Facts are stubborn things: A new Heritage Foundation report refutes the Left’s highly misleading claim that “red states have a murder problem.” 

• Our analysis of crime data shows that it’s counties governed largely by Democrats that are driving up the crime rates in otherwise red states. 
• Rising crime and the public’s declining sense of safety are a problem for the Left and their chances for reelection. 
• The Left’s claim is meant merely to deflect from “progressive” soft-on-crime policies that have wreaked havoc across the country.  

Learn more: Get the truth about crime data and the facts to counter the Left’s talking points here. 

Give him the boot: It’s time for Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to go. Under his leadership:  

• More than 4 million people crossed the border illegally in the past 18 months. 
• Heritage’s Oversight Project caught Mayorkas in a flagrant lie about border agents whipping illegal border crossers, and emails in which border agents say Mayorkas’ policies aren’t working. 

Learn more here.  

On the chopping block: Two cases are now before the U.S. Supreme Court that could spell the end of affirmative action in admissions processes for schools. 

It's the principle of the matter: Not only is affirmative action ineffective but, according to Heritage experts, it violates the principle of the civil rights movement. 

Learn more: Read about the cases here. 

End run: President Biden is hoping to issue rules that will effectively force sales of electric cars and raise the cost of gas-powered ones. 

“Lawmakers should use every means possible,” writes Derrick Morgan, Heritage executive vice president, “to rein in the Biden administration’s power grab.”  

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Banned: Twitter suspended conservative accounts just before the midterm elections, including the account of Heritage scholar Jake Denton. 

• Denton has written widely about Big Tech’s abuse of free speech. 
• His latest piece calls on the U.S. to ban TikTok. 

Follow Heritage’s work on Big Tech here. 

• Jobs Report: Millions of Missing Workers Leave Economy Languishing  
• Why Does the Media Continue to Mislead Americans About the Border? 
• America’s School Choice Moment Can’t Be Missed at Midterm Elections 
• 2 States That Should Sue Over Biden’s Student Loan Bailout 
• 5 Big Biden Lies Corporate Media Couldn’t Care Less About 
• 7 Elections Reversed After Ballot Harvesting Scandals 

Heritage President Kevin Roberts was on Bloomberg’s Balance of Power talking about what’s on the minds of everyday Americans as they cast their ballots in the midterm elections. Watch the clip here.