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So what if Americans don't smoke as much as they once didt, the Marlboro Man will have something to cheer, if his handlers get their way at the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade table. Tariffs currently imposed by developing TPP countries stand to fall to nothing, putting U.S. tobacco producers in an opportune position to inundate them with inexpensive cigarettes and an epidemic of smoking-related health woes.

When President Barack Obama recently asserted that the nation now sold more Made-in-America products worldwide than ever before, his words rung true technically but don’t let him fool you into believing that we’re out of the trade deficit woods just yet.

Members of Congress are back in their home districts for the month of August and many are holding town hall meetings and other events to meet with We, the People.  

Here is a list of Congressional home district events through August 25th - our opportunity to let Congress know they should oppose "Fast Track" - a critical issue affecting our jobs, sovereignty and Constitution.

Members of Congress are back in their home districts for the month of August and many are holding town hall meetings and other events to meet with We, the People.  

Here is a list of Congressional home district events through August 25th - our opportunity to let Congress know they should oppose "Fast Track" - a critical issue affecting our jobs, sovereignty and Constitution.

Christians face routine persecution in nations President Obama seeks to reward with economic integration through the TransPacific Partnership. The State Department and first hand accounts document how the Islamic Sultanate of Brunei, Malaysia and the communist government of Vietnam pursue official policies that persecute Christians and promote anti-Semitism. Yet the White House wants to give these countries special privileges that surpass what Americans enjoy.

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If President Obama attempts to get “fast-track authority” to push the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, through Congress before attending the summit meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, in October, he can anticipate strong opposition from Rand Paul as well as from the senator’s father, former Republican congressman Ron Paul of Texas.

Dinesh D’Souza, author of ‘Obama’s America,’ blasts TPP, saying “Obama’s TransPacific Partnership agreement will put American businesses at a competitive disadvantage to foreign businesses.  TPP serves Obama’s agenda that puts globalist interests before America’s.”

Listen to D'Souza's comments.

When Congress returns from recess in September, President Obama will ask it to outsource its Constitutional responsibilities and grant him unprecedented powers to sign so-called "trade" agreements with foreign countries without consulting Congress.  The White House will be able to tell Congress what it must vote on - without amendments - and even when.  It's called "Fast Track" trade promoiton authority, and it must be derailed.

Guest blogger Todd Lipscomb of MadeinUSAForever.com answers the question "Why does Made in USA make a difference?"

While there is still a debate about how much reshoring is actually taking place, there is no doubt it is happening, especially in the seven tipping-point industries that the Boston Consulting Group  predicted would reshore: transportation goods, appliances and electrical equipment, furniture, plastic and rubber products, machinery, fabricated metal products, and computers and electronics. Guest blogger Michele Nash-Hoff explores why more companies aren't reshoring.