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Trump Still Rewriting the Playbook

By Andrew Thomas
Trump’s single best moment, arguably, was when he rubbed in the fact that millions of dollars of Clinton TV ads attacking him—ads unanswered, deliberately, by the frugal Trump campaign—had proven completely ineffective.  In that single stroke, unrehearsed and devastatingly accurate, Trump reminded everyone how and why he earned his place on the world’s most exclusive stage....

The Cuban-American Vote in 2016

By José Azel

There is a lesson here for other minority communities throughout the United States, who are similarly taken for granted by the Democratic Party. As minority communities, they need to break the unwarranted stronghold of political parties on their vote, and make sure that their personal political ideas line up with the platforms of those they choose to support.  The Cuban-American community has done it this electoral year.....

The Brexit Effect: Europe at a Crossroads

By Georgiana Constantin

As long as the European Union fails to heed the clarion call of its members to start considering reforms, perhaps in such a manner that it would emphasize its economic and trade relations rather than its political ones, then the viability of its existence might soon be called into question....
(My Take - This clabber about Scotland and possibly North Ireland wanting to stay a part of the E.U. is just that - clabber.  It matters not what they want because they're impotent as nations, economically and militarily, and the E.U. is doomed anyway!  They'll be part of nothing!)

Sparks Fly as Texas Senators Discover Numerous Toll Roads with no Debt, Prompts Call to Remove Tolls

By Terri Hall

Many Texans are paying upwards of $300 a month in tolls just to drive to work. Since the privatized toll road projects opened, one has gone bankrupt, SH 130 (segments 5 & 6), and two in the Dallas-Ft. Worth metroplex use dynamic or ‘congestion pricing’ (where the toll is based on the level of congestion) to soak the traveling public, charging up to $50 a day in tolls. Over a dozen Texas toll road projects were built with state and federal funds, no debt is owed, and yet officials charge tolls simply to profit off of congestion and use it as a means to control people and traffic.......

Can the Trump Revolution Save America?

The stakes are high. Regardless of what happens on November 8, the Trump movement will continue. Even if Mrs. Clinton wins the presidency and Democrats make gains in Congress, I don’t foresee Americans slinking away and giving up on the issues that Trump has emphasized. Whether Trump turns around his campaign or not, his movement is real and determined to fight for American sovereignty, free enterprise capitalism, and educational reform.  As the election draws close, a new report from a communist defector to the United States and a new book from two staunch conservatives have put the stakes in very dramatic terms. Former Romanian intelligence chief Ion Mihai Pacepa warns of a “looming disaster” if socialism takes hold in the United States, while J.B. Williams and Timothy Harrington contend that a “New American Revolution,” as represented by Donald J. Trump, is the only way at this point to save America from four more years of Marxist rule.

Book Reviews

• Last Act: The Final Years and Emerging Legacy of Ronald Reagan
• ‘Pinkoes and Traitors’: The BBC and the nation 1974 - 1987
• The Conservative Rebellion
• In Europe’s Shadow: Two Cold Wars and a Thirty Year Journey Through Romania and Beyond
• 1932: The Rise of Hitler & FDR – Two Tales of Politics, Betrayal, and Unlikely Destiny
• The New Totalitarian Temptation: Global Governance and the Crisis of Democracy