June 10 2022
 
Good morning from Washington, where a Democrat-run House panel held a widely televised hearing last night to frame what happened during the Capitol riot. Our Fred Lucas rounds up the, um, highlights. Unfortunately, the attempted murder of a Supreme Court justice isn’t surprising, Doug Blair writes. On the podcast, popular Christian filmmaker Kirk Cameron explains why he made a documentary about homeschooling. Plus: House conservatives propose a rational budget; what polls on abortion really tell us; commencements go progressive. On this date in 1953,  President Dwight D. Eisenhower answers critics of his Co ld War  foreign policy in a speech committing the U.S. to the global battle against com munism .
 
 
 
NEWS
6 Takeaways From Democrats’ Prime-Time Hearing on Capitol Riot 
By Fred Lucas

Here are six key takeaways from the two-hour hearing held by the House Select Committee Investigating the January 6th Attack on the Capitol. 
COMMENTARY
Someone Just Tried to Kill Brett Kavanaugh. Welcome to the New Normal.
By Douglas Blair

Anyone watching the videos I took outside the residences of Justices Kavanaugh and Roberts can feel the hatred directed toward these men. These crowds, given the chance, would rip them to shreds.  
COMMENTARY
11 Ways Republican Study Committee Budget Is Blueprint to Save America
By Richard Stern, Matthew Dickerson, Daren Bakst, Frederico Bartels, David Ditch, Leslie Ford, Nina Owcharenko Schaefer, Jack Spencer

Over the next decade, the Republican Study Committee’s budget would leave the equivalent of roughly $130,000 more per household in the hands of hardworking Americans.
COMMENTARY
What the Polls Actually Say: Only 1 in 3 Americans Support Roe v. Wade
By Lathan Watts, Greg Scott

The average grade in the “Roe I.Q. Test” was an “F.” The lowest scoring demographic was the most liberal Americans—those most likely to say they support Roe v. Wade.
NEWS
What If? Questions a Bipartisan Probe of Jan. 6 Might Have Answered
By Fred Lucas

A bipartisan investigation of the Capitol riot would dig into the security breakdown and not ignore questions that didn’t conform to a Democrat Party narrative, says Rep. Jim Banks.
ANALYSIS
Documentary Explores World of Homeschooling
By Douglas Blair

With his new documentary, Christian actor and filmmaker Kirk Cameron wants to demonstrate how freedom-loving Americans can best start their own homeschool journeys.
COMMENTARY
Progressives Have Captured Another Institution: Commencement Addresses
By Cal Thomas

Many speakers at recent commencement ceremonies are more pathetic than prophetic.
COMMENTARY
ICYMI: The Eerie Silence Around Kavanaugh Assassination Attempt
By Katrina Trinko

Here’s a maxim you can rely on: If the victim or likely victim is on the right, the perpetrator is a lone wolf. But if the victim is on the left, the perpetrator was fueled by dangerous rhetoric.
 
     
 
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