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    Work Conditions in Army Ammunition Plants Pose Dangers to Employees—and National Security
    In 2017, Lawrence Bass died at an Army ammunition plant when the ammunition components he was handling exploded. He and one other man have died in the last 10 years due to improper working conditions at government-owned ammunition manufacturing facilities. These avoidable accidents are at the top of a long list of issues at our nation’s ammunition plants—issues that threaten both employees’…
    Maiya Clark | Audrey Pederson
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    The Latino Community’s Take on the Threat of Socialism in America
    A refugee from Cuba and dissidents from Nicaragua and Venezuela are warning Americans against the allure that some see in socialism and big government.  “A lot of people—because they were born under liberty [here in the U.S.]—think all the problems have to be solved with the opposite, with socialism,” said Andres Guilarte, a political activist…
    Nathalie Voit
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    Politicians Embracing Lockdowns Should Be Required to ‘Show Their Work’  
    In light of increasing numbers of COVID-19 cases in New York state, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has designated certain areas as “red zones.” Those living in these zones are once again subject to severe lockdown restrictions similar to those imposed in the early days of the pandemic. Do you want in-person schooling for your children? Would…
    Kevin Pham
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    Backlash Builds Against NYT for Hyping ‘Anonymous’ Author Miles Taylor as ‘Senior Administration Official’
    Journalists criticized The New York Times Wednesday for overhyping the unnamed author of “Anonymous”—Miles Taylor, the former chief of staff to a former secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. Taylor, who wrote the 2018 New York Times op-ed “Anonymous” while part of President Donald Trump’s administration, didn’t even hold the agency chief of staff…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    White House Official Alyssa Farah Reflects on Key Moments of Trump Presidency
    Alyssa Farah, the White House’s strategic communications director, joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss President Donald Trump’s leadership over the past four years and share some of her experiences working closely with him. She is proud to serve alongside the commander in chief, Farah says, because she knows that “every day, President Trump gets…
    Virginia Allen
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    How ‘Court Packing’ Would Damage Both the Judicial and Legislative Branches
    The concept of “court packing” has received a lot of attention recently, and rightly so. That radical move—which Democrats rejected in the 1930s—would permanently damage the independence and impartiality of the judiciary. But it’s even worse than that. The steps necessary to achieve that goal would also permanently weaken the legislative branch.  America’s Founders applied…
    Thomas Jipping
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    Stimulus Spending Benefits Politicians, Not Taxpayers
    I recall several presidential elections ago, an elementary school teacher wrote a newspaper column about a mock election he held in his class. Two students were nominated by their classmates, and then they campaigned for their votes. Who won the election? One of the students presented an agenda and reasonably argued for the merits of…
    Star Parker
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    Too Early to Judge the Fate of Pentagon Reform Efforts
    If you hired a trainer to lose 50 pounds, would you fire him after two weeks if you’d lost only 5? Now, imagine being asked to reform an agency of over 2 million employees that operates on a $700 billion budget. Could you do it in two years? Congress seems to thinks so. The need…
    Frederico Bartels | Adrian Hyman-Martin
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    How the 3 Seas Initiative Enhances an Important Pillar of America’s Transatlantic Relationship
    “The United States has skin in the game, and we look forward to every member of the Three Seas Initiative contributing as well.” Those were the unmistakable words of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday at the Three Seas Initiative summit hosted by Estonia, highlighting that America is firmly committed to forward-looking engagement with…
    Anthony B. Kim
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    What Happens on Campus Doesn’t Stay on Campus: Why Socialist Organizing Should Concern Us All
    Just last year, the Xavier University student newspaper announced nine new student clubs, including a chapter of the Network of Enlightened Women, which I serve as president. What caught my eye is that the Xavier Socialists Club was started at the same time. According to the Socialists Club president, the organization is for students interested…
    Karin Lips
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    Economic Freedom Is the Key Ingredient in Enhancing Food Security
    The Norwegian Nobel Committee recently awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2020 to the World Food Program, the world’s largest humanitarian organization, for its work combating hunger and enhancing food security. The award is timely, as enhanced efforts to advance food security are critically needed in response to the COVID-19 slowdown in world economic growth….
    Anthony B. Kim
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    Soros-Funded Prosecutors Put ‘Social Justice’ Above Law and Order, Analysts Say
    Self-styled progressive political activists who win election as district attorneys with financial support from wealthy donors have made “social justice” initiatives more important than public safety, legal analysts say.  George Soros, the Hungarian American billionaire investor, stands out as the big donor behind a super PAC that helped elect district attorneys who have overseen a…
    Kevin Mooney
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    Racial Deception
    During slavery, many black women, often in a forcible union with a white man, bore mixed-race children. Based on their percentage of white blood, they were deemed “mulattos,” “quadroons,” “octoroons,” or even “hexadecaroons.” Depending on skin color, they could pass as white and avoid the gross racial discrimination suffered by their darker skinned brothers and…
    Walter E. Williams
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    The Status of US Military Power in 2020
    America’s competitors are developing and deploying new technologies that will make their conventional forces far more effective in open combat. The question before Congress is: Will the U.S. try to keep up? Unprecedented spending in response to the pandemic has driven the national debt to new heights. As Congress struggles to pass a now overdue…
    Dakota Wood
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    Election Politics Aren’t Slowing Down Border Security Efforts
    A year ago, it looked like there was no stopping the administration’s plan to secure the border and stem the tide of illegal immigration. Today, that prediction looks about right. Just a few days ago, a caravan aiming at the U.S. border to coincide with the election campaign was broken up in Guatemala in cooperation…
    James Carafano
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    Coast Guard Icebreaker Fire Dramatizes US Polar Security Gap Years in Making
    A fire aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy on its way to a research mission in the Arctic late last month forced the Coast Guard to cancel all Arctic operations at a time when the United States can least afford it. It pointed out again that the Coast Guard’s motto, Semper Paratus—“Always Ready”—is not being fulfilled in the…
    Janae Diaz | Maiya Clark
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    Maintaining Nuclear Deterrence and Missile Defense
    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. Since publication of the last Mandate for Leadership, the Trump administration has worked…
    Michaela Dodge
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    Injunction Against Postal Reforms Is Biased Judicial Overreach
    U.S. District Court Judge Stanley Bastian last week issued a nationwide injunction preventing the U.S. Postal Service from implementing reforms to its inefficient and wasteful procedures, which will affect postal operations across the country. The Sept. 17 ruling is the latest in a string of factually challenged attacks on Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. Bastian (who…
    David Ditch | Hans von Spakovsky
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    DHS Puts US Companies on Notice: No More China Slave Labor
    Federal agents seized a 13-ton shipment of human hair in July based on evidence the hair was taken from innocent people detained in Chinese internment camps. This was just the beginning of the Department of Homeland Security’s efforts to protect U.S. citizens from unknowingly funding China’s human rights abuses. Acting Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Ken Cuccinelli…
    Arielle Del Turco
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    Creating a Smart Financial System Based on Better Monetary Policy, Deregulation
    Millions of Americans live in fear of another financial crisis, so they are willing to go along with extensive regulation of the financial sector. Unfortunately, they have been fed a falsehood about government regulation and financial stability. While the dominant argument is that deregulation in the 1990s caused the 2008 crash, that story is dead…
    Norbert Michel | David Burton
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