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Exposing Biden’s Energy Lies

Sara Carter tackles Joe Biden’s latest salvo of lies surrounding the ridiculous, record-high energy crisis and shreds his string of endless excuses in an attempt to shift the blame.

She also describes how lawless Portland, Ore., is becoming a dystopian mess because crime and open drug use is rampant and the radical politicians there won’t do anything to stop it, and welcomes Dr. Kevin Kosar to discuss what the vice-president can and cannot do when counting electoral votes every four years.

Earning Our Own Success

Ask most liberal professors, of which there are many in our institutions of higher learning, and they’ll tell you that free enterprise is selfish and greedy. Their premise is that free enterprise benefits us materially but the cost in not worth it. Social scientist Arthur Brooks, president of the American Enterprise Institute, disagrees. “Free enterprise is not just materially fulfilling. It’s a moral imperative,” he says. “One big reason is that free enterprise enables us to become truly happy. Because it enables us to earn our success.” Check out this edition of Prager University as Brooks tells us our forefathers had the right idea.

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Russians Mocking Obama

With the Obama Administration well into its fifth year, our country’s respect on the international front continues to dwindle. President Obama’s latest debacle is unfolding in Eurasia, where the Russian Federation has expanded its boundaries into Ukraine, annexing the coastal region of Crimea, much to the chagrin of the Western world. The daring manuever drew a hapless response from the Obama Administration, making the U.S. the laughing stock among Russian politicians.

American Enterprise Institute scholar Michael Rubin tells conservative radio talk show host Andrew Wilkow, “What’s dangerous is that what happens in Crimea doesn’t stay in Crimea. Ultimately, Vladimir Putin might be laughing at us, but Kim Jong-un, the dear leader in North Korea is having similar thoughts, you can be sure that the Supreme Leader in Iran is having similar thoughts and every single ally we have whom we have given security guarantees, are now seeing those guarantees aren’t worth the paper their written on.” More from the BlazeTV.

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Obamacare Destroying Jobs

American Enterprise Institute resident scholar Stan Veuger says Obamacare and jobs aren’t a good match. The Congressional Budget Office concurred when it released a report recently, revealing that work disincentives in Obamacare will lead to a massive loss of about 2.5 million jobs. Says Veuger, “If you don’t reward work, if you don’t reward investments, work and investments will cease to exist.”

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