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It’s been nearly 100 days since President Joe Biden took office and in that short time he has pursued radical progressive policies that would cost trillions of taxpayer dollars—money we don’t have and which our children will have to pay back. From infrastructure to the PRO Act to paid leave, the president keeps advocating more wasteful, poorly targeted spending and hurtful policies.Â
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Tell us what you think about the Biden-Harris administration.
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Increasing access to childcare and paid leave are vital to rebuilding the economy. Independent Women’s Forum President Carrie Lukas spoke with Representative Jackie Walorski to talk about bipartisan discussions on Capitol Hill and the Congresswoman’s new legislation, "The Working Families Childcare Access Act."
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"Now we are using the philosophy derived from wokeism, critical race theory, critical justice theory, to say the act of sexual misconduct and violence is bad, but we cannot tie this to the value systems of the men and where they originate from. And this time it’s the woke philosophy or the wokeist ideology, that is being used to deprive women of their rights. And in this case, it’s really not just immigrant women, it’s all women."
— Ayaan Hirsi Ali, human rights activist and author
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President Biden and Congressional Democrats are launching a full-scale effort to pass the “American Jobs Plan,” a $2 trillion dollar boondoggle full of longstanding far-left wish list items that includes a dedicated $100 billion dollars for broadband. While well-meaning, the plan would fail for two reasons. First, the Biden plan “prioritizes support for broadband networks owned, operated by, or affiliated with local governments.” Second, the plan would impose an arbitrary redefinition of “broadband” speed that would see dollars dry up without bringing rural Americans online.Â
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Today, IWF launched the High Noon podcast, hosted by Senior Policy Analyst Inez Stepman. High Noon is an intellectual download featuring conversations that make a free society possible.Â
High Noon’s first episode features Dr. Debra Soh, on not only the science of sex differences, but on the way ideology has infected science. Listen here.
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Over 1.5 million working mothers are no longer in the labor force due to the pandemic. Startling data explores that, while other women without children are returning to work, many working moms may permanently stay out of the job market. The good news is that women’s employment has been recovering, though slowly. However, labor force participation for mothers faces a rocky road to recovery that may not materialize entirely.Â
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You're invited to a special #IWFReads Author Chat event with Fox News anchor Dana Perino on May 6 at 1:00 p.m. ET. We'll discuss Dana’s latest bestselling book, Everything Will Be Okay.
Spots are limited, so grab yours before it’s too late!
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In early March, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1, also known as the “For the People Act.” This proposed law, which is nearly 800 pages long, makes major changes to the way in which American elections are conducted.
Can you identify which of the following is not true about H.R.1?
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A. H.R. 1 nationalizes our electoral system.
B. H.R. 1 eliminates basic security measures, including voter identification requirements.
C. H.R. 1 curbs political corruption and amplifies the voice of less advantaged citizens by taking “dark money” out of politics.
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 She Thinks Podcast
- New Episode: Kim Strassel, columnist and member of the editorial board for The Wall Street Journal, joins She Thinks to discuss Biden's infrastructure plan, election integrity, the future of the filibuster, and how cancel culture is impacting journalism. Listen here.
Or catch the episode on your favorite podcast app:Â
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- Next Episode: This Friday, Charlotte Whelan, policy analyst at Independent Women's Forum, joins She Thinks to discuss nuclear energy policy. Hear it here.
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Maybe robots aren’t replacing all workers after all. Before the pandemic, the predictions of how quickly automation was decimating retail jobs were abundant. However, the novel coronavirus outbreak changed how Americans shopped. Surprisingly, it has been in ways that help American workers.
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A federal judge has dismissed the lawsuit filed by four Connecticut high school female athletes who were deprived of honors and athletic opportunities because they were forced to compete against two biological boys. The athletes’ lawsuit challenged a rule of the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference that allows transgender athletes to compete as either male or female, in accordance with their gender identity.Â
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