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'Sanctuary' Crackdown Begins: Homeland Identifies 3 Maryland Counties Harboring Illegal Immigrants

A month ago, Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh wrote to federal authorities asking that they declare the state's courts, schools and hospitals off limits to immigration agents. Frosh, a Democrat, wrote that he was sending the letter in response to new immigration guidelines issued by the Trump administration that greatly expand the number of people considered a priority for removal from the country.

How Chicago's Largest Pension May Run Out Of Cash In As Little As 4 Years

How Chicago's Largest Pension May Run Out Of Cash In As Little As 4 Years

Chicago's pension funds, along with several other large public pensions around the country, are in serious trouble (we recently discussed the destruction awaiting our financial markets here: "Are Collapsing Pensions "About To Bring Hell To America"?"). 

The problem is that the pending doom surrounding these massive public pension obligations often get clouded over by complicated actuarial math with a plan's funded status heavily influenced by discount rates applied to future liability streams. 

Starbucks Will Never Learn: New Program Encourages "Bipartisan Coffee Drinking"

Starbucks Will Never Learn: New Program Encourages "Bipartisan Coffee Drinking"

Seemingly no amount of brand destruction will ever be sufficient to convince Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz that while most adult-aged Americans seem to like his company's coffee, roughly 50% of them couldn't give a flying flip about his leftist political opinions that he's constantly try to shove down their throats along with their morning java.

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