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opinion
Ties Apparent Between China and Project of Black Lives Matter Co-Founder
Veteran journalist Mike Gonzalez, a senior fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy, recently did some investigative reporting. In an exclusive commentary last week for The Daily Signal, Gonzalez wrote that Alicia Garza, one of three founders of the Black Lives Matter organization, had partnered with a left-wing San… -
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The Left’s Shameful Targeting of Lawmakers’ Homes
If at first you don’t succeed, burn down your opponent’s house. Or at least protest right outside, bringing fear and terror to the private quarters and lives of the nation’s lawmakers. That seems to be the current mantra of 2020. In a year roiled by leftist violence, with small business owners in cities across the… -
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What’s Needed for Health Care Reform: Personalized Care That Puts You and Your Doctor in Charge
The following is an open letter to the American people from 81 leaders participating in the Health Policy Consensus Group. The full list of signatories follows the letter. The nation faces a clear choice between two paths for America’s health care future: One path is largely controlled by the government, where you get few choices and no… -
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4 Things to Know About Supreme Court Vacancies in Election Years
As the nation stands bitterly, even violently, divided with weeks to go before a hotly contested presidential election, another tremor hits when a Supreme Court justice of three decades dies. This leaves the Republican president and fierce rival of the departed, Democrat-appointed justice to fill the vacancy. In this instance, the Supreme Court was not… -
opinion
Shaping Our Technological Future
This article is an excerpt from the “2020 Mandate for Leadership: A Clear Vision for the Next Administration.” It looks back at policy decisions made by the Trump administration over the past four years. You can purchase your copy of “Mandate 2020” here. Over the past four years, the government has been most responsive to national… -
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Like the Soviets, Black Lives Matter Purges Its History
The Black Lives Matter organizations that swiftly captured the nation’s attention have expeditiously and quietly been softening their rhetoric and removing the most un-American statements from their websites. This is because the millions poised to agree with the slogan Black Lives Matter began distancing themselves from these organizations as their true intentions came to light…. -
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Confirm Trump’s Supreme Court Nominee—Don’t Give in to Threats, Senators
Nominating justices to the U.S. Supreme Court is one of a president’s most important constitutional responsibilities. It is spelled out clearly in Article II of our founding document, the U.S. Constitution, and it’s happened over 100 times in our country’s history. But like so many things in America today, a Supreme Court nomination is a highly politicized affair. Many of our modern-day problems date to the left’s hysterical attacks… -
opinion
Supreme Court Vacancy Opportunity for Conservatives
The passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg gives conservatives and Republicans what they claim to have wanted since judicial activism became the norm in the 1960s. From outlawing prayer and Bible reading in public schools, to the infamous Roe v. Wade decision, which legalized abortion, conservative Republicans have yearned for a time when… -
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7 Things to Know About Possible Supreme Court Nominee Barbara Lagoa
The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has set off intense political debate over who should get to name her successor. On the short list of President Donald Trump—who has announced he would nominate a woman to succeed Ginsburg on Sept. 26—is federal appeals court Judge Barbara Lagoa. When asked about Lagoa before… -
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In UN Speech, Trump Highlights US Response to COVID-19, Faults China
Every year at this time, a majority of the world’s leaders gather in New York at the United Nations for the annual General Assembly debate. Excited to be on the world stage and to burnish their standing before both international and domestic audiences, leaders are seldom able to restrain themselves to the 15 minutes allotted… -
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Just 1% of US Counties Have Had Nearly Half of All COVID-19 Deaths
As Heritage Foundation researchers have demonstrated throughout the coronavirus pandemic, the spread of COVID-19 in the U.S. has been heavily concentrated in a small number of states—and among a small number of counties within those states. As our research has pointed out, state-level figures do not adequately describe the concentrated nature of the spread of COVID-19. >>> What's the best way for America… -
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6 Things to Know About Supreme Court Prospect Amy Coney Barrett
Amy Coney Barrett, a federal appeals judge for nearly three years, is a front-runner to fill the Supreme Court seat vacated by the death Friday of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. In an interview Monday morning with “Fox & Friends” on Fox News Channel and again Monday night in a speech in Ohio, President Donald Trump… -
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Public Schools Across Country Promote Black Lives Matter, Organize Protests
Public schools across the country have endorsed the Black Lives Matter movement and encouraged teachers, students, and parents to do the same, with some schools organizing their own BLM protests, a Daily Caller News Foundation review found. The Black Lives Matter movement has been linked to 91% of riots across the United States between May 24 and… -
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What You Need to Know About Supreme Court Confirmation Process, and Trump’s Top Picks
What steps are involved in a Supreme Court confirmation process and are any optional? What do we know about Amy Coney Barrett and Barbara Lagoa, reportedly two of the top contenders to be nominated? Can Democrats pack the Supreme Court? And what lessons did the left and right learn from the Kavanaugh hearings? John Malcolm,… -
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Securing America’s Digital Landscape
This article is an excerpt from the “2020 Mandate for Leadership: A Clear Vision for the Next Administration.” It looks back at policy decisions made by the Trump administration over the past four years. You can purchase your copy of “Mandate 2020” here. The scale and speed of technological change and its evolving security implications make… -
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Today’s Riots Comparable to ‘Late Stage’ Violence of ’60s, ’70s
The riots of today are potentially more dangerous and divisive than the riots of the 1960s, said scholars during a Heritage Foundation forum Wednesday. The riots are not yet at the “intensity and the breadth and the longevity” of the 1960s riots that began as peaceful protests and blossomed into acts of terror by the… -
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Fact-Checking New York Times Fact-Checker on BLM’s China Links
The New York Times covered for communists in the Soviet Union in the 1930s, when it denied the genocide in Ukraine. The Times covered again for communists in Cuba in the 1950s, when it reported that the rebels were Democrats. And the newspaper appears to be doing the same in America today by covering for… -
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Meet the 11 Women on Trump’s Supreme Court List
President Donald Trump says his choice to fill Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Supreme Court seat is going to be a woman. “It will be a woman, a very talented, very brilliant woman,” Trump told reporters Saturday in Fayetteville, North Carolina. He reiterated that in a speech Monday evening in Vandalia, Ohio. It’s not known for sure… -
opinion
How Fast Can Senate Move? 1 Supreme Court Justice Confirmed Same Day Nominated
The Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg focuses attention on an obscure—but very important—process within our system of government; namely, how does such a job opening get filled? First, there’s no manual, rulebook, or set of instructions. The Constitution, in fact, has very little to say about it. It… -
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Rioters Could Jeopardize Federal Funding in 3 Cities, Justice Department Says
New York City, Seattle, and Portland, Oregon, have allowed ongoing violence and destruction of property and refused to institute measures to prevent criminal activity, the Department of Justice said Monday. These cities met the criteria President Donald Trump issued on Sept. 2 to identify cities that have not sufficiently dealt with rioters and would be subject to funding…