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Independent journalist Matt Kennard has published a number of documents starkly revealing the degree to which The Guardian has been compromised by British security services, and the impact this relationship has on its reporting of key issues. The newspaper has long sought to present itself - to readers and advertisers alike - as Britain’s foremost ‘anti-establishment’ outlet, and took a leading role in reporting on the mass WikiLeaks cable dump in 2010, and the Edward Snowden leaks in 2013, garnering widespread praise and several prestigious journalism awards in the process. In the latter case, the The Guardian’s dissident credentials were...

HR 3200 is good enough for us, so say the House Democrats. If so, then it’s good enough for them, but so far, not ONE Democrat has been willing to walk their talk and commit to taking the Health Care plan they are proceeding to shove down our throats, for themselves. Not one Democrat has come out and said they will give up their lifetime free Cadillac Health care in exchange for the travesty they have written for the rest of America. Why won’t they, if after all, it is so good?

Here is Rep. John Flemming who is sponsoring House Resolution 615 which would require members of Congress who vote for the Democrats Health Care Bill to sign up for the public option they are seeking to foist on the American people. Flemming has more than 40 co-sponsors for the resolution, all Republicans, but have not had a single Democrat sign up to co-sponsor it. Under the Democrats bill, members of Congress would be exempt from having to use the Public Option. . . . . . (Watch Video)

As Social Security’s critics know, the government program is robed in myths, for example, that it is “insurance” financed with a “trust fund,” paying “guaranteed” benefits “as a matter of earned right.” These myths have given most Americans a mistaken understanding of Social Security. As a result, they perniciously affected policymaking in the past and severely constrain reform options today. Beginning in 1935, when Social Security was enacted, the program’s administrators made a huge effort to shape the public’s understanding of and beliefs about it. In speeches, articles, pamphlets, and other mass-circulation literature, they described Social Security as “insurance” under...

Robinson's aggressiveness divides, becomes issue