September 19 2022
 

Good morning from Washington, where a Texas congressman’s pitch to voters in his district could be a template for other conservatives. Virginia Allen has the story. A Democrat-linked company helps pay for a get-out-the-vote drive in Milwaukee, Fred Lucas reports. Plus: the problem with President Biden’s refugee target; a transgender health organization fudges on minimum ages for treatments; and why a college valedictorian’s speech threatens his career. Sixty-five years ago today, the U.S. detonates a 1.7-kiloton nuclear weapon in an underground tunnel 65 miles north of Las Vegas, producing no radioactive fallout in the first such fully contained explosion.

 
 
 
NEWS
‘Zuckerbucks 2.0’: Lawmakers Eye Private Money to Get Out Vote in Milwaukee Elections
By Fred Lucas

An initiative to boost voter turnout called Milwaukee Votes 2022 involves some private partners, including a Democrat-aligned political communications company known as GPS Impact.
NEWS
In Pledge to ‘Stand Up for America,’ Texas Lawmaker Vows 'to Restore Common Sense, Responsible Spending'
By Virginia Allen

Rep. Chip Roy says he has a plan to hold lawmakers and the Biden administration accountable now and into the future.
COMMENTARY
Valedictorian’s Professional License in Jeopardy Over Graduation Speech on Life, Love
By Kristina Hjelkrem

Following his impassioned commencement address about the sanctity of life and protection of the family, Christian Cortez Pérez’s professors initiated a campaign to cancel his career.
ANALYSIS
Is National Conservatism the Future of the Movement?
By Douglas Blair

Nate Hochman, a staff writer at National Review, says that national conservatism is both the future of the movement—and its past.
COMMENTARY
Left's Vision for America Grows Increasingly Dark
By Kevin Roberts

If anyone is a danger to the soul of this nation and what America represents in the story of human history, it’s President Biden and his far-left allies.  
NEWS
Top Trans Medical Group Quietly Removes Age Recommendations for Minors Seeking Transgender Surgeries, Hormones, Puberty Blockers
By Mary Margaret Olohan

The organization widely considered to be the gold standard on transgender health care has removed its age recommendations for minors to receive hotly debated transgender medical interventions.
COMMENTARY
ICYMI: Liz Cheney’s Big Lie About Jan. 6, Trump
By Allan Ryskind

From the very start, Cheney helped load the scales against former President Trump. At no time did Cheney bother to act judiciously or fairly.
 
     
 
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