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The Washington Post‘s great Stephanie McCrummen profiles Ralph Case, a struggling small-town Ohio businessman who has placed all his chips on Trump. Excerpts:

Submitted by John Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute,

“We want no Gestapo or secret police. The FBI is tending in that direction. They are dabbling in sex-life scandals and plain blackmail. J. Edgar Hoover would give his right eye to take over, and all congressmen and senators are afraid of him.”—President Harry S. Truman

“Don’t Be a Puppet” is the message the FBI is sending young Americans.

Friday evening’s Donald Trump rally in Chicago was broken up by a foul-mouthed mob that infiltrated the hall and forced the cancelation of the event to prevent violence and bloodshed.

Brownshirt tactics worked. The mob, triumphant, rejoiced.

And the reaction of Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, and John Kasich?

All three Republican rivals blamed—Donald Trump.

Submitted by Thomas DiLorenzo via The Mises Institute,

In this article, Claudio Grass, Managing Director at Global Gold Switzerland, talks to economist and Mises Institute Senior Fellow Thomas DiLorenzo. This exclusive interview covers central bank monetary policies, Keynesian economics, the economic“recovery,“ political correctness, and much more.

Remember Rachel Fox? For those who do not, here is a reminder courtesy of this blast from the February 2013 past interview of the then-16 year old Desperate Housewives "TV star" who became a "star trader" using her acting money, and after returning 30% in 2012 and outperforming 99% of hedge funds, was promptly interviewed by CNBC, unleashing the whole "17 year old hedge fund manager" meme:

Forget Ackman, Einhorn, Bass, And Hendry. There is only one name in the world of equity market performance in 2012 - Rachel Fox, of 'Desperate Housewives' fame.