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By
Joseph
Klein
President
Barack Obama nominated Merrick B. Garland, who currently serves as Chief Judge
of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, to
replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia. The White House's strategy was to pick
someone whom they believe will be politically difficult for Republican senators
to simply ignore – a stealth leftist recast as a “centrist.” The White
House even created a new Twitter handle, @SCOTUSnom, to rev up activists seeking to pressure Senate
Republicans into giving President Obama's nominee, in Obama's words, "a
fair hearing and an up-or-down vote.” [more...]
1. Eva Rosenberg: TaxMama Answers Tax
Questions
2. Michelle Seiler-Tucker: The GOP Against Trump
3. Barry Farber: Donald, Bring in the
Slovenian Beauty
4. Michael Stumo: Happy 4th Anniversary
Korea U.S. Trade Agreement... Thanks for Doubling our Trade Deficit
5. Daniel Greenfield: “The German Government
Will Pursue its Refugee Policy with all its Might"
TaxMama
Answers Tax Questions
By
Eva Rosenberg, EA
We
live in a mobile society. Sometimes it’s the employer that requires employees
to relocate. Or an employee wants a quieter pace of life and telecommutes. A
student goes to college out of state. Then there are those folks like athletes,
whose jobs take them all over the country. And, worst of all, these multistate
returns often generate audits. What’s a taxpayer to do? TaxMama.com gets
questions from taxpayers all over the country. The questions require complex
answers. [more...]
The
GOP Against Trump
By Michelle Seiler-Tucker
The
GOP sits on top of the long list of pundits and insiders who did not predict
America’s support for Trump. For establishment Republicans, this Washington
outsider is a threat they didn’t see coming. The GOP can’t control Trump like
other candidates, which is exactly why he is so popular. Blow after blow,
Democrats and Trump’s own party, have tried to knock the billionaire off his
position in the polls, but these attacks only strengthen Trump and his millions
of supporters. The Republican party will do everything it can to wrestle Trump
into a brokered convention. That’s why these primaries matter so much. [more...]
Donald,
Bring in the Slovenian Beauty
By
Barry
Farber
Why
doesn’t Donald Trump play his communist card? “What communist card?” you’re
entitled to wonder. The best anti-communist speech in the world would do
nothing except make the speaker sound 35 or 40 years out of date. A rousing
“Tear down this wall!” speech would make Trump seem hopelessly
out-of-date. But what’s wrong with a few reminders of what communism looks like
at a time when the Democratic Party is speeding perilously pell-mell toward
that cliff on the left, led by candidate Hillary Clinton? Donald Trump happenstantially
holds a unique “communist card,” his and his alone. The Germans introduced Big
Bertha, a cannon that could hit Paris from 75 miles away in World War I;
America’s atomic bombs put a quick end to World War II. Trump should now unveil
his happier nonviolent “weapon” - Mrs. Donald Trump, born Melania Knavs
(Germanized to “Knauss”) in Slovenia, which was part of the old communist
Yugoslavia. [more...]
Happy
4th Anniversary Korea U.S. Trade Agreement... Thanks for Doubling our Trade
Deficit
By
Michael
Stumo, CEO of Coalition for a Prosperous America
America
is celebrating the 4th Anniversary of the Korea-US (KORUS) Trade Agreement with
a bilateral trade deficit that doubled. This single cold, hard fact shows that
the current Trans-Pacific Partnership promises by the Obama Administration,
which are recycled from the KORUS agreement, are not credible. The KORUS
agreement was passed by Congress in 2011. Census data show that our
Korea-US trade deficit was $14.7 billion that year. The deal was
implemented into law on March 16, 2012. At the end of 2015, our trade
deficit nearly doubled to $28.4 billion. [more...]
“The
German Government Will Pursue its Refugee Policy with all its Might"
By Daniel Greenfield
Merkel's
Christian Democratic Union took a severe beating in elections. Her refugee
redistribution plans, along with a united Europe, are falling apart as Eastern
Europe rebels against its Eurocratic overlords. But Merkel isn't going to budge.
Is Merkel crazy? Crazy like a fox - a really destructive fox. The CDU's poor
election showing hurt her critics within the party more than they hurt her.
Instead of a minus, it helps purge the CDU of dissent and potential opposition,
which, in a European political system, is actually more of a threat to the
leader at the top than opposing political parties. Merkel's approval rating
isn't too bad and the rest of the political landscape is too dysfunctional to
pose a severe threat. This lets her drag CDU further to the center while
consolidating power. Think of what the GOP establishment has done to
conservatives. [more...]
1.
Dr. Elaina George: Healthcare Rhetoric vs. Reality
2.
Joe Messina: Mr. Obama’s Impartiality
3.
James Hirsen: Psychological Warfare Being Waged on Trump Supporters
4.
Dr. Gerard Lameiro: Will This Super Tuesday Determine the Republican Nominee?
5.
Wayne Allyn Root: The Front Page of the Trump Presidential Site
6.
Crista Huff: TPP - Truths, Lies, and
Suspicions
7.
John LeBoutillier: Who Will Be Today’s Big Winners?
Healthcare
Rhetoric vs. Reality
By
Dr.
Elaina George
What
has become increasingly confusing to wade through is the exponential rise in
the rhetoric which is designed to keep the status quo in place. How else can
one explain the fact that on one hand, some conservatives have been advocating
policies that work against the conservative principles of free market and the
rule of law while actually funding and perpetuating big government policies
that centralize power at the expense of individual rights while, on the other
hand, liberals have been advocating policies that abrogate free speech,
restrict the freedom to associate with whom and how you see fit, while
championing cronyism in the form of Medicare for all and taxing the middle
class out of existence in the name of the nanny state wrapped in the guise of
social justice. [more...]
Mr.
Obama’s Impartiality
By
Joe
Messina
Mr.
Obama has once again shown his utter disdain for conservatives. Before getting
into office, he said in a speech that we weren’t a red country, we weren’t a
blue country, we were a purple country. However, he seems to have become color
blind to all but his own party’s color. Leading up to First Lady Nancy Reagan’s
funeral, I recently made a comment on Facebook that President Obama only seemed
to want to go to “thugs’” funerals. He has blown off some of the most beloved
people in society and some of the most important figures in history. Why?
Because they don’t fit his narrative; they don’t give him a Chris Matthews
“tingle.” In response to my comment, the question placed to me was: What other
president has attended a First Lady’s funeral? Is that really the test? What
other president has “honored” thugs with representation at their funerals?
NONE! [more...]
Psychological
Warfare Being Waged on Trump Supporters
By
James
Hirsen
Political
electioneering has often been compared to war and it is clear that the same
PsyOps principles have frequently been employed to compromise the morale of
supporters of opponents in a political campaign. In his infamous book, ‘Rules
for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals,’ Saul Alinsky provided
a window to the world of political PsyOps as it is practiced by the left. “The
first step in community organization is community disorganization,” Alinsky
wrote. “The disruption of the present organization is the first step toward
community organization. Present arrangements must be disorganized if they are
to be displaced by new pattern.” [more...]
Will
This Super Tuesday Determine the Republican Nominee?
By
Dr.
Gerard Lameiro
Trump
and Cruz hold nearly 80% of all awarded delegates. Rubio and Kasich are
lagging behind with about 20% of the delegates already awarded. But, more importantly,
no one is close to the required 1,237 delegates needed to clinch the
nomination. Trump is in the lead, obviously. Even Trump must get 777 more
delegates to win the nomination outright. [Go
here for a complete analysis...]
The
Front Page of the Trump Presidential Site
By
Wayne Allyn Root
Watch Wayne Allyn Root on Fox & Friends talking about
the Trump rallies. [more...]
TPP - Truths, Lies, and Suspicions
By
Crista
Huff
What about Sen.
Cruz’s claim that the TPP is not a “living agreement?” On page 48 of the
Congressional Research Service’s report, The
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Negotiations and Issues for Congress, dated March 20, 2015, under the
subheading A “Living Agreement,” it reads, “The TPP has been envisaged as a ‘living agreement’
- one that is both open to new members willing to sign up to its
commitments and open to addressing new issues as they evolve.” [more...]
Who
Will Be Today’s Big Winners?
By
John
LeBoutillier
Trump
and Cruz are going to emerge as the big winners today. Rubio is going to get
shellacked in Florida and drop out on Wednesday. He will NOT endorse The Donald...
ever. Kasich will win Ohio by 1 or 2 percentage points and will stay in the
race. Trump will win Florida big and will average his usual 35 percent in Illinois,
Missouri and North Carolina. Cruz will place second in almost every state and
accumulate enough delegates to make the argument that only he can take on Trump
and deny him the nomination. Cruz has flown under the radar lately... and that
actually has calmed down his image a bit. thus making it more palatable for
establishment GOP figures to hold their tongues and actually endorse Cruz in an
effort to stop Trump. [more...]
By
Wayne Allyn Root
It all began with 17 contestants. Almost all of them
celebrities in the world of politics. Only one had no chance to win - according
to the “experts.” He was thought of as a clown, politically incorrect,
offensive, and had zero political experience at any level. Ninety-nine percent
of the experts predicted he’d never even file his financials with the
FEC. Surprise. Meet the winner of "Celebrity Apprentice Special
Political Edition": Donald J. Trump.
As of Tuesday night, Trump added Mississippi, Michigan and
Hawaii to his trophy case. It wasn’t even close: Trump dominated. And he’s
leading by a mile in the two remaining jewels needed to put this race away. Trump
leads Florida by a landslide over Senator Marco Rubio. He has a commanding lead
in Ohio over Governor Kasich.
How could the national media, political experts and
commentators get it so wrong? The guy who never ran for office, let alone
served in office, just beat out a mob of Washington insiders who’ve played the
political game their entire lives. [more...]
By Eva Rosenberg, EA
Audits are pretty
terrifying experiences – even when you know you did nothing wrong. But what if
you did? Uh oh! The experience is even worse when you know that you fudged on
your tax return. What will they do when they catch you? Or, if you did more
than just fudge, what if you actually lied – and reduced your income a lot?
Will you go to jail?
Well, nothing is ever as
bad as you expect. First, let’s dispel one big myth. The average taxpayers,
even those with large omissions on their tax returns, will not be seeing jail
time. The worst that you will face are additional taxes and penalties. The bad
news is if you really did leave out a lot of income, or made up a large portion
of your expenses, your penalties could be crippling. That means you’re a crook.
Good news – and bad news
The good news is IRS
staffing is down. They were only able to audit about .7% (7/10th of 1 percent)
of all taxpayers (or 1.2 million audits). The bad news is the audits are more
targeted, designed to catch taxpayers who will owe more money. In fact, the IRS
assessed nearly $27 billion in additional taxes. The good news is, over 38,000
examinations resulted in additional refunds to the taxpayer of $829.5 million. Sometimes
audits are a good thing.
Just
in time for tax season comes a tax book like no other. Packed with money-saving
strategies every taxpayer can use, Deduct Everything!
- #1 in Hot New Releases and Small Business Taxes on
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hard-earned money at tax time. You will learn all the latest tips from national
tax expert and best-selling author Eva Rosenberg - the award-winning TaxMama© -
a seasoned tax professional - including how to save money with hundreds of
write-offs, legal tax breaks, credits and loopholes.
1.
Joe Messina: Mitt Romney - The GOP’s Fall Guy
2.
Michelle Seiler-Tucker: Election Season is Trump Season
3.
Barry Farber: Trump’s Breaching of the ‘Small Hands’ Barrier
4.
Crista Huff: Currency Manipulation -
The Silent Partner in International Trade
5.
Daniel Greenfield: Why Netanyahu Stood Up Obama
6.
Joseph Klein: UN Passes Toughly Worded Piece of Paper Against North Korea
Mitt
Romney - The GOP’s Fall Guy
By
Joe
Messina
What
is Mitt Romney doing in the news cycle? And since when did he become a
relevant topic to the 2016 presidential race? GOP leaders in the House and
Senate have created this primary election spectacle. They were handed two
thirds of the federal government in 2014; and while they may have slowed
Obama’s Executive Branch down a little bit, more often than not, it looks to
us common folk that they largely go along with him
applying little to no resistance. Yes, there are a few exceptions to the
rule (like Ted Cruz and Tom Cotton), but by and large, GOP leadership is failing
to lead. And they certainly aren’t carrying out the will of the people who
elected them. [more...]
Election
Season is Trump Season
By Michelle Seiler-Tucker
With
primaries and caucuses rolling through June, election season is in full swing.
For the blue half of the country, Hillary is building steam against Sanders.
Though the former First Lady has 658 delegates to Sanders’ 471, Super Delegates
is where Hillary soundly beats the Vermont Senator, trumping him 458 to just
22. Clinton also holds a 9.6% margin over Bernie according to Real Clear
Politics’ national poll average. While it looks like Hillary will be the DNC’s
pick, don’t forget the FBI is searching through her server to discover the
truth behind her potentially campaign wrecking e-mails. If the FBI discover a
smoking gun from Benghazi or another incident, that could spell disaster for
the Democrats. [more...]
Trump’s
Breaching of the ‘Small Hands’ Barrier
By
Barry
Farber
There
used to be a maritime custom that seamen crossing the equator for the first
time were pounced upon by their shipmates and held down while their heads were
shaved. Something much more powerful and meaningful than crossing the equator
hit America shortly after 9 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, March 3. Did you
feel the twinge when Donald Trump took us by the hand and led us to the nadir
of our presidential cultural level so far? [more...]
Currency Manipulation - The Silent Partner in
International Trade
By
Crista
Huff
Japan, China,
Vietnam, Malaysia and Singapore routinely devalue their currencies, making U.S.
exports more expensive to their citizens, thereby decreasing both the quantity
of U.S. products sold in their countries and the profit margins on those
products. In addition, currency manipulation has a see-saw effect: when
U.S. products become more expensive in Asian countries, Asian products become cheaper
in the U.S., thereby encouraging U.S. consumers to ignore U.S. products on
store shelves and instead reach for the cheaper, often-lower-quality foreign
products. [more...]
Why
Netanyahu Stood Up Obama
By Daniel Greenfield
On
March 9, 2010, the headlines were shocked with outrage over Netanyahu’s “snub”
to Obama. Six years later, almost to the day, the same rerun is playing on news
networks across America. The White House is outraged, shocked and infuriated by
Netanyahu’s “snub.” Obama is depressed at the snub and gorging on a pint
of Ben and Jerry’s Brownie Batter to get over the pain of a skipped meeting
with the Israeli prime minister. Obama-Netanyahu meetups convey all the joy of
a root canal and yet we’re supposed to believe that Obama was looking forward
to this particular session with Netanyahu. [more...]
UN
Passes Toughly Worded Piece of Paper Against North Korea
By
Joseph
Klein
The
United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on March
2nd that imposes tough new sanctions and tightens some of its existing
measures against North Korea (the DPRK). Resolution 2270 (2016) is the Security Council’s strongest
response to date to the rogue North Korean regime’s ongoing nuclear and
ballistic missile-related test activities in violation of a series of prior
Security Council resolutions. The triggering events leading up to this latest
resolution were North Korea’s January 2016 nuclear test and February rocket
launch. These provocations were too much even for China, North Korea’s closest
trading partner, which cooperated constructively with the United States to
reach consensus on the resolution’s text after several weeks of negotiations. [more...]
1.
Dr. Gerard Lameiro: My Ten Predictions for the 2016 Presidential Election … Coming True Now
2.
Karen Leland: How the Candidates’ Brands Drive Success or Failure
3.
Wayne Allyn Root: The Plan That Could Elect
Trump President
4.
Michael Stumo: Trade Deficit Worsened in January, Exports Declined, Trade
Agreements Failed
5.
James Hirsen: Hollywood, the GOP Establishment and a Contested Convention
6.
Dave Bego: Demand for Union Transparency and Choice on the Rise
7.
John LeBoutillier: Trump vs. Clinton? Don’t Bet on it!
My Ten Predictions for the 2016 Presidential Election … Coming True Now
By
Dr.
Gerard Lameiro
Although
written in 2015, ten predictions that are identified and described in my new
book Great News
for America seem to be coming true as we follow the
2016 presidential election. I predicted the end of the Republican Party (as we
know it) would happen with the 2016 presidential election. Look at the facts: John
Boehner lost his leadership post as Republican Speaker of the House.
Establishment Republican Party candidates are struggling to get traction in the
presidential primaries and caucuses despite very high expenditures, while outside
candidates, Trump and Cruz, are winning instead. [Go
here for a complete analysis...]
How
the Candidates’ Brands Drive Success or Failure
By Karen Leland
Donald
Trump’s recent wins might lead us to the conclusion that bad behavior is good
for personal branding. But is it a long-term play for success or just a
short-term attention-getting move that will ultimately end in failure?
Regardless, the current political circus does beg the question: How do the
Presidential candidates’ brands drive success or failure? In a 24-hour
news cycle, one misstep can make or break a brand in an instant. [more...]
The Plan That Could Elect Trump President
By
Wayne Allyn Root
Trump can put the race away today by going to John Kasich
through a third party to make the following offer: “John, you’re not winning
the nomination. There is no clear path for anyone but me to win the nomination.
I’m about to open my wallet and spend $100 million to finish this race once and
for all. I want you as my Vice President. Let’s call a press conference
tomorrow and announce we’re a team. That means we’ll win Ohio together as a
team. Race over. With you by my side, we beat Hillary and win the White House.
You’re in charge of balancing the budget for the second time in your remarkable
career. I win. You win. America wins.” [more...]
Trade
Deficit Worsened in January, Exports Declined, Trade Agreements Failed
By
Michael
Stumo, CEO of Coalition for a Prosperous America
A
new government report shows that U.S. trade policy and trade agreements
continue to shrink America's economy. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released
its report on U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services for January 2016 last
week. The report showed that America's trade deficit worsened, causing our
economy to be smaller than in a balanced trade scenario. Here are the top two
highlights... [more...]
Hollywood,
the GOP Establishment and a Contested Convention
By
James
Hirsen
A
coalition has recently sprung up that consists of a bramblebush of
anti-conservative opponents. George Clooney, Susan Sarandon, Louie CK, and the
“Saturday Night Live” writing staff are currently joining forces with the GOP
establishment, the common thread attaching them to one another being an
inordinate dislike for Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump. Even
given the politics of our times, it is bizarre to not only watch some of the
most outspoken Hollywood leftists line up with the mainstream news media,
but also with Republican establishment types that include the likes of Mitt
Romney, John McCain, Lindsay Graham, and the so-called intellectuals at National Review and the Weekly Standard. [more...]
Demand
for Union Transparency and Choice on the Rise
By
Dave
Bego
The Devil at Our
Doorstep and blogs such as Rank
and File Union Membership Post Victories, SEIU Watch and Michigan Kickoff are
committed to publicizing the stories of employees across the nation who have
been impacted by, or are taking steps to fight back against, Big Labor’s
control tactics of forced unionism and forced dues. Much of these “membership”
dues are utilized for political purposes instead of for the benefit of the
membership. The Devil at Our
Doorstep has long published the story of “Mariam the Mighty,” an
immigrant from Egypt, now working for the state of California’s Department of
Motor vehicles (DMV). As a member of a state agency, she is required to have
membership in the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). Mariam has
expressed her concern that unions were the primary downfall of her home country
and she did not want to see the same thing happen in the U.S. Subsequently, she
started a movement against the union, Occupy
SEIU, and is committed to having the SEIU Exposed. Mariam’s coalition
hopes to obtain one million signatures by March 31, 2016 by having members go
to the Web site www.TransparencyAndChoice.com
and sign the petition.
[more...]
Trump
vs. Clinton? Don’t Bet on it!
By
John
LeBoutillier
Despite
the media proclaiming that the nominations are all sewed up, in fact both races
are still to be determined. Read the latest analysis here... [more...]
