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‘War on Woke’: DeSantis Says Florida Will Teach Truth, American Exceptionalism
OXON HILL, Md.—Woke ideology is a war on truth, so Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is waging a “war on woke” in education and other arenas, the Republican said at The Heritage Foundation’s 50th Anniversary Leadership Summit. In his keynote address on Friday, DeSantis said education in the Sunshine State will not impose political indoctrination on… -
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How Next Conservative President Should Tame Politicized Justice Department
OXON HILL, Md.—The next conservative president must reform the Justice Department to restore constitutional government and deter rogue and politicized actions, conservatives said Friday at a Heritage Foundation event. Heritage’s 2025 Presidential Transition Project, also known as Project 2025, says: “Anything other than a top-to-bottom overhaul will only further erode the trust of significant portions… -
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In Chicago, Good People Must Fend for Themselves in Heart of City
During the riotous mayhem that hit the Chicago downtown Loop last weekend, mobs of young people looted stores and injured innocent bystanders. A woman was savagely beaten. The car of an Indianapolis couple was attacked while they were inside. The husband was hospitalized with minor injuries. All of this was just the mob action caught… -
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Larry Arnn Reveals Secret of Hillsdale College’s Success
OXON HILL, Md.—Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn criticized the overcomplication of learning in K-12 schools and universities across the nation, calling for America to return to “the classics.” Speaking at The Heritage Foundation’s 50th Anniversary Leadership Summit on Friday, Arnn picked apart the critical flaws in how progressives view the classroom in a discussion with… -
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‘Freedom Over Fauci-ism’: DeSantis Turns the Tables on Trump’s COVID-19 Attack
OXON HILL, Md.—Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis touted his anti-lockdown policies during the COVID-19 pandemic as the key to Florida’s post-pandemic economic success, slamming the ideology of former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci as “Fauci-ism.” Speaking Friday at The Heritage Foundation’s 50th Anniversary Leadership Summit, DeSantis also subtly criticized former President… -
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Jim Jordan’s Invisible (to Liberal Media) Hearing on NYC Crime
The House Judiciary Committee held a field hearing in Manhattan on April 17, a brief walk from the offices of the local District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who’s prosecuting former President Donald Trump. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, the committee’s chairman, and the Republicans said it was important to hear from violent crime victims in America’s largest… -
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Allie Beth Stuckey Calls for Parents to Abandon Nostalgia for Purpose
OXON HILL, Md.—Americans must take family-building more seriously than ever before, conservative commentator and podcast host Allie Beth Stuckey said in a speech Thursday at The Heritage Foundation’s Leadership Summit just outside the nation’s capital. Stuckey, known for the popular podcast “Relatable,” began by outlining Americans’ nostalgia for simpler times while facing tough social issues… -
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Legacy Media’s Double Standard on ‘Fake News’: Steele Dossier vs. Fox-Dominion Lawsuit
It’s a heady time for the badly disguised Democrats in the “objective media,” seeing Fox News settle a fake-news lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems over wild and unproven claims of mass voting machine fraud. But a new-book excerpt from “BuzzFeed Ben” Smith should remind everyone that the same “Truth matters” cheerleaders accepted wild and unproven… -
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Heritage Panel Lays Out Plan to Retake America’s Cultural Institutions
“You have to think about politics as if it was a fight in a war. And in these situations where I’m doing this strategic thinking, Heritage is the leading institution.” That’s what Balázs Orbán, the prime minister of Hungary’s political director, said about strengthening cultural institutions and taking them back from the Left at a… -
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Biden Has Made Mexican Cartels ‘Very Wealthy,’ Border State AG Says
Biden administration officials “want the cartels to maximize profits,” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton contends. President Joe Biden and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas have created “opportunities for the cartels to expand their network, not just in Mexico or Central America, but across our country,” Paxton, a Republican, says. Since Biden took office, more than… -
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The Useful Veneer of the Aging Democrat
President Joe Biden is now 80 years old. He will be 82 when he campaigns for president in the 2024 race—and a clearly debilitated 86 should he be elected and fill out his second term. Biden has been in government for over a half-century. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a current Democratic representative from California,… -
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‘China’s Already at War With Us,’ Peter Schweizer Says
OXON HILL, Md. – “China’s already at war with us,”says Peter Schweizer, Government Accountability Institute president and author of “Red-Handed: How American Elites Get Rich Helping China Win.” “You asked for a single word answer ‘yes’ or ‘no’ if we’re going to be at war with China. My view is that China’s already at war with… -
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GOP Ill-Equipped to Combat Cultural Marxism, Sen. Josh Hawley Warns
The Republican Party is not ready to face the challenge of the “great awokening” and a cultural Marxist revolution, Sen. Josh Hawley said Thursday. “The Republican Party as we have known it for the last 30 years is not prepared for the challenge,” the Missouri Republican lawmaker said in remarks at the 50th anniversary celebration… -
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State Officials Share Wins on Life, Election Integrity, Education
OXON HILL, Md.—After participating in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Supreme Court case that overturned the Roe v. Wade abortion decision, Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch said the credit goes to the entire pro-life movement. “We did this together,” Fitch told the crowd at The Heritage Foundation’s 50th anniversary celebration event on Thursday…. -
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Chinese Invasion of Taiwan Would Pose Greatest Threat to America, Says JD Vance
OXON HILL, Md.—American foreign policy should promote our national interests, but the president’s progressive politics isn’t allowing that to happen, Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, said Thursday at The Heritage Foundation’s 50th Anniversary Leadership Summit. Vance said that although the greatest threat facing America is a Chinese invasion of Taiwan, President Joe Biden is sending U.S…. -
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Even Trump-Hating Liberal Lawyers Are Trashing Alvin Bragg’s Feeble Indictment Attempt
Conservative legal experts have convinced a lot of folks that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s indictment of former President Donald Trump was deeply flawed and that he’s unlikely to win a conviction on the merits. Numerous potential liberal prosecutors looked at the case but turned it down on the grounds that it couldn’t be won,… -
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Here’s How You Can Help a Future Conservative President Take Down the Deep State
The next conservative president will face a monumental task keeping his promises to the American people in the face of a hostile entrenched bureaucracy, but a coalition of conservative leaders and former political appointees has compiled a game plan to equip him or her to restructure the federal government to make it more cost effective,… -
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Liberals’ Real Grievance Against Clarence Thomas
We’ve seen this rodeo before. The infamous Anita Hill affidavit and accusation of sexual harassment lodged against then Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas before the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1991. Thomas denounced then-Sen. Joe Biden’s sexual harassment hearings as a “high-tech lynching.” Nominee Thomas was confirmed as a justice to the Supreme Court by a… -
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Education Reform Group, Communism Watchdog Receive Heritage Foundation Innovation Prizes, Among Others
The Heritage Foundation awarded five organizations a prize for innovation on Thursday during its 50th anniversary celebration. The Heritage Innovation Prize is an annual award given to successful nonprofits in regard to research, litigation, education, outreach, or communications. Each year a group of recipients is selected and up to $1 million in prize money is… -
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Sen. Tim Scott Exposes Left’s ‘Blueprint of How to Ruin America.’
OXON HILL, Md. — A “blueprint on how to ruin America” is competing against a “new American sunrise,” Sen. Tim Scott said Thursday. The South Carolina Republican stepped from behind the podium and walked around before the front row of his audience at The Heritage Foundation’s 50th anniversary celebration. (The Daily Signal is the news…