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Podcast: 1 Year After Parkland Massacre, Broward County’s School Board Still Failing
It’s been a year since the tragic school shooting in Parkland, Florida, that took the lives of 17 people. Today, we speak with Kenneth Preston, a student journalist from Broward County who helped shine light on the corruption in that school district after the shooting. We ask him about what’s changed, and what hasn’t, since… -
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A Year After Parkland Shooting, Gun Control Activists Still Misdiagnose the Problem
Any credible doctor will say that having the right diagnosis is important. If a patient receives the wrong diagnosis, he is almost certain to begin the wrong treatment. That can mean not just that the patient doesn’t get any better, but that the “treatment” actively harms him. Imagine, for example, starting chemotherapy for a broken… -
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This Freshman Lawmaker Interrogated Saddam as Part of Iraqi Dictator’s Capture
Not every freshman congressman can say he took part in the capture of fugitive Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, and interrogated him to boot. Rep. Mark Green, elected in November to represent Tennessee's 7th Congressional District, is an Army special operations veteran as well as a physician and businessman. One of his most memorable missions in… -
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‘Medicare for All’ Not the Cure, Says Doctor and Army Ranger Elected to House
The free market is the cure to the nation’s health care crisis, not what liberals call Medicare for All, argues a physician, combat veteran, and businessman who just became a congressman from Tennessee. “It’s too expensive,” Rep. Mark Green, elected in November to represent Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District, said of Medicare for All in an… -
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This K-12 Innovation Would Help Families in South Carolina Customize Learning
Cindie Smith is not one to shy away from a challenge. Having already raised two biological children, she adopted four children with special needs and is determined to help each of them succeed. Smith and her family live in Arizona, one of five states that offer education savings accounts to eligible students. With an account,… -
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Our National Debt Just Hit $22 Trillion. Will Congress Finally Take It Seriously?
Wow. $22 trillion. Let that huge number sink in. It’s the gross national debt reported Monday by the Treasury Department. The question is, now that we have crossed this inauspicious threshold, will Congress finally get serious about changing the nation’s budget course? For years, the Congressional Budget Office has warned that America’s growing debt is… -
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Don’t Believe the Fake News. Tax Cuts for Everyday Americans Are Real.
The left-leaning media would have you believe that the 2017 tax cuts were nothing of the sort. Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., recently tweeted that average refunds are down, calling the president’s tax cut a “middle-class tax hike.” This is simply the latest episode in a long-running campaign to demagogue tax cuts that let the vast… -
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Shutdowns Show Why Airline Industry Shouldn’t Depend On Washington
When the border funding dispute between President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats led to a partial federal government shutdown, what followed was weeks of speculation on what would cause one side or the other to back down. As it turns out, just a handful of employees at an air traffic control center in Leesburg, Virginia,… -
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The True Meaning of That Green New Deal
It would be easy to dismiss the Green New Deal as an impossible progressive dream, but that would be a mistake. The Green New Deal is not the bucket list of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her fellow travelers, but a blueprint to turn America into a socialist state. It is the culmination of a 90-year… -
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California’s Plan to Finish 119 Miles of High-Speed Rail to Cost $89 Million Per Mile, 4 Times More Than Trump’s Border Wall
Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to finish the 119-mile stretch of high-speed rail in the Central Valley is expected to cost $10.6 billion, according to official estimates—or $89 million per mile. Newsom said in a Tuesday press conference that finishing that stretch of line was about “economic transformation and unlocking the enormous potential of… -
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‘You Have Trafficked in Hate Your Whole Life’: Rep. Ilhan Omar Responds to Trump’s Call for Her to Resign
Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar responded to President Donald Trump’s calls to resign over her anti-Israel comments. “You have trafficked in hate your whole life—against Jews, Muslims, Indigenous, immigrants, black people and more. I learned from people impacted by my words. When will you?” the first-term congresswoman tweeted Wednesday morning. Hi @realDonaldTrump– You have trafficked in hate your… -
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Congress Spends Without Counting the Full Cost. My Bill Would Change That.
Before legislation passes either the House or the Senate, lawmakers should know how much it costs. That would seem to go without saying. But lawmakers consistently overlook one key cost: the new interest payments their spending will create. Say you’re wanting to buy a $20,000 car but don’t have $20,000 in cash to pay… -
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Amid Liberal Scandals, Media Thinks GOP Pouncing Is Real Story
In the past few weeks, prominent Democrats have endorsed infanticide; admitted to dressing in blackface; called for an end to fossil fuels, airplanes, and farting cows; and trafficked in open anti-Semitism. None of this is a serious problem for many in the media. For members of the media, the real story is that Republicans keep… -
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Socialism Has Already Hurt America
President Donald Trump was principled and politically astute to address, in his State of the Union, the horrors taking place now in Venezuela, and then to declare: “Tonight we renew our resolve that America will never be a socialist country.” Venezuela is indeed a poster child for what happens when a nation’s economic machinery falls… -
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The Real Risks of Marijuana Use
Ten states and Washington, D.C., have legalized the recreational use of marijuana. Twenty-two other states, along with U.S. territories Puerto Rico and Guam, allow marijuana to be used for medical purposes. Let’s examine some hidden issues about marijuana use. Before we start, permit me to state my values about medical or recreational use of any… -
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Podcast: What’s Good, Bad in the Proposed Border Deal
Is 55 miles of border wall or fencing enough? Did liberals get too many concessions? The Heritage Foundation’s Hans von Spakovsky joins us to discuss the proposed border deal that, if passed, would avert another shutdown. Plus: We talk about how a journalist got a department store to remove a “Fake News” T-shirt. We also… -
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7 Things to Know About Rep. Ilhan Omar
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Rep. Ilhan Omar should resign over anti-Semitic remarks the freshman lawmaker has made. “I think she should either resign from Congress, or she should certainly resign from the House Foreign Affairs Committee,” Trump said of the Minnesota Democrat during a Cabinet meeting. Here are six things to know about… -
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California’s High-Speed Rail Failure Shows the Insanity of Green New Deal
Even California can’t apparently support high-speed rail. Just a few hundred miles of high-speed rail in California was well on its way to exceeding $100 billion in costs by the time of completion. As a result, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday that the state will be massively shrinking the project. “Let’s be real,” Newsom, a… -
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Trump ‘Not Happy’ With Border Agreement, Hedges on Another Shutdown
President Donald Trump said Tuesday he’s “not happy” with the agreement reached by congressional appropriators on border security, but predicts there won’t be another partial federal government shutdown. “Am I happy, at first glance? I just got to see it. The answer is, no, I’m not,” Trump said at the start of a Cabinet meeting… -
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New Study: Voter ID Laws Don’t Deter Turnout or Fraud
Yet another study has found that voter ID laws do not suppress voter turnout, but the study also asserted such laws have no clear effect on stopping voter fraud. The study was compiled by two professors, Vincent Pons of Harvard University Business School and Enrico Cantoni of the economics department at the University of Bologna…