January 27 2023
 

Happy Friday from Washington, where the Biden documents scandal bares what happens when government doesn’t treat Americans equally. Jarrett Stepman explains. China is burrowing deeper into American schools, Samantha Aschieris reports. Why did LinkedIn suppress a post about noncitizens voting? Fred Lucas has the story. On the podcast, Heritage Foundation budget expert Matt Dickerson breaks down why the nation’s debt ceiling is so important. Plus: Katie Tubb on Biden’s climate-obsessed government; Katrina Trinko on unequal justice over abortion; and Tyler O’Neil on what Facebook’s reinstatement of Trump leaves unresolved. Fifty years ago today, U.S. and Vietnamese representatives sign an agreement in Paris to end the Vietnam War.

 
 
 
NEWS
Chinese Communist Party Targets American Kids by Infiltrating K-12 Schools
By Samantha Aschieris

Congressional Republicans and Asia policy experts sound the alarm over the Chinese Communist Party’s influence on K-12 education in classrooms across America.
NEWS
Big Tech Firm Temporarily Censors Former GOP Nominee for Minnesota's Top Elections Office Over Election Integrity Post
By Fred Lucas

LinkedIn removes a post by the GOP nominee for Minnesota secretary of state about potential noncitizen voting, claiming it was “misinformation.”
COMMENTARY
As Media, Biden Scramble to Explain Document Scandal, Here’s the Real Issue
By Jarrett Stepman

What’s disturbing is how government agencies so easily can use technicalities in the law to selectively go after those they don’t like, or go easy on those they do.
ANALYSIS
The Debt Ceiling Debate, Explained
By Samantha Aschieris

Heritage Foundation scholar Matt Dickerson traces Democrats' opposition to the debt ceiling to "crazy economic theories” that "resulted in inflation that we haven't seen … in four decades."
COMMENTARY
A Sorry Set of Anniversaries That Will Cost Americans
By Katie Tubb

Two of Biden’s executive orders turn the Pentagon, Federal Reserve, Securities and Exchange Commission, and others into climate agencies that regulate greenhouse gas emissions.
COMMENTARY
'Asleep at the Wheel': DeSantis Highlights Justice Department's Abortion Double Standard
By Katrina Trinko

It's no secret that the Biden Justice Department appears to be highly politicized—and now Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is underscoring that.
NEWS
Facebook's Big Announcement on Trump's Account Is 'Encouraging,' But There's a Catch, Expert Says
By Tyler O'Neil

Meta, Facebook’s parent company, took “a critical step towards leveling the playing field,” Heritage Foundation researcher Jake Denton explains. But there’s a catch.
NEWS
ICYMI: Georgia Police Officer Resigns After Being Put on Leave for Facebook Post on Traditional Marriage
By Virginia Allen

Jacob Kersey says his supervisor warned him that failing to delete the Facebook post on traditional marriage could result in his termination.  
 
     
 
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