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In a Mad Midterm Scramble, Federal Departments Line Up To Promote Abortion <[link removed]> – The president and his allies oppose the born-alive bill <[link removed]> in Congress <[link removed]> that would outlaw infanticide. Why? Not because the American people love this position on abortion (they actually despise it <[link removed]>), but because liberals in Congress and the White House are entirely beholden to their radical base. The White House led with its July 8 executive order on "Protecting Access to Reproductive Healthcare Services." The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), meanwhile, issued abortion-related "guidance" under, of all things, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, the law regulating how health care providers handle patients' information. HHS then began a disinformation campaign alleging miscarriage and ectopic pregnancy treatments were somehow at risk even though not a single state prohibits such treatments—nor will they. That fact didn't matter. The administration and congressional liberals sense their time in power is coming to a close. They are scrambling to lock in radical abortion policies while they can. But as they will soon discover, America stands for life over death. Heritage Experts: Sarah Parshall Perry <[link removed]>and Roger Severino <[link removed]>
Kemp Defeats Abrams in Rematch to Keep Georgia Governor’s Seat <[link removed]> – After a close race four years ago that Democrats claimed was stolen, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp <[link removed]>, a Republican, convincingly defeated Democrat rival Stacey Abrams in a rematch Tuesday. Georgia voters gave Kemp a victory of 54% of the vote to Abrams’s 45% in
unofficial results, with 84% of the vote counted. That’s a significant improvement on Kemp’s narrow win, 50.2% to 48.8%, during the Democrat wave election four years ago. Abrams never conceded <[link removed]> her loss to Kemp in 2018, claiming instead without evidence that a massive “voter suppression” effort prevented her from winning. Abrams did acknowledge that Kemp would be the next governor, but during public remarks she routinely claimed she won. “I did vote for Kemp, because I cannot for a moment even comprehend the idea of Stacey Abrams as governor of Georgia,” Tia Severino, a resident of Tucker, told The Daily Signal after exiting a polling site Tuesday. “I’m from California. She has most of her support coming from Hollywood and Silicon Valley.” Severino said she is an independent voter who voted twice for Democrat Barack Obama for the presidency. Heritage Expert: Fred Lucas <[link removed]>
The Latest Election Myth Pushed by the Left <[link removed]> –
For years, liberal activists—with the assistance of their corporate media allies—have been pushing the myth that there is a wave of “voter suppression” going on across the country. As the record registration and turnout numbers in recent elections prove, as well as their numerous losses in litigation show, this is a false claim created by opponents of commonsense election reforms like voter ID. Now, the latest myth they are pushing is that there is a rising tide of violent threats against election workers across the country that is <[link removed]> “pervasive” and “unrelenting.” President Joe Biden repeated <[link removed]> that theme in his recent inflammatory speech at Union Station in Washington, D.C., as have federal agencies like the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security,
which circulated <[link removed]> a memo claiming there is a “heightened threat” of violence against “election workers.” No one sanctions threats or violence against election
officials, voters, poll watchers, or anyone else in the election <[link removed]> process, and I say that as a former county election <[link removed]> official in two different states. Such misbehavior is strictly prohibited by numerous state and federal criminal laws. But is this claim really true, or is it an overblown assessment similar to the fraudulent claims made in 2016 that the Russian government had conspired with the Trump campaign to fix the election <[link removed]>? Heritage Expert: Hans von Spakovsky <[link removed]>
Poll observers are essential to honest elections <[link removed]> -
The release specifically talks about enforcing federal law “prohibiting unlawful threats of violence against election workers, and prohibiting voter intimidation and voter suppression.” No one disputes that the Justice Department <[link removed]> should be doing that and that election workers and voters should be protected. Yet, not one word about the Justice Department <[link removed]> enforcing the law prohibiting unlawful threats against poll observers, a law that DOJ lawyers are charged with – but seemingly have no interest in –
enforcing. Indeed, observers are never mentioned anywhere in the entire DOJ plan for “securing” the midterm election. This should come as no surprise since many of the political appointees who are running the department <[link removed]> come from the same radical ranks as the partisan activists who are making these farcical claims that election observers pose a threat to democracy. When it comes to threats to democracy, perhaps they should look in the mirror. Heritage Expert: Hans von Spakovsky <[link removed]>
Uncovering COVID-19’s Origin Just One of Many Pandemic Questions for Congress to Answer <[link removed]> – During the pandemic, federal government officials did several things right, such as giving medical professionals maximum flexibility through regulatory reform while fostering rapid vaccine development amid a national emergency. Nonetheless, federal officials did many things wrong, and some of the
problems spanned several presidential administrations. Congress has an obligation to find out why, exactly, government officials acted as they did and then craft legislation to prevent a repeat of the same mistakes when America faces the next pandemic. Restoring public trust is Job One. Heritage Expert: Bob Moffit <[link removed]>
Ron DeSantis Wins Reelection in Florida <[link removed]> – DeSantis
famously reopened Florida early during the COVID-19 pandemic <[link removed]>, inspiring a slew of attacks from the Left, but welcoming a large influx of Americans coming from other states. Even the Conservative Political Action Conference decamped from Washington, D.C., and headed to the Sunshine State. DeSantis’ state surgeon general, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, did not shy away from bucking the narrative on pandemic restrictions. Under the leadership of DeSantis and Ladapo, who encouraged an investigation into controverial transgender medical interventions for kids, the Florida Board of Medicine and the Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine approved a new rule last week <[link removed]> banning puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and transgender surgeries for minors. DeSantis also signed the “Parental Rights in Education” law infamously branded by opponents as “The Don’t Say Gay Bill.” When Disney attacked the law <[link removed]>, he responded by signing a bill revoking Disney World’s special status as an independent special district in what many conservatives saw as a key win
against “woke capitalism.” Heritage Expert: Tyler O’Neil <[link removed]>
These Issues Drive Voters to Polls as Midterm Elections Conclude <[link removed]> – Concerns over inflation and the economy are driving voters to the polls. After three rounds of polling, Heritage Action for America Communications Director Noah Weinrich says the economy and inflation are the top issues for between 30% and 50% of voters. “And even for the other voters who have another issue as their top concern, the economy is in their top three,” Weinrich says. Abortion, border security, and crime are three other leading concerns for voters, he said. Heritage Expert: Virginia Allen <[link removed]>
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