op ed review 7/14
THIS WEEK’S NEWS
In President Trump's First Two-and-a-Half Years He's Already
Outperformed Every President in US Stock Market History
Winning: $10-12 trillion In Wealth Created Since President
Trump Took Office
“You’ve probably heard a lot overnight about President Trump
backing down on trying to get a citizenship question on the census
questionnaire next year. Trump says he’s devised another path to the same
information, which won’t be tied up for months with obstructionist lawsuits.”
Even 55% of Hispanic voters approve citizenship question on
census: Harvard poll
Citizenship question more popular than the media would lead
you to believe
Poll: Majority Wants Mass Deportations Following
Congressional Inaction
Whoops! Finally some honesty: AOC's Chief of Staff Admits the Green New
Deal Is Not About “Saving the Planet”: “..the true motivation….is to overhaul the
“entire economy.” (i.e.:advance socialism)
AOC's Green New Deal would boost gas tax $10-$13, 'destroy
economy'
American Psychological Association Pushes Polyamory “Multiple
Sex Partner Status as Legally Protected Class”
“All-Ages” Drag Show in Denver Draws Controversy, Protests
Video: Texas Reporter Watches 300 Migrants Cross Border in
Six Hours “continuous stream”
California Gives Green Light to Health Care for Illegal
Aliens
But when Mexico enforces its own laws, illegal immigration
drops
Why is this not obstruction of justice? Hillary Clinton
Posts Instructions for Illegal Immigrants to Evade ICE Agents
And Pelosi Gives 'Legal Advice' on How to Evade ICE Agents
Elizabeth Warren Promises to Import at Least 700 Percent
More Refugees to U.S.
One Federal Department Now Spending $100 Billion Per Month (>$1T/yr)
Minnesota City Council drops Pledge of Allegiance. “We
concluded that in order to create a more welcoming environment to a diverse
community we’re going to forgo saying the Pledge of Allegiance..”
Remember Christine Blasey Ford, portrayed as politically
moderate? “..her acquaintances reported
Ford’s profile on social media “had been notable for its extreme antipathy to
President Trump,” so she scrubbed her social media profile before detailing
alleged sexual assault.”
Ross Perot donated to Trump’s re-election campaign just before
his death.
Undercover video proves Google interfered in Irish abortion
referendum.
GoFundMe shuts down legal defense fund for cop who was sued
for on-duty shooting. Site claimed the page supported a ‘hate crime.’
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COLUMN OF THE WEEK
Star Parker 7/3
No Democrats, America Works!
With
the first round of Democratic Party debates behind us, Americans have now heard
from their candidates why they think they should run the country. One theme
permeates the messages of all these Democrats. America is not fair, and they
aspire to be president to make things fair.
Elizabeth
Warren: "When you've got an economy that does great for those with money
and isn't doing great for everyone else, that is corruption, pure and simple.
We need to call it out. We need to attack it head on."
Kamala
Harris: "For too long, the rules have been written in the favor of the
people who have the most and not in favor of the people who work the most. ...
on day one, I will repeal that tax bill that benefits the top 1 percent and the
biggest corporations of America."
Bernie
Sanders: "Well, President Trump, you're not standing up for working
families ... 83 percent of your tax benefits go to the top 1 percent. That's
how we beat Trump: We expose him for the fraud that he is."
There
are, of course, more candidates and more issues. But this generally sums it all
up.
Per
the Democrats, America is rigged for the wealthy; everyone else is a getting a
raw deal; and we need government to straighten everything out. The challenge
for President Trump and Republicans in the upcoming elections is to make clear
to voters that the Democrats' message is not true and to communicate what is
true.
Who
are these wealthy Americans who, according to Democrats, control everything? The
answer is that those who are wealthy are changing all the time, because
contrary to what we hear from Democrats, America works.
Every
year, Forbes Magazine publishes a list of the 400 wealthiest Americans. In
2018, 43 percent of those on this list were not on it 10 years before. Forbes
notes who among these 400 inherited their wealth and who are self-made. In
1984, according to Forbes, less than half of those on the list were self-made. In
2018, 67 percent "created their own fortunes."
"Over
the past 30-plus years," says Forbes, "the number of Forbes 400
members who have forged their own path, using entrepreneurial capitalism as a
means to attain a vast fortune, has increased dramatically. This tells us many
things, but one should stand taller than the rest: The American Dream, it
seems, is alive and well."
What
about all the tax unfairness that Democrats tell us about? According to the Tax
Foundation, in 2016, the latest data available, taxpayers earning in the top 1
percent paid 37.3 percent of all federal taxes. Those earning in the top 5
percent paid 58.2 percent of all federal taxes. Those earning in the bottom 50
percent paid 3 percent of all federal taxes.
At
less than 250 years old, the USA is one of the planet's youngest countries. Yet
at $20.5 trillion gross domestic product, its economy is by far the world's
largest. It's 60 percent larger than China's, the second-largest economy, and
more than 400 percent larger than Japan's, the third-largest. Those who want to
lead the country should be talking about what has created America's enormous
wealth and success, how to keep it going and how to assure that as many
Americans as possible participate.
Freedom
and entrepreneurial capitalism have been the mother's milk of the magnificent
American success story. The poor are not poor because the rich are rich or
because the system is rigged. If we want to help them, let's honestly examine
why they are not participating and try to help them help themselves.
Certainly,
many things don't work as well as they could. Health care, education, housing,
our entitlement programs. Almost invariably, their dysfunction comes from too
much government, not too little. If Republicans convey these truths in 2020,
they will win.
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FROM OTHER COLUMNS
“Two summers ago on a visit to Budapest, I asked the
spokesman for the Hungarian government about the growing problem of migrants
coming into Europe. He told me Hungary doesn’t have a migrant problem because
they don’t have welfare programs. So, he said, migrants continue their travels
to other European countries that do. That’s not the end of it, though. Hungary
has created programs to help migrants stay in their own countries so they won’t
feel the need to flee to Europe. It is a model the U.S. should consider
adopting beyond dwindling and often misdirected foreign aid.”
-Cal Thomas
“So here we have the captain of the American women’s soccer
team reluctant to sing the national anthem. You know what I think [Megan
Rapinoe] may be angling for? Kaepernick. She wants a Kaepernick deal with Nike.
… She’s showing Nike she can be just as anti-American as Kaepernick. Give me a
chance. Let me do the LGBTQ angle of Kaepernick.”
-Rush
Limbaugh
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BOOKS
“DARK AGENDA: The War to Destroy Christian America” by David
Horowitz. "An eye-opening account
of the left's sixty-year war against America’s Christian foundations.
If you want to understand the political crisis our country is facing,
read this book." - Gary Bauer, former Reagan Chief Domestic Policy Adviser
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LEFTIST WATCH
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez surprised to learn that being a
congresswoman involves ... work.
Billionaire Tom Steyer to join crowded 2020 presidential
race
Nice Work, Rapinoe! US Soccer Final Viewership Down by
ALMOST HALF Thanks to Trump-Bashing, Far Left National Team
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GLOBALONEY
Scientists in Finland go off script, find "practically no anthropogenic
[man-made] climate change" after a series of studies. ”..Man-made Climate Change Doesn't Exist In
Practice"
Why Wind and Solar Will Never Work
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DEMOCRATS
Democrats 2020: We’re currently witnessing one of the
greatest attempts at mass bribery in history. With each passing week the
Democrats running for the 2020 nomination offer yet another bribe for winning
more votes. The most recent is Senator Kamala Harris’s $100 billion dollar plan
for black home ownership. But this is child’s play compared to everything else
the Democrats have either proposed or endorsed. “Trillions and Trillions and
Trillions More”
Pelosi says Trump is trying to ‘Make America White Again’
with census question.
Circular firing squad:
AOC accuses Pelosi of racism.
Dems lose patience with ‘complete fraud’ AOC, rally to
Pelosi’s side
Tired, Irrelevant Democratic Candidates Point To Trump
Reelection
https://amgreatness.com/2019/07/09/tired-irrelevant-democratic-candidates-point-to-trump-reelection/
“Congressional
districts are allocated by CITIZEN population based upon the 10-year census.
That’s why Democrats and the media are now so opposed to having a citizen
question included in the census. They don’t want Americans to know how many
illegals are directly influencing the U.S. government. These millions of illegals
are canceling out the votes of citizens and reshaping Congress, meaning those
illegals are creating a Congress that works for them and not for you. If you’re
okay with this go ahead and move on. If you think this is a serious breach of
representative democracy then you would do well to share this information with
others…”
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ARTICLES
Candace Owens on Breaking the Victimhood Mindset
Harmeet Dhillon Launches 'Publius Lex' Legal Fund to Fight
Antifa and Big Tech
A look at all of Trump's enemies
Street Smarts in the White House
The Trump Stealth Engine Fueling The Economic Boom
Steyn: “Rip Van Woken
in a Land of Non-Binary Oreos”
3 Ignorant Myths About The Betsy Ross Flag, Dispelled
Tucker: The Democratic Party is now a religious cult
Feel good story: Country
music icon Lee Greenwood helps gift double-amputee veteran a customized home.
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WISE
WORDS
“Here comes the orator! With his flood of words, and his
drop of reason.”
-Benjamin
Franklin
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