Stop the steal: As Americans start voting in the first presidential election since 2020, many are wondering if states have done enough to ensure the integrity of the ballot box.

• “While we are generally in better shape nationally than we were last time, much depends on what state you live and vote in,” writes Heritage Senior Legal Fellow Hans von Spakovsky.
• Heritage’s exclusive Election Integrity Scorecard shows that several states, including Nebraska, Indiana, and North Carolina, significantly improved their scores by advancing best practice guidelines included in the scorecard.

Election interference: But, as Heritage President Dr. Kevin Roberts notes, Big Tech isn’t giving up trying to rig the election. Conservative candidates are routinely censored on platforms like Google because they don’t align with their radical agenda. Watch his comments here.

 

Read more here on the fight for election integrity.

Middle East: As Iran continues to move closer to the first test of a nuclear bomb, the United States must decide what course of action to take to defuse the situation. 

• “Regardless of the outcome of the November election, the United States must equip and empower its regional partners and allies to confront Iran,” writes Robert Peters, research fellow in the Allison Center for National Security, and Nicole Robinson, senior research associate in the Allison Center.  

Read the full report here.  

Red alert: America hasn’t had a comprehensive policy guide to countering the China threat in the Pacific—until now.

• Heritage just released a 30-point strategy to advance American interests in the Pacific.
• “This national strategy will advance a more secure, prosperous, and free region for both Americans and Pacific Islanders alike,” writes Research Assistant Andrew Harding.

Read the report here.

Industrial restoration: Amid failed Biden-Harris administration policies, the manufacturing ecosystem in Texas flourishes. Perhaps the rest of the nation could learn a thing or two from the Lone Star State. 

• “Conservative policies in Texas are increasing real wages, growing the economy, and improving national security,” write Robert Greenway, director of the Allison Center for National Defense, and Rep. John Carter, R-Texas. 

Read their commentary here.  

Conspiracy: Heritage recently hosted New York Post columnist Miranda Devine, whose new book about Biden family corruption—“The Big Guy: How a President and His Son Sold Out America”—was just published.

• Following up on Devine’s previous book, “Laptop from Hell,” her exposé reveals how three-letter government agencies collaborated to shield Joe Biden and his family from justice.

Read an excerpt from the book here and order it on Amazon here.

Mostly peaceful: Elliott Detjen, Harvard student and former Heritage Young Leaders Program intern, got an education in the “great intersectional struggle” of Palestine.

• Detjen went undercover to attend a “teach-in” on campus titled “Palestine 101” aimed at recruiting more students to the Palestinian cause.
• “For an event touting its exploration of ‘all dimensions’ of a complicated issue, PAL 101 tried to leave me with some rather dense conclusions,” he writes.

Read Detjen’s full account here.

Never Again Is Not Enough: Remembering the Tragedy of Oct. 7

In the year since the Hamas invasion of Israel, the Biden administration and the international community have waged an escalating political war against Israel and fueled an unprecedented rise of antisemitism across the country. Two panels discuss both organizations, objectives, and strategies behind the continued rise in antisemitism as well as the importance of restoring the once historic U.S.-Israel alliance.  

 

Oct. 7, 9:30 am. Click here to register. 

Daniel Flesch, a visiting fellow at the Allison Center for National Security, appeared on Fox News to talk about the impact of Iran’s latest missile attack on Israel. Flesch served as senior advisor to Israel’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations and was in the 202nd Paratrooper Battalion of the Israel Defense Forces. Watch the clip here.