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from Asia Times Online
As important as what Trump does in the region is what he does after he goes home – to give allies and friends concrete reasons to see the United States as an alternative to Chinese domination.
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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, HIGH, non-profit organization
Why Rational Consumers Are Irrational Voters
Consumers have incentives to research products; voters don't have the same incentive to research political candidates. Public choice theory famously argues that people who pursue their selfish interest in the economic realm do not somehow become perfect altruists in the political realm. One of the most important results produced by public choice theory is the difference between how voters behave in the political system and how consumers behave in the marketplace.
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from The Hill
LEFT-CENTER BIAS, MIXED, newspaper in Washington, D.C.To win in 2018, Democrats must resist moving further left
Senators Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and Jeff Flake's (R-Ariz.) surprise retirements and their decision to forcefully speak out against Donald Trump’s behavior have created an unprecedented and unexpected opportunity for Democrats across the country.
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from Manhattan Institute for Policy Research
Nonprofit Organization in New York, New York
Why Does the U.S. Have Such an Outlier Child Poverty Rate? Our Immigration System Has a Lot to Do With It
Articles about America’s high levels of child poverty are a media evergreen. Here’s a typical entry, courtesy of the New York Times’s Eduardo Porter: “The percentage of children who are poor is more than three times as high in the United States as it is in Norway or the Netherlands. America has a larger proportion of poor children than Russia.” That’s right: Russia. Outrageous as they seem, the assertions are true — at least in the sense that they line up with official statistics. Comparisons of the sort that Porter makes, though, should be accompanied by an asterisk pointing to a very American reality. Before Europe’s recent migration crisis, the United States was the only developed country to routinely import millions of very poor, low-skilled families, from some of the most destitute places on Earth — especially from undeveloped areas of Latin America — into its communities, schools and hospitals. Let’s just say that Russia doesn’t care to do this — and, until recently, Norway and the Netherlands didn’t, either. Pundits prefer silence on the relationship between America’s immigration system and poverty
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Nonprofit Organization in New York, New York
Why Does the U.S. Have Such an Outlier Child Poverty Rate? Our Immigration System Has a Lot to Do With It
Articles about America’s high levels of child poverty are a media evergreen. Here’s a typical entry, courtesy of the New York Times’s Eduardo Porter: “The percentage of children who are poor is more than three times as high in the United States as it is in Norway or the Netherlands. America has a larger proportion of poor children than Russia.” That’s right: Russia. Outrageous as they seem, the assertions are true — at least in the sense that they line up with official statistics. Comparisons of the sort that Porter makes, though, should be accompanied by an asterisk pointing to a very American reality. Before Europe’s recent migration crisis, the United States was the only developed country to routinely import millions of very poor, low-skilled families, from some of the most destitute places on Earth — especially from undeveloped areas of Latin America — into its communities, schools and hospitals. Let’s just say that Russia doesn’t care to do this — and, until recently, Norway and the Netherlands didn’t, either. Pundits prefer silence on the relationship between America’s immigration system and poverty
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
Jay Ambrose: Trump helps recovery from Obama
He is doing it sloppily at best, but President Donald Trump is helping this nation recover from President Barack Obama. Yes, that might seem an astonishing thing to say given Trump’s ignorance, his narcissistic juvenilia, his verbal klutziness, his vulgarity and a sea of tweets testifying to all this.
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Euro Battered Amid Turmoil in Catalonia, Continued ECB Stimulus
The single currency posted its worst week this year so far as investors dumped Eurozone assets amid the separatist tendencies in Catalonia, and Northern Italy.
S Korea, China Aim to Ease Dispute Over THAAD Before Leaders Meeting - Reports
South Korea and China have stepped up diplomatic efforts to resolve the dispute over the deployment of US Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system on the Korean Peninsula ahead of a planned November meeting of the countries' leaders, local media reported Sunday, citing officials from the South Korean presidential office. China and Russia have strongly opposed the THAAD deployment, citing national security concerns.
US Congressman Trey Gowdy Slams Mueller Inquiry for Leaks to Media
Republican Congressman Trey Gowdy has criticized special counsel Robert Mueller after his team leaked to the media information about charges filed in the course of his investigation into alleged collusion between the presidential campaign of US President Donald Trump and Russian actors. On Friday night, CNN reported that a federal grand jury had approved the first charges in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into alleged collusion between Trump's presidential campaign and Russian actors. Trey Gowdy, who is chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, has slammed the inquiry for leaking news about the charges, which are reportedly still sealed under orders from a federal judge.
Iraqi Kurdistan Outgoing President Vows to Continue Fight for Kurds' Rights
Amid the grave consequences of a controversial independence referendum in the autonomous region of Kurdistan, its leader Masoud Barzani decided to step down from the presidency. President of Iraqi Kurdistan Masoud Barzani said on Sunday that he will continue to fight for the rights of the Kurds as a member of the Peshmerga, after his term as the autonomy's head ends on November 1.
Jay Ambrose: Trump helps recovery from Obama
He is doing it sloppily at best, but President Donald Trump is helping this nation recover from President Barack Obama. Yes, that might seem an astonishing thing to say given Trump’s ignorance, his narcissistic juvenilia, his verbal klutziness, his vulgarity and a sea of tweets testifying to all this.
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from Sputnik
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, MIXED, Broadcasting & Media Production Company out of Moscow, Russia
The single currency posted its worst week this year so far as investors dumped Eurozone assets amid the separatist tendencies in Catalonia, and Northern Italy.
South Korea and China have stepped up diplomatic efforts to resolve the dispute over the deployment of US Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system on the Korean Peninsula ahead of a planned November meeting of the countries' leaders, local media reported Sunday, citing officials from the South Korean presidential office. China and Russia have strongly opposed the THAAD deployment, citing national security concerns.
Republican Congressman Trey Gowdy has criticized special counsel Robert Mueller after his team leaked to the media information about charges filed in the course of his investigation into alleged collusion between the presidential campaign of US President Donald Trump and Russian actors. On Friday night, CNN reported that a federal grand jury had approved the first charges in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into alleged collusion between Trump's presidential campaign and Russian actors. Trey Gowdy, who is chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, has slammed the inquiry for leaking news about the charges, which are reportedly still sealed under orders from a federal judge.
Amid the grave consequences of a controversial independence referendum in the autonomous region of Kurdistan, its leader Masoud Barzani decided to step down from the presidency. President of Iraqi Kurdistan Masoud Barzani said on Sunday that he will continue to fight for the rights of the Kurds as a member of the Peshmerga, after his term as the autonomy's head ends on November 1.
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from Zero Hedge
CONSPIRACY-PSEUDOSCIENCE, MIXED, financial blog with aggregated news and opinion
"It's Not Sustainable" - Sacramento Lashes Out At Calpers After Raising Pension Payments
In the latest sign that America’s looming pension crisis is inching closer to an all-our collapse that will inevitably end in a series of bailouts – or worse, the failure to pay out retiree’s coveted benefits - a handful of California cities are lashing out at CALPers after being forced to hike pension contributions to offset expectations for long-term returns that have been revised lower by the state pension system.
In Shocking, Viral Interview, Qatar Confesses Secrets Behind Syrian War
A television interview of a top Qatari official confessing the truth behind the origins of the war in Syria is going viral across Arabic social media during the same week a leaked top secret NSA document was published which confirms that the armed opposition in Syria was under the direct command of foreign governments from the early years of the conflict.
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