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    Neither Trick Nor Treat: What Parents Need to Know About ‘Rainbow Fentanyl’
    The end of October is nearing, which means Halloween is just around the corner for many American kids. The holiday, known for trick or treating and consuming copious amounts of candy, is a bit spookier than normal this year: Parents now have to worry about the possibility of so-called rainbow fentanyl ending up in their…
    Samantha Aschieris
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    Central Bank Digital Currencies: Potential Financial Catastrophe in Search of a Problem
    The White House released a framework recently on regulation of digital assets that included a call for the Federal Reserve and Treasury Department to continue behind-the-scenes efforts to impose a government-run cryptocurrency known as a central bank digital coin. A central bank digital coin would be one of the most authoritarian—and one of the most…
    Peter St. Onge
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    Social Security’s 8.7% COLA Will Protect Retirees From Inflation, but Will Hasten Program’s Insolvency
    The Social Security Administration announced Thursday that beneficiaries will receive an 8.7% cost-of-living adjustment next year. That’s good news for seniors today who—like all other Americans—are struggling with rising costs, but it comes at the expense of a diminished Social Security system for current and future retirees. Social Security is funded by current workers’ payroll…
    Rachel Greszler
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    Physician Assistant Sues Hospital for Religious Discrimination Over Transgender Stance
    First Liberty Institute filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of a physician assistant who was fired in 2021 from University of Michigan Health-West after she sought a religious exemption from referring patients for sex-reassignment surgeries and hormone interventions. According to a Wednesday press release from First Liberty Institute, Valerie Kloosterman worked at Michigan Health for…
    Gillian Richards
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    ‘Stigma’ Prevented California Health Officials From Closing Bathhouses Amid Monkeypox Spread 
    San Francisco and California state health officials knew monkeypox was spreading through gay or bisexual men who went to bathhouses and international festivals but hesitated to create a “stigma” by communicating these details and closing such venues, according to emails obtained by The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project.  Much of the internal communication between and among San Francisco…
    Roman Jankowski
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    Fact Check: What Politico, FEMA Chief Got Wrong as Florida’s DeSantis Prepared for Hurricane Ian 
    Politico this week inaccurately reported remarks by FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell about Florida’s response to Hurricane Ian, but she also appeared to be inaccurate in saying that she hasn’t ever acted politically during a natural disaster.   Criswell, who runs the Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Biden administration, spoke Tuesday at a White House press…
    Roman Jankowski
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    The Breakdown of the Social Contract
    Why is there so much division in America, and how is our society breaking down? R.R. Reno, editor of First Things and author of “Return of the Strong Gods: Nationalism, Populism, and the Future of the West,” joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss the obligations of the elites, marijuana, and the future of religion…
    Katrina Trinko
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    Fentanyl: Too Dangerous to Trust Moscow With, but You Can Score Some in Middle School
    The Commerce Department announced last week that from now on, the chemicals needed to make fentanyl can only be exported to Russia with a license. The Commerce Department considers them “potentially useful for Russia’s chemical and biological weapons production capabilities.” Meanwhile, also last week, a 13-year-old in Bakersfield, California, brought 150 fentanyl pills to his…
    Simon Hankinson
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    Senate Republicans’ Bill Would Make It Felony Murder to Distribute Deadly Fentanyl
    Sen. Marco Rubio and 13 other GOP senators are proposing legislation that would make dealing fentanyl linked to a death a felony punishable by life in prison or a death sentence upon conviction.   “Fentanyl is killing Americans at a record high,” Rubio, R-Fla., said in a prepared statement. “This deadly drug is widespread throughout…
    Virginia Allen
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    There’s an Ideological Grooming Problem on America’s Military Bases
    Educators and administrators running K-12 education on America’s military bases are indoctrinating the children of military personnel in radical gender ideology, critical race theory, and left-wing activism. In a new Claremont Institute investigative report, my colleague Scott Yenor and I document this latest evolution in America’s culture war. This development at military-run schools tracks broader trends…
    Ryan P. Williams
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    7 Months Into Russia’s War on Ukraine, America Must Face Deeper National Security Issues
    Many Americans are asking, after nearly seven months of Russia’s war on Ukraine, why the United States is involved at all. What are the hard interests of the U.S. in this conflict? The bottom line: Way more is at stake than standing up to a blatantly unlawful aggression or countering regional instability involving key allies. Those…
    Steven Bucci
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    House Oversight Panel to Consider Demanding Financial Details of Biden Family Business Deals 
    House members will go on record Tuesday about requiring President Joe Biden’s administration to provide documents related to overseas business dealings by his son Hunter Biden and other family members.  The House Oversight and Reform Committee will consider a resolution proposed by ranking member Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., to push the president to hand over…
    Fred Lucas
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    Colorado’s Democratic Governor Raised Special-Interest Tax Benefits, Breaking Campaign Promise, New Report Says
    A new report by the Independence Institute claims that Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat, expanded special-interest tax benefits during his first term, breaking promises he made on the campaign trail.  The report asserts that despite promising to cut tax loopholes, Polis instead signed bills increasing them by nearly $640 million.  “To win votes in 2018, Jared Polis…
    Douglas Blair
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    Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Exposed for ‘Ministry of Truth’ Dirty Work
    The Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is supposed to be a government entity that “works with partners to defend against today’s threats and collaborates to build a more secure and resilient infrastructure for the future.” Lately, however, it has instead been in the business of censoring information on private social media…
    Erin Dwinell
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    California Politician Says State Should Imitate China, Europe, Not Texas, on Electric Vehicle Mandates 
    California’s electric vehicle mandate should align with Europe and China rather than other states such as Texas and Mississippi, a member of California’s air quality board said as it recently voted to ban the sale of new gas- and diesel-powered cars and light trucks by 2035.   What California does to require residents to purchase…
    Douglas Blair
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    Homeland Security’s ‘Equity Action Plan’ Doubles Down on Discrimination
    As many federal agencies under the Biden administration have done, the Department of Homeland Security has implemented a so-called Equity Action Plan. Pursuant to Executive Order 13985—“Executive Order On Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government”—the DHS Equity Action Plan includes a number of provisions that fly in the face…
    Erin Dwinell
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    3 Things Pentagon Worries About in Use of Nuclear Weapons
    Under the theory of nuclear deterrence, military strategists’ goal is to make use of nuclear weapons on the battlefield untenable by either side and to avoid escalation to full-scale nuclear war. Considering this goal is particularly timely and poignant as Russia’s war on Ukraine continues to rage after six months, China stokes tensions with Taiwan,…
    Matt Schoenfeldt
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    ‘Deadly’: Rep. Chip Roy Issues Warning on Fentanyl Crisis
    A Texas congressman is sounding the alarm over how fatal even the smallest amount of fentanyl can be as the lethal drug continues to pour into the United States. “People don’t understand how deadly fentanyl is. A sugar packet, a Sweet’N Low packet of fentanyl could kill, in its pure form, all of the people…
    Samantha Aschieris
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    Farewell to a Tireless Advocate for National Security: Peter Pry
    Chances are if you one of the small number of Americans who know about the national security threat from electromagnetic pulse, you have Peter Pry, Ph.D., to thank. Pry, who died recently at the age of 68, was the nation’s leading expert on the dangers of EMP and was a tireless advocate for methods that…
    Thomas Spoehr
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    How America’s Unsecured Border Contributes to Fentanyl Crisis, Deaths
    Drug overdose is the leading cause of death for Americans ages 18 to 45.   A total of 91,799 deaths from drug overdoses occurred in 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports. Opioid drugs, such as fentanyl, were involved in 68,630, or 75%, of these overdose deaths.   “It’s undisputed that the leading cause of deaths…
    Virginia Allen
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