Aug 20, 2019
Good morning from Washington, where most liberals say voter fraud is nothing to worry about. Heritage Foundation legal expert Hans von Spakovsky begs to differ in a video you’ll want to share. President Trump hopes to save billions in questionable foreign aid, Fred Lucas reports. On the podcast, a conservative activist shares what she learned at her son’s college orientation. Plus: Thomas Jipping on a new smear of a Trump court appointee, and Jeff Smith on dealing with the Taliban. On this date in 1968, the Soviet Union invades Czechoslovakia to crush the freedoms of the so-called Prague Spring.
How We Can Safeguard Our Election Process
Although hundreds of people have been convicted in recent years, voter fraud often goes undetected.
Preferred Pronouns and More: What a Mom Saw at Her Son’s College Orientation
Concerned Women for America’s Penny Nance says incoming freshmen at Virginia Tech were told things like, "Don't make judgments about the gender or the sexual identity of the person that you're talking to. … You need to be open-minded."
The Media’s Latest Smear of a Trump Judicial Nominee
Left-wing opponents of an impartial and independent judiciary have picked another target: appeals court nominee Steven Menashi.
The Trump administration is set to present a “rescissions” package for the State Department this week that it says would save $4 billion in foreign assistance.
How the US Should Approach Talks With the Taliban
While the Taliban excels at not losing, it doesn’t have a realistic path to victory—just a bleak future of launching terrorist attacks against its own countrymen in an unwinnable war.
5 Years Later, This Group Keeps Growing Conservative Leaders Beyond Its Borders
Can conservatives have an impact without compromising their values? Five years ago, two 25-year-olds from Ohio started the Forge Leadership Network in their home state to answer that question.
Planned Parenthood Sided With Abortion Over Title X Funds. Here’s What It Means.
In the face of judicial defeat, Planned Parenthood will forgo approximately $60 million in annual Title X funds.
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August 19, 2019
By Kevin Daley
The school district’s policy requires students to use the bathrooms consistent with their biological gender. The school board also ordered construction of a unisex bathroom open to all students.
By Jason Snead and Lucas Drill
State lawmakers had imposed this novel scheme on online auctioneers despite more than a decade of successful, unlicensed auctioneering.
By Abigail Slagle
“Medicare for All” is an oxymoron because the government promises free, quality health care for everyone, but the unlimited demand for free care results in reduced access for many.
By Jason Hopkins
The New York Police Department ignored all 2,916 requests to continue detaining individuals that it got from Immigration and Customs Enforcement between July 1, 2018, and June 30 of this year.
By Amy Swearer
"Red flag" laws allow family members, teachers, and others to request that a hearing be held on whether someone close to them should have his right to possess firearms temporarily revoked because he is an extreme risk of danger to self or others.
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