June 26, 2016

John Snow: I Will Be a Strong Supporter of Trump

Former U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow discusses his support of the Republican Party and presumptive nominee Donald Trump. He speaks with Bloomberg's David Gura on "Bloomberg Markets." (Source: Bloomberg)

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Brexit: The Gift That Will Keep on Giving

(Steven Hayward) We've already had plenty of coverage here about the elite left's unhinged whingeing about the Brexit vote, and I predict the Brexit vote will become for Europolitans what the sainted Citizens United decision is for lefties here in the U.S—a source of perpetual rage and blame for everything that bothers them about human existence in the 21st century. I had thought that the scare campaign would succeed, and indeed between

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Wisconsin's nonpartisan elections board in final days

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Whether Wisconsin's unique nonpartisan elections board was a failed experiment or was so successful that it became a political target, this much is true: It goes away this week.

Targeted for elimination by Gov. Scott Walker and fellow Republicans who control the Legislature, the Government Accountability ...

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Facebook official meets with conservatives in Washington after accusation of liberal bias

Facebook's reboot with the right was firing on all cylinders last week as Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg met with conservatives in Washington, D.C., and announced a program to manage employee political bias.

And then she publicly endorsed Democrat Hillary Clinton for president.

Still, Ms. Sandberg did enough during her ...

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Clinton Hammers Trump Over Brexit Response in New National Ad

Clinton surrogate says Trump focused on sprinkler systems while markets tanked.

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CBS: Trump Beating Clinton In Battleground States With Voters Who Want Change

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Warning: "This will make your blood boil"

(Scott Johnson) It's hard to keep up with the news regarding Hillary's Clinton's private email server for her official business as Secretary of State. The facts are on their face are outrageous and disgraceful. The nature of the facts is reflected in the thoroughgoing falsity of everything Clinton has had to say on the subject with great conviction. Speaking of conviction…well, I can dream. The Russian hacking of the DNC obviously bears

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Kaine: No One Should Say They're Ready to Be President

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Marco Rubio rules out vice-presidential candidacy

Sen. Marco Rubio on Sunday said he's not interested in serving as likely GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump's running mate.

"It's too late for that," the Florida Republican said on CBS' "Face the Nation."

Mr. Rubio's name has been floated for vice president after a poll found Republicans and independents ...

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How the 'insecurity of things' creates the next wave of security opportunities

Honey pot with bees More than 5 billion IoT devices were installed in 2015. Gartner estimates this will grow to 20 billion by 2020. Unfortunately, experts agree that security is not only an afterthought, but often is actively resisted and circumvented Read More

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Gingrich: Anti-Establishment Feeling Real, U.S. Not Like U.K.

"The sense that there's this wave building against the establishment is real," former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said on Fox News Sunday when speaking about parallels between the U.S. presidential election and Brexit vote. Says larger minority vote in U.S. is part of "significant differences" Says presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, whom Gingrich supports, has "got to find a way to be as effective in reaching out to all Americans as he is in reaching out to white Americans

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Mook Hypocritically Hits Trump for Profiting off Countries With Poor Human Rights Records

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Newt Gingrich: Hillary Clinton 'wrong on Brexit'

Former House speaker Newt Gingrich on Sunday hammered presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton for her tattered foreign policy record.

He questioned why Mrs. Clinton's experience is a seen as a positive in the presidential race.

"There's no reason to believe that Hillary Clinton's experiences qualify her for anything except ...

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Trump Support Drops to 39%, Clinton Leads at 51%: ABC/WaPo

Hillary Clinton leads at 51%, Donald Trump at 39%, according to a national Washington Post-ABC News poll. NOTE: June 15, Negative Views of Trump at Campaign's Highest: Wash. Post NOTE: Earlier, Hillary Clinton at 46%, Donald Trump at 41%: WSJ/NBC Poll

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CNN: After Months, It's Still Unclear What Hillary Clinton's Economic Message Is

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Browse free or die? New Hampshire library is at privacy fore

LEBANON, N.H. (AP) - A small library in New Hampshire sits at the forefront of global efforts to promote privacy and fight government surveillance - to the consternation of law enforcement.

The Kilton Public Library in Lebanon, a city of 13,000, last year became the nation's first library to use ...

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India irked by China stalling its nuclear group membership

NEW DELHI (AP) - India expressed disappointment Sunday with China for raising procedural hurdles to the South Asian country joining the 48-nation group controlling access to sensitive nuclear technology.

Its membership application was not approved at the Nuclear Suppliers Group meeting last week in Seoul, South Korea, and External Affairs ...

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Shut Up, They Explained

When conservative speaker Ben Shapiro came to Penn State on April 6 of this year, he was met with protesters from the left who trying to silence him.

Standing outside of the crowded room in which Shapiro was speaking, I witnessed a mob of protesters banging on doors, screaming as loudly as they could, and devising a plan to pull the fire alarm in the building to disrupt the speech.

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A Penny for your thoughts

(Paul Mirengoff) Here's the measured response of a British leftist, Laurie Penny, to the Brexit: So, here's the thing. This was never a referendum on the EU. It was a referendum on the modern world, and yesterday the frightened, parochial lizard-brain of Britain voted out, out, out, and today we've all woken up still strapped onto this ghost-train as it hurtles off the tracks. Voting against "the modern world"! Why, that's almost

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Houston entrepreneur overcame hardships Chinese prison

HOUSTON (AP) - Businessman Jude Shao spent a decade in a Chinese prison, uncertain when he'd be let go, and then was barred from leaving Shanghai for five more years.

"We were a high-profile American company selling the Chinese products, and we attracted government attention," he says by way of ...

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