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Virginia Gov.-elect Youngkin Taps Former Heritage Foundation Chief James as Secretary of Commonwealth
Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin has named former Heritage Foundation President Kay C. James to be the next secretary of the commonwealth. “Secretary James will be a true asset to the administration,” Youngkin said in a Friday press release announcing James’ appointment. “Our shared vision, combined with her tremendous experience, will pave the way for a… -
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Critical Race Theory Program Teaches Disabled Preschoolers That ‘Whiteness Affects Everything’
A program designed by the University of North Carolina teaches 3- and 4-year-old disabled preschoolers to “deconstruct whiteness,” according to a report from Education First Alliance. Education groups called on the North Carolina General Assembly to stop funding a statewide program that teaches critical race theory-aligned ideas to special education students, according to a press… -
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Former NYPD Commissioner Criticizes New Manhattan DA Over Soros Ties
Editor’s note: This story has been clarified to reflect that Soros representatives claim no funds were channeled directly to Bragg's campaign, and to correct the name of Color of Change PAC. Former NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton criticized Manhattan's new district attorney, Alvin Bragg, after his office released a memo stating that it would stop prosecuting many criminal offenses…. -
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It’s Illegal, Immoral, and Unconstitutional to Ration COVID-19 Treatments Based on Race
William F. Buckley Jr. famously described the role of conservatives as standing athwart history yelling, “Stop.” Usually, we stand in front of what liberals claim is “progress,” such as allowing sex changes for minor children and abolishing the Constitution. But sometimes we have to stand in front of liberals to stop them from reinstituting sordid… -
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FDA Botches Updates to Prescription Authorization System, Leaving Vulnerable Americans Without Critical Medication
Last month, dermatologists and pharmacists around the U.S. discovered they could no longer prescribe or dispense isotretinoin, an important dermatological medication, after the Food and Drug Administration botched software updates to the drug’s online reporting system known as iPledge. The updates weren’t adequately tested before they were launched, resulting in doctors unable to use the… -
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It’s Time to Amplify and Elevate Certainty on Trade Freedom
A recent report by the World Trade Organization revealed that “despite a slowdown in new trade restrictions unrelated to the pandemic, the stockpile of unrepealed restrictive measures that has accumulated since the monitoring exercise started in 2009 now affects traded merchandise worth an estimated USD 1.5 trillion, or nearly 9 percent of world imports.” The… -
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McConnell Blasts ‘Left’s Big Lie’ as Schumer Prepares Another Voting Bill Push
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell blasted Democrats late Sunday, calling their effort to pass voting legislation “The Left’s Big Lie” as they prepare to try and pass another bill. McConnell, R-Ky., criticized Democrats’ belief that “there is some evil anti-voting conspiracy sweeping America” in a letter to reporters, invoking Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s, D-N.Y., promise to try… -
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Abraham Accords Pave Way for Previously Unthinkable Arab-Israeli Defense Cooperation
On Sept. 15, 2020, President Donald Trump brokered the signing of the Abraham Accords, normalizing relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, and Israel and Bahrain. This historic achievement creates a pathway for increased cooperation between American, Israeli, and Arab countries on trade and investment while strengthening the abilities of all three to deter… -
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More COVID-19 School Closures Spell End of Teachers Unions Empire
Imagine being a second grader in a major city right now. If you entered kindergarten during the 2019-20 school year, COVID-19 first closed your school in March, potentially offering “remote learning.” As you prepared to enter first grade the following fall, you were one of more than half of students nationwide for whom the school… -
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Prominent ‘Fact Checker’ Gets Fact-Checked by Reality
Sometimes life comes at you fast. Such was the case this week for Glenn Kessler, the so-called fact-checker for Jeff Bezos’ publication, The Washington Post. Kessler himself was inadvertently fact-checked by the U.S. Department of Justice, and yet this reporter who spends his career allegedly seeking the truth and correcting others was unwilling to admit… -
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Jay Sekulow Explains Vaccine Mandate Cases Before Supreme Court
Friday was a critical day for American liberty. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases to determine whether or not a stay would be issued against President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandates. The high court heard arguments on the Biden COVID-19 vaccine and testing mandate for businesses with 100 or more employees, and also… -
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Based on False Assumption, Amazon Still Censoring Book on Transgenderism
For three years, Amazon sold Ryan Anderson’s book “When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment.” Then, last February, the book disappeared from Amazon’s virtual shelves. Anderson—president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, a conservative research institute—first learned his book was being censored when he received a message from someone who wanted to… -
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GOP Leaders Slam Biden After Jobs Report Shows ‘Massive Miss’
Republican leaders slammed President Joe Biden after December’s jobs report released Friday reported numbers well below economists’ projections, highlighting the report as another example of how the president mishandled the post-pandemic recovery. The U.S. economy added only 199,000 jobs in December while unemployment dipped to 3.9%, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announced Friday. Economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal projected that the… -
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So-Called Global Respect Act Disrespects Religious Liberty, Free Speech Rights
The House of Representatives is preparing to vote on the so-called Global Respect Act (HR 3485), which would impose sanctions on foreigners, including private citizens, who are determined to be responsible for human rights violations against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or intersex individuals. While the concept sounds positive (after all, who wants to see anyone’s… -
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Schumer’s Ugly ‘Voting Rights’ Gamble
In a “Dear Colleague” letter this week, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer warns that if Republicans refuse to support Democrats’ unconstitutional efforts to nationalize elections, he will move to eliminate legislative checks and balances by blowing up the filibuster. “As former Senator Robert Byrd famously said, Senate Rules ‘must be changed to reflect changed circumstances,’”… -
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Supreme Court Just Heard Oral Arguments in Vaccine Mandate Cases. Here Are the Takeaways.
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Friday in two cases on an emergency basis. Both cases involve lawsuits stemming from the Biden administration’s attempt to expand vaccination of Americans in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and COVID-19’s seemingly limitless variants. The first case, NFIB v. OSHA, arose from challenges filed by employers (including The… -
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Democrats, Not Republicans, Keep Democracy in the Crosshairs
Yet again, Democrats have mastered psychological projection. Rather than brighten the darkness in their own souls, they accuse Republicans of practicing Democrats’ sins. Their latest allegation: The GOP jeopardizes democracy itself. “The former president and his supporters have decided the only way for them to win is to suppress your vote and subvert our elections,”… -
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The Failing Case for COVID-19 Mandates
The recent COVID-19 outbreak is dealing a major blow to the justification for extreme vaccine mandates. While there is some evidence that vaccines decrease the severity of COVID-19 infection, the public policy arguments to essentially force Americans to get vaccinated, under threat of losing their livelihoods is rapidly falling apart as the recent wave sweeps… -
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Malone Maligned: Big Tech Censors mRNA Pioneer Over Vaccine Safety
Below is an unedited transcript of an interview last week by podcaster Joe Rogan with Dr. Robert Malone. Malone is a world-renowned molecular biologist who, in 1987 as a graduate student at the Salk Institute, mixed strands of RNA with droplets of fat and found that the substance induced human cells to begin producing proteins. Malone wrote… -
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Federal Judge Tosses Lawsuit Challenging Biden’s Authority to Block Keystone Pipeline
A federal district court judge granted the Biden administration’s request to dismiss a lawsuit filed by more than 20 Republican attorneys general challenging the Keystone XL pipeline’s permit revocation. Judge Jeffrey Brown, of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, ruled that he couldn’t determine the constitutionality of President Joe Biden’s action because TC…