April 20 2023
 
Good morning from Washington, where it’s some relief that pols on the Left lag behind the United Nations in promoting sex with minors. Our Jarrett Stepman explains. Conservatives want the next president to take the politics out of intelligence-gathering, Fred Lucas reports. Sen. Mike Lee rises to salute The Heritage Foundation on its 50th anniversary, but not without objection. Virginia Allen has details. On the podcast, find out why there’s more for the pro-life movement to do. Plus: transgenderism marginalizes concerned parents; a new report on black America brands grassroots activists as a new KKK; and “Problematic Women” celebrates godly female entrepreneurs. On this date in 1871, Congress passes legislation  authorizing President Ulysses S. Grant to declare martial law, impose heavy penalties on terrorist groups, and use the military to suppress the Ku Klux Klan.
 
 
 
COMMENTARY
Failing to Create Brotherhood of Man, UN Promotes Sex With Children
By Jarrett Stepman

The United Nations says that minors can consent to sex, and that this is a human right.
NEWS
EXCLUSIVE: Next President Must Prioritize Competing With China in Reforming Intel Agencies, Project 2025 Urges
By Fred Lucas

The next president must press the intelligence community to modernize to meet the threat of China and to keep politics out of the spy agencies, Project 2025 recommends.
NEWS
Democrat Blocks Sen. Mike Lee’s Resolution Honoring Heritage Foundation at 50
By Virginia Allen

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., objected Wednesday evening to a Senate resolution honoring The Heritage Foundation on the leading think tank's 50th anniversary.
ANALYSIS
Real Challenges Remain for Pro-Life Movement Post-Roe v. Wade
By Virginia Allen

The fight to protect life is, in some ways, even more challenging today than it was a year ago, says Brian Westbrook, founder and executive director of Coalition for Life.
COMMENTARY
Trusting God While Running Small Businesses, Female Entrepreneurs Share Their Stories
By Virginia Allen

Entrepreneurs Hope Harvard and Macy Maxson, who founded a makeup brand and a tampon company, give advice to women thinking about starting their own businesses.
NEWS
Soros Lieutenant Leaving Foundation Post, Claims Credit for Advancing Biden Agenda
By Fred Lucas

The chief of the George Soros-backed Open Society Foundations, viewed as key to advancing President Biden’s agenda, is leaving his post in July.
COMMENTARY
Opposing Porn in School Makes You Part of New 'Uptown Klan,' SPLC Researcher Says
By Tyler O'Neil

“Moms for Liberty, Parents Defending Education, and Parents Against CRT work diligently with … extremists groups to spread their messages of hate,” the SPLC researcher writes.
 
     
 
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