March 17 2021
 

Happy St. Patrick’s Day from Washington, where the Biden administration is in denial over the border crisis. We’ve got a fact-check of the official line by three Heritage Foundation experts. You’re not imagining that most of the media is in the tank for President Biden, Tim Murtaugh writes. On the podcast, we look at the woke remaking of big corporations with the author of a book on it. Plus: hold on to your firearms; when faith makes you less equal; and “poison” on the Navy’s reading list. On this date in 1969, Ukrainian-born and Wisconsin-reared Golda Meir, 70, is elected as Israel’s fourth prime minister and to date is the only woman to win the post. 

 
 
 
COMMENTARY
Fact-Checking 8 Claims From Biden Administration on Border Crisis
By Chad Wolf

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas releases a factually challenged and misleading statement about the crisis on the border.
COMMENTARY
More Evidence Emerges That the Media Is on Team Biden
By Tim Murtaugh

As communications director for the Trump 2020 campaign for two years, I saw the media’s bias in action daily. Here are some examples.
COMMENTARY
Yes, Leftists Want to Take Your Guns
By Rep. Madison Cawthorn

The left-wing claim that gun control legislation would save lives is demonstrably false. The cities with the highest murder rates and levels of other violent crime have the strictest gun regulations.
COMMENTARY
Equality Act Would Cancel Religious Freedom
By Thomas Jipping

The Equality Act would give government free rein to restrict, compromise, or even eliminate the fundamental right to practice religion in pursuit of a political agenda.
NEWS
House Duo Target 3 Books of ‘Poison’ on Navy’s Reading List for Sailors
By Fred Lucas

Reps. Doug Lamborn, R-Colo., and Vicky Hartzler, R-Mo., ask the Navy to pull three books promoting identity politics and wokeness from its official reading list.
ANALYSIS
The History Behind the 'Woke' Invasion of Big Business
By Jarrett Stepman

“Activist shareholders began pressuring companies 10, 15, even 20 years ago to do what the activists wanted … the squeaky wheel gets the grease,” says Stephen Soukup.
COMMENTARY
ICYMI: McConnell: If Democrats End Filibuster, GOP Will Use Stalling Tactics to Make Americans’ Voices Heard
By Sen. Mitch McConnell

“If the Democrats break the rules to kill [the filibuster] … then we will use every other rule to make tens of millions of Americans’ voices heard,” says Senate Minority Leader McConnell.
 
     
 
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