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on August 3, 2016 in World News

Obama: Yes, Trade Deals Hurt Everyday Americans, ‘People Lost Jobs’

by Neil W. McCabe President Barack Obama spoke about the pain and suffering of American workers caused by past trade agreements Tuesday at a joint press conference held in the East Room of the White House with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who is in the United States to voice support for the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership. “It is absolutely true, the evidence shows that some past trade deals have not delivered on all the benefits that were promised and had very localized costs,” Obama said. The Trans-Pacific Partnership must be ratified by the Senate as a treaty. “There were communities… View Article

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on August 3, 2016 in Gun Page World News

Chicago: ‘Deadliest July in 10 Years’ for Gun Control Haven

by AWR Hawkins July 2016 was the “deadliest July in 10 years” for heavily gun-controlled Chicago: Sixty-five individuals were shot and killed. Moreover, according to the Chicago Tribune, such death figures do not set a new record — they simply tie a record set in 2006, when 65 individuals were killed in the month of July. This brings Chicago’s homicide total to “nearly 400” for the first seven months of 2016 alone. The number of homicides for the whole year of 2015 was 490. Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson tried to abate the feeding frenzy on the July death numbers by pointing out that… View Article

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on August 3, 2016 in World News

Khizr Khan ‘Lying for the Faith’ by Pretending ‘There Is No Such Thing as Sharia Law’

by John Hayward Center for Security Policy founder Frank Gaffney joined SiriusXM host Stephen K. Bannon on Wednesday’s Breitbart News Daily to discuss the ongoing feud between Donald Trump and the Khans, the Gold Star family that attacked him from the stage of the Democratic National Convention. Gaffney said the story has been “a huge distraction from the main issue – which, in fact, this Gold Star father was trotted out to try to sort of obscure, and that is: should we be importing, into this country, more jihadists?” “By some polls, 80% of the American people quite common-sensically say,… View Article

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on August 2, 2016 in World News

Obama Extends Syrian Migrant Protections Amid Texas Resistance

by Lana Shadwick The Obama Administration has extended a program to 2018 that allows Syrians — or those who last habitually resided there — to register or re-register for Temporary Protected Status. Officials in Texas continue to resist the effort. A notice in the Federal Register from August 1st reveals that Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson is “extending the designation of the Syrian Arab Republic (Syria) for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months, from October 1, 2016 through March 31, 2018, and redesignating Syria for TPS for 18 months, effective October 1, 2016 through March 31, 2018.” “The extension allows TPS beneficiaries to… View Article

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