August 15 2022
 

Good morning from Washington, where the IRS is looking for applicants "willing to use deadly force, if necessary." Fred Lucas examines the militarization of the government agency. Could Twitter suppress another pivotal story ahead of the 2022 election, just like the tech giant did with the Hunter Biden laptop story? Doug Blair outlines what's worrisome about Twitter's approach to the upcoming election. Plus: Derrick Morgan on President Biden's war on energy, Josh Hammer on the FBI raid of President Trump's home, and Samantha Renck on the one-year anniversary of the Afghanistan withdrawal.

 
 
 
NEWS
4 Facts About IRS Gun Arsenal
By Fred Lucas

As of two years ago, the IRS had an arsenal of 4,600 guns, reported OpenTheBooks, a government watchdog group. 
COMMENTARY
Biden’s Civil War on Energy Is Leaving Endless Collateral Damage in Its Wake
By Derrick Morgan

President Biden's espoused targets might be coal and oil corporations, but the collateral damage is you and me.
NEWS
‘Humanitarian Tragedy’: One Year After the Taliban Captured Kabul
By Samantha Renck

“Afghanistan has quickly become a humanitarian tragedy, first and foremost for the Afghan people. This was entirely predictable," says Heritage Foundation scholar Jeff Smith.
COMMENTARY
Twitter Vows to Fight ‘Election Misinformation.’ More Censorship Incoming.
By Douglas Blair

Not content to indirectly impact the results of an election, Twitter literally takes its marching orders from Democrats.  
COMMENTARY
American Stasi
By Josh Hammer

The Biden regime is completely unapologetic about its targeting of political opponents—just ask Peter Navarro, John Eastman, Jeffrey Clark, Steve Bannon, or even Project Veritas' James O'Keefe.
COMMENTARY
I Lost a Child to Miscarriage. New York Times Essay Likening Miscarriage to Abortion Is Despicable.
By Sarah Parshall Perry

A New York Times essay argues that the line between abortion and pregnancy loss “has always been blurry,” and that the two experiences are “more alike than people think.”
ANALYSIS
Once Champions of Working Class, Journalists Now Represent America's Elite
By Rob Bluey

"Why is the media telling this narrative that we have never been more racist or sexist or this phobic ... when the truth is the exact opposite?" asks author Batya Ungar-Sargon.
COMMENTARY
ICYMI: The FBI Has Become Dangerous to Americans
By Victor Davis Hanson

The FBI is dissolving before our eyes into a rogue security service akin to those in Eastern Europe during the Cold War.
 
     
 
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