November 12 2021
 

Good morning from Washington, where the Democrats think a bloated IRS bureaucracy is just what the country needs as inflation skyrockets and we go back to work amid vaccine mandates. Preston Brashers has the horrid details. What’s a dad to do when his 13-year-old son is forced to watch a video by a transgender activist in class? Matt Schoenfeldt recalls confronting school officials. On the podcast, Heritage Foundation national security expert Peter Brookes assesses China’s new weapon system. Plus: the science on abortion; New York nixes insecure elections; and Armstrong Williams responds to Houston’s deadly rap concert. Twenty years ago today, an American Airlines flight out of Kennedy International Airport crashes into a Queens neighborhood after takeoff, killing 265.

 
 
 
COMMENTARY
My Son’s English Teacher Showed a Transgender Activist’s Video in Class.
By Matt Schoenfeldt

“People are pretty much always wondering how we have sex and what kind of equipment we’re working with below the belt,” the speaker said in the video shown in my son’s class.
COMMENTARY
‘Build Back Better’ Bill Would Build a Bigger, but Not Better, IRS Bureaucracy
By Preston Brashers

Taxpayers spend more than 6 billion hours a year complying with IRS information requirements. Under the Democrats’ current proposal, that number would swell.
ANALYSIS
China's New Strategic Weapon Has 'Unlimited Range.' Here's What That Means for US.
By Christian Mysliwiec

What exactly does this new weapon do and what is the threat to the United States? Peter Brookes, a senior research fellow at The Heritage Foundation, explains.
COMMENTARY
I’m an OB-GYN. To Protect Women, Trust the Science on Abortion.
By Donna Harrison

Women who have abortions are at increased risk of lasting cervical trauma, postpartum hemorrhage, and placental problems.
NEWS
In ‘Deep Blue’ New York, Voters Reject Democrats’ Push for Election Changes
By Fred Lucas

In one of the bluest states in the nation, voters soundly reject proposed changes to election law that congressional Democrats are trying to impose nationally.
COMMENTARY
America’s Moral Depravity
By Armstrong Williams

At least nine lives were tragically lost at the Astroworld music festival, with over 100 injured. All in the name of worshipping celebrities as if they are deities. Where has our faith gone?
ANALYSIS
ICYMI: 6 Details That Reveal Long Reach of Biden’s Vaccine Mandate
By Jarrett Stepman

The vaccine mandate requires unvaccinated employees to wear masks, minor employees to be vaccinated or be tested weekly, and fines businesses $13,653 per violation.
 
     
 
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