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No, Voter ID Laws Do Not Suppress Voting
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by Brian Mark Weber
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Socialism Has Already Hurt America
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{dailysignal.com} ~ President Donald Trump was principled and politically astute to address, in his State of the Union, the horrors taking place now in Venezuela, and then to declare: “Tonight we renew our resolve that America will never be a socialist country.”... Venezuela is indeed a poster child for what happens when a nation’s economic machinery falls under political control. Over the last five years, per The Wall Street Journal, Venezuela’s economy shrank by 35 percent and poverty tripled from 48 to 87 percent. According to Gallup, 71 percent of Venezuelans say they can’t afford food, 47 percent say they can’t afford shelter, just 15 percent say they are satisfied with the availability of quality health care, and 35 percent say they are satisfied with their standard of living. Thirty-six percent of Venezuelans—51 percent of those between 15 and 29—say they would leave the country permanently if they could. But if it is so clear that socialism is a formula for economic disaster, why does the idea still conjure up support?...  https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/02/13/socialism-has-already-hurt-america/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTlRVMU1qbGxPRFZtTnpaaCIsInQiOiJvZ04zYjJSSEFsYldtb0N2WDFIM1RoN3pPR3lzMzVhc2laR2dwN2R6MDBjMTkwUUFaR2E4aEV4UXl1eURBNVJqMGxnSDdzakdoeHZPQ0lyNEFVMnBta0NkRjhydmhqa1hBNjRUVkxPQUlPcWVaWlE4WXlGTlFubGJTbWxiVk80XC8ifQ%3D%3D
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If Trump Invoked 'Emergency' to Build a Wall Overseas, Congress Would Not Object
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by Susan Jones  
{cnsnews.com} ~ "It is fundamental and essential to the idea of sovereignty and national survival to have control over who enters and doesn't enter the country," Stephen Miller, a senior policy adviser in the Trump White House, told "Fox News  Sunday."... In an interview with Chris Wallace on "Fox News Sunday," Miller defended President Trump's decision to declare a national emergency, which would allow him to tap military construction funds for his long-promised border wall. "I guarantee you this, if Donald Trump had said he's invoking the National Emergency Military Construction Authority to build a security perimeter in Iraq or Afghanistan or around a military installation in Syria, there would not have been one word of objection from Congress," Miller said. "This is defending our own country."Miller noted that Congress in 1976 passed the National Emergency Act "and gave the president authority, as a result of that, to invoke a national emergency in many different circumstances, but among them, the use of military construction funds...   https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/susan-jones/stephen-miller-if-trump-invoked-emergency-build-wall-overseas-congress?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTldRellqRXhOelZoTkdJeSIsInQiOiJYWXlybkczK0ZuM3NSREp4Sm5Ra0hGWk9YOHRKTmJMY3NacGEwRWxwQnQ1eWZIbkErV2NtTmJtZHJzc1lmRFRUZDBVcGdZRE4wN0dmd3JFbTdXcXVvNDBJTWVnTUh1Zk50dGR3bjk1UG1aU2NBVjlWdDNIQlRHZHJMdFlvcHdybCJ9
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Top European space official calls 
for cooperation with China
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{washingtonexaminer.com} ~ The top European Space Agency official called on Western nations to cooperate with China to develop key space technologies despite the rivalry between the United States and the Communist power... “I think we should cooperate worldwide,” ESA Director General Johann-Dietrich Worner told the Washington Examiner in an exclusive interview. “Isolation, from my personal opinion, is not a good instrument to secure the future.” Worner’s openhanded posture waved away concerns about the return of a great power rivalry after 30 years of American hegemony since the end of the Cold War. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spent the week leading up to the Munich Security Conference warning Central European leaders against Chinese and Russian encroachment, a call echoed by German leaders at the conference.“What we really have to do is not be afraid of what can happen but go the exactly the other way," Worner said. "Look for cooperation, because cooperation is an enabler for technology." Chinese telecommunications companies pose a far-reaching threat to the United States and NATO allies, according to U.S. officials. Huawei, one of the largest smartphone companies in the world and a pioneer of next-generation wireless technology, is regarded as a threat that could implant “backdoors” into the telecom networks or surrender sensitive data to intelligence services in Beijing...  https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/top-european-space-official-calls-for-cooperation-with-china?utm_source=WEX_Breaking%20News%20Alert_02/17/2019&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_Breaking%20News
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What Made George Washington Great?
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{prageru.com} ~ There would have never been a United States of America without George Washington. John Rhodehamel, author of George Washington: The Wonder of the Age, details how Washington successfully guided the budding nation through war and nurtured her in peace.
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Nicolas Maduro-assembled ‘death squad’ 
has killed more than 200 Venezuelans
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{patriotnewsalerts.com} ~ As Nicolas Maduro tries to maintain power in Venezuela, shocking allegations have been made against the embattled president. A report  has surfaced alleging that a private, masked “death squad” assembled by Maduro has killed more than 200 citizens... Maduro reportedly organized the Bolivian National Police Special Action Forces Group (FAES) to fight off terrorism and respond to national emergencies. But that is not exactly how the special forces unit is being used. Members of the squad wear masks when deployed, and they are believed to have special forces and weapons training. Local rights groups have claimed Maduro is using the private force as a rogue squad to issue death sentences. These groups maintain that the FAES has killed off petty criminals and citizens in low-income areas...   https://www.patriotnewsalerts.com/report-maduro-death-squad/
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No, Voter ID Laws Do Not Suppress Voting
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by Brian Mark Weber:  Need to cash a check, board an airplane, or pick up a few beers for the weekend? Better bring along your ID. Need to vote in a presidential election? No worries. Heck, you can just pretend to be someone else. Even a dead person.
 

The good news is that more states are starting to jump on board with voter ID laws, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. But currently only seven states require a photo ID. Three states require identification without a photo. Another 25 states “request” an ID, but allow voters to cast a provisional ballot if they can’t provide one.

In other words, there’s inconsistency across the board when it comes to verifying the identity of voters. If nothing else, these new laws will make it easier to see just how pervasive the problem is.

It’s no wonder the Left opposes commonsense voter ID. After all, the cheaters (as we saw in Florida’s Broward County last November) tend to be Democrats. Accordingly, the Left continues to peddle the false notion that the laws are nothing more than a way for Republicans to keep minorities from voting. Unfortunately, the mainstream media has pushed this false narrative and convinced many Americans that voter ID laws are inherently racist.

A new study, however, is bad news for these false prophets.

Professors Vincent Pons of Harvard Business School and Enrico Cantoni of the economics department at Italy’s University of Bologna conducted a study issued by the National Bureau of Economic Research. They concluded, “Strict ID laws have no significant negative effect on registration or turnout, overall or for any subgroup defined by age, gender, race, or party affiliation.”

In fact, areas with voter ID in place may actually see more so-called disadvantaged groups on Election Day. According to The Washington Free Beacon, the study also concluded, “Paradoxically … voter ID laws might goose turnout among certain marginalized groups. This, the authors argue, is because a perceived ‘attack’ on a right (e.g., the right to vote) can mobilize voters who would otherwise fail to turn out.”

Pons and Cantoni are not alone in their findings.

The Daily Signal reports, “Various studies in recent years done by professors at the University of Missouri, the University of Delaware, [and] the University of Nebraska surveying elections from 2000 through 2016 found similar results that voter ID laws do not suppress voter turnout.”

While it’s pretty clear that voter ID laws don’t keep anyone from voting, there is inconclusive evidence as to whether such laws combat voter fraud. One of the problems is that we haven’t had a sustained effort to uncover the causes of fraud at the ballot box — a task made even harder by those states that fail to require any form of ID on Election Day in the first place.

Of course, it doesn’t take millions of fraudulent votes to tilt an election — especially in a country whose political loyalties are so evenly split. A few illegals here, a few felons there, and a handful of dead people in that other place can make all the difference. Fortunately, organizations such as The Heritage Foundation are working to show Americans that voter fraud is real.

But Democrats are committed to keeping the scales tipped in their favor. They’re aggressively campaigning against the Electoral College itself and pushing for support of both the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact and the grossly misnamed For the People Act. All of these measures are designed to overturn our long-established electoral system and open up the floodgates for widespread fraud.

Leftists are always clamoring that we “count every vote.” How telling it is that they’re also doing everything they can to keep the rest of us from ensuring the integrity of our elections.  ~The Patriot Post

https://patriotpost.us/articles/61172?mailing_id=4080&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4080&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body
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