July 14 2021
 

Good morning from Washington, where President Biden is the left’s best friend in bashing conservatives’ attempts to ensure clean elections. In a speech in Philadelphia, he makes head-scratching claims that our Fred Lucas fact-checks. On the podcast, a Cuba native describes living conditions in that communist nation. Plus: the president and competition; gender ideology in schools; North Korea teeters; and Hunter Biden’s artistic pretensions. Sign up here to watch a major speech by former Vice President Mike Pence today at 1 p.m. at The Heritage Foundation. Five years ago today, an Islamist terrorist drives a large truck through a crowd of pedestrians in Nice, France, killing 86 and injuring over 400 during a Bastille Day celebration. 

 
 
 
NEWS
Fact-Checking 6 Big Claims in Biden’s Partisan-Tinged Speech on Voting
By Fred Lucas

“In Texas, for example, the Republican state Legislature wants to allow partisan poll watchers to intimidate voters,” says President Biden.
ANALYSIS
She Was Imprisoned in Her Native Cuba. Here’s How She Describes Life Under Communism.
By Rachel del Guidice

“My mother’s family owned a sugar mill and they put a gun on my uncle’s desk and say, ‘Sign it over.’ We lost everything,” says Lala Mooney.
COMMENTARY
Biden’s ‘Competition’ Executive Order Realizes a Central Planner’s Dream
By Daren Bakst

A new executive order promotes federal government intervention in the economy and pushes policies that may not be authorized by Congress and could trample on states’ rights.
COMMENTARY
Liberal Views on Gender Identity Threaten Free Speech in Schools
By Makenna McCoy

In Virginia’s Loudoun County and other school districts, school boards shut down debate before it happens by requiring affirmation of an individual’s self-asserted gender identity.
COMMENTARY
Is Kim Jong Un’s Regime on Cusp of Collapse?
By Bruce Klingner

Reports of food shortages, a COVID-19 outbreak, and political volatility fan speculation, along with the dictator’s recent extended absence from public view.
COMMENTARY
Hunter Biden’s Art Sales: Ethical Mess Made Worse by White House
By Tim Murtaugh

If buyers’ names were public, citizens might know whether someone were trying to buy influence. With the cone of silence around Hunter Biden’s art sales, however, that will be impossible.
NEWS
ICYMI: Governor Says Texas Democrats Who Fled Vote on Election Reform Face Arrest
By Fred Lucas

“Once they step back into the state, they will be arrested and brought back to the Capitol and we will be conducting business,” Gov. Greg Abbott says.
 
     
 
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