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[ad_1] Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed has centered healthcare in his campaign, championing Medicare for All and critiquing his opponents, both Democratic and Republican, on the issue.  El-Sayed, a Democrat and former public health official, has accused former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, the sole Republican candidate in the Aug. 4 primary election, of being influenced by the pharmaceutical industry.  In multiple interviews and recent social media posts, El-Sayed said Rogers “took a $14 million payout as a pharma lobbyist.”  Federal and Michigan records do not show Rogers ever working as a registered lobbyist for any company, including pharmaceuticals. We…

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[ad_1] On July 2, 1776, the Second Continental Congress approved the following resolution: That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved. The public statement of these sentiments occurred two days later, memorialized in our Declaration of Independence. John Adams wrote to his wife Abigail describing his thoughts about that day: The Second Day of July 1776, will be the most memorable Epocha,…

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[ad_1] When President Donald Trump signed a new North American trade deal during his first term, he celebrated it as “the fairest, most balanced, and beneficial trade agreement we have ever signed into law. It’s the best agreement we’ve ever made.” Six years later, he wants out. The Trump administration announced Wednesday that it would not renew the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). That decision seems to have been driven by an ongoing worry about trade deficits between the U.S. and the other two members of the deal. “The United States will continue to engage with Mexico and Canada to address…

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[ad_1] We all have moments that divide our lives into a distinct before and after. For me, that moment arrived wrapped in a massive, 600-page book handed to me by a friend who had just barely survived a horrific tragedy. I was sitting in my apartment, watching my tech empire disintegrate after the dot-com bubble burst. My partner had just jumped out of an eighth-story window, shattering his body and our illusions of success. It was in this moment of absolute rock bottom that a knock on the door changed everything… and led me to G. Edward Griffin. This isn’t…

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[ad_1] From Tuesday’s Wisconsin Court of Appeals decision in State v. Brister, by Judge Sara Geenen, joined by Chief Judge Joseph Donald and Judge Pedro Colón: On June 22, 2023, Brister was sentenced in two unrelated cases. In Milwaukee County Circuit Court Case No. 2020CF367, which is not part of this appeal, Brister was sentenced for possessing a firearm as a felon (“the 2020 case”). He illegally possessed a gun while also committing acts of domestic abuse against his live-in girlfriend, Marie. In Milwaukee County Circuit Court Case No. 2021CF3563, the case before us on appeal, Brister was sentenced for…

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