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Liberals Claim Electoral College Is Biased. Here Are the Facts

Tuesday, October 31, 2017 - 10:15am
The Daily Signal

Oct. 31, 2017

Happy Halloween from Washington, where the White House sees nothing to fear in the first indictments in the special counsel’s Russia probe. Fred Lucas reports. Women gathering in Detroit appear afraid of conservative views, though, Kelsey Harkness discovers. Why is the real estate industry split on tax reform? Rachel del Guidice explains. Plus: Rachel Greszler on a bad tax idea,Tara Ross on liberals’ electoral mistake, Will Racke on a church versus George Washington, and our “Right Side of History” podcast on this exceptional nation. Watch out for the little ones tonight.

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Liberals Claim Electoral College Is Biased. Here Are the Facts.

 

In 1824, Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams were both members of the same political party. But in every other election with a discrepancy between the electoral and popular votes, the losing candidate has been the Democrat.

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Real estate professionals from 34 states urge congressional Republicans to pass their tax reform package, saying it would "unleash economic growth, create jobs, and increase wages."

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The Right Side of History: How 'God-Given Rights' and American Exceptionalism Are Inseparable

 

NBC's Chuck Todd mocked a Republican for believing in God-given rights, saying he "doesn't appear to believe in the Constitution as it's written."

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Why Adding a New Top Income Tax Rate Is a Bad Idea

 

While the top marginal tax rate may not apply to all that many individual taxpayers, it creates distortions that ripple across wide portions of the economy, affecting far more people than just the top income earners.

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George Washington's Church Is Going to Rip Out His Memorial

Church leaders say the memorials, which sit to the left and right of the altar, have become too divisive and might be discouraging parishioners from attending services.

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