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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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    To Tame Health Care System ‘Monster,’ Do These 3 Things, Pediatrician Says
    America’s health care system operates like a big business. Doctors and hospitals are overwhelmed with red tape, which takes time away from the patient-provider relationship. For the health care system to put patients first again, Dr. Marion Mass says it must “cut the glut, open the books, and make everybody play by the same rules.”…
    Virginia Allen
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    CHIPS Is a Missed Opportunity for Real Security
    “ … We have to be on guard against China at all times … For all technology, we have to do everything we can to make sure our leading edge technology, whether it’s in CHIPS, or artificial intelligence, or other areas, can’t get into the hands of the Chinese.” That was Secretary of Commerce Gina…
    Dustin Carmack
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    Big Government Socialism Is Destroying America. Newt Gingrich Explains How You Can Help Save Us.
    Joe Biden campaigned for president in 2020 as a practical politician with a moderate record. He promised to unite America under a Biden presidency. The former senator and vice president even said: “There will be no blue states and red states with me.” More than 18 months into the Biden administration, America is witnessing a…
    Robert B. Bluey
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    ‘Inflation Reduction Act’ Is Euphemism for Big Government Socialism, Higher Prices
    In the midst of a recession, with inflation eating away an average of $6,800 in purchasing power from the incomes of families with two workers, the so-called Inflation Reduction Act would impose tax increases, manipulative federal subsidies, and price controls on every American family. The bill would deepen the growing recession, continue to depress household…
    Daren Bakst | Preston Brashers | David Burton | Matthew Dickerson | Nina Owcharenko Schaefer | Richard Stern | Parker Sheppard
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    ‘Elmo Wants to Be an Upstander to Racism’: ‘Sesame Street’s’ Racial Justice Curriculum Begins With Infants
    The nonprofit behind the iconic children’s show "Sesame Street" has created a “racial literacy” curriculum to expose young kids and their parents to key tenets of “anti-racist” ideology. “Coming Together” by Sesame Workshop began in 2020 and is made up of videos, handouts, and children’s books for parents to teach their kids the “ABC’s of racial…
    Reagan Reese
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    House’s Bipartisan National Defense Authorization Act Rightly Rebukes Biden’s Pentagon Budget
    The House’s July 14 vote to approve the annual defense authorization bill represented a bipartisan repudiation of the Biden administration’s fiscal year 2023 defense budget request. The National Defense Authorization Act authorizes funding levels for defense programs, such as research, procurement, and even pay rates for U.S. troops. Despite growing partisanship and division within the…
    Conner Bolanos | Frederico Bartels
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    Defending Marriage Is ‘Social Justice for Children’
    As the U.S. Senate debates the “Respect for Marriage” Act, a social scientist said politicians must understand that preserving the time-honored definition of marriage is necessary to establish “social justice for children.” The House of Representatives passed the misnamed bill, which would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and define marriage as any union “valid in the…
    Ben Johnson
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    The Left Is About to Pay for Its Energy Insanity
    Most politicians and activists have strong views on every political issue. Those views grow from their fundamental political philosophies and beliefs. The best politicians know how to balance their political ideals with a keen watch on how they affect the lives of everyday Americans—those who voted them into office. Go too far with your ideological…
    Neil Patel
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    How China Is Chief Beneficiary of ‘Marxist Hurricane’ Sweeping South America
    Colombians last month elected a far-left former terrorist as their new president. Gustavo Petro, a Marxist ideologue who was a part of the M-19 guerrilla organization, is the most recent in an ever-expanding list of far-left leaders winning elections in South America. He is set to take office Aug. 7. Traditionally, Colombia has been a staunch…
    Timothy Doescher | Luke Posegate
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    5 Takeaways From Senate Judiciary Committee’s ‘Post-Roe America’ Hearing 
    As the Biden administration scrambles to respond to the Supreme Court’s landmark June 24 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing Tuesday on the legal landscape following the ruling.    Senators heard testimony from several witnesses, including Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton, a Democrat; Denise Harle, senior counsel and director of the Center for Life…
    Douglas Blair | Evalyn Homoelle
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    Facts of Uvalde Shooting Violated All 4 Steps of Effective School Security
    Information about what happened before and during the tragic school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, has changed continually. The bottom line is that it’s not a happy story, but confirms that school security is still a work in progress. Having a plan is better than not having one. Absent good implementation, practice, and real rehearsals, however,…
    Steven Bucci
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    Democrats Cynically Cite Veterans Benefit Increase to Urge More Spending Elsewhere
    The Senate last week passed an amended version of the Honoring Our PACT Act. The bill, likely to pass the House, represents the largest expansion of benefits for veterans in decades. In a crass display of political opportunism, however, congressional Democrats are claiming that increasing spending on veterans justifies spending increases for unrelated nondefense programs….
    David Ditch | Frederico Bartels
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    Social Security Disability Program May Appear ‘Solvent,’ but It’s Bad Deal for Workers, Poor Program for Individuals With Disabilities
    Unlike Social Security’s Old-Age and Survivors Insurance program for retirees, which has a highly predictable financial outlook, the financial well-being of Social Security’s Disability Insurance program varies widely from year to year. Drastic yearly swings in its projected solvency occur because the system hasn’t stuck to its mission of providing benefits for people who are…
    Rachel Greszler
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