Plus: What George Will and Karl Rove Get Wrong About Populist Conservatism
December 2 2022
Good morning from Washington, where congressional conservatives are stepping up pressure on President Biden to defend protesters in Communist China. Samantha Aschieris surveys what they have to say. On the podcast, pro-life activist Lila Rose exposes what abortion advocates want. Plus: the Supremes explore Biden’s border policies; Walmart heirs finance gender ideology; why permitting reform can wait a bit; and Ben Shapiro on the Left’s Twitter fixation. On this date in 2001, Enron Corp. files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in New York, sparking one of the biggest corporate scandals in American history.
Earmarks are the very symbol of “wasteful Washington spending.” And less than a month after voters handed Republicans control of the U.S. House, the party is unreservedly embracing earmarks.
A “conservatism” that has no solution to today's crisis other than gauzy appeals to free trade, markets, and the opportunity society is not conserving anything at all.
The Biden administration guidelines are remarkably forthright in admitting the administration’s intent to minimize enforcement efforts and to remove as few illegal aliens as possible.
China uses internet traffic to suppress protests, and Apple seems to be doing the CCP’s bidding. Yet the Left is focused instead on Elon Musk’s new free speech approach to Twitter.
“The Biden administration isn’t doing enough to call out the Chinese Communist Party for their overt atrocities,” Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., tells The Daily Signal.
