Plus: Former Defense Secretary Urges Pelosi to Visit Taiwan, Stand Up to China
July 28 2022
Good morning from Washington, where bureaucrats’ intolerance of parent activism in schools is on full display. We need a Parents Bill of Rights, writes Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C. On the podcast, former Defense Secretary Mark Esper outlines why, despite China’s threats, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi should go through with plans to visit Taiwan. Plus: which states maintained marriage is between a man and a woman; the FDA could make birth control easier; Florida sues over drag shows that welcome kids; and Larry Elder finds California’s governor wanting. On this date in 1868, after being ratified by three-quarters of the states, the 14th Amendment to the Constitution goes into effect, granting citizenship to former slaves or anyone else born or naturalized in the United States.
The Parents Bill of Rights would protect parents’ rights to make medical decisions for their children rather than letting schools do so. It also would let parents see what their kids are being taught.
“Given the bluster and proclamations coming from Beijing, if she doesn't take the trip it'll look like she stood down in the face of Chinese rhetoric and protestations," former Defense Secretary @MarkTEsper...
Florida is suing a bar that hosted drag shows with children present after investigators found that the establishment was exposing minors to sexually explicit content.
Although the bill “does nothing to change the status of … same-sex marriage in light of Obergefell, it does much to endanger people of faith,” write conservative leaders.
