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    Watchdog Confirms Senator’s Unanswered Suspicions About VA Official’s Conflict of Interest
    A watchdog report prompted by Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, identifies a conflict of interest in the Department of Veterans Affairs office that runs the GI Bill program.  The VA inspector general’s report faults Charmain Bogue, who resigned as executive director of the Veterans Benefits Administration’s Education Service amid the investigation, for working with her husband’s…
    Fred Lucas
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    Lesson From Tennessee: School Spending Should Be More Transparent, Help Children With Special Needs
    Two Anderson County, Tennessee, school employees were indicted in February on charges of stealing $10,000 from a local school. Just weeks after that, the office of the Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury announced that the head of the Parent Teacher Association at Kingston Elementary School had misappropriated nearly $20,000, and investigators are reviewing an additional…
    Jonathan Butcher
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    Enforcer of China’s Brutal National Security Law Poised to Rule Hong Kong
    A Beijing hard-liner appears poised to become Hong Kong’s chief executive following his announcement to seek Carrie Lam’s position on Wednesday, the South China Morning Post reported. Mark Simon, former executive at the now-defunct newspaper Apple Daily believes Hong Kong’s chief secretary for administration, John Lee, will become the next chief executive. “Lee rose from…
    Philip Lenczycki
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    State Financial Officers Urge Biden to Prioritize American Energy
    President Joe Biden should prioritize American energy independence and end reliance on adversaries such as Russia, Venezuela, and Iran, 27 state financial officers say in a letter Tuesday to the president.  In their letter, they urge Biden to consider the consequences of foreign energy dependence for U.S. businesses and consumers. “Policies implemented during the last…
    Maggie Hroncich
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  • opinion

    How Socialist Policies Destroyed His Home Country of Venezuela
    Two decades ago, Venezuela was a thriving country. Today, Venezuela is ranked 176th on The Heritage Foundation’s Index of Economic Freedom, just above North Korea.  How did Venezuela fall from prosperity so quickly? How did socialist policies affect the nation’s economy? Is there any hope for its future?   Jorge Galicia, a refugee from Venezuela and…
    Virginia Allen
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    5 Biden Transportation Potholes Making Motorists’ Lives Miserable
    Just a few months ago, Washington celebrated the passage of a bloated infrastructure bill. Supporters trotted out tired claims about fixing “crumbling roads and bridges” using gobs of taxpayer money. Yet even if we assume a certain amount of waste, fraud, and abuse due to the problems inherent with federal involvement, Americans might reasonably expect…
    David Ditch
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    Don’t Let Biden Hijack Global Magnitsky Act for Left-Wing Social Agendas
    Congress is considering several bills that would warp how the U.S. applies sanctions—through the Global Magnitsky Act—against foreigners who violate human rights. The changes would redefine human rights to enforce the left’s abortion-and-gender agenda. That would hobble the fight against real abuses of human rights. This problem has already appeared in trade bills related to Russia…
    Grace Melton
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    Sen. Rick Scott: GOP Must Be More Than ‘Speed Bump’ on Road to Socialism
    The “militant left” has gained control of virtually every one of the nation’s institutions, Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., said Thursday, arguing that Republicans have to be more than a “speed bump on the road to America’s socialism and collapse.” “I’m a business guy,” Scott said in outlining an 11-point plan for conservative governance during a…
    Fred Lucas
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    Biden’s Bid to Transform Federal Judiciary in Full Swing
    President Joe Biden took office in January 2021 with clear instructions about undoing his predecessor’s impact on the federal judiciary. Weeks earlier, more than 70 liberal groups issued a statement urging Biden to appoint judges who would advance “the administration’s priorities” on a range of issues. Their demand became Biden’s plan and, while a lot…
    Thomas Jipping
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    Finnish Court Clears Christian Politician, Bishop of ‘Hate Speech’ Charges
    A Finnish court has dismissed all charges against a Christian member of Parliament and a bishop charged under Finland’s “hate speech” and “ethnic agitation” law for supporting traditional marriage. The court ordered the government to reimburse the two.  In a unanimous ruling Wednesday, the Helsinki District Court determined that it isn’t its job “to interpret biblical…
    Fred Lucas
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    Biden’s Subpar National Security Team Is a Real Threat to America
    President Joe Biden’s Euro tour this past week played like many a horror movie, where things go from “eerily off” to full-blown crisis in a matter of seconds. His trip was meant to reassure Europeans that when it comes to beating back Russian President Vladimir Putin, America is in it to win it. What happened was something…
    James Carafano
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    Biden’s Regulatory Blitz a Massive Tax, Especially Harming Seniors and Low-Income Americans
    Public attention is understandably focused these days on the inflationary effects of massive government spending, which has increased the national debt by $7 trillion in the past two years. No less dire are the repercussions of the Biden administration’s radical regulatory agenda. The president’s 2022 regulatory to-do list includes 2,678 “active” actions, which exceeds by…
    Diane Katz
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  • opinion

    US Military Forces Cannot Fight on 2 Fronts
    The current war in Ukraine and Russia’s threatening actions toward NATO countries coupled with a rising China in Asia highlights a strategic pickle for the United States—the need to be able to deter or potentially fight two major adversaries in two very different regions of the world at the same time with the military it…
    James Di Pane | Octavian Miller
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  • opinion

    What the Confirmation Hearing Told Us About Judge Jackson’s Judicial Philosophy
    “I do not have a judicial philosophy, per se,” Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson told the Senate Judiciary Committee last year. This week, the committee held its hearing on her nomination to replace Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, and identifying her judicial philosophy and measuring it against how America’s Founders designed the judiciary is necessary for…
    Thomas Jipping
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    Kansas Weighs Protecting Rights of Children, Families in Education
    Special-interest groups don’t want parents to know when a student in Kansas public schools “identifies as” a gender not aligned with his or her biological sex. And school officials are prepared to keep this information from families, even when it involves children who are minors. Now, Kansas lawmakers are considering a proposal to create a…
    Jonathan Butcher
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  • opinion

    He Lost His Son to Opioids. Now This Father Addresses the Crisis in America.
    Over 100,000 Americans die each year from opioid overdoses. One of them was 21-year-old Garrett Holman. His father, Don Holman, has worked ceaselessly to educate the public about the scourge of opioids and how they affected his family. “This tragedy ripped our family apart,” Holman says. “At this point in time, after losing my son,…
    Douglas Blair
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  • opinion

    Sleepwalking Into a Chinese-Style Social Credit System
    While the world fixates on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a huge threat is gathering here at home.  As Canada demonstrated, Western governments and tech companies are mobilizing to cut off mainstream Americans from public life and constrain their private lives. Actions like protesting government overreach, expressing “anti-authority” ideologies, or even sharing “disinformation” on social media…
    Kara Frederick
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  • opinion

    How Heritage’s Budget Blueprint Would Make Social Security Solvent, Better Deal for Workers
    Social Security is extremely popular, but most people don’t realize how much more income and opportunity they could have without Social Security’s high taxes, lack of ownership, and limits on when people can access money and how much they can receive. Moreover, Social Security has long been unsustainable. Beginning just 11 years from now, Social…
    Rachel Greszler
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  • opinion

    8 Ways Heritage Foundation’s 2022 Budget Blueprint Strengthens Financial Health, Economic Vitality, National Security
    The Heritage Foundation on Feb. 22 unveiled its Budget Blueprint for 2022, and with more than 200 specific policy proposals accompanied by analysis from Heritage experts, it contains a wealth of information for both policymakers and the public. The Budget Blueprint is about much more than just numbers. It addresses America’s most pressing problems and…
    David Ditch
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  • news

    America ‘Not Going Down Socialist Road,’ Rep. Byron Donalds Vows
    The warnings about creeping socialism appear to be true, Rep. Byron Donalds says, invoking politicians on the far left such as Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. “In 2020, when we were telling the world that the radical Democrats believed in socialism, the media said we were lying. They said it was a joke….
    Fred Lucas
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