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President Trump forced Joe Biden to expose some of his real agenda if he (Biden) should be elected in the final presidential debate Thursday.
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Saturday night a friend, and a brother from another mother, reminded me that it was almost un-American if you didn’t watch the World Series years ago. That was while we exchanged blow-byblow texts during the fourth game when the LA Dodgers came undone in the ninth inning and made it 2-2 with the Tamapa Bay Rays.
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President Donald Trump is not the first president to be hated by a large segment of the American population. In more recent times, there was considerable hate for President Ronald Reagan. Even though the Democratic Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill and Reagan were polar opposites in their politics, they could be friends. Once, when Reagan confronted O’Neill about nasty things that he said about him in a newspaper, O’Neill replied, “That’s just politics, after 6 o’clock we’re buddies -- we’re friends.” Politics today has become something not seen in our history. The true tragedy is that many Americans have bought into the hate, destructiveness and plain nastiness and are seemingly ignorant or uncaring about its longterm consequences for our nation.
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An unprecedented surge in unemployment claims caused by this year’s COVID-19 shutdown, combined with major fraud, has drained Oklahoma’s unemployment insurance (UI) trust fund and requires an increase in associated taxes on employers, the head of the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission (OESC) told lawmakers Tuesday.
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Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said Wednesday that he expects a coronavirus vaccine to be available for vulnerable Americans by January 2021.
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Numerous leaders in many fields are raising the alarm about the repercussions of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in McGirt v. Oklahoma, which declared the Muscogee (Creek) Nation’s reservation was never disestablished.
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There is massive confusion over which offenses are violent and why. What is this statute that defines violent offenses, and why is it relevant for S.Q. 805? Are there violent offenses not included on the list? Buckle up—it’s time for a history lesson.
Read more[Ed. Note: James Jay Carafano is a leading expert in national security and foreign policy challenges at the Heritage Foundation.]
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