Under the rule of President Putin, this Ukrainian invasion is another attempt to make a comeback as a predatory autocracy.                            

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In the popular dystopian novel “The Handmaid’s Tale,” by Canadian author Margaret Atwood, the fictional authoritarian government begins its reign of terror by cutting off women’s access to money and to the financial system generally. We have now witnessed the real-life assertion of such terror ([link removed]) in Canada. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked the Emergencies Act and the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (PCMLTFA) to suppress protests by Canadian truckers who objected to government COVID-19 mandates. Referring to the truckers as a “fringe minority” with “unacceptable views,” Trudeau invoked war powers against his own populace. Read more. ([link removed])


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Americans are facing higher prices on nearly everything they use from food to common household products. Instead of looking for solutions, Democrats are about to make things worse by banning a class of chemicals used in manufacturing that make products better and cheaper ([link removed]) . In a hunt for a quick fix, Democrat legislators are moving toward a complete PFAS ban, which would outlaw a diverse group of more than 4,000 chemicals, regardless of their individual risks, benefits, and availability of reliable substitutes. Read more. ([link removed])


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How much do you know about the role of the federal judiciary?

Can you identify which of the following statements about the federal courts is not true?

A. The role of a federal judge is to interpret and apply the law as written, not to create new social and political rights.
B. “Originalism” is an interpretive method that helps judges put aside their personal policy preferences when applying the law.
C. Any time a court strikes down a democratically enacted law, it is engaging in inappropriate “judicial activism.”
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* New Episode: On this episode, Claudia Rosett, a foreign policy fellow with the Independent Women’s Forum and an award-winning journalist, discusses this month’s policy focus: Russia’s War and America’s Follies. Listen to it here. ([link removed])

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During Black History Month, the Washington Post published a piece stating that Justice Thomas’s rulings “reflect the thinking of White conservatives.” Amidst backlash, they later “corrected” the piece to note that Justice Thomas’s rulings reflect the thinking of “conservatives broadly.” While many saw racial overtones in the first statement, its correction is still demeaning.
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Open any women’s fashion magazine, turn on a daytime talk show, or enter any classroom with a “women’s studies” theme, and you are guaranteed to be steeped in a dogmatic progressive worldview. Women may generally favor the Democratic Party, but as that party lurches leftward, it’s increasingly obvious that the Democratic Party isn’t terribly interested in women.
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