Goliath: “People need to understand this is not Bill Clinton’s big government. It’s not Jimmy Carter’s big government,” Russ Vought, president of the Center for Renewing America, said on “The Kevin Roberts Show.” 

• “It’s a Barack Obama, Joe Biden-infused, hybrid, militant, woke, and weaponized government that makes every decision on the basis of climate change extremism and on the basis of woke militancy,” he said. 
• And the only way to take it on is to know policy, politics, and process. “You can’t be influential and effective if you don’t know the three Ps,” Vought says. 

Watch or listen to the entire podcast here. 

Long awaited: Special counsel John Durham’s report on the Russia hoax “is a sobering read,” write John Malcolm, vice president of the Institute for Constitutional Government; senior legal fellow Charles “Cully” Stimson; and legal fellow Zack Smith. 

• “Anyone and everyone involved in this sordid tale who violated their oath or duty should be fired from government service,” they write. 

Read their analysis of the blockbuster report here. 

Abuse: A good example of today’s Big Government: the abuse of executive powers to fight “climate change.”  

• “This runaway federal bureaucracy is now trying to control our lives for no apparent benefit,” writes Diana Furchtgott-Roth, director of the Center for Climate, Energy, and Environment, “and trampling the separation of powers and federalism along the way.” 

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Hidden agenda: While President Biden has been upfront about certain aspects of his agenda, he has covertly accomplished many other goals, writes EJ Antoni, research fellow with the Center for Data Analysis. 

• Antoni provides five examples of how Biden has quietly remade the country for the worse. 
• No. 1 on the list: the hidden tax of inflation. 

Find out what the other four are here. 

• Gun Control Advocates Claim Initial Victory in Illinois, but Here’s Why They’ll Likely Lose the War—Amy Swearer 
• It’s a Gloomy Outlook for Jobs Under Biden. Here’s the Formula to Change That—Rachel Greszler 
• Conservative Senators Stop Weaponization of Child Abuse Bill Against Parents Opposed to Abortion, ‘Transgenderism’ for Children—Sarah Parshall Perry and Connor Semelsberger 
• Defunding the Left, Reducing Handouts to States, Eliminating Waste: Priority Appropriations Savings for Congress—David Ditch 
• Why Do Taxpayers Keep Funding Schools That Don’t Educate Our Children?—EJ Antoni 
• How the U.S. Can Support Ukraine Without Compromising Deterrence in the Indo-Pacific—Thomas Spoehr and Maiya Clark 
• How Forge Leadership Network Is Training, Mentoring Young Conservatives—Samantha Aschieris 
• 4 More Companies Go ‘Full Bud Light’ in Their Support for Transgenderism—Suzanne Bowdey  

Mike Howell, director of Heritage’s Oversight Project, was on Newsmax talking about the weaponization of intelligence agencies. Watch the clip here. 

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