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In 5 Charts, How Heritage’s Budget Blueprint Would Clean Up Washington’s Mess
It’s no secret that the federal government’s finances are a wreck. Washington has spent too much and added far too much to the national debt for the sake of political convenience and payoffs to well-connected special interests. We’re now paying a heavy price for years of irresponsible governing, with inflation hitting 40-year highs. Waves of… -
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Unserious Leadership in a Serious Time
We live in a deeply serious time with deeply unserious leaders. Historian Niall Ferguson has written that the “extreme violence of the 20th century” was precipitated by three preconditions: “ethnic conflict, economic volatility, and empires in decline.” It is difficult not to see such preconditions repeating themselves in this century. The West is currently tearing… -
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Biden Is About 1619, Not 1776
President Joe Biden travelled to Philadelphia, to Independence Hall, the place where the nation’s Founders signed the Declaration of Independence, to make his case for “The Continued Battle for the Soul of the Nation.” Indeed, the president, in his remarks, said we are at an “inflection point” regarding where we stand and the path we’ll… -
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Who Is Liz Truss and How Will She Govern as UK’s New Prime Minister?
The United Kingdom has a new prime minister. Liz Truss, a member of the Conservative Party, officially became the U.K.’s newest head of government Tuesday. But who is Truss, and what does her rise to power signify for the U.K. and its relationship with the United States? Nile Gardiner, director of the Margaret Thatcher Center… -
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Lawmakers Must Act as Biden Weaponizes Big Tech Against Americans
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt last week exposed the symbiosis of the deep state and the Silicon Valley elites. Schmitt’s revelation came just days after Americans learned that Facebook coordinated with the FBI to suppress the Hunter Biden laptop story a few weeks before the 2020 election. It is now clearer than ever that President… -
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Newsom Paves Way for $22/Hour Fast-Food Minimum Wage
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, signed a bill Monday establishing a council empowered to raise the minimum wage for the state’s fast-food workers to more than $20 per hour. The Fast Food Accountability and Standards Recovery Act (AB 257), passed by the state Legislature a week prior, orders a 10-member Fast Food Council to appropriately create wage, working conditions,… -
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African Nations Should Spurn UN’s Radical Sex-Ed Seduction
When government representatives from around the globe meet next week in New York City for the annual United Nations General Assembly, the Transforming Education Summit, convened to tackle global crises in education, will be on the docket. The U.N.’s track record on education should raise red flags for all concerned. Ten African countries committed on… -
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‘Don’t Tread on Our Kids’: Brittany Aldean Faces Pushback for Conservative Opinion
Last month, country music wife Brittany Aldean made ripples online when she took a strong social media stance against allowing children to go through gender transitioning. In the openly conservative influencer’s words, her comments that were “taken out of context” were labeled “transphobic” by multiple mainstream media outlets and progressive country music counterparts. After Twitter backlash from singers… -
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America Is Literally Falling Apart. It’s Time for Those Who Care About Country to Step Up.
The accelerating pace at which the U.S. is falling apart is matched only by the increasing hope among those in power that all will be solved if they just get Donald Trump out of the way. That, of course, is wishful thinking of the highest order. More than half a decade after Trump first came… -
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Unlike Biden’s, Heritage Foundation’s Budget Blueprint Charts Responsible Course for America
President Joe Biden’s irresponsible budget policies are hurting America’s families. Inflation hit 8.5% in July, a rate not seen since 1981. Prices for things families need, such as gas, groceries, and household staples, have risen since Biden signed his $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act inflationary spending bill into law in March 2021. There’s an… -
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Persecution of Christians ‘Intense’ in Up to 60 Countries Across Globe, Faith Leader Says
There are estimated to be more than 360 million Christians facing persecution for their faith around the world today, according to Open Doors USA, an organization that advocates on behalf of the persecuted church. While persecution of Christians is severe in nations like North Korea, there are about “50 to 60 countries where there is… -
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Justice Department Lawyer Smears Religious Liberty Advocate as ‘Hate Group’
A senior Justice Department official referred to a highly regarded religious liberty organization as a “hate group” in a recent LinkedIn post. Eric P. Bruskin, assistant director of the commercial litigation branch in the Justice Department’s Civil Division, used the term to describe Alliance Defending Freedom, a Christian legal advocacy group founded in 1993. The… -
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It’s Time for Corporate Media to Tell the Truth About America’s Crime Problem
What’s missing from this report? The Washington Post tells us that Jorge Orozco-Sandoval, 35, dropped off more than $300,000 to an undercover U.S. agent at a Target parking lot 90 minutes’ drive from the White House. That he was a courier for the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. That he had previously done time in a Maryland… -
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Not Even Keeping 1 Nuclear Plant Can Save California From Its Green Energy Nightmare
California has waged a decades-long war against sanity — and the laws of physics — in the name of saving the planet by dumping tons of intermittent renewables onto the grid. Well, after years of wrecking the grid and raising energy costs, sanity seems to have prevailed. California lawmakers last week approved legislation, backed by Gov. Gavin… -
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Federal Government’s Bungled Census Bad News for Red States. Here’s Why.
If a politician from Florida decides to run for president in 2024, his (or her) home state will be short two votes in the Electoral College, and when the new session of the U.S. House of Representatives convenes in January 2023, Florida will be missing two congressional seats to which it is entitled. Why? Because according… -
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In Canada, Free Speech Is Under Fire. America, Take Heed.
When Americans consider Canada, they probably think of maple syrup and funny accents. They should start thinking about alarming amounts of authoritarianism. What has been jokingly referred to as “America’s hat” has been going through a rough patch recently when it comes to protecting its citizens’ fundamental liberties. And next on the chopping block… -
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Student Debt Relief: Reparations for Rich White People
To reduce inflation, battle climate change, reduce gas prices, stem rising crime, and protect our southern border, President Joe Biden has forgiven $10,000 in federal student loans and extended $20,000 in debt cancellation to Pell Grant recipients for borrowers making less than $125,000 a year. A study by the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School found… -
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Biden’s Transfer of Wealth to the Wealthier
President Joe Biden acted as if he was being compassionate to people suffering economic hardships when he announced last week his plan for forgiving billions of dollars in student loans. “Using the authority Congress granted the Department of Education, we will forgive $10,000 in outstanding federal student loans,” he said. “In addition, students who come… -
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President’s Hocus-Pocus Saves Earth
Once upon a time, the intercom buzzed in the Oval Office. “Mark P. Mills is here, sir,” said America’s most powerful secretary. “He’s a senior fellow with the Manhattan Institute.” Mills stepped into the Oval Office and approached the Resolute Desk. “Good morning, sir.” The president of the United States, gently tanned after a soothing fortnight… -
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The Mysteries of Long COVID-19
When the original strain of COVID-19 arrived in spring 2020, a pandemic soon swept the country. By far most survived COVID-19. But hundreds of thousands did not. American deaths now number well over 1 million. Amid the tragedy, there initially was some hope that the pernicious effects of the disease would all disappear upon recovery…