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opinion
New Cases in Election Fraud Database Show Vulnerabilities in System
State legislatures, take note: Americans have legitimate concerns over election integrity, as amply demonstrated by the many proven instances of voter fraud that we continue to add to The Heritage Foundation’s Election Fraud Database. These vulnerabilities within the electoral process need to be addressed as soon as possible. The right to self-government depends on free… -
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3 Questions for Confirmation Hearing of Trade Representative Nominee Tai
Katherine Tai will testify on Thursday before the Senate Finance Committee, as she seeks to become the U.S. trade representative in the Biden administration. If confirmed, Tai will serve as the chief trade negotiator for the U.S. and be tasked with carrying out the administration’s trade strategy. Unlike on other policy areas, however, this administration’s… -
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Harmful Minimum Wage Increase Not Eligible for Reconciliation
House Democrats’ deeply flawed “stimulus” bill includes a provision that would increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour, a policy change that would be extremely harmful. It would kill jobs, increase prices, harm the economic recovery, and even make child care unaffordable for many families. Because Congress is considering the bill under the budget… -
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Supreme Court’s Decision Not to Hear Elections Cases Could Have Serious Repercussions
With the U.S. Supreme Court’s “baffling” refusal on Monday to grant review of the Pennsylvania election cases that had been appealed to the justices, the majority of the court is—to quote Justice Clarence Thomas’ dissent—“leav[ing] election law hidden beneath a shroud of doubt” and “invit[ing] further confusion and erosion of public confidence” in our elections…. -
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Liberals Claim to Support Independent Agencies. So Why Is Biden Firing Trump Appointees?
Conservatives have long criticized the notion of independent executive branch agencies. Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution provides that “[t]he executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America”—not some executive power, but all of it, unless the Constitution explicitly provides otherwise. That is often referred to as the… -
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Senate Republicans Challenge HHS Nominee Xavier Becerra on Abortion Record
President Joe Biden’s Cabinet nominee Xavier Becerra would not say Tuesday why he voted against a ban on partial-birth abortion. Republican senators pressed Becerra, the California attorney general, on his past record on abortion during Tuesday’s hearing. Pro-life advocates and lawmakers called on the Senate Monday to reject Becerra as the president’s choice for secretary of the U.S…. -
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Biden’s Memo on LGBTQ Policies Abroad Is Ideological Colonialism
Earlier this month, President Joe Biden issued an executive order, “Memorandum on Advancing the Human Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex Persons Around the World,” directing U.S. government entities to “pursue an end to violence and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or sex characteristics.” When we talk… -
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Woke Math Spreads to Oregon
“Woke” education is not just coming to history, social studies, and the humanities. A recent report by Fox News explained how the Oregon Department of Education encouraged teachers to take “ethnomathematics” training to aid in “dismantling racism in mathematics.” Oregon educators did the training, called the “Pathway to Math Equity Micro Course,” in partnership with… -
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What Critics Don’t Understand About Limbaugh and His Fans
I wasn’t going to write a second column on the passing of Rush Limbaugh but given the reaction from hostile and snarky individuals—even from a few self-styled conservatives—explaining his influence is key to understanding him and more importantly the movement for which he was such a powerful spokesman. As with the former president, Donald Trump,… -
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What We Know About Cuomo’s COVID-19 Cover-Up
The cover-up may be worse than the crime, Dr. Joel Zinberg, a medical doctor, professor, and contributor to the Manhattan Institute’s City Journal, says of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s inaccurate reporting of COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes in his state. Zinberg, also a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute and former member of… -
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Amazon Stops Selling Book Critical of Transgender Movement
Amazon has removed from its cybershelves a book with “thoughtful answers to questions” about transgenderism—without informing the author and without explanation. “When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment” by Ryan T. Anderson, a former senior research fellow at The Heritage Foundation and now president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, contends that… -
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7 Takeaways as Merrick Garland Gets Hearing for Attorney General
Merrick Garland, whose nomination five years ago to the Supreme Court was doomed, finally got a hearing Monday before the Senate Judiciary Committee—as President Joe Biden’s nominee for attorney general. Judging from their statements, the panel’s Republican senators seemed likely to confirm Garland. After President Barack Obama nominated Garland for the Supreme Court in March… -
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A Sign of Sanity in San Francisco
Editor’s note: Under public pressure and facing a mass recall, the San Francisco School Board announced that it would put the planned renaming of 44 schools on hold. The list of names deemed racist included Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, and Paul Revere, among many others. The city’s school board acknowledged that some of the name… -
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The New Push to Expand Government’s Role in Health Care Won’t Work. Here’s How We Can Help Americans Instead.
The following is an open letter from 68 leaders participating in the Health Policy Consensus Group. The full list of signatories follows the letter. Democrats in Congress have proposed a COVID-19 relief bill that includes provisions to dramatically increase government subsidies for health care coverage for millions of people who already have insurance while further expanding government… -
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Equality Act Is Trojan Horse for Abortion Lobby and More
If you search the text of the Equality Act for the term “abortion,” you won’t find it. And while that might be by design, should the act ever become law, it would be disastrous for all Americans who care about protecting innocent unborn life. The House of Representatives is set to vote on this dangerous… -
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State, Local Police Should Keep 287(G) Partnerships With ICE to Protect Us From Criminal Aliens
Dozens of Democratic lawmakers earlier this month urged the Biden administration to terminate the cooperative agreements between the Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement and their state and local law enforcement partners under what is known as the 287(g) program. Such a reflexive policy decision, if pursued, would be a dangerous and reckless… -
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The Dangers of Climate Change Activists
What is it about people who are successful in one field and believe that gives them credence to serve as an expert in a totally unrelated field? Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft and reportedly the fourth-richest person on the planet, now self-identifies as a climate expert, and not only an expert, but a fervent… -
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Over 60 Pro-Life Leaders Call on Senate to Reject Biden Nominee Becerra Over ‘Radical Abortion Views’
Over 60 pro-life leaders are calling on the United States Senate to reject President Joe Biden’s choice of California Attorney General Xavier Becerra for secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In a letter led by the pro-life Susan B. Anthony List, leaders highlighted the California attorney general’s progressive abortion record and urged the… -
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8 Things You Must Know About Deeply Flawed COVID-19 Package
Later this week, the House of Representatives is expected to consider a massive legislative package that is being sold as another relief measure for the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the legislation is stuffed with provisions that have nothing to do with the disease or economic hardship, and in many cases would actually slow the economic rebound… -
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Appointment of Xavier Becerra Threatens Lifesaving Pregnancy Centers Nationwide
It hasn’t taken President Joe Biden long to demonstrate that he is the most pro-abortion president in history. His appointment of California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to be secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services is proof. Becerra’s track record as California’s attorney general indicates his bias against the pro-life movement—particularly against the…