Aug 15, 2022

Demanding documents: In the wake of the surprise FBI raid of former President Trump’s Florida home, Heritage’s Oversight Project immediately filed a Freedom of Information Act request for documents and communications from the Biden administration leading up to this unprecedented event.

ASAP: The Oversight Project is requesting these documents be processed on an expedited basis. This means the administration has 10 days to affirm or deny the request or be subject to litigation.

Answers: “We are filing this request because the American people deserve the answers Joe Biden and Merrick Garland will not give them,” said Oversight Project director Mike Howell in a statement.

Questions: The raid raises questions about public trust in the Department of Justice and the possibility of an indictment of Trump. The Daily Signal gathered answers to these questions and more from legal experts and historians.

The News: President Biden went on vacation with a spring in his step because of a string of supposed good news, including reports on job growth and inflation.

The Truth About Jobs: While the economy added more than half a million jobs in July, we are still short of pre-pandemic level employment, notes research fellow Rachel Greszler.

The Truth About Inflation: Last month’s inflation number was “only” 8.5 percent, but this is “six times what it was when Biden took office," says research fellow EJ Antoni. "The Biden administration may think this is a political win, but it is a loss for American families.”

Threat on the horizon: The wildly mislabeled “Inflation Reduction Act” passed the House over the weekend. Once signed into law, it will among other things add $80 billion to the IRS budget and swell its ranks with 87,000 new agents.

Swimming in loot: The goal is to arm the IRS with enough firepower to collect $200 billion in supposedly unpaid taxes, at a time when the federal government is flush with revenue.

Who’s in the crosshairs? The Biden administration swears that the IRS won’t target Americans making less than $400,000 with new audits. Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, however, provided data showing that claim to be false.

Read more: Learn more about the dangers this bill poses to middle-class Americans here.

Guns: Testimony by legal fellow Amy Swearer explaining why Americans buy guns has almost 2 million views on YouTube.

Watch: Check it out here, and share it with your friends so we can break the 2 million barrier.

Green: Heritage President Kevin Roberts took to YouTube to blast the $369 billion that the “Inflation Reduction Act” will spend on “green” energy. He called it “green fascism.”

Watch: Check this video out here.

What: Heritage President Kevin Roberts joined Strive Asset Management’s co-founder and executive chairman, Vivek Ramaswamy, and head of corporate governance and longtime friend of Heritage, Justin Danhof, to ring the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange to celebrate its first index fund, $DRLL.

Why: Strive aims to provide a counterweight to giant “woke” asset managers like Blackrock and Vanguard that are pressuring companies to comply with the Left’s agenda on energy and cultural issues. Its mission is to restore the voices of everyday citizens in the American economy by leading companies to focus on excellence over politics.

• Despite Manchin’s Spin, the Inflation Reduction Act Will Devastate the Economy
• 7 Ways Inflation Reduction Act Would Wallop Your Wallet
• Here’s the Truth About What “Inflation Reduction Act” Would Do
• “Inflation Reduction Act” Should Be Renamed Economic Freedom Reduction Act
• Biden’s Civil War on Energy Is Leaving Endless Collateral Damage in Its Wake
• Non-Citizens Voting in California: Judge Says No, Even in Left-Wing State
• Big City Mayors Welcome Illegal Immigrants, Except When They Don’t
• What Happens When the Woke Rewrite History
• DOJ Attacks Pro-Life States With Bogus “Preemption” Argument
• New York Times Essay Likening Miscarriage to Abortion Is Despicable
• Meet the California Gun Law That Copies the Texas Heartbeat Law’s Unique Feature
• Europe Must Put China’s 16+1 Format Out of Its Misery
• Biden Administration Cancels Routine Missile Test to Appease an Adversary … Again
• Biden’s Risk-Averse Foreign Policy Is Risky Business for Americans
• The Navy’s Fleet Plan Has Two Strikes Against It
  

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Empowering Families in Education, Aug. 15, 11 a.m.  
How do we ensure it is parents who win the fight for education freedom? Speakers include:

• Corey DeAngelis, Ph.D., senior fellow, American Federation for Children
• Tiffany Justice, co-founder, Moms for Liberty
• Kevin Roberts, Ph.D., president, The Heritage Foundation
• Kaylee White, deputy editor of Restoring America, The Washington Examiner 
  

“The Kevin Roberts Show”: Sen. Ted Cruz joined the program to tackle key issues required to devolve centralized power from Washington, counter the threat of the Chinese Communist Party, and empower parents across the country to make the best educational choices for their kids. Listen here.

“Heritage Explains”: As children across the country head back to school this week, Heritage President Kevin Roberts, a lifelong educator, explains everything parents need to know about education choice. Listen here.

Check out Heritage’s complete lineup of podcasts here.

Dean Cheng, a senior research fellow with Heritage’s Asian Studies Center, was on Fox News explaining how China is exploiting President Biden’s mixed response to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s recent visit to Taiwan. Watch it here.  

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