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War in Ukraine Shows Why Arms Trade Treaty Remains Bad Idea
The nations that have signed the Arms Trade Treaty are meeting this week in Geneva. In 2016, the Obama administration took the U.S. into the treaty. In 2019, the Trump administration took us out of it. The latter decision keeps on looking better and better. In theory, the Arms Trade Treaty is about requiring nations… -
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Voter Fraud Cases Continue to Occur, Putting Fair and Free Elections in Jeopardy
We recently added nine new cases to the Heritage Election Fraud Database, bringing the total number of entries of proven instances of voter fraud in the database to 1,374. The mounting collection of cases continue to disprove the narrative that voter fraud is not real and that further election integrity measures are not needed. The… -
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Insulin Price Caps Aren’t the Answer
Over the past several decades, the federal government has exercised unprecedented control over aspects of American life that our Founders never intended—including your personal medical decisions. As a life-long job creator and small business owner, I know the dangers of an intrusive government. Regulators in the executive branch don’t know what it takes to develop… -
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Why Biden’s Student Loan Bailout Is Unfair
In unilaterally “canceling” up to $20,000 in student loan debt for borrowers earning less than $125,000 annually, the Biden administration on Wednesday put into motion a plan that will further inflate college costs, hinder economic growth, reward upper-income earners, and provide a major handout to woke institutions of higher education. The administration has stuck its… -
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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,… -
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‘Widen the Racial Wealth Gap’: Economist Breaks Down Effects of Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness
An economics professor from Johns Hopkins University said during a Tuesday CNN appearance that President Joe Biden’s plan to forgive student loan debt would make the racial wealth gap wider and make inflation worse. “The issue is debt cancellation might reduce the racial wealth gap between two rich doctors, a rich black doctor and rich… -
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New Jersey’s Largest School District Implements Mask Mandate for Entire School Year
The largest school district in New Jersey is going ahead with plans to implement a mask mandate during the 2022-2023 school year, according to district policy. Newark Public Schools in Essex County, New Jersey, is requiring students and educators to wear a mask on all school “locations and grounds” to combat COVID-19, according to the district policy. The school district… -
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Wokeness Is Ripping Through America’s Schools. Here’s How to Protect Your Children From It.
It’s back to school! You bought all the school supplies and new clothes, but what about insulating your children against school indoctrination? Sadly, indoctrination resistance is now part of going back to school so you must stay vigilant and teach your children personal boundaries. Lesson plans about “social identity,” which may be called social and… -
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How Can the Constitution Be Jettisoned? 2 Writers Share Ideas in New York Times
On Friday, The New York Times published its latest op-ed calling for the end of the Constitution of the United States. The authors, Ryan Doerfler and Samuel Moyn, teach law at Harvard and Yale, respectively. They argue that the left’s progress has been stymied by constitutionalism itself. “The idea of constitutionalism,” they correctly write, “is… -
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Did American Academy of Pediatrics Just Blink on ‘Gender-Affirming Care’ or Bluff?
In its staring contest with human biology, did the American Academy of Pediatrics just blink? For years, the academy has been a booster for the school-to-sterilization pipeline for kids struggling with their sexed bodies—to the dismay of at least some of its 67,000 members. Of course, the American Academy of Pediatrics and other partisans camouflage… -
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Most Americans Support Publicly Funding Pregnancy Resource Centers, Poll Finds
A majority of Americans are voicing their support for maternity homes and pregnancy resource centers three months after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, a recent poll revealed. The 85 Fund poll, which was conducted by the Creative Response Concepts, or CRC, Research from Aug. 3 to Aug. 7, found… -
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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… -
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Rise and Fall of Fauci Illustrates Death of ‘Expertise’
Of all the institutions that have become radicalized in the last couple of years, the realm of medicine is perhaps the most disturbing. What will our society look like when you can’t trust the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or even your doctor? Dr. Anthony Fauci announced Monday that he will step down in… -
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Philadelphia Sued for Illegally Funding Abortions
Philadelphia residents and taxpayers, represented by the Thomas More Society, sued the city for funding abortions in violation of Pennsylvania law. Earlier this month, on Aug. 4, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney, a Democrat, announced the city would provide $500,000 to the Abortion Liberation Fund of Pennsylvania, a group that pays for abortions. “Abortion is health care no matter where… -
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The State of Play in Ukraine 6 Months After Russia Invaded
Wednesday, Aug. 24, marks six months since the start of the Russian-Ukraine war. It is also, by a strange twist, Ukraine’s Independence Day, when Ukrainians celebrate their independence from the former Soviet Union. By now, most Americans know the story of how, before dawn Feb. 24, Russian troops simultaneously attacked on multiple axes from the… -
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‘Forgiving’ Student Loan Debt Would Be Illegal, Raise Inflation
The Biden White House is reportedly considering “forgiving” $10,000 worth of student debt for some borrowers, a move that is likely illegal and definitely will increase inflation and force poor people to subsidize rich people. President Joe Biden is possibly considering subsidizing Americans earning less than $150,000 or $300,000 for married couples filing jointly—households in… -
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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… -
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Anthony Fauci Was ‘a Total Disaster’: Leading Scientist Responds to Retirement
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the most public figure associated with the government’s COVID-19 strategy of government lockdowns and mask/vaccine mandates, announced on Monday that he will leave his post in December. The 81-year-old Fauci touted his 38-year career under seven U.S. presidents, whom he advised on their response to such public health threats as “HIV/AIDS, West… -
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‘If We Can Do It, They Can Too,’ Border Mayor Says of DC, NYC Absorbing Illegal Aliens
A border mayor has a message for the mayors of Washington, D.C., and New York City as busloads of illegal immigrants continue to arrive in those cities from Texas and Arizona. “My message is there’s a lot of encouragement, and we did it when we had several thousand at [Anzalduas Park] and during the height of… -
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Civil Rights Groups Silent as DC Blocks 40% of Black Kids From Going to School
In the nation’s capital, almost half of the city’s black students ages 12 and over won’t be going back to school this fall. As a result, their already precarious educational situation is primed to suffer even more. Yet notable civil rights organizations are silent as 40% of the District of Columbia’s black students who are…