February 7 2022
 

Good morning from Washington, where the Biden administration sees no reason you shouldn’t pay higher premiums so it can force insurers to cover gender “transitions.” Jay Richards and Jared Eckert explain. Americans need to know more about business deals in China that enriched the Bidens, Sen. Ron Johnson tells Fred Lucas. On the podcast, our Rob Bluey interviews Julie Kelly about her book exposing the left’s exploitation of last year’s riot at the Capitol. Plus: the Winter Olympics throws a spotlight on China; the left’s coziness with Russia; and a new threat to Americans’ privacy. Sixty years ago today, President John F. Kennedy orders broader restrictions on U.S. trade with Cuba, effectively creating a full embargo.

 
 
 
COMMENTARY
Biden Proposal Would Force Insurers to Pay for Gender ‘Transition’
By Jay Richards

This would be a disaster for insurers, for medical providers, and, most of all, for those struggling with gender dysphoria.
NEWS
Sen. Ron Johnson Asks ‘Full Accounting’ of Biden Family’s Chinese Business Deals
By Fred Lucas

A new book, “Red Handed: How American Elites Get Rich Helping China Win” by Peter Schweizer, asserts that five deals with China helped the Biden family make a total of $31 million.
ANALYSIS
What the Media Isn’t Telling You About Jan. 6
By Rob Bluey

Author Julie Kelly says a top FBI official “twice refused to answer” whether there were “any FBI informants or agents who either incited or engaged in violent behavior that day.”
NEWS
‘Bigger Than Sports’: As Olympics Begin, NBA Star, Lawmaker Speak Out Against China
By Maggie Hroncich

“The athletes need to stand up for something bigger than basketball and say, ‘I’m not going to participate … in a country where there’s a genocide happening,’” says the Boston Celtics’ Enes Kanter Freedom.
COMMENTARY
Russian Appeasement a Left-Wing Monopoly
By Victor Davis Hanson

The left falsely accused the Trump campaign, transition, and administration of “collusion.” That charge instead best summarizes Democrats’ years of accommodation with Putin’s Russia.
COMMENTARY
Biden’s Anti-Crypto Scaremongering Threatens to Impose Surveil-and-Control on All Americans
By Peter St. Onge

Even if you don’t own or care about crypto and inflation, the much wider issue is what policymakers are using the scapegoat to push: a full-blown surveillance state.
NEWS
ICYMI: ‘You Are on the Losing Side of History’: Meet Mom Fighting Schools’ Mask Mandates
By Lauren Evans

“My son came home the first day of school with an extreme headache,” says Merianne Jensen. “For two weeks, he came home with a headache. We took him to the doctor. It was all because of the mask.”
 
     
 
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