Washington’s trade war with Beijing.



Now that's banging the drum !!


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Don’t confuse indictments with collusion.

Don’t confuse indictments with collusion. Yes, if someone lies under oath, they should be held accountable. But bottom line: it’s been 20+ months, and we have seen ZERO evidence of any Russian collusion. These Mueller moves have nothing to do with POTUS.

There was no collusion.

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Why take the long way north?

The blue path is the one that the migrants took to the San Ysidro Port of Entry at Tijuana/San Diego, CA. The red path is the one that they could have taken to the Hidalgo Port of Entry at Reynosa/McAllen, TX.

Notice the difference? The path to McAllen is approximately 1,300 miles long; whereas the path to San Diego is approximately 2,700 miles long.   So the caravan traveled more than twice as far as it needed to .
Why in the world would they do that?
There are two reasons.

Ninth Circuit.
California is a sanctuary state

The state may interfere more directly with federal immigration enforcement.
In contrast, in Texas, law enforcement agencies like the Texas Department of Public Safety cooperate with federal officials to improve border enforcement. To be sure, there are some sanctuary cities in Texas too; but it’s nothing like California.

In short, the migrants’ attorneys made sure that the caravan went the extra mile - or extra 1,400 miles - to arrive where the rule of law is the weakest in the United States. And their advice appears to be paying off. Federal immigration enforcement personnel can still prevail, but the playing field is tilted against them.

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R.I.P. Journalism 1582-2019

The BuzzFeed reporter who wrote the story about President Trump allegedly ordering Michael Cohen to lie about plans to build a Trump Tower in Moscow admitted on CNN today that he hasn’t seen any evidence to corroborate it.

Late last night, BuzzFeed released a story written by Anthony Cormier claiming that Trump had received 10 personal updates from Cohen about the progress of the tower and that Trump had “personally instructed him to lie” about the date negotiations ended “in order to obscure Trump’s involvement”.

The story cites two unnamed law enforcement officials who are privy to special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian collusion.

However, when asked by New Day host Alisyn Camerota if he had personally seen any “corroborating evidence” that backs up his story, BuzzFeed’s Cormier responded, “No, I’ve not seen it personally.”

He went on to claim that the two unnamed law enforcement officials referred to in his report were aware of the evidence.

The farce again underscores how the media, which Trump has labeled the opposition party, routinely relies on unnamed sources to make monstrous allegations with no tangible evidence to back them up.

Yesterday, it was reported that Cohen paid the head of a small technology company to rig online polls in Trump’s favor, an effort that was unsuccessful.

Supporters of Trump and Trump himself have argued that Cohen, whom they have labeled “the rat,” is lying and exaggerating in order to secure a reduced prison sentence.

Jordan Schachtel summarized the numerous holes in the “bombshell” story.

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No Wall, No SOTU, No Nuthin—EXCEPT: TRUMP, “100,” DEMS, “0.”

Right about now you might be in pile-on mode, trashing Trump for “caving.” But this would only be parroting unwarranted Lib-Speak. Democrat screeching, for, “We Won, and You Lost!”

No they didn’t win. No we didn’t lose. It ain’t over until it’s over or the fat lady sings.

Trump has not “caved” to the Left. Give him a chance to operate. Let him swing out the big cargo and drop it cleanly on deck when he’s ready. He’s obviously playing a very long con here—a long game of chess, not checkers.

Pay attention: this ain’t no disco. This is real life. This is real street-bashing, America-churning, kick-butt politics. This is the great American game of power and money. It’s being played in public, right in front of you. Watch and learn.

Yes, the President already had enough justification to declare an emergency and build the wall. Yes, he could have engaged in glorious drama and given his SOTU speech from some sunlit American mountaintop. Yes, he could have done a lot of things that would have pleased his Base.

But—you see—he’s not playing against his base.
He’s playing against the Democrats.

And with infallible eagle-eyes, he has never lost sight of the target. The goal. His ultimate victory over Democrats.

His audience is not you—you might feel let down or even betrayed. But you will laud and praise Donald Trump when this is over. When he plays his hand and high chips. When he kicks Democrat butt all over the House, Senate, and Country.

When he builds the wall; when he gives his SOTU; when he does whatever else he has planned in this long con he’s running. On his own terms. In his own time. His own way.

Because it’s Democrats who’ve walked into a trap—not Trump. Nobody traps Trump. It doesn’t happen.

It’s Democrats who are on stage LIVE and in color with Trump—not Trump who is on stage with Democrats. And the entire world is watching this performance. Smooth and masterful by Trump. Glossy and stupid by Democrats.

In my opinion, Trump’s ultimate target is Democrat cohesion itself. The famed Democrat unity, armor, and circling of wagons—Democrat one for all, and all for one.

Trump’s long game seems guaranteed to split the Democrats wide open in a Democrat Civil War.

They will launch on each other in flaming, Katyusha-like barrages of recrimination, doubt, and hate. They will lurch in different directions. They will break apart. They will burn their own wagons to the ground.

The House of Democrats will implode on itself. There will be damage and chaos everywhere. The Grand will fall. Media Darlings will be loathed. The Low will be raised up.

It will come down to Democrat against Democrat. They will massacre themselves.

Give Donald time to un reel his master plan. You will love him again afterwards. There’s time.

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The Beauty of Adoption

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Fake News vs What really happened.

CNN ran a story - (CNN)A crowd of teenagers surrounded a Native American elder and other activists and mocked them after Friday's Indigenous Peoples March at the Lincoln Memorial.

Videos of the confrontation show a smiling young man in a red Make America Great Again hat standing directly in front of the man, who was playing a drum and chanting. Other kids could be seen laughing, jumping around and making fun of the chants.
"I did not feel safe in that circle," said Kaya Taitano, a student at the University of the District of Columbia who participated in the march and shot the videos.
She told CNN that the teens were chanting things like "Build the wall" and "Trump 2020."




They did not tell you everything.

Now what really happened.

Here is a video clearly showing that Nathan Phillips approached the students. On the basis of the evidence we now have, I believe that people who issued categorical and one-sided condemnations of the students should retract and apologize.




Now you know the real story.
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