Over the weekend, President Trump fired a warning shot: “If a new HealthCare Bill is not approved quickly, BAILOUTS for Insurance Companies and BAILOUTS for Members of Congress will end very soon!” Within moments of the tweet, Obamacare supporters discovered a new clause of the Constitution with which to thwart the president’s agenda: Goodbye Foreign Emoluments Clause, hello Take Care Clause. Under our Constitution, the president has a duty to “take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed.” Were Mr. Trump threatening to stop making payments that are required by Obamacare, I would hop on the bandwagon ...

July 31 2017

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President Trump Must End Illegal Obamacare Payments to Congress and Insurers

Josh Blackman

Over the weekend, President Trump fired a warning shot: “If a new HealthCare Bill is not approved quickly, BAILOUTS for Insurance Companies and BAILOUTS for Members of Congress will end very soon!” Within moments of the tweet, Obamacare supporters discovered a new clause of the Constitution with which to thwart the...

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Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS

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'A page-turner and a flat-out great book. This is the inside account of how we ended up with the Islamic State, with one revelation after another. If you read one book on ISIS, this is it.' - Robert Baer, author of See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism

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