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⛽Last week, the Colonial Pipeline hacking attack led to a gas shortage along the East Coast mostly due to panic-buying. This incident has highlighted the importance of infrastructure improvements. Sadly, the infrastructure bill proposed by the Biden administration has less than 5% of the total funding allocated for traditional road and bridge projects. Read on.

⚠️Big picture: The ongoing violence in the Middle East is a foreshadow of things to come. The Biden administration is engaging in diplomatic malpractice in its desperate efforts to reenter the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), commonly known as the Iran deal. This means more regional instability and more needless bloodshed in the Middle East... consequences of emboldening the world’s greatest state sponsor of terrorism. Keep reading.

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HURTING NOT HELPING

Systemic Misogyny: When Big Government Tells You to Work a 9-to-5

The Department of Labor recently issued a regulation making it unnecessarily difficult to maintain independent contractor status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The result will be less opportunity, less flexibility, and less financial security for millions of workers. The decision favors big government regulation over the big dreams of hard-working Americans. When the government creates roadblocks by over regulating the workplace, the government shrinks Americans’ freedom to pursue our chosen paths, whether that path is 10 hours a week on freelance writing, or 80 hours a week on life-coaching.

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FACT CHECK

Are State Efforts to Secure Elections Just a Strategy to Suppress Voting?

The For The People Act proposes major changes to the way in which American elections are conducted, including transferring election authority from the states to Washington, D.C. and banning basic security measures such as voter ID laws. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer tried to make the case that this approach will improve the U.S. election system and protect the voting rights of all citizens.

But is that true?

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The government is destroying independent contractors’ jobs, flexibility, and freedom. Speak up and share your story. Tell us what being an independent contractor, gig economy worker, or freelancer means to you—and how government regulations could impact your work.

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TWO TRUTHS & A LIE

Systemic Racism and Anti-Racism

The Washington Post reported recently that schools across America are working to address “systemic racism,” make classrooms more equitable, and develop an “Anti-Racist” mindset in their students.

Can you identify which of the following statements is not true?

A. “Systemic racism” refers to the idea that American institutions oppress non-whites.
B. “Equity” and “equal opportunity” are NOT the same thing.
C. “Anti-Racist” policies, training, and curricula promote the equal treatment of all Americans, irrespective of race.

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Coalition Letter in Opposition to Price-Setting Schemes Read on.

She Thinks Podcast

New Episode: Kathy Barnette, author of Nothing to Lose, Everything to Gain: Being Black and Conservative in America, joins She Thinks to discuss her new book, the mission to saturate our institutions with Critical Race Theory, and the push for equity over equality of opportunity. Listen here.

Or catch the episode on your favorite podcast app:

Next Episode: This Friday (3/21), Rep. Claudia Tenney (NY-22) joins the podcast to discuss the House Election Integrity Caucus. Hear it here.

CAPSULE REVIEW

Attention Walmart Shoppers: Walmart Now Supports Liberal Racial Equity Programs with Your Hard Earned Dollars

Walmart’s corporate culture appears to be shifting leftward, focused on gender and racial quotas and creating employee curricula that integrate parts of Critical Race Theory. These moves especially risk backfiring with a Walmart consumer base that serves Middle America and many other conservative areas.

Biden Wants to Take Critical Race Theory to the Next Level

If the Biden administration gets its way, the federal government will soon be alternatively bribing and threatening every school district in the country to push divisive and damaging curricula on race in the classroom. In New York City, parents lamented that white students as young as ten years old are learning that they are perpetuating the problem of racism and that their families are racist. Children deserve better.

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