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Podcast: A July Fourth Show Like No Other
Thanks for joining us this Independence Day! We hope you’re enjoying the barbecue and fireworks. President Donald Trump has said the fireworks display in D.C. will be “the show of a lifetime,” but of course, it hasn’t come without controversy. Some have knocked the idea of a “military parade.” Today we’ll consider what kind of… -
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The Most Problematic Women in American History
On a special Independence Day edition of “Problematic Women,” we team up with Jarrett Stepman and Fred Lucas, co-hosts of The Daily Signal’s “Right Side of History” podcast, to discuss some of the most problematic women throughout American history. We begin by honoring the legacy of Betsy Ross after Nike pulled its latest USA-themed sneaker… -
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What Did the US Gain From the Trump-Xi Meeting at the G-20 Summit?
The world held its breath in anticipation as President Donald Trump met with Chinese President Xi Jinping on June 28 on the sidelines of the Group of 20 leaders’ summit in Osaka, Japan. The outcome of their meeting was mostly unsurprising, despite conferring for almost an hour. By the end, the two agreed to resume… -
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4 Things to Know About Ken Cuccinelli, Trump’s New Chief for Lawful Immigration
As acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli becomes a key player in the Trump administration’s enforcement of immigration laws. On Tuesday, Cuccinelli attended a ceremony at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York as 52 persons from 28 countries became U.S. citizens. “This is… -
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What Those Decrying America’s ‘Endless Wars’ Are Really Talking About
From the presidential candidate debate stage to new think tanks, voices from both left and right are demanding an end to America’s endless wars. Only one problem: We’re not fighting any endless wars. No matter. The endless-war warriors want us to do less on the world stage. Even in this age of great power competition, these “new” isolationists would… -
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The Hard Facts Behind Venezuela’s Oil Crisis
The citizens of Venezuela have gotten used to spending days parked in mile-long lines for state-owned gasoline as shortages worsened for the nation, which holds the largest oil reserves in the world. In the capital of Caracas, hundreds of motorists waited in lines last month while carrying rocks and pipes to defend themselves as Venezuela’s… -
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A Nation Worth Lauding
This week, as Americans commemorate Independence Day and the creation of the most free, most prosperous nation on earth, we will inevitably hear from those who say there’s no reason to celebrate a country where not everyone gained their freedom or their equality in 1776. They will say that a nation stained with the evil of slavery,… -
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Debate Over July Fourth DC Festivities Shows How Out of Touch Elites Are
With the upcoming White House-sponsored ceremony honoring the U.S. military on the National Mall, this Independence Day will look a little different in Washington, D.C. A quick scan of headlines, opinion columns, and social media shows this is apparently quite upsetting to many in the political class. But to borrow the oft-used social media exclamation,… -
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‘Let Us Provide Our Own Security’: Virginia Beach Manager Petitions for Guns at Work
Vincent Smith wasn’t in the office when a fellow Virginia Beach city employee opened fire there, ultimately killing 12 and wounding five in the carnage five weeks ago. After getting notice of the shooting that afternoon in Building 2 of the Virginia Beach Municipal Center, Smith, 49, raced to the nearby emergency operations center, where… -
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How the Trump Administration Is Reining in the EPA’s Union
The Environmental Protection Agency announced a new collective bargaining agreement last week that has outraged the main labor union representing EPA employees. According to the president of the union—the American Federation of Government Employees—the EPA is “trampling on federal employees’ rights and ignoring the law” with the new agreement. So what are the draconian provisions… -
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Supreme Court Set to Hear School Choice Case Next Term
Before hitting the road for their summer vacations, the justices of the Supreme Court announced last week that they would hear a major school choice case in the next term. If the court rules in favor of the families that brought this case, it could pave the way for educational freedom and opportunity for millions… -
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Expand School Choice in DC
Families in the nation’s capital deserve a choice about educating their children. This year, Congress has the chance to make changes to the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program—up for reauthorization—that could positively affect the future of D.C. children for decades to come. The D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program provides scholarships to cover private school tuition for low-income… -
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Why Military Families Overwhelmingly Support Education Choice
While protecting American freedom, the active-duty men and women of our armed forces want education freedom as well. That’s the general finding of a new report by EdChoice, a nonprofit organization that promotes educational choice through research and advocacy. The report includes results of a survey of nearly 1,300 current members of the U.S. military… -
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‘Real America’ Inside the Beltway
WASHINGTON—It is often said our nation’s capital is filled with wealthy college-educated elites operating in a company town where everything is transactional. They are a clubby set of folks who can “fail up” in their profession and rarely interact meaningfully with anyone who isn’t part of their peerage. They have lost touch with whomever they… -
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For the Fourth of July, Reflections on the Meaning of American Citizenship
The celebration of the Fourth of July invites us to reflect on what it means to be an American citizen. Today, such reflection is especially necessary, because the meaning of American citizenship has been distorted by ideology. As I observe in a new “First Principles” paper for The Heritage Foundation, these distortions can be cured… -
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Democrat Lawmaker Speaks Out Against Nike
Democratic Illinois Rep. Dan Lipinski expressed his opposition to Nike’s decision to recall an American flag-themed sneaker by wearing one of the shoemaker’s largest competitors. “I’m sitting here working. Notice I’m not wearing Nikes, nor will I anytime soon,” Lipinski tweeted Tuesday along with a picture of the New Balance sneakers he was wearing. Nike… -
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Rep. Crenshaw Says Rep. Ocasio-Cortez ‘Getting Bolder With Her Lies’ About Border Crisis
Texas GOP Rep. Dan Crenshaw called New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez a liar after she claimed migrants in detention centers are being forced to drink toilet water. “She’s getting bolder with her lies on this. This is what’s actually happening and this is what the American people need to understand: People like AOC are… -
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Hidden Costs of Energy Mandates
There is nothing environmentally conscientious about prematurely shutting down sound infrastructure that provides clean, low-cost, reliable electricity. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what state renewable energy mandates, federal energy subsidies, and policies like the Green New Deal would do to accommodate politically preferred renewable energy technologies. A new report from the Institute for Energy Research gives Americans… -
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A Fallen Warrior and the Unfading Flag
My wife Anne and I celebrated the Fourth of July early this year when we buried her brother, Jimmy, with full military honors in a tiny cemetery outside Scranton, Pennsylvania. It didn’t matter that Jimmy was “only” a draftee and served in Alaska, where he manned a radar station, rather than Vietnam. What was… -
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America Takes an Antifa Beating
I will not be in much of a celebratory mood this coming Independence Day. Our borders have collapsed. Our educational system is a wreck. And our constitutionally protected freedoms of assembly, speech, and the press are under siege in the streets and across the internet. The ability of patriots to warn, expose, and combat the…