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America Can’t Let This Lesson From the 2020 Election Go to Waste
Many Americans were prepared to wake up Wednesday without having a winner of the presidential election decided yet. Election officials had to count an unprecedented number of mail-in ballots due to COVID-19, so some delay was to be expected. What many Americans were not prepared for was the confusion, uncertainty, and distrust that the country… -
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Jobless Rate Falls to 6.9% as Economy Adds 638,000 Jobs Despite Pandemic
The unemployment rate fell by 1 percentage point to 6.9% as the economy added 638,000 jobs in October, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. This incredibly strong report comes in well above expert predictions and signals that if states continue to safely reopen their economies and schools, we will continue to gain back the economic losses from COVID-19. In October, 2.2 million more Americans were employed compared to September,… -
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Better Election Security Preparation Meant No ‘Russia, Russia, Russia’ in 2020 Vote
As ballot counting continues in states across the country and potential election fraud is being flagged and litigated, we are thankfully not hearing about another form of election meddling; namely, foreign interference. Such interference, particularly from Russia, was a frequent claim in the 2016 presidential election. Government at the federal, state, and local levels have… -
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What the Story Behind Xi Jinping, Jack Ma, and the Ant Group IPO Says About China’s Economic Future
In the 1990s, Jiang Zemin, who had succeeded Deng Xiaoping as head of the Chinese Communist Party and president of China, promulgated what was known as the “Three Represents.” This was Jiang’s “political philosophy,” the equivalent of Deng Xiaoping or Mao Zedong thought, and was enshrined in the pantheon of Chinese Communist Party beliefs. A… -
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Europe Rocked Again by a Series of Islamist Terror Attacks
There’s been a reprisal in the past month of a disturbing trend in Europe: Islamist terror attacks. On Oct. 4, a migrant from Syria attacked two tourists in the German city of Dresden, killing one. He had arrived in 2015 and had recently finished a three-year juvenile sentence for assaulting a police officer and causing… -
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What You Need to Know About Arizona’s Election Day ‘Sharpiegate’
Laurie Aguilera says her polling place gave her a Sharpie marker to fill out her ballot on Election Day in Maricopa County, Arizona, despite what her lawyers call state guidelines directing that “felt-tip writing utensils not be used.” Ink ended up bleeding through Aguilera’s ballot and election officials would not accept it. The Public Interest… -
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Affirmative Action Goes Down in Flames in Deep Blue California
Even in the deepest of deep blue progressive states, it appears racial preferences are unpopular once voters go into the voting booth. On Tuesday, Californians rejected Proposition 16, a ballot measure that would have essentially ended California’s decadeslong ban on racial preferences for government and public institutions. This ban was enacted by Proposition 209, which… -
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Trump on Presidential Race: ‘They’re Trying to Steal an Election’
In remarks Thursday night, President Donald Trump argued that the outcome of the 2020 presidential election could be affected by voter fraud. “If you count the legal votes, I easily win,” Trump said, speaking in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room in the White House. “If you count the illegal votes, they can try… -
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Is Voter Fraud Afoot? A Look at 7 Claims
As might be expected during the undecided presidential contest between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, pundits and typical voters alike are voicing more concerns about voter fraud and unfair election practices. Already numerous internet rumors have been proven wrong or lack evidence. That doesn’t mean every assertion will prove to be without merit, however. Conversely,… -
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Preserving Our Strategic Investment in the Freely Associated States of the Pacific
For the next several years, the U.S. is going to have to make some tough decisions in areas related to its foreign policy and national security commitments. Fortunately, there’s one easy call to make. Invest in the Pacific islands; in particular, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and Palau. As consultations get underway… -
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Trump Campaign Sues in Nevada, Alleging Votes Cast by Nonresidents and Dead
Lawyers for the Trump campaign are going to federal court in Nevada to demand that election officials stop counting ballots that the campaign claims were cast in the names of voters who are dead or no longer state residents. At a press conference Thursday morning near the Clark County election office, Trump campaign representative Ric… -
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Protecting Learning Pods From Unnecessary Regulations
COVID-19 brought K-12 education to a grinding halt in March. Many traditional public schools remain closed to in-person instruction this fall, while many families are left to navigate the school districts’ crisis online-learning offerings. Some families, however, opted to try a relatively new education model; namely, learning pods. Parent-driven learning pods, in which families… -
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Americans Do Not Need More Steel Tariffs
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross transmitted a report to President Donald Trump on Oct. 22 that examines the effect that imports of specialized electrical steel have had on U.S. national security. The report is the result of a request made in May by members of Congress and AK Steel, an American steelmaking company, to investigate whether… -
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GOP Lawmakers Call on Pennsylvania Secretary of State to Resign Over Election Guidance
Two Pennsylvania state Republican lawmakers have asked Kathy Boockvar, Pennsylvania’s secretary of state, to step down over her handling of the 2020 election. On Tuesday, state Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati and state Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman called for the secretary to resign. “Twice in the last two days, the Secretary of State… -
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The Woke Lose
On Tuesday night, the American people spoke. They spoke with millions upon millions of voices to produce the greatest presidential election voter turnout in over a century. And they sent a variety of messages, most of them quite positive. Voters rejected the prevailing narratives of a media determined to make the election a pure referendum… -
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3 Young Conservative Women Reflect on What Justice Amy Coney Barrett Means to Them
Three members of The Heritage Foundation’s Young Leaders Program, who are currently interning at Heritage’s Feulner Institute, share their thoughts on what the confirmation of Justice Amy Coney Barrett means to them personally. ‘A Role Model to Conservative Women,’ by Rose Laoutaris Justice Amy Coney Barrett is a powerful role model for conservative women like… -
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The Disinformationists
A republic is not just a nation of laws. It also relies on its good-faith watchdogs, such as honest pollsters, the media, and bipartisan institutions. We still didn’t know the final result of Tuesday’s presidential election as of Wednesday night. But there are lots of reasons to worry that something in America has gone terribly… -
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Colorado Joins States Pledging to Surrender Electoral Votes to Winner of Popular Vote
Colorado residents approved a measure Wednesday to join a list of states pledging to award their electoral votes to the presidential candidate who obtains the majority of the popular vote. Proposition 113 passed with roughly 52% approval from voters, entering Colorado into the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, according to The Denver Post. The state joins 15… -
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Peering Behind China’s Nuclear ‘Great Wall of Secrecy’
China’s ambition to become the next great power is no secret. The Chinese Communist Party already built the world’s largest navy, tested more ballistic missiles than the rest of the world combined, continues its hostile takeover of the South China Sea, and is pursuing economic colonialism. But perhaps most alarming to U.S. national security is… -
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Work Conditions in Army Ammunition Plants Pose Dangers to Employees—and National Security
In 2017, Lawrence Bass died at an Army ammunition plant when the ammunition components he was handling exploded. He and one other man have died in the last 10 years due to improper working conditions at government-owned ammunition manufacturing facilities. These avoidable accidents are at the top of a long list of issues at our nation’s ammunition plants—issues that threaten both employees’…