Good morning from Washington, where the Biden administration is expanding “diversity” and “equity” throughout the federal government in a way that critics see as racist. Kevin Mooney reports. What happened when an Obama appointee went after two GOP advocates of clean elections? Fred Lucas has details. On the podcast, we consider why America is sliding down the list of the world’s freest economies. Plus: Biden targets crytocurrencies; NBC News slimes Florida’s governor; and “Problematic Women” explores the damage done by the transgender agenda. On this date in 1959, Tibetans defying Chinese occupiers surround the summer palace of the Dalai Lama to defend the high priest of Tibetan Buddhism, who will flee to India a week later.
“The Biden administration is focused on a racist reorganization of the federal government not seen since … Woodrow Wilson resegregated the government,” says Heritage Foundation official Mike Howell.
“We’ve been on about a decadelong decline in our economic freedom,” says Terry Miller, a visiting fellow for economic freedom at The Heritage Foundation.
In the annals of manufactured scandals by TV networks, one of the lamest examples is when the Florida governor told high school students at an event: “You do not have to wear those masks.”
Congressional leaders present the 2,700-page spending bill as a false choice: Support the massive package or suffer the consequences of a partial government shutdown.
