The 25th Amendment Takes Center Stage |
Disabled: In the wake of the devastating report from Special Prosecutor Robert Hur, in which he documents President Joe Biden’s serious memory lapses, calls for the Biden administration to invoke the 25th Amendment have increased. (Read more in The Daily Signal: 25th Amendment Push Against Biden Intensifies.)
- But what does the 25th Amendment do? Heritage Senior Legal Fellow Hans von Spakovsky provides a primer on how it lets administration officials remove a president who is “disabled.”
- “We are,” von Spakovsky writes, "living in dangerous times.”
Read his article here.
Also, check out Heritage’s comprehensive Guide to the Constitution, which goes through the document line by line.
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The Poison Ivy League: How Taxpayers Subsidize Wealthy Universities |
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Crooked: If you thought the billions in tax dollars that the Ivy Leagues get helps students afford tuition—think again.
- “The largest type of subsidy that wealthy universities receive is in the form of payments for overhead costs on federal research grants,” writes Senior Research Fellow Jay Greene.
- Tax dollars shouldn't fund uber-liberal universities with huge endowments, says Greene.
Read more here.
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Project 2025 Hits a Huge Milestone |
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Momentum: Project 2025 now has 100 coalition partners.
- “This is a historic moment for the conservative movement," said Project 2025 director Paul Dans. "It's critical for conservatives to put aside differences and come together if we are to succeed in restoring our federal government.” Read the release here.
- Project 2025 has Hillary Clinton worried, although she clearly doesn’t understand what it is.
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Free Markets and the Common Good—What’s the Connection? |
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Restoring America: As part of Heritage’s Conservative Perspectives series, several academics discuss free markets and the common good. Click below to read these important papers:
For more, go to our page on Conservatism.
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America Should Ban Chinese EVs |
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Control: You may know about Tesla, but did you hear about the Chinese BYD Company? It recently overtook Tesla as the world’s top electric vehicle (EV) maker, and letting its cars into the U.S. poses significant risks.
- “Allowing Chinese EV imports poses major national security threats, as well as giving the CCP control over the U.S. economy,” writes Diana Furchtgott-Roth, director of Heritage’s Center for Energy, Climate, and Environment.
Read about the three big threats here.
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Regulations: The Biden administration wants to mandate that all new cars come equipped with technology to disable the vehicle if it thinks the driver is “impaired.” This poses huge privacy risks, not to mention costs and hassles, as detailed by The Daily Signal.
- Heritage Action for America created a portal where you can submit comments opposed to this new rule.
- The portal has already generated a huge number of submissions.
You can add your voice here.
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Apply for ‘Ready, Set, HILL!’ Today |
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What: Heritage runs a free, two-day, intensive training program called Ready, Set, HILL! for conservatives aspiring to work on Capitol Hill.
Why: The country needs more conservative professionals who are trained and effective serving House and Senate members.
Where: The training can be completed virtually or in person in Washington, DC.
When: Applications are due today, Feb. 26. The training program will be held on Feb. 29 and March 1. Learn more here.
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The 2024 Russell Kirk Lecture Featuring Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Award-winning author and activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali delivers the 2024 Russell Kirk Lecture, sponsored by Heritage and Alliance Defending Freedom.
Her lecture, “Defining Civilization Down,” will focus on current conflict in the Middle East, and how the response dramatizes the decline of the West.
March 12, noon. Register here.
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Charles “Cully” Stimson, deputy director of the Edwin Meese III Center and senior advisor to Heritage’s president, discussed the New York civil fraud judgment against former President Donald Trump, calling it “part of the full-court press to knee-cap President Trump every which way to Sunday.” Watch the clip here.
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