Plus: Now-Abandoned Disinformation Board Was Insult to Free Society
May 19 2022
Good morning from Washington, where the Biden administration backpedals furiously after its “disinformation” board draws deserved pans. Good riddance, Jarrett Stepman writes. A national Planned Parenthood figure is among liberal donors to a prosecutor who stands by as protesters target Supreme Court justices at home. Fred Lucas reports. On the podcast, Doug Blair explores options for conservatives who work for woke businesses. Plus: bad ideas in Congress’ corporate bailout plan; commencement speakers lurch left; this year’s Bradley Prize winners; and the problematic thing about politically correct corporations. On this date in 1864, President Abraham Lincoln writes to Sen. Charles Sumner, R-Mass., proposing that widows and children of soldiers receive equal treatment regardless of race.
Democrats—now the party of insiders, agencies, and institutions—want to exert their monopolistic institutional power to ensure that all public forums are college campus-style liberal safe spaces.
On today’s edition of the “Problematic Women” podcast, we discuss why some Americans are likely weary of the left’s radical agenda infiltrating America’s businesses.
For the class of 2022, speeches are being given by the likes of comedian Ken Jeong and former NBA star Dwyane Wade and focus on topics such as “anti-racism” and social justice.
“HR departments have become increasingly woke, and corporate leaders are afraid of Twitter mobs … destroying the reputation of the company,” says Terry Pell of the Center for Individual Rights.
The left-wing press quickly determines that the entire conservative movement is somehow guilty for the mass shooting in Buffalo committed by an avowed racist.