May 3 2022
 

Good morning from Washington, where the Biden administration asserts that it has “operational control” over the southern border. In an interview in Texas with our Fred Lucas, a Border Patrol agent for three decades begs to differ. On the podcast, Lucas assesses border insecurity with immigration expert Mark Krikorian. Plus: Sarah Parshall Perry on a Supreme Court win for free speech; Matt Dickerson on managing aid to Ukraine; and Hans von Spakovsky on an American patriot’s enduring fight. On this date in 1946, a military tribunal begins trying 28 Japanese officials for war crimes and crimes against humanity during World War II, eventually finding 25 guilty and sentencing seven to death. 

 
 
 
ANALYSIS
What I Saw Outside Supreme Court After Report Roe v. Wade to be Overturned
By Douglas Blair

Both pro-life and pro-abortion activists came to the Supreme Court Monday night. There were coat hangers, prayers, chants of "pack the court" and "abolish the court" and more.
COMMENTARY
Unanimous Supreme Court Flies Flag for Free Speech in Case Against City of Boston
By Sarah Parshall Perry

“Under the Constitution, a government may not treat religious persons, religious organizations, or religious speech as second-class,” writes Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
NEWS
Mexican Cartels Use Social Media to Recruit Young Americans, Border Patrol Veteran Says
By Fred Lucas

Mexican cartels recruit young people to smuggle narcotics or human beings by going on social media platforms such as YouTube, Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook, and TikTok.
NEWS
'You Can't Get a Tattoo If You're 12': DeSantis Supports Ban on Child Sex-Change Operations
By Laurel Duggan

“When they say ‘gender-affirming care,’ what they mean a lot of times is … you’re castrating a young boy, you’re sterilizing a young girl,” says the Florida governor.
COMMENTARY
Congress Must Carefully Review Any Ukraine Spending Package
By Matthew Dickerson

Taxpayers can’t afford the bureaucrats in the American government, much less bankroll the Ukrainian government’s pensions at the same time.
COMMENTARY
Ode to Patrick Henry: We’re Still Fighting to Protect Our Liberty Today
By Hans von Spakovsky

The forces arrayed against us today may seem overwhelming at times. But Henry and his fellow Americans faced the world’s largest, strongest empire and military power.
COMMENTARY
Radical Left Targets Video Games as Hotbeds of Right-Wing Extremism
By Douglas Blair

We must trust the same experts who routinely call for more censorship on social media to start influencing gaming? What could possibly go wrong?
ANALYSIS
Why Homeland Security Chief Faces Impeachment for Biden’s Border Crisis
By Fred Lucas

Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, discusses how President Biden and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas have failed to address the border crisis.
 
     
 
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