❌ President Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress have been scheming behind closed doors on ways to expand government control of day care and preschool.
But we know that parents should decide what their children are taught, where they will spend their time, and who can care for and teach them... NOT the government. Join our fight against the government takeover of child care by signing the petition.
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A new Treasury Department report tells us what we already know: Childcare costs are unaffordable for many families. The most serious problem with government-funded child care is the downstream effect on the quality, variety, and independence of childcare providers. While this effort might strike many Americans as a well-intended “hand up” to working parents, it comes with a significant downside, and not just the price tag to taxpayers. Read more.
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Are federal officials prepared for a massive surge in migrants to the southern border this month? By the end of October, the worst-case scenario for immigration officials might play out: record-shattering 400,000 illegal crossings. U.S. senators say America is bracing for a caravan of 15,000 people working its way through Mexico and a rush of more than 60,000 Haitian migrants, a group that could be four times the size of the group that made it across in Del Rio last month. Share this story.
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The whole country watched in horror as videos and photos displayed the desperation of Afghan allies and American citizens to get out of Afghanistan before the “deadline.”
Can you identify which of the following statements about the Afghanistan withdrawal is not true?
A. America’s humiliation in Afghanistan sends a signal of weakness and bad faith.
B. The Biden administration has taken responsibility for the messy withdrawal.
C. Hostile regimes are moving to take advantage of the opportunities afforded by the U.S. evacuation.
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 She Thinks Podcast
- New Episode: Stay-at-home mom Nicole Solas joined She Thinks to discuss her experience with her own five year old and the indoctrination of students through Critical Race Theory. Listen to it here.
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- Next Episode: On this Friday’s episode, Erica Komisar, a clinical social worker, psychoanalyst, and parent guidance expert, joins She Thinks to discuss how to be present with young kids and her book, Chicken Little, The Sky Isn't Falling. Hear it here.
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Without big government action, we’ve been assured a massive wave of evictions. But that hasn’t happened. Evictions are below their pre-pandemic levels. Why did this happen? The true reason isn’t all that relevant because an important point has been made—not every issue requires a federal response.
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A quick look at the European Union’s policies shows a clear tendency to over-regulate, for the sake of precaution. Chemicals in cosmetics and personal care products might be next. Last week, an anti-chemical activist group called on the European Commission to ban what it calls “endocrine disrupting chemicals” (EDC) during the Commission’s upcoming revisions to the EU’s cosmetic regulatory framework.
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