March 2 2023
 
Good morning from Washington, where Attorney General Merrick Garland yesterday made excuses to a Senate committee for not prosecuting vandals who attack pregnancy resource centers. Tyler O’Neil reports on that and Garland’s response to FBI targeting of traditional Catholics. In Ohio, Roman Jankowski shares observations from the scene of the toxic train disaster. On the podcast, Iowa’s new chief law enforcer spells out the illegality of Biden’s “forgiveness” of student loan debt. Plus: bad research on racial bias in college admissions; why the House should impeach the president’s homeland security chief; and “Problematic Women” unpacks pro-abortion activists’ attack on Jessa Duggar Seewald. Eighty years ago today,  U.S. and Australian warplanes begin a successful three-day offensive against a convoy of Japanese ships protected by fighter planes in the western Pacific’s Bismarck Sea. 
 
 
 
NEWS
Garland Suggests Justice Department Can’t Arrest Pro-Abortion Vandals Because They Firebomb Pregnancy Centers at Night
By Tyler O'Neil

"Those who are attacking the pregnancy resource centers, which is a horrid thing to do, are doing this at night, in the dark," the attorney general says.
COMMENTARY
7 Facts I Discovered During My Visit to East Palestine
By Roman Jankowski

In the city, there is a pungent chemical odor that you can’t escape. There’s also another distinct, sweet chemical smell surrounding the waterways of East Palestine, Ohio.
ANALYSIS
'Canceling Student Loan Debt Is Not Legal,' Iowa Attorney General Says Following Supreme Court Arguments
By Virginia Allen

To cancel student debt, “something would have to pass the House, the Senate, [and] be signed by the president. It's basic constitutional law,” Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird says.
COMMENTARY
What Pro-Abortion Activists Got Wrong About Jessa Duggar’s D&C After Miscarriage
By Virginia Allen, Lauren Evans, Kristen Eichamer

Jessa Duggar Seewald, from the TV show “19 Kids and Counting,” gets some backlash after sharing about a recent miscarriage. Here’s what you should know.
COMMENTARY
Discredited Research Cited in Legal Briefs for Supreme Court’s 2 Racial Admissions Cases
By GianCarlo Canaparo, Duggan Foley

Lawyers who defend race-based college admissions either haven’t done their research or think they can pull a fast one on the Supreme Court.
COMMENTARY
Impeaching Mayorkas: The House’s Duty
By Steve Bradbury

Under Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, every con­gres­sional district is a bor­der district: His agency monthly releases tens of thou­sands of illegal aliens into the U.S. with­out ade­quate...
NEWS
Hawley Presses Garland on FBI Memo Targeting Catholics: 'How Many Informants Do You Have in Catholic Churches?'
By Tyler O'Neil

"The FBI is not targeting Catholics,” Attorney General Merrick Garland insists to Sen. Josh Hawley, without explaining the origin of the memo.
COMMENTARY
Biden Is Confused About Who Can Get Pregnant, Women’s History Month Proclamation Shows
By Elizabeth Troutman

Biden pledges to “defend reproductive freedom” for all Americans “regardless of their gender” or “gender identity.” But subscribers to biological reality know that only one gender can get pregnant.
 
     
 
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