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How US Should Respond to Genocide in Xinjiang
On the last day of the Trump administration, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued a determination saying that genocide and crimes against humanity are taking place against Uighur Muslims and other minorities in Xinjiang, China. The determination is an essential step toward ensuring justice for the more than 1 million Uighurs currently held in political reeducation facilities… -
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3 Ways Congress Tested Its Commitment to Constitution Over 7 Days
While “unprecedented” seemed to be an apt word to describe much of 2020, the beginning of 2021 seems to be continuing the trend by being precedent-breaking in its own right. In the first weeks of 2021, America witnessed Congress face a series of monumental tests of its commitment to the U.S. Constitution, with the outcome of… -
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Unrelated Amendments in COVID-19 Relief Bill Only Add to Overcriminalization
Congress is very good at two things: spending money and thinking up duplicative—and, therefore, unnecessary—ways to criminalize many aspects of our daily lives. The latest COVID-19 relief bill does both. >>> What’s the best way for America to reopen and return to business? The National Coronavirus Recovery Commission, a project of The Heritage Foundation, assembled… -
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Why the Left Has to Suppress Free Speech
Let us begin with this fact: The left always suppresses speech. Since Vladimir Lenin and the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia in 1917, there has been no example of the left in control and not crushing dissent. That is one of the important differences between liberal and left: Liberalism and liberals believe in free speech. (The… -
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Biden Has Promised to Undo These Pro-Life Policies
President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris have promised to undo a number of President Donald Trump’s pro-life policies. Biden has indicated that he will reverse the Mexico City policy, which bars foreign organizations receiving U.S. funding from providing abortions, abortion information, or abortion referrals. He has also promised to restore federal funding to… -
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Trump Made Foster Children a Priority. That Shouldn’t Change Under Biden.
“Every child deserves a family,” begins President Donald Trump’s executive order last June on “Strengthening the Child Welfare System for America’s Children.” The Trump administration made foster children a priority, working with state and local groups to place children in loving homes more quickly and to ensure that fewer children are entering the system to… -
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Teachers Unions Fail Science
Is your child’s school open now? Probably not — because teachers unions say that reopening would “put their health and safety at risk.” They keep schools closed by lobbying and protesting. “If I die from catching COVID-19 from being forced back into Pinellas County Schools, you can drop my dead body right here!” shouts one… -
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The Challenge for Conservatives in a Post-Trump World
We often hear calls for national unity when presidents are inaugurated. And we’re sure to hear them again, despite the fact that we are still divided, red and blue, liberal and conservative, coastal city and heartland town. But we should not despair. We’ve been divided since the birth of the republic, when the Federalists and… -
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Annual March for Life Will Be Held Virtually, Not in Person
The annual March for Life has been canceled in person this year, and the march’s president says this is only partly due to the coronavirus pandemic. “The protection of all of those who participate in the annual March, as well as the many law enforcement personnel and others who work tirelessly each year to ensure… -
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4 Key Points About Trump and ‘Incitement’ Law
If and when the Senate holds its second impeachment trial of Donald Trump, this time after he no longer is president, one argument in his defense may well be based on a legal precedent that has guided incitement cases since 1969. The House of Representatives impeached the president Wednesday for “incitement to insurrection” because of… -
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Conservatives Keep Missing Opportunities for Real Engagement With Blacks
Since the Nov. 3 election, I have received many calls and emails from influential Republicans and prominent conservatives. Despite losing the White House, they were high-fiving about President Donald Trump’s going from 8% of the black vote in 2016 to 12% in 2020. What a sad state of affairs when a 12% market share is… -
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Corporations’ Worrying Embrace of Censorship
In recent days, some of the nation’s most powerful corporations have engaged in a concerted effort, at the behest of a major political party, to limit the speech of millions of Americans who engaged in wrongthink. First, Twitter permanently banned the sitting president. As is its right. And when millions of his fans left and… -
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Relying on Lockdowns, Social Distancing, and Masks Isn’t Working to Curb COVID-19
COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to surge. The seven-day moving average of daily confirmed new cases eclipsed 260,000 on Jan. 9, the highest rate yet recorded. The U.S. is expected to reach the grim milestone of 400,000 COVID-related deaths later this month, around the anniversary of its first confirmed case. These numbers suggest that the… -
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Among ‘Marginalized Voices’ at Upcoming Theater Festival: Conservatives
Succeeding in the world of theater is tough no matter who you are. But if you’re a conservative Orthodox Jew, it’s even tougher. Just ask Joshua Danese. Danese is hardly new to the profession. Some three decades ago, he found success as a young, progressive, secular Jewish writer. He wrote and produced plays and occasionally… -
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Biden Administration Shouldn’t Prematurely Lift Cuba’s State Sponsor of Terrorism Designation
Earlier this week, the Trump administration designated Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism. Despite critics claiming this was a politically motivated policy, the facts are quite clear. For the last two years, the Cuban regime has refused to extradite leaders of the National Liberation Army, known internationally as the ELN, back to Colombia. In… -
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House Democrats’ Deja Vu Tax Agenda for ‘Equity’ Would Hurt (Not Help) Economic Opportunity
House Ways and Means Committee Democrats recently released their framework to “make our nation a more just and equitable place.” The goal of lifting more “people onto career ladders” and providing more robust economic opportunities for American families is admirable. But the committee’s framework simply expands tax programs that have for decades failed to meet… -
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The Danger of Vindictiveness in Washington
The old saying “Revenge is a dish best served cold” is understood to mean it is better to deliver retribution for a perceived or actual injustice after time has passed, in order for it to be done dispassionately. Sometimes it is better not to serve that dish at all. Like perishable food left unrefrigerated, a… -
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Feds Charge Left-Wing Activist Who Filmed Shooting of Trump Supporter at Capitol
Federal prosecutors on Thursday announced charges against John Sullivan, a self-described left-wing activist who recorded the fatal police shooting of a Trump supporter inside the U.S. Capitol last week. Sullivan, the founder of a group called Insurgence USA, which formed in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd, is charged with illegally entering the Capitol,… -
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Politico Staff Revolts After Ben Shapiro Authors Newsletter
Politico is defending its decision to allow The Daily Wire’s Ben Shapiro to write Thursday’s Politico Playbook after staff spoke out against Shapiro. “Opposition to impeachment comes from a deep and abiding conservative belief that members of the opposing political tribe want their destruction, not simply to punish [President Donald] Trump for his behavior,” Shapiro wrote…. -
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How Biden Can Avert a Crisis in North Korea
North Korea has been relatively quiet until recently, but that looks like it is changing. Keeping the Hermit Kingdom from becoming President-elect Joe Biden’s first crisis could well require learning some lessons from what the outgoing administration of President Donald Trump got right. Incoming presidents always like to start out focusing on domestic issues. Biden may not…