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Johnny Kampis

Johnny Kampis is investigative reporter for the Taxpayers Protection Alliance Foundation. Kampis formerly served a similar role at Watchdog.org. Over the course of his nearly 20 years in journalism, he has been published in such outlets as the New York Times, Time, Fox News and Daily Caller. He is the author of the upcoming book "Vegas or Bust: A Family Man Takes on the Poker Pros" (ECW Press, 2018), detailing his adventures at the World Series of Poker.
by | Aug 24, 2018

The trade war between the United States and China escalated Thursday with both countries implementing additional rounds of tariffs. The U.S. imposed tariffs of 25 percent on $16 billion worth of Chinese goods. Some 279 products are affected, including plastic…

by | Aug 22, 2018

Google’s talks of launching a censored search engine application in China isn’t sitting well with its own employees, more than 1,000 of which signed a letter protesting the plan and calling for more accountability and transparency. The company famed for…

by | Aug 20, 2018

The greed of Sin City may have finally caught up to it. Recent financial reports out of Las Vegas from the two heavyweights — Caesars Entertainment and MGM Resorts International — show declining revenues and stormy projections. Metrics are bad…

by | Aug 20, 2018

Gov. Matt Bevin told a conference of local government officials last week they’ll be “screwed” in the pocketbooks if the Kentucky Supreme Court rules against the state legislature’s new pension law, which aims to curb escalating retirement obligations to public-sector…

by | Aug 17, 2018

Despite Democrats’ breathless attacks against Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai over what he knew about the falsity of a cyberattack regarding comments on the Title II rollback, it turns out Pai was just following protocol. In May 2017,…

by | Aug 16, 2018

A pro free-market group released a study Wednesday that argues the trade wars originating from President Trump’s tariffs will depress, not encourage, financial growth. Competitive Enterprise Institute’s (CEI) “Traders of the Lost Ark: Rediscovering a Moral and Economic Case for…

by | Aug 14, 2018

President Trump had the gall to call for a boycott of Harley-Davidson over the weekend for its discussions of shifting some manufacturing overseas, as it tries to deal with the trade wars No. 45 has created. Following the event “Bikers…

by | Aug 13, 2018

Free-market oriented groups are urging members of the House of Representatives as they head home for their August break not to break ranks and join Democrats trying to void the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) repeal of onerous internet service provider…

by | Aug 9, 2018

In poker, it doesn’t matter how good you are (or how good you think you are), you are going to run into some bad streaks, and sometimes these bad streaks can last a very long time. In a game where…

by | Aug 8, 2018

It seems Canada and Mexico are playing off each other in negotiations with the United States for a new North America Free Trade Agreements (NAFTA), each fearing looking weak but both ultimately needing to cooperate to get a deal done….

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