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July 18, 2023
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| 5 Lies about the NDAA (and Why Senate Republicans Shouldn't Fall for Them) |
| by Suzanne Bowdey |
| This isn't your grandma's Republican Party. If anyone doubted it, the latest debate over the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) should have made it clear: the new House majority is no pushover. After years of letting Democrats pound them into submission where military policy is concerned, the Left is coming to grips with an unfortunate reality. Without squishy Republicans to do their bidding, they have to find another way to keep good bills down. In this case, they've chosen a reliable friend - deception. |
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| Party Switchers up in 2023, Spurning Social Extremism |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| State legislators switching parties in 2023 are at twice the 30-year average, according to Ballotpedia. The year 2023 is now tied for the sixth most party changes in state legislatures over the past 30 years, and it's only July. Overall, the party changes favor Republicans, with five Democrats switching to the Republican Party and only one Republican switching to the Democratic Party. The majority of party changes were motivated by policy differences on social issues such as education, as well as party intolerance. |
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| Trump Reflects on Problematic Personnel Picks |
| by S.A. McCarthy |
| In an interview aired Sunday, former president Donald J. Trump discussed his previous presidential personnel choices and how a potential next term would be different. Speaking to Fox News's Maria Bartiromo, the 45th president addressed his plans not to participate in a Republican primary debate, his strong primary polling numbers, and the people he chose to both hire and fire while in office. Asked if he would do-over anything from his first term, Trump responded, "The mistake would be people." |
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| California Democrats Vote against Anti-Child Trafficking Bill, Then Change Course |
| by Arielle Del Turco |
| Last week, one Democrat in the California State Assembly made a rare public apology - not over a scandal, but over her position on a vote that had taken place the same week. Assembly member Liz Ortega had joined fellow Democrats just a few days earlier in blocking a bill aimed at cracking down on human trafficking of children. The move justifiably made national headlines and garnered widespread criticism. But it shouldn't take a national controversy for Democrats to vote the right way on something as blatantly evil as the human trafficking of children. |
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