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18 More Federal Agencies Eye Making Vaccine Religious-Objector Lists - This week, we revealed that an obscure federal agency plans to keep lists of the “personal religious information” employees who had religious objections to the federal employee vaccine mandate. As it turns out, the little-known Pre-trial Services Agency for the District of Columbia isn’t the only federal agency involved. As we feared, a whole-of-government effort looks to be underway. A little digging at the Federal Register revealed that there are at least 19 total federal agencies—including five cabinet level agencies—that have created or proposed to create these tracking lists for religious-exemption requests from their employees. The list includesDepartment of Justice, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Transportation, and the Department of the Treasury, to name only a few. Heritage Experts: Sarah Parshall Perry and GianCarlo Canaparo
The 10 Worst Provisions in Biden, Schumer’s Voting Rights Bills - The claim that the election reforms passed by states will prevent 55 million Americans from voting is particularly outrageous. These bills that Biden wants the Senate to pass would impose unwise and unconstitutional mandates that would severely damage the security of our elections. The only "attack on democracy" that is occurring is in these federal bills. Heritage Expert: Hans von Spakovsky
14 Examples of Defensive Gun Use at End of 2021 - As 2022 begins, cities across the nation are experiencing unprecedented spikes in serious, violent crimes. Meanwhile, many public officials continue to push overly lenient and nonsensical prosecution policies that further endanger the public and embolden criminals. Americans are becoming increasingly aware of just how important the right to keep and bear arms can be, especially when the government cannot be counted upon to protect them from violent threats. Almost every major study on the issue has found that Americans use their firearms in self-defense between 500,000 and 3 million times annually, according to a 2013 report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Heritage Expert: Amy Swearer
To Avoid More Attacks Like at Texas Synagogue, Biden Administration Must Know, Name Our Enemies - The FBI’s Hostage Rescue Team and local Texas police officers deserve enormous gratitude for securing the safe release of four people taken hostage during a Jewish religious service at a Dallas-area synagogue. But while we should praise these heroic actions, we should not overlook the politically-motivated claimed ignorance by senior FBI and Biden administration officials regarding the motive for this terrorist attack. This was a wake-up call for this administration to recognize, name, and prioritize America’s real enemies or similar attacks will follow. While the FBI pledged to “continue working to find motive” for the synagogue attack, a very clear picture of the assailant’s motive has emerged from a livestream of the religious service that was being broadcast on Facebook when the takeover occurred. Heritage Experts: Jay Greene and Lora Ries