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Peter Thiel Says Silicon Valley Failed America

Silicon Valley leaders are befuddled as both political parties — and venture capital giant Peter Thiel — are rejecting their agenda, which includes the Trans-Pacific Partnership, expanded H1-B immigration visas, new autonomous vehicles regulations, and “gig economy” worker reclassification.

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Exclusive — Mook Spooked: Clinton Campaign Manager, Other Top Dems Dodge Questions on Whether Hillary Wants Obama to Withdraw TPP

Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager Robby Mook and other top Democrats refused to answer whether Clinton wants President Barack Obama to withdraw the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) from consideration before Congress during interviews with Breitbart News in the spin room after the first presidential debate here at Hofstra University on Monday night.

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Gov. Kasich Visits Obama at White House for TPP Push Meeting

He lost badly in the Republican presidential primary election to now-nominee Donald Trump, refused to attend the Republican National convention in the state where he is governor, and now John Kasich is visiting President Barack Obama in the White House to help Obama pass the highly controversial trade agreement, the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP).

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Signs Emerge in Wisconsin: Globalists for Paul Ryan

JANESVILLE, WI — New campaign signs are trolling Paul Ryan throughout his district.

Signs that resemble the lettering and coloring of Paul Ryan’s official campaign signs have popped up throughout the district, which purport to support Ryan for Congress in light of his globalist worldview.

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The Legend Speaks — Schlafly Thunders for Ryan Ouster: ‘Get Rid of Him!’

Coming on the heels of her pivotal endorsement that helped propel Donald Trump to becoming the Republican nominee, conservative icon Phyllis Schlafly is once again entering the 2016 electoral fray. This time the living legend has her 91-year-old sights set on the highly controversial House Speaker Paul Ryan, who leads America’s globalist political sect and is nominally a member of the Republican Party.

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Obama: Yes, Trade Deals Hurt Everyday Americans, ‘People Lost Jobs’

President Barack Obama spoke about the pain and suffering of American workers caused by past trade agreements Tuesday at a joint press conference held in the East Room of the White House with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who is in the United States to voice support for the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership.

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Donald Trump: Hillary Clinton ‘Lied about TPP’

“She lied about TPP,” Trump stated of the former secretary of state, adding that she has said she wants to renegotiate trade deals after Trump declared he would do that with the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which President Bill Clinton passed.

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‘No TPP!’ Chants Drown Out Democratic Convention Speakers

“No TPP!” has been a popular slogan, in chants and printed signs, at the Democratic National Convention because of broad opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal that is heavily favored by President Barack Obama — and also heavily opposed by primary loser Sen. Bernie Sanders.

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Trump’s Economic Nationalism Exposes Hillary’s Achilles Heel

Quoting Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, and Abraham Lincoln, presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump became the first major party candidate in decades to embrace economic nationalism. Trump, in a policy speech delivered in the key swing state of Pennsylvania, proclaimed “it’s time to declare our economic independence once again.”

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Poll: Donald Trump’s Trade ‘Rhetoric Has Rubbed Off on Voters’

Although GOP frontrunner Donald Trump made trade policy one of his top talking points while out on the campaign trail, a new poll suggests a majority of voters have little knowledge on the topic. But of the voters that do care about trade, the poll reveals they worry trade deals impact American jobs.

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Huff Post Links: Pro-TPP Op-Eds Nearly Identical to Drafts from Foreign Government Lobbyists

Throughout the past year, several op-eds appearing in California publications promoted the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal, but the Huffington Post is reporting that several of those op-eds use identical language from lobbyists who were retained by foreign governments, specifically Japan, to push support for the controversial trade agreement in the United States.

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Jeff Sessions: Time to Get Real About Our ‘Relentlessly Mercantilist’ Trade Partners

“A contract should not exist when it’s not of benefit to both parties,” Sessions declared. “And I just believe it’s time for us to be far more realistic about trading. We have to understand that many of our trading partners are relentlessly mercantilist. They seek to expand their exports to us, expanding their unemployment to us, and block our exports to them.”

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