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from Competitive Enterprise Institute

Keep Entrepreneurs Free from Internet Sales Taxes
Today, the Competitive Enterprise Institute released a new video on Internet sales taxes in which Center for Technology and Innovation Associate Director Jessica Melugin explains why Congress needs to keep states from unfairly burdening small business owners online.

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from Conservative Intelligence Briefing

Trump Critic Gets Primaried (And Loses) in South Carolina, Other Races Following Suit
Rep. Mark Sanford (R-SC) should have plenty of time for hiking now. He lost yesterday’s primary for South Carolina’s first congressional district to state representative Katie Arrington, multiple outlets report. Many are pointing out Sanford’s frequent criticisms of President Trump as the reason why he lost, though his own past personal controversies probably didn’t help, either.

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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, HIGH, non-profit organization

A Zero-Tariff G7 Area? Yes, Please!
In yet another stunning turn of events at the current G7 meeting in Canada, Donald Trump has argued for a tariff-free G7 area. This would mean zero tariffs and no subsidies. Regardless of whether Trump's suggestion is to be taken seriously, the reactions speak for themselves. Larry Kudlow, national economic adviser to the President, had indicated to the press that he had a “lengthy discussion” about the idea of creating a tariff-free G7. Reduce those barriers. In fact go to zero, zero tariffs, zero no-tariff barriers, zero subsidies, and along the way we are going to have to clean up the international trading system about which there was virtual consensus of agreement.

What Causes Hyperinflation for Medical Costs in the US? Medical Insurance, Which Is the Problem, Not the Solution
Medical insurance is the main cause of ballooning medical prices, and forcing people to buy it only compounds the problem.

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from First Things

AFTER THE IRISH DEBACLE
I wasn’t surprised by the result of Ireland’s May 25 referendum, which opened a path to legal abortion in the Emerald Isle by striking down a pro-life amendment to the Irish Constitution. Nor was I all that surprised by the large margin of victory racked up by those for whom an unborn child isn’t “one of us”; both the government and the virulently anti-Catholic Irish media put heavy thumbs onto the scales as the debate over the referendum unfolded. So with Ireland having joined the Gadarene rush into legalizing the dictatorship of relativism, what next?

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from The Living Church
Magazine of The Living Church Foundation (Anglican)

THE CHURCH ISN’T FICTION
A besetting problem of the Church today is that we’re all too caught up in the fiction of the Church rather than its reality. What then is real? First, those that you’re called to love: God and neighbour. Both the real God you encounter in Word and sacrament and the real people who sit next to you in the pews or live next door to you. Second, it’s the place where you encounter the real God and your real neighbours: your home, neighbourhood, town, and church. And, finally, it’s the real, meaningful things you do, be that buying someone flowers, celebrating their good fortune, sacrificing for their good, or kneeling with them in prayers.

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from NCWLIFE
TV Channel in Wenatchee, WA

Labor Shortage Looms as Cherry Harvest Approaches
- The Cherry harvest is poised to get underway soon but growers concerns about a possible labor shortage could spell trouble for the industry again this season. Chelan County Commissioner Doug England, who also manages the Manson Fruit Growers  coop says the shortage will mostly impact smaller farms that don’t employ migrant pickers with Federal H2A work visas.

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from New York Post
Newspaper in New York

Now Democrats Are Seeing Russian Spies Everywhere
In the latest sign of how unhinged Democrats have gotten in the Trump era, longtime Democratic National Committee member Bob Mulholland accused grassroots activist Selina Vickers of being a Russian spy. Vickers, a West Virginian who supported Bernie Sanders in 2016, has been attending DNC meetings as an observer on her own time. Specifically, she’s focused on the endless debate on reforming the party’s presidential primaries — whose rules, many argue, favor the bosses.

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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington

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from Townhall.com
RIGHT BIAS,  HIGH,  American conservative website and print magazine

Why Can't We Fix Social Security And Medicare?
Social Security was signed into law in 1935 -- 83 years ago. Although the scope of the program is much, much bigger today, it's basic structure is exactly the same as it was then. Benefits of retirees are paid for through the payroll taxes of those currently working. How many businesses today operate exactly like they did 83 years ago -- or even 10 years ago? The Dow Jones average, an index of the nation's most influential corporations, has changed 51 times since it was founded.

Rep. McMorris Rodgers Pushes Back on Leftist Narratives: I'm Empowered by My Son With Down Syndrome
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) spoke at the Americans United for Life Women Speak summit Wednesday about how she felt compelled to share the story of her son to combat leftist narratives about abortion being the best option for unborn Down syndrome babies.

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