By Rick Manning Washington, D.C. is in fourth, or is it, fifth stimulus deal-making mode, and as is usually the case, many of these “must-pass” funding laws end up being littered with policy riders and extra-special appropriations designed to sweeten the pot for reluctant legislators. The issue […]

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By Robert Romano America is on the brink. In the wake of the murder and manslaughter of George Floyd by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, and in the nationwide protests and sometime riots that have already claimed 21 lives , there is a growing movement to defund or even to […]

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By Robert Romano The national debt has skyrocketed a gargantuan $2.8 trillion since Jan. 2020 amid the U.S. response to the Chinese coronavirus-induced recession, rising to $25.9 trillion as of June 9, according to the U.S. Treasury . That’s a 12.1 percent increase, and we’re not even halfway through the calendar year […]

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By Robert Romano Florida has the largest percentage of seniors 65-years-old and older in its population most vulnerable to the Chinese coronavirus among larger states and second nationwide, at 20.5 percent, or 4.3 million. Yet it has a relatively low mortality rate for a large state for […]

By Robert Romano Former National Security Advisor Ret. Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn is a patriot. I am writing that at the outset because everything you find in the transcripts of his phone calls with Russian Ambassador Sergei Kislyak on Dec. 23, 2016, Dec. 29, 2016 and Dec. 31, 2016 confirms the fact […]

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