Jun 21, 2021

Happy Monday from Washington, D.C., where we are tracking the left’s effort to engineer a federal takeover of our elections—while also undermining the Senate filibuster. We also expose the existential dangers that critical race theory poses to our military. There are also events, podcasts and more you won’t want to miss.

The Left Is Attempting to Micromanage Our Elections
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is trying to use every procedural trick in the book to get the left’s election “reform” bill—S.1 or the “For the People Act”—passed despite opposition from his own party. Heritage has led the charge to expose the dangers of the bill, which would federalize and micromanage the election process administered by the states. “It would implement nationwide the worst changes in election rules that occurred during the 2020 election and go even further in eroding and eliminating basic security protocols that states have in place.” Read the Heritage fact sheet to understand the consequences of what’s at stake.

Ending the Filibuster: A Power Grab by the ‘Slimmest Majority’
With the ‘For the People Act’ heading to the Senate floor this week, the left is more determined than ever to kill the filibuster. Heritage senior legal fellow Thomas Jipping explains how this is an example of power corrupting those in leadership. “Is the Republic still better off when the Senate maintains its checks and balances? Or has power so corrupted Senate Democrats that they will simply abandon all of what they claimed the Founders had in mind and what they themselves proclaimed only a few years ago?” Jipping writes in a must-read commentary. Read the full article to learn more about the implications of ending the filibuster.

Critical Race Theory Will Destroy Our Military U.S.
Marine Corps veteran Dakota Wood knows a thing or two about how the USMC functions and about diversity within its ranks. That’s why this Heritage senior research fellow can say with authority that forcing critical race theory on the military poses a grave risk to our armed forces. “America’s military draws young men and women from all backgrounds and all walks of life, integrating them into teams united in common identity and shared purpose, to serve our country. What are they to think when they are told that the country they have sworn to serve is structurally prejudiced to favor one group over another?” Wood writes in his latest commentary. Read the full commentary to learn how CRT would affect our armed forces.

Sen. Rick Scott and Heritage have kicked off a new video series that highlights how we can work together to put America back on a fiscally responsible path forward. Watch the first episode.

Heritage launched a new resource at TheBidenBorderCrisis.com with all the latest information, research, and solutions to the border crisis. Former Vice President Mike Pence shared it with his nearly 6 million Twitter followers. “The #BidenBorderCrisis cannot be ignored any longer. Check out a new resource from @Heritage with the latest facts, research, and analysis needed to solve this crisis.” Visit the website to learn more.

Jay Richards, Ph.D., will join Heritage as the William E. Simon senior research fellow in the DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society. Richards will focus on protecting life, marriage, religious liberty, and renewing civil society. “We are delighted that Dr. Richards is joining the Heritage team to help restore faith, family, and freedom,” said Heritage Foundation President Kay C. James. Read more about this exciting addition.

Heritage President Kay C. James weighed in on the U.S. Supreme Court’s rulings on religious liberty and Obamacare. The religious liberty ruling will enable Catholic Social Services to continue placing children into foster homes in accordance with its religion. Read more details about the decision. James also commented on the court’s decision on Obamacare. Read what she had to say.

Wednesday at 11 a.m., Heritage will hold a webinar discussing why Brexit is great for the United Kingdom. Featured speakers include Mississippi Center for Public Policy CEO Douglas Carswell, Shore Capital senior political adviser Matthew Elliot, and U.K. Conservative Party vice chairman and international ambassador Lord Hannon of Kingsclere. Register for this event.

Thursday at noon, Heritage will host a virtual event discussing how the Bible influenced the American Founders. The featured speaker is Joseph Loconte, Ph.D., director of the Simon Center for American Studies. Register for this event.

Friday at noon, Heritage will hold a virtual event giving a preview of Heritage’s 2021 China Transparency Report. Speakers include Rep. Steve Chabot, R-Ohio; David Feith, adjunct senior fellow of the Indo-Pacific Security Program; and Chad Wolf, visiting fellow at Heritage and former acting secretary of homeland security. Register for this event.

This week on “Heritage Explains,” co-host Tim Doescher talks to his mom and Heritage expert Olivio Enos about China’s one-child policy. Listen to the episode.

"Juneteenth is a perfect answer to those who are promoting critical race theory," Kay C. James, president of the Heritage Foundation, said in an interview with Fox News. "Juneteenth says, no, we do not need to destroy the very structures of this nation, the things that make us great. That while there were issues or problems in our history, look at how we overcame and are overcoming them." Watch the interview.

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