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    Salvation Army Should Apologize by Christmas for Racially Divisive Training, Watchdog Demands
    Between now and Christmas, The Salvation Army has an opportunity to restore faith with members and donors who feel betrayed by an internal curriculum drawing on critical race theory and “anti-racism” teachings that they view as divisive and historically inaccurate, a leading critic of the training material says.  Called “Let’s Talk About Racism,” the document…
    Kevin Mooney
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    7 Items on Our Christmas National Defense Wish List
    ’Tis the season of Christmas wish lists and New Year’s resolutions, so there are a few items that The Heritage Foundation’s Center for National Defense would love to see under the tree this Christmas.   As we close out 2021, we see Russian President Vladimir Putin massing more than 100,000 troops across from Ukraine, China…
    Thomas Spoehr | Dakota Wood | Brent Sadler | Patty-Jane Geller | Peter Brookes
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    Socialism Destroyed His Homeland. Here’s a Venezuelan’s Warning for America.
    Venezuela used to be a thriving and prosperous Latin American nation. Its citizens enjoyed a high quality of life, and immigrants flocked there to better their situation. All of that changed abruptly when socialism took over the Venezuelan government. The once flourishing country quickly became an example for other nations as to what happens when…
    Douglas Blair
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    Congress Is Writing Blank Check for Big Government, Socialist Tax-and-Spend Spree
    Congress has unveiled a new proposal, the so-called Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act, and is promoting it with all the usual talking points that this is just normal legislation keeping the status quo going to obscure its true purpose. In reality, the bill is a blank check that would make it…
    Matthew Dickerson | David Ditch | Richard Stern
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    ‘Amazon Bought Twitch for $1 Billion for a Reason’: Why Defense Experts Are Watching Video Game Industry
    From Call of Duty to Minecraft, virtual spaces are where more and more people are spending a good amount of their lives. Facebook’s plan to create a metaverse—a sort of next-generation internet that promises to blur the line between the actual and virtual worlds even further—raises valid concerns. And yet, the demand for virtual environment…
    Christian Mysliwiec
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    Nearly 600 Scientists, Mathematicians Rip California’s Math Curriculum Plans
    Nearly 600 scientists and mathematicians have signed a letter conveying “deep concern” over California’s recent steps to reform its mathematics curriculum for K-12 students that are purportedly designed to close gaps in pupil achievement. “We are deeply concerned about the unintended consequences of recent well-intentioned approaches to reform mathematics education, particularly the California Mathematics Framework,”…
    Bryan Babb
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    Social-Emotional Learning: The Insidious Teaching Tool You’ve Never Heard Of
    What is social-emotional learning? By now, many Americans are aware of critical race theory, which makes race the focus of all aspects of American life. The philosophy categorizes individuals into groups of oppressors and victims, and is currently making its way through the political sphere, the military, and of course, education. But less well known…
    Douglas Blair
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    Salvation Army Conceals ‘Politically Charged’ Racial Teachings During Fundraising Campaign, Nonprofit Group Says
    Rather than rescind racially divisive training material in response to objections from members and donors, The Salvation Army is concealing the internal curriculum during its annual Christmas fundraising campaign while continuing to pursue “politically charged racial ideologies,” an outside group alleges.  A nationwide petition organized by the fledgling nonprofit Color Us United targets The Salvation…
    Kevin Mooney
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    ‘Social and Emotional Learning’ New Way for Educators to Sneakily Indoctrinate Kids
    Social and emotional learning is the latest trend at your child’s school. It sounds beneficial, but that’s a disguise. In truth, social and emotional learning indoctrinates kids with extremist ideas many parents don’t condone. On Nov. 22, the Hartford Courant reported that West Hartford, Connecticut, elementary school parents are in an uproar. They’re complaining that…
    Betsy McCaughey
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    How Biden’s Massive Government Spending Package Could Hurt Social Security
    With trillions of dollars in new government spending aimed at children, families, and green energy, there hasn’t been much mention of how the Build Back Better bill—which was passed by the House of Representatives on Friday—would impact older Americans. But its impact on the labor market could cost Social Security recipients $750 per year in lost benefits.   The big-government bill creates new entitlement programs for taxpayer-funded child care and paid…
    Drew Gonshorowski | Rachel Greszler
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    Legal Expert in Self-Defense Breaks Down Kyle Rittenhouse Trial
    The murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, after eight days of testimony, has gone to a jury in Kenosha, Wisconsin, to arrive at verdicts in the highly publicized case. The jury, which finished its second day of deliberation Wednesday, was considering seven counts, including first-degree intentional homicide, first-degree reckless homicide, and attempted first-degree homicide. As Americans…
    Douglas Blair
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    6 Takeaways From Mayorkas’ Shameful Senate Panel Testimony on Border Security
    The Senate Judiciary Committee hearing this week on “Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security” was another subpar performance from DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, to say the least. What became clear during the hearing was the lack of transparency and leadership that is needed to tackle the biggest border security crisis the U.S. has ever…
    Chad Wolf | Mark Morgan | Lora Ries
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    Why Debt Limit Is Indispensable Tool to Ensure Limited Government
    While the debt limit has been removed from most people’s focus, it’s one of the best tools to ensure a limited government that doesn’t burden Americans and sap our economic vitality. When the debt limit was suspended from July 2019 through July 2021, few could have known that more than $5 trillion of new coronavirus…
    Richard Stern
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    On Veterans Day, Let Us Honor Those Who Served as Well as Those Who Stood by Them
    Earlier this year, a team of America’s finest welcomed another hero into the hallowed ground of Arlington National Cemetery. The day was sunny but cold, and the view from that Northern Virginia hillside was just as majestic as it was solemn. Many of those who gathered that day had served together and had known the…
    John Venable | John Phillip Jumper
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  • opinion

    With So-Called Build Back Better Bill, Socialist Health Care Agenda Is Closer Than You Think
    Politico got it right: “Democrats’ social spending proposal represents a sweeping expansion of the health safety net … .” Despite claims that negotiations among Democrats are leading to a smaller and less radical proposal, the latest version of the “Build Back Better” tax-and-spend bill still represents a massive government expansion in health care. As a…
    Nina Owcharenko Schaefer
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    House Passes Infrastructure Bill as Democrats Pave Way for Huge Social Spending Package
    The House passed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure spending bill late Friday night, advancing legislation held for ransom for months by Democrats’ left flank to ensure passage of a much more expensive social spending package. The House vote completed about 11:30 p.m. was 228-206, with 13 Republicans joining all but six Democrats in support of the…
    Fred Lucas
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    Governor Calls on Texas Association of School Boards to Remove ‘Pornographic Images and Substance’ From Schools
    Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said “pornographic images and substance” don’t belong in schools, according to a Monday letter he wrote to the Texas Association of School Boards. Abbott warned about a growing number of parents who are increasingly alarmed by the books and other “extremely inappropriate” content found in the public school education system, but…
    Kendall Tietz
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  • opinion

    It’s Past Time for US Military Base in Baltics
    The Baltic States—Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania—continue to face ongoing aggression and attacks from Russia. The United States should establish a permanent military presence in one of the three Baltic States to defend the region from Russian aggression, and to reassert America’s security guarantee to our European allies. The Baltic States continue to be important U.S….
    Daniel Kochis | Roy Mathews
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    Scott Walker’s Formula for Getting Young Americans to Reject Big-Government Socialism
    As the former governor of Wisconsin, Scott Walker learned firsthand how to confront cancel culture. In 2012, he became the first governor in American history to survive a recall election. His economic recovery plan and budget reforms ultimately proved more popular with voters. Now, as president of the Young America’s Foundation, Walker is showing the…
    Robert B. Bluey
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    How Racial Preferences Pigeonhole Minority Lawyers
    How would you feel if your business forced you to do something based solely on your race? For some minority lawyers, that’s a reality. Racial preferences from clients take minority lawyers away from cases they’d prefer to work on, all to fulfill a quota. GianCarlo Canaparo, a legal fellow at The Heritage Foundation (of which…
    Douglas Blair
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