March 3 2023
 
Happy Friday from Washington, where the makeup of the new Congress may have been affected by political bias in media accounts preferred by Google News before the midterm elections. That’s according to a study that Google disputes, our Tyler O’Neil reports. The nation’s libraries should concentrate on black heroes, not woke politics, during Black History Month, Tony Kinnett writes. On the podcast, a South Carolina congressman pledges that House Republicans will lower government spending and debt. Plus: conservative lawmakers celebrate Clarence Thomas; election fraud cases continue to mount; Team Biden shuns natural immunity; and America’s economic freedom erodes. On this date in 1952,  the Supreme Court, in a 6-3 ruling, upholds a New York state law prohibiting communists from teaching in public schools.
 
 
 
NEWS
Google Tries to Discredit Study Showing Google News' Left-Wing Bias
By Tyler O'Neil

“Imbalanced or heavily biased news search results can have a negative impact on our democracy and elections,” warns AllSides’ Marketing Director Julie Mastrine.
NEWS
Congressmen Honor ‘Greatest Living American,’ Justice Clarence Thomas
By Elizabeth Troutman

Rep. Dan Bishop, R-N.C., praises Thomas’ “intellectual rigor, his commitment to principle, the clarity of his thought as a justice on the Supreme Court.”
ANALYSIS
Public Libraries Ignore Black Heroes… Again
By Tony Kinnett

Public libraries around the country use February’s Black History Month as a progressive political soapbox rather than a study of an important history.
COMMENTARY
10 New Cases of Vote Fraud Again Demonstrate Imperative of Election Security
By Hans von Spakovsky, Katie Samalis-Aldrich

The latest update to The Heritage Foundation’s Election Fraud Database adds 10 new cases, bringing the count to 1,422 proven instances of election fraud.
ANALYSIS
‘We're Going to Tackle It Head-On,’ GOP Lawmaker Says of America’s Spiraling National Debt, Spending
By Virginia Allen

“They've dropped money like it's coming out of a helicopter and not knowing where it was, no accountability,” Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., says.
NEWS
Biden Official: ‘Natural Immunity Is Not Something We Believe in’ for COVID-19
By Ben Johnson

A Biden official rejects the idea of natural immunity for the U.S. military just days after a British study shows prior COVID-19 infection protects people as well as or better than vaccination.
COMMENTARY
US Slips to Worst-Ever Score in 2023 Index of Economic Freedom
By Anthony B. Kim

The major factor in the erosion of America’s economic freedom is excessive government spending, which has resulted in mounting deficit and debt burdens.
NEWS
Senate Panel Turns to Defunct Constitutional Amendment Phyllis Schlafly Helped Defeat 40 Years Ago
By Virginia Allen

Despite the deadline for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment having expired in either 1979 or 1982, the Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing to revive the measure.
 
     
 
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