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April 25, 2022
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Disney's Cinderella Story Comes to an End at Reedy Creek
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by Tony Perkins
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For once, Disney has no comment. Bob Chapek's company, whose loudmouth Leftists pushed the CEO into a losing war with Florida leaders, had nothing to say Friday when the governor pulled the plug on Disney's sweetheart deal with the state. To most people's surprise, the company that couldn't keep its mouth shut on the state's popular parental rights in education bill couldn't find the words to respond to the GOP's elimination of their autonomous district (after the Magic Kingdom tried to sprinkle fairy dust on public policy). "The entertainment giant has not commented publicly on the proposal to dissolve its government," reporters point out--a dramatic shift from the outspokenness that got them into this mess. Has Disney learned its lesson? Don't count on it.
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Taxing Their Patience: GOP Fed up with Corporate Wokeism
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by Tony Perkins
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If you gave 1,000 American voters three tries to guess the top policy proposal of the Republican party, not one would answer "more taxes," but many might associate the GOP with "lower taxes," or "pro-business" policy. It might surprise them that a new document released by the Business Roundtable calls for more taxes, practically the opposite of its stated goal, to "promote a thriving U.S. economy and expanded opportunity for all Americans." The tax they propose, "a price on carbon," is basically a tax on living, moving, and especially producing. The "tone deaf" proposal is "the last thing we need," noted House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.), "harmful to working families... already struggling from inflation [and] high gas prices."
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Shining a Light on Religious Liberty around the World
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by Arielle Del Turco
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When a bomb went off at his son's school in Afghanistan last week, Mohammad Hassan rushed around the city looking for his son. Hours later, Hassan found him in a refrigerated drawer of a hospital emergency room. Weeping, he told the Washington Post, "He was so smart, and he had so many dreams." The school is in a neighborhood in Kabul populated mostly by Hazara Muslim, a religious minority group now in mourning after a recent rash of attacks. These new tragedies are only the latest examples for why the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) is calling for the State Department to designate Afghanistan a "Country of Particular Concern" (CPC) on religious freedom.
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On today's show, Mary Szoch, FRC's Director of the Center for Human Dignity, reports from Monday's U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments in the case of Coach Joe Kennedy. Chip Roy, U.S. Representative for the 21st district of Texas, details his recent trip to the southern border and discusses the continuing case of Finnish MP Paivi Rasanen. Mike Berry, First Liberty Institute's Vice President of External Affairs and Senior Counsel, highlights Monday's oral arguments in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District. Dan Gainor, Media Research Center's VP for Free Speech America and Business, reacts to reports that Twitter is set to accept Elon Musk's $43 billion offer to take over the company. Nadine Maenza, Chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, discusses USCIRF's 2022 annual report providing recommendations to enhance the U.S. government's promotion of freedom of religion or belief abroad.
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