Dec. 14, 2017
Good morning from Washington, where lower taxes and raised voices appear the order of the day. Republican lawmakers press the Justice Department's No. 2 official on evidence of anti-Trump bias in the special counsel's Russia probe, Kevin Mooney and Ken McIntyre report. And the president rounds up typical taxpayers to celebrate the homestretch of tax reform, Fred Lucas writes. Plus: David Inserra on the latest act by a home grown terrorist, Elizabeth Slattery on a defective test for racism, and Kim Holmes on the left's slide into intolerance.
"A whole series of disturbing revelations about the lawyers hired by [special counsel Robert] Mueller … show … bias, partisanship, and conflicts of interest," says The Heritage Foundation's Hans von Spakovsky.
Since most liberal democracies still allow conservatives to have a voice in the democratic process, leftists find them wanting, and in some cases condemn them outright as inherently oppressive (of racial and sexual minorities, for example), precisely because conservatives still have a voice.
President Trump says if Congress sends him a tax reform bill by Christmas, Americans will see fewer taxes taken out of their paychecks by February 2018.
A quarter to nearly half of college graduates are underemployed , and often work in jobs that do not require a college degree, writes Rep. Ron DeSantis.
This plot continues the trend of terror plots that are homegrown—that is, carried out by terrorists who radicalized in the U.S. This attack is the 89th plot or attack that was entirely or largely homegrown in nature.
Before it becomes further ingrained in hiring, college admissions, law enforcement, government contracting, and many other industries, policymakers and cultural leaders should consider the growing consensus among researchers that the test falls woefully short.
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