October 3 2022
 

 

Good morning from Washington, where a new Supreme Court term begins today. Josh Hammer looks at a couple of big cases coming up. Minnesota doesn’t make it hard enough to vote twice, Fred Lucas reports; and the vice president uses. On the podcast, a Missouri pastor tells how his church stands up to progressive pressure. Plus: energy costs spark bipartisan worries; D.C. may give noncitizens the vote Hurricane Ian to promote her equity message. On this date in 1863,  grateful for a key Union victory at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, President Abraham Lincoln announces that the nation will celebrate a Thanksgiving holiday on the fourth Thursday of each November.
 
 
 
NEWS
Vermont High School Under Fire as Girls, Parents Push Back Against Biologically Male Trans Student Using Female Locker Room
By Mary Margaret Olohan

"I don't care if he's on my team ... But when I'm undressing and there's a male in the girls locker room or in the bathroom with me, I feel very uncomfortable," says one female student.
COMMENTARY
Kamala Harris Remains True to Doctrine of Unequal Treatment
By Mike Gonzalez

Displaying her inerrant tin ear and bad timing, Harris used the devastation that Hurricane Ian has caused to say that aid would be distributed according to race.
NEWS
In Minnesota, 6 Counties Have Duplicate Names on Voter Rolls
By Fred Lucas

The Public Interest Legal Foundation, an election watchdog group, said it found 515 duplicate names on voter registration lists across six Minnesota counties where it filed complaints.
ANALYSIS
St. Louis Pastor Confronts Progressive Culture: ‘You’re Either Going to Conform or You’re Going to Stand Out and Be Controversial’
By Rob Bluey

Wes Martin, lead pastor at Grace Church in St. Louis, talks about why he’s boldly confronting the progressive culture that is undermining traditional American values.
COMMENTARY
Rising Energy Prices Fuel Growing Angst Across Party Lines, Poll Finds
By Victoria Coates

A broad, bipartisan majority of the American people expressed considerable anxiety about energy supplies and cost, suggesting that will be a key issue going into the midterm elections.
NEWS
DC Council Bill Would Permit Noncitizen Voting in City Elections
By Wallace White

“Giving aliens, including those who have broken the law to come here illegally, the ability to vote is a fundamental betrayal of the rights of citizens,” says Heritage’s Hans von Spakovsky.
COMMENTARY
Supreme Court Set to Hear Major 'Culture Wars' Cases This Term
By Josh Hammer

The Supreme Court begins hearing cases for its new term Monday. If this term is anything like the last one, conservatives and constitutionalists will rejoice.
ANALYSIS
ICYMI: Fact Check: What Politico, FEMA Chief Got Wrong as Florida’s DeSantis Prepared for Hurricane Ian
By Roman Jankowski

Politico changes a summary of FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell’s remarks about Florida and Hurricane Ian, but only after Gov. Ron DeSantis calls out the misreporting.
 
     
 
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