October 18 2022
 

 

Good morning from Washington, where Congress looks the other way as President Biden adds $4.5 billion to taxpayers’ already enormous burden. Rachel Greszler shows what went wrong. A veteran physician assistant takes a hospital to court for firing her for declining to facilitate “gender-affirming” treatments, Gillian Richards reports. On the podcast, Rob Bluey interviews the CEO of an organization that helps abused, abandoned, and trafficked children. Plus: Sen. Elizabeth Warren smears pregnancy resource centers; Team Biden helps censor conservatives; and Ben Shapiro dissects Biden’s dangerous energy policy. On this date in 1931, notorious Chicago  gangster Al Capone gets 11 years in prison for tax evasion and an $80,000 fine.
 
 
 
NEWS
Biden DOJ Targets Yet Another Pro-Lifer With FACE Act Charges
By Mary Margaret Olohan

“This is a clear abuse of power and a sign that the Biden administration is using the Department of Justice to attack political targets,” says Herb Geraghty of the Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising.
NEWS
America’s Military Strength Losing Ground to China’s, Report Says
By Samantha Aschieris

“A strong U.S. military is all the more important because America’s existential threat—the People’s Republic of China—is expanding its strength,” Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts writes.
NEWS
Texas Dad Arrested for Speaking Out at School Board Meeting Waits Hours for Hearing, Only to Be Denied Yet Again
By Tyler O'Neil

“This belongs in a communist country, not in America,” says Jeremy Story, a father of seven whose children attend or attended public schools in the Round Rock Independent School District.
COMMENTARY
Judges Fighting Yale Law School Show They Know 'What Time It Is' in America
By Josh Hammer

Conservatives must be willing to prudentially engage in escalatory tit-for-tat tactics across all areas of our republican life.
COMMENTARY
Surprised by ‘New’ Disney? Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Be
By Rachel K. Alexander

The idea behind Disney World wasn’t simply to build a theme park for kids, but to create an immersive world where visitors could escape reality and make all their dreams come true.
COMMENTARY
‘For the First Time in My Life, I Started to Feel True Support’: My Experience at a Pregnancy Resource Center
By Mariah

I had been arrested for drug possession and spent some time in the sex trade to provide for the four children I had, two sets of twins. Before I knew it, I was pregnant again.
ANALYSIS
Neither Trick Nor Treat: What Parents Need to Know About 'Rainbow Fentanyl'
By Samantha Aschieris

Just recently, roughly 300,000 "rainbow fentanyl" pills and more than 20 pounds of powdered fentanyl were found in the Bronx, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration reported.
 
     
 
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