Far-Left Smear Factory That Attacked Moms for Liberty Exaggerates ‘Hate Groups’ by 267%

• The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), which brands mainstream conservative and Christian organizations as “hate groups,” placing them on a map with chapters of the Ku Klux Klan, added a slew of parental rights organizations to that “hate map” for 2022 and labeled them “antigovernment groups.”
• SPLC’s “hate map” for 2022—released last week—plots 1,225 “hate groups” and “antigovernment extremist groups.” Yet a quick perusal of the SPLC’s data reveals something curious: Many organizations are listed far more than just once.
• SPLC smears its political and ideological opponents, using guilt by association or cherry-picking quotes out of context to make organizations appear extreme or hateful.
• They have also long been notorious for listing as “hate groups” individuals or entities that either do not exit, have no impact, or are not groups at all.

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Chief Justice Doesn’t Follow His Own Directive in Alabama Redistricting Case

• Supreme Court issued a decision last week in Allen v. Milligan, which rejected Alabama lawmakers’ 2022 congressional redistricting plan by claiming it violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. 
• All of those who understand that racial discrimination should have no part in the political arena, and certainly not in the redistricting process, will be disappointed in the decision.
• Chief Justice John Roberts famously wrote in a 2007 case: “The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.” Too bad Roberts didn’t follow his own admonition in Allen v. Milligan.
• As a result of this flawed opinion, we will see race become an even more dominant and contentious feature in the redistricting process.

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Doctor shortage to get worse with 20% leaving profession

• The American Medical Association says one in five physicians plan to leave the practice in the next two years. At the same time, our country has a surplus of talent with over 5,000 trained MDs without medical licenses. The reason is simple: the number of medical residency positions (heavily subsidized by Medicare) is capped, and this is the primary way to get a medical license.  
• There are alternative pathways to utilize this surplus of talent: let these unmatched grads practice in the capacity of a PA or an NP, under the supervision of a licensed physician; or you streamline the pathway of experienced foreign doctors toward full licensure.
• A number of states (Missouri, Arkansas, Utah, Arizona, and a few others) have implemented these reforms in different ways, but many other states could follow suit. Most recently Tennessee made history by pursuing both alternatives.

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