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Bill
to ban TikTok nationwide to be introduced in Senate <[link removed]> - A standalone version of Hawley's bill to ban TikTok on government devices passed the Senate <[link removed]> with bipartisan support in December following revelations from FBI Director Christopher Wray that Chinese officials are able to "manipulate content, and if they want to, to use if for influence operations." "TikTok is a Trojan Horse for the Chinese Communist Party. It’s a major security risk to the United States, and until it is forced to sever ties with China completely, it has no place on government devices," Hawley said in a statement at the time. "States across the U.S. are banning TikTok on government devices. It’s time for Joe Biden and the Democrats to help do the same." Heritage Expert: Jake Denton <[link removed]> and Will Thiebeau <[link removed]>  
Apportionment
and the census: Fundamental fairness to U.S. citizens and democratic process <[link removed]> - One of the drawbacks of apportionment today is the large number of aliens in the country, particularly illegal aliens, who distort the representation that states have in the House because the Census Bureau includes them in the
population count used to determine how many representatives each state should have. Heritage Expert: Hans
von Spakovsky <[link removed]>
Indiana School Places Counselor Who Leaked Secret Transgender Policy on Leave <[link removed]> - In an exclusive interview, McCord walked The Daily Signal through the processes set up by Andrew Kruer, the assistant superintendent at South Madison in charge of counseling. Kruer had ordered counselors to restrict teachers <[link removed]> from sharing information about Gender Support Plans with parents, which caused outrage among parents, teachers, and other Pendleton, Indiana,
residents. McCord confirmed that the school district is using the same Gender Support Plan that The Daily Signal obtained a copy of in blank form from a source who asked to remain anonymous. Heritage Expert: Tony Kinnett <[link removed]>  
Biden
And The FDA Push New Chemical Abortion Protocols That Endanger Women <[link removed]>- In the U.S., a recent study <[link removed]> in states where Medicaid dollars are used to pay for elective abortions found that Medicaid-eligible women using the abortion pill had a 53 percent greater odds of making an abortion-related visit to the ER than similar women who had surgical abortions. If we assume women today experience serious complications from the pill at the same rate as seen during U.S. clinical trials, that would put the number of women admitted to the hospital for pill-related reasons between 197 and 2,958 a year. Heritage Expert: Jonathan
Abbamonte <[link removed]>
How
Blue State Election Official Responds to DACA Recipient Proclaiming, ‘We Are Voting’ <[link removed]> - At a Jan. 10 hearing <[link removed]> held by the Minnesota House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee, a young woman named Angelico Bello <[link removed]> was among numerous speakers on a bill to grant state driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants. “I’m a proud product of my mom. I’m also a DACA recipient,” Bello told the committee, referring to the federal program known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. “As a DACA recipient, it has also been hard to have family members without a driver’s license.” Heritage Expert: Fred Lucas <[link removed]>
DOJ
Indicts Radical Activists for Attacking Florida Pro-Life Facilities <[link removed]> - Until Tuesday, the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division had refused to share with The Daily Signal <[link removed]> whether it is prosecuting any of these cases under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, which “prohibits threats of force, obstruction and property damage intended to interfere with reproductive health care services.” That same Civil Rights Division charged <[link removed]> 26 pro-life individuals in 2022 with violations of the FACE Act—though the legislation protects both pro-life pregnancy centers and abortion clinics, as a DOJ official noted <[link removed]> to Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, in December. Heritage Expert: Sarah Parshall Perry <[link removed]>

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