Plus: California Suppressing Evidence That ‘Would Exculpate’ David Daleiden, Attorneys Say
February 19 2022
Good morning from Washington, where many eyes are on Canada’s harsh crackdown on protesting truckers. Our Richard Reinsch sees a turning point for America’s neighbor to the north and, in a bonus podcast, unravels the mysteries of national conservatism here. Plus: Russia plays a war game as Ukraine girds for invasion; a pro-life journalist challenges California as his trial nears; Biden’s misguided minimum wage for government workers; and the legacy media tries to explain away spying on Trump. Eighty years ago today, two months after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt orders the forced removal and imprisonment of Japanese and other resident "enemy aliens." Enjoy the weekend
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s use of the Emergencies Act to break up the truckers’ protest is instructive because it reveals the underlying dynamics driving this political drama.
California is hampering the legal defense of the undercover journalist and pro-life activist by requesting that evidence be excluded from his upcoming trial, his lawyers argue.
This second wave of media reaction to special counsel John Durham’s recent filing on the origins of the Trump-Russia probe attempts to hem and haw defensively through the whole business.
Chris DeMuth, former president of the American Enterprise Institute, explores the thinkers, ideas, and books that national conservatism offers amid current political challenges and debates.
