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Campaigns of whatever sort often adopt a mantra, a phrase, or even a single word that’s repeated over and over to advance the campaign’s goals. The campaign against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is no different, and its latest mantra is “FBI investigation.” Let’s look at this mantra’s objectives and its validity. The call for…
Sex robots are coming to America, and Houston is the first battleground. The first “robot sex brothel” in America is set to open in Houston, Texas, this November. The mayor is currently investigating how to restrict or regulate it. The owner plans to expand to 10 locations in the U.S. by 2020. This disturbing development…
The Brett Kavanaugh confirmation process came to a boiling point on Thursday, as his accuser testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee and Kavanaugh himself made a forceful defense. We cover the highlights and discuss with The Heritage Foundation’s Tom Jipping. Plus: We feature an interview with Juanita Broaddrick, the woman who accused Bill Clinton of…
On Thursday, the Senate and the nation heard from Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and his accuser, Christine Blasey Ford—the woman who claims she was sexually assaulted by the judge while the two were in high school. We watched the whole thing and talked to protesters, both pro- and anti-Kavanaugh, to find out where Americans…
This is a lightly edited transcript of an interview for The Daily Signal podcast. Daniel Davis: Well, joining us in studio to discuss the ongoing battle over Brett Kavanaugh is Tom Jipping, he is the deputy director of the Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies here at The Heritage Foundation. Tom, let’s start with…
Recently, the judge in Bill Cosby’s trial handed down a three- to 10-year sentence, which means Cosby could potentially die in jail. In my mind, there is little, if any, doubt that he drugged and abused those women. I don’t understand it, but it’s clear that giving women quaaludes 30 and 40 years ago was…
Should protesters be allowed to barge into restaurants to harass and shout down lawmakers and public officials they don’t like? It has happened to White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, to Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, and, just this week, to Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. We took our cameras “On the Streets” of Washington, D.C.,…
“Nobody has found any widespread instances of voter fraud.” That’s MSNBC host Katy Tur, expressing what passes for conventional wisdom on the left. They constantly tell us that efforts to pursue voter ID and similar measures are aimed not at election security, but at suppressing the vote. But those who peddle such a view probably…
Major Garrett is CBS News' chief White House correspondent and author of the new book, “Mr. Trump's Wild Ride: The Thrills, Chills, Screams, and Occasional Blackouts of an Extraordinary Presidency.” Garrett has covered four different administrations at three separate news outlets. He spoke to Daily Signal editor-in-chief Rob Bluey and contributor Ginny Montalbano. An edited…
Whoever controls education has an enormous impact on the direction of our country. That’s not exactly encouraging news, given the current state of higher education. Our guest today, Heather Mac Donald, has a new book called “The Diversity Delusion.” In that, she describes how a toxic turn in education is infecting society as a whole….
“Patriotism” and “sovereignty” are now dirty words. That’s what one Washington Post editor said in response to President Donald Trump’s United Nations speech on Tuesday. “America is governed by Americans. We reject the ideology of globalism, and we embrace the doctrine of patriotism,” Trump said during the speech. Trump also said: “We will never surrender…
It’s hard to believe that just two short years ago, our economy was limping along with no sign of a massive boom around the corner. Beyond any shadow of a doubt, the pivotal factor in the last two years has been President Donald Trump. Consider this. From 2009 to 2014, real median income fell overall….
Democratic senators are pulling out every stop to block Brett Kavanaugh from joining the Supreme Court. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., says he will seek a federal court injunction to, as Politico described it, “stop a final vote on Brett Kavanaugh, asserting an obstruction of his constitutional duty to advise and consent on nominees.” According to…
To say that the Senate confirmation process for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has turned into a circus is to give circuses a bad name. Let’s review some of the weird stuff that has happened. Democratic senators demanded that the Judiciary Committee hearing be postponed so they could study more material about a nominee they…
In the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricane Florence, Congress has begun to discuss plans for new disaster spending. Indeed, the newly released Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill contains $1.7 billion for Community Development Block Grants—money that is not subject to the budget caps. Until FEMA exhausts the Disaster Relief Fund, Congress should not…
President Donald Trump was the center of everyone’s attention at the United Nations on Tuesday, where he delivered a formal address defending his policies. Brett Schaefer of The Heritage Foundation joins us to discuss. Plus: Protesters harass Ted Cruz and his wife during their private night out. We also cover these stories: Trump defended Supreme…
I’m thankful that increasing attention is being paid to the dire state of higher education in our country. Heather Mac Donald, a fellow at the Manhattan Institute, has just published “The Diversity Delusion.” Its subtitle captures much of the book’s content: “How Race and Gender Pandering Corrupt the University and Undermine Our Culture.” Part of…
Americans hold politicians in low esteem. In a 2017 Gallup poll on the honesty and ethical standards of people in 21 different fields, 60 percent rated politicians “low” or “very low” in this regard—(versus only 39 percent feeling that way about car salesmen, for example). A poll at the 2014 midterm election found that only 4 percent of Americans…
Advocates of single-payer health care—like Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., with his “Medicare for All” legislation—suggest Americans would enjoy a health care utopia if only the government took over. But claims of lower costs and better, more efficient care are widely overblown. Here are the facts. What Is Single-Payer? A “single-payer” health system is a government-controlled…
More than a century ago, the Supreme Court described a principle that it called “undoubted, axiomatic and elementary.” It is, the court said, “unquestioned in the textbooks” and can be traced all the way back to ancient Greece and Rome. This fundamental principle—the presumption of innocence—may be one of the casualties of the campaign against…