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Here’s What to Watch Following Dobbs Draft Leak <[link removed]> - Pro-life Americans are feeling more hopeful than ever that the Supreme Court may soon correct <[link removed]> a grave error and leave Roe in the dustbin of history. But the leak is a nakedly political attempt to get the justices to back down. The court must issue its Dobbs decision without delay. Roe v. Wade was a poorly reasoned, wrongly decided decision that legalized abortion on demand across the country in 1973. Sixty-two million lives and half a century later, it has poisoned <[link removed]> our laws, our courts, and
our country. But a new day might soon be dawning. Here’s what you need to know about the shifting policy landscape on abortion and what to watch for in the days and weeks to come. Heritage Expert: Melanie Israel  <[link removed]>
 
Americans facing highest interest rate hike in decades <[link removed]> - Today's hike shows the Fed is increasingly panicked that it's lost control of inflation and of our economy. Having poured nearly 5 trillion into financial markets despite ominous warnings from supply chains to labor shortages, Powell now wants to snatch away the punchbowl, risking millions of American workers and families. Thanks in part to easy money evidenced by the Fed “balance sheet” increasing by more than $5 trillion in just two years, home prices have jumped more
than 25% in just two years, commodities prices have more than doubled, and groceries are up more than 10% in just 12 months. Regardless of the extent of the rate hikes, one thing is certain: The exorbitant federal spending, economic inefficiencies & inflationary pressure by Federal Reserve money printing threatens to slow economic growth and increase inflation. Heritage Expert: Joel Griffith and Peter St. Onge 
 
Dobbs Leak needs to be investigated swiftly <[link removed]> – During oral arguments Justice Sotomayor mentioned the political stench that overturning a past decisions like Roe would have. And yet the particular political stench hanging over the court currently is in the form of a leaked first draft opinion in perhaps the biggest case the court has heard in 50 years: Dobbs v Jackson women's health. While it appears that a win is imminent for the pro-life movement and Roe is indeed headed to history's dustbin, the fact that the leak occurred at all calls the Supreme Court's integrity into question in a way we've never seen before.  The consequences for the source must be swift and severe. The leak was a naked political act designed to change minds and perhaps, election outcomes. The court needs to release its official opinion in Dobbs asap to regain credibility and seal whatever gaps exist in the high court. Heritage Experts: Sarah Parshall Perry <[link removed]> and Melanie Israel <[link removed]>
 
Biden Takes Deserved Heat for ‘Disinformation’ Board and Its Politically Charged Director <[link removed]>- President Joe Biden’s homeland security chief last week announced his agency’s new
“Disinformation Governance Board <[link removed]>” to tell Americans what is true and false. In a welcome development, the Biden administration is increasingly frustrated <[link removed]>as many observers ridicule
the move <[link removed]> and refer to the board as an Orwellian “Ministry of Truth <[link removed]>.” “The spread of disinformation can affect border security … and public trust in our democratic
institutions,” the Department of Homeland Security said in a written statement <[link removed]> Wednesday on its new
Disinformation Governance Board. Translation: If this government doesn’t step in and change the narrative drastically, Americans might see what’s going on at the southern border <[link removed]>, among other things, and stop trusting us entirely (which may be long overdue <[link removed]>). Heritage Expert: Erin Dwinell  <[link removed]>



Where’s Biden on Growing Nuclear Threats? <[link removed]>- As Russia’s unjust war on Ukraine slogs on, the world keeps spinning, including unwelcome nuclear saber-rattling from a litany of U.S. foes that has reached a deeply unsettling din worth noting. Understandably, the conflict in Ukraine is drawing a significant amount of foreign policy attention these days. Russia’s aggression against Ukraine is the largest conflict in Europe since World War II. Unfortunately, the brandishing of bombs by North Korea, Iran, and Russia has become increasingly worrisome as nuclear and missile threats skyrocket since the Biden administration took office. Heritage Expert: Patty-Jane Geller  <[link removed]>
 
DHS created ‘disinformation governance’ team to track election misinformation <[link removed]> – The left can no longer use
COVID restrictions or now, seemingly Twitter, to mislabel and hide legitimate information American voters should have in casting their ballots. Instead, they are standing up this board to declare what the left believes is mis- or dis-information. Policing disinformation is not remotely the mission of the Department of Homeland Security. The board is an overtly political ploy to try to chase opposing viewpoints from the political debate ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. Heritage Expert: Lora Ries <[link removed]>
 
Biden’s Open Border Chief Gets Hill Drubbing <[link removed]>- Words matter, and when Biden repeatedly promised to extend amnesty, to shut down Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and most
famously <[link removed]> “immediately surge to the border all those people seeking asylum,” millions of soon-to-be illegal aliens heard him loud and clear. They know well enough that all it takes is to show up and say the magic words of “asylum” and they will be let in and never removed. Under Biden, the famous Field of Dreams quote has morphed from “if you build it, they will come” to “if you destroy our border security, they will come.”Implementation of Biden’s open-borders agenda has been the primary responsibility of Mayorkas. With such responsibility comes accountability. And judging by this week’s hearings, and the American public’s complete lack of confidence <[link removed]> in this administration’s handling of the border, strict accountability is on the horizon. Heritage Expert: Mike Howell  <[link removed]>
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