"Google and its employees live better than almost any human beings in the world. They do so because they live in the freest and most opportunity-giving country in the world, the United States of America.

"That Google and its employees refuse to work on the military defense of their country is an expression of ingratitude (not to mention absence of patriotism) that is simply breathtaking.

"How did we produce such foolish and ungrateful people?

"They are the products of left-wing education and the left-wing media, and of living in the left-wing cocoon of Northern California and its tech industry.

"Google should be true to its convictions and change just one word of its original slogan from 'Don't be evil' to 'Don't fight evil.'"

"With a number of critical decisions set to be released by the Supreme Court this month, one in particular could have wide-ranging impact on our economy and on the very principle of federalism. In South Dakota v. Wayfair, the Court will decide whether to uphold its earlier decision that states cannot force businesses to collect and remit sales taxes unless the businesses has a physical presence in their state. A bad decision from the court -- as well as possible legislation from Congress -- would lead to Internet sales taxes that harm hundreds of thousands of small businesses across the nation and change the very face of the Internet economy.

"In 1992, the Court decided in Quill Corp vs. North Dakota that states do not have the power to impose sales tax burdens on businesses with no physical presence in their state. This important precedent has prevented states from being able to tax, audit or regulate businesses and individuals that do not reside in their state.State and local governments -- and some allies in Congress -- want to get their hands on as much revenue as possible and have tried to find a way to undo this precedent. The Wayfair decision will determine whether we continue this critical model -- as will subsequent decisions by Congress.

"An entrepreneur who starts an online business should not be turned into a national tax collector. There are currently over 10,000 sales tax jurisdictions in the United States. If an Internet sales tax goes through, these small businesses will now be forced to figure out and collect the taxes for all those different jurisdictions. As a former local and state official, I know firsthand how complicated these taxes can be. Certain products will qualify for one rate, while a different product will have another tax rate and the taxes in one city, town or county will differ from the rate in other parts of the state. Hard working entrepreneurs on their own, or with a few employees, would have to navigate that maze of taxes. Most will likely have to hire accountants or tax lawyers to help them figure it out -- cutting into the bottom line for a small business -- jeopardizing their profits and their ability to keep employees.

"More worrisome, such a tax would suddenly make those businesses vulnerable to audits or tax bills from states or localities they do not reside in or vote in. As a conservative, the last thing I want to see is entrepreneurs becoming the target of aggressive tax collection and audits from officials in other states. As a letter signed by numerous conservative and taxpayer groups earlier this year pointed out, 'dismantling the physical presence protection for remote retail sales could throw open the floodgates for states to aggressively attempt enforcement of not just their states tax laws, but also business and individual income tax rules, and even activist regulatory obligations on out -of-state entities.'"

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"Less than a week before the California primary, Google listed 'Nazism' as the ideology of the California Republican Party.

"In the 'knowledge panel' that provides easy access to information next to search results, Google was showing 'Nazism' as an 'ideology' of the party as of Thursday morning. The word 'Nazism' was hyperlinked to a secondary page that shows 'Nazism' alongside other 'ideologies' of California Republicans like 'Conservatism,' 'Market liberalism,' 'Fiscal conservatism,' and 'Green conservatism.' ...

"'It is disgraceful that the world's largest search engine has labeled millions of California Republicans as Nazis,' said Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California, the House Majority Leader and potential successor to Speaker Paul Ryan. 'This is just the latest incident in a disturbing trend to slander conservatives. These damaging actions must be held to account. The bias has to stop.'"

"The latest bit of shameless hypocrisy from Sen. Chuck Schumer is an attempt to blame rising gasoline prices on President Trump's decision to pull out of the Iran deal.

"Remember, that's the deal that Schumer voted against.

"Hypocrisy from Schumer in and of itself wouldn't be new or newsworthy. The latest from the Senate minority leader, though, is a window into the coming campaign.

"Take it as a warning. The Democrats will wilt away on foreign policy, even if only for political advantage at home, and, bereft of pro-growth ideas, will use government to strong-arm the markets.

"It's what they do."

"The first question that comes to mind when hearing that Hillary Clinton would like to be CEO of Facebook is: How would they fit all their servers into her bathroom?

"We learned about Clinton's desire to run the social media giant from a question posed to her during an event at Harvard University where she was receiving an award for her 'leadership.' This for a woman who didn't even have the courage to face her distraught supporters on election night 2016, own the defeat and tell them the truth. As her lackey John Podesta was lying to the confused and crying crowd at her election night party about it not being over, she was on the phone conceding to her rival Donald Trump.

"'Speaking at Harvard University before receiving an award Friday, Clinton was asked a hypothetical. ... If Clinton could be chief executive of any company right now, which company would she choose? "Facebook," Clinton said without hesitating,' the Los Angeles Times reported.

"'Clinton said that she'd want to be in charge of the social media giant because of the immense power it has over the world's flow of information. It's the biggest news platform in the world ... but most people in our country get their news, true or not, from Facebook,' according to the newspaper.

"It makes sense that the woman who set up bootlegged email servers and installed them in her bathroom while secretary of state would like to run Facebook. It's apparent her goal, since she was guaranteed to win the race (you know there are insurance policies for that, right?), was to make sure she controlled the flow of information."

"T.S. Eliot famously wrote that 'April is the cruelest month,' but when it comes to America's fiscal picture, nothing could be further from the truth about this April. The latest government numbers confirm that last month was a blockbuster for growth, federal revenues and deficit reduction.

"One of the key principles of Trumponomics is that faster economic growth can help solve a multitude of other social and economic problems -- from poverty, to inner-city decline, to lowering the national debt.

"We're not quite at a sustained elevated growth rate of 3 percent yet, but the latest economy snapshot tells us we are knocking on the door. The growth rate over the last four quarters came in at 2.9 percent, which was higher than any of the eight years of the Obama presidency. Halfway through this current quarter, which began on April 1, the Atlanta Federal Reserve estimates growth at 4 percent. If that persists through the end of June, we will have reached an average growth rate of 3 percent under President Trump. ...

"Now for the even better news. We are already starting to see a fiscal dividend from Mr. Trump's tax, energy and regulatory pro-business policies. The Congressional Budget Office reports that tax revenues in April -- by far the biggest month of the year for tax collections because of the April 15 filing deadline -- totaled $515 billion, which was a robust 13 percent rise in receipts over last year."

"I'm proud to be an American where at least I know I'm free, and I won't forget the men who died who gave that right to me ..."

"Without China, neither Iran nor North Korea can obtain the diplomatic cover or the technological support needed to build a sophisticated nuclear-missile arsenal. And China can be convinced not to endanger its lucrative commerce with the West for the sake of irritating the United States and Europe with rogue nuclear proxies.

"Finally, Russia is a regional neighbor of North Korea and Iran. It has no strategic self-interest in having two unhinged nuclear countries nearby.

"Before the onset of the hysteria about Russian 'collusion,' the United States and Russia discussed areas of mutual benefit, such as limiting the number of dangerous third-party nations with nuclear weapons.

"For all the evil of Russian president Vladimir Putin, the potential evil of a nuclear Iran and North Korea is greater. It is time to talk about mutual strategic interests with the Russians to nullify a North Korean and Iranian nuclear threat.

"In sum, for all their obnoxious bluster, the rogue governments of North Korea and Iran are more vulnerable than ever."

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"It has been said that if you live long enough, you will see everything. I'm experiencing that feeling as I watch the New York Times and Washington Post abandon their ultra-liberal leanings to defend government spying on innocent American citizens.

"The case shows Trump Derangement Syndrome in action as it turns two of the nation's prominent newspapers into the type of organizations they spent 50 years attacking. ...

"This latest version of media madness involves the confirmation that the FBI and perhaps the CIA sent a spy -- or maybe two spies -- to see whether Donald Trump's associates were in cahoots with Russia during the 2016 campaign.

"The spying is an event of enormous consequences, with no known precedent in American history, because it catches the incumbent party targeting the candidate of the opposition party. Even Richard Nixon didn't weaponize law enforcement and intelligence agencies to this extent."

"Many agents in the FBI want Congress to subpoena them so they can reveal problems caused by former FBI Director James Comey and former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe, three people in direct contact with active field agents tell TheDC.

"'There are agents all over this country who love the bureau and are sickened by [James] Comey's behavior and [Andrew] McCabe and [Eric] Holder and [Loretta] Lynch and the thugs like [John] Brennan -- who despise the fact that the bureau was used as a tool of political intelligence by the Obama administration thugs,' former federal prosecutor Joe DiGenova told The Daily Caller Tuesday. 'They are just waiting for a chance to come forward and testify.' ...

"DiGenova -- who along with his wife, Victoria Toensing, has represented government whistleblowers in the past -- agreed, telling TheDC, 'It's an intelligent approach to the situation given the vindictive nature of the bureau under Comey and McCabe. I have no idea how to read Chris Wray, who is not a leader and who has disappeared from the public eye during this entire crisis. You know, he may be cleaning house but if he's doing so, he's doing it very quietly.'"