📈 Americans everywhere are feeling the sticker price shock of rising prices on just about everything: from the groceries we buy to heating and cooling our homes to the gas we put in our cars and now even baby formula.

The impact of rampant inflation is inescapable. Americans are suffering and worried about the dark road ahead and looking for hope. We want to hear from you — are you feeling the financial strain, finding creative ways to save, or hopeful government can get us out of the mess they've created?

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BLM Manipulates Donors, Good at Not Much Else

Nonprofit tax filings of the Black Lives Matter organization reveal much about an organization that purports to liberate Blacks in America. BLM was good at manipulating well-intentioned donors and fundraising off tragic stories of Blacks slain by police. But if an organization’s expenses signal what they prioritize, then BLM’s leadership and inner circle are really the Black lives that matter. Read more.

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Biden Can’t Axe Title 42 Border Policy — For Now

A federal judge blocked the Biden administration from ending Title 42, a measure used to prevent migrants from entering the U.S. illegally at our southern border due to pandemic health concerns. This is positive news as Title 42 is an effective tool — turning away 1.8 million migrants who sought to bypass our legal immigration progress. Read more.

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Stop Creepy State Farm

Parents need to be aware of a new front in the effort to exploit children.
According to a leaked email obtained by our friends at a consumer watchdog organization, State Farm insurance company encouraged 550 agents to donate radical books on gender ideology to children as young as age five. Urge State Farm CEO Mike Tipsord to end all partnerships with organizations that push radical gender ideology on children.

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Learning Loss

Public schools across the country created a learning loss crisis by closing schools for extended periods and denying students access to in-person learning during the Covid-19 pandemic. Young children, students from low-income households, and students with disabilities suffered the most. How much do you know about the learning loss that has devastated students across the country?

Can you identify which of the following statements about learning loss is not true?

A. School closures and remote learning did not affect students’ academic performance.
B. The most vulnerable students, the youngest students, those with learning disabilities, and the high-poverty, suffered the most.
C. School choice is a good solution to repairing learning loss.

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She Thinks Podcast

New Episode: This episode, Emily Domenech, the co-founder of the Honor Project, joins the program to discuss honoring fallen service members on Memorial Day. Listen here.

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Next Episode: This Friday, Ginny Gentles, Director, Education Freedom Center at Independent Women's Forum, joins the program to discuss this month’s policy focus on learning loss and how badly students are suffering due to COVID-era education policies. Hear it here.

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Musk Comes Out Against ESG

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has come out strongly against Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) in a tweet last week. He stated, “Exxon is rated top ten best in world for environment, social & governance (ESG) by S&P 500, while Tesla didn’t make the list! ESG is a scam. It has been weaponized by phony social justice warriors.”

Buzzfeed Should Stop Publishing Only Negative Takes on Motherhood

Stories about parental regret might get clicks, but BuzzFeed acting as a PR machine against motherhood might also influence the decision some people make about parenthood. And BuzzFeed isn’t alone.

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