October 14 2022
 

 

Happy Friday from Washington, where President Biden is pushing a radical transgender agenda. Our Mary Margaret Olohan went to Vermont to speak with high school girls about the fallout after a biological male was allowed into their changing room. The House’s No. 3 Republican wants to call America’s homeland security chief on the carpet for betraying his own troops, Samantha Aschieris reports. On the podcast, a Heritage Foundation expert breaks down the new inflation numbers that Biden is trying to spin as the midterms approach. Plus: fixing the Army’s recruitment crisis; Social Security’s problematic COLA; a Notre Dame professor‘s abortion counseling; and the Jan. 6 committee votes to subpoena Donald Trump.
 
 
 
NEWS
High School Girls Explain Why They’re Uncomfortable Having a Biological Male in Their Locker Room
By Mary Margaret Olohan

Blake Allen and her teammates spoke out about a biologically male student using the girls’ locker room. Now they face heavy criticism, and maybe even punishment.
ANALYSIS
Economist Explains Why ‘Americans Are Being Absolutely Crushed Right Now’
By Samantha Aschieris

"Americans are really paying the price for … the government spending, borrowing, and printing trillions and trillions of dollars,” says Heritage Foundation research fellow EJ Antoni.
NEWS
EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Elise Stefanik Says Mayorkas Knew Better as Team Biden ‘Demeaned and Degraded’ Border Patrol Agents
By Samantha Aschieris

A top GOP lawmaker vows to hold Alejandro Mayorkas accountable after an email shows he knew Border Patrol agents didn’t “whip” Haitian migrants hours before telling reporters they did.
COMMENTARY
Army’s Misplaced Priorities: Recruitment Shortfall More Problematic Than Climate Change
By Thomas Spoehr

The Army is facing a “bona fide crisis” in recruitment while top brass focus on climate change.
COMMENTARY
Social Security’s 8.7% COLA Will Protect Retirees From Inflation, but Hasten Program’s Insolvency
By Rachel Greszler

Social Security will increase payments to seniors amid inflation, but this bump will speed up the entitlement’s pace toward insolvency.
NEWS
Notre Dame Professor Offers Abortion Assistance to Students
By Wallace White

Tamara Kay advertised her willingness to assist in students’ abortions on her office door, a conservative student newspaper at the Catholic school reports.
NEWS
4 Takeaways as House Jan. 6 Panel Subpoenas Trump
By Fred Lucas

"We are obligated to seek answers directly from the man who set this all in motion, and every American is entitled to those answers," says Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo.
COMMENTARY
ICYMI: How Biden and IRS Unlawfully Expanded Obamacare
By Doug Badger

Congress didn’t legislate President Biden’s recent expansion of Obamacare—the Internal Revenue Service did. Here’s what it means and how it may affect you.
 
     
 
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