March 10 2023
 

Good morning from Washington, where President Biden’s new tax-and-spend proposal is sure to hit a brick wall in the GOP-led House. David Ditch, armed with six charts, sums up the fiscal irresponsibility. In Indiana, a school board fires a student counselor who questioned a secret transgender policy. Our Tony Kinnett, who exposed the policy, reports. On the podcast, national security expert K.T. McFarland reveals the Ukraine War’s upside for China. Plus: Jews defend a CPAC speaker from the Anti-Defamation League; the National Archives’ odd silence on Biden’s possession of classified documents; and Michigan’s governor remains loyal to her Chinese app. On this date in 1864, President Abraham Lincoln promotes Ulysses S. Grant to Army lieutenant general and puts the future president in command of all Union troops against the Confederate States Army.

 
 
 
COMMENTARY
Indiana Student Counselor Fired for Condemning School District’s Hidden Transgender Policy
By Tony Kinnett

An Indiana school district fired a student counselor after she had confirmedthe existence of a secret transgender policy that keeps parents in the dark about their children’s “gender transitions.”
ANALYSIS
I Was Thrown Out of a School Board Meeting for Asking a Question
By Tony Kinnett

Board President Mike Hanna ordered officers of the Pendleton Police Department to remove me from the premises. 
NEWS
'Peak Parody' and 'Beyond Deplorable': Jewish CPAC Attendees Slam ADL's Attack on Orthodox Jewish Speaker
By Tyler O'Neil

ADL’s Center on Extremism published an article Monday titled “At CPAC 2023, Anti-Transgender Hate Took Center Stage.”
COMMENTARY
6 Charts Show Crucial Facts About Spending, Taxes, Deficits Missing From Biden’s Budget
By David Ditch

The Biden administration yesterday released an outline for its 2024 budget. As expected, the spending plan promotes the same swampy, big-government agenda as last year.
NEWS
Biden Wants to Increase DOJ Civil Rights Division Budget by $62 Million
By Mary Margaret Olohan

President Biden’s proposed budget calls for investing huge sums in the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division—the same division disproportionately targeting pro-life activists.
ANALYSIS
McFarland Explains How China Benefits From Russia-Ukraine War
By Samantha Aschieris

China is “perfectly happy with the United States to be preoccupied with Russia and Ukraine and not focusing on China—because, look, China’s the real gorilla,” says K.T. McFarland.
COMMENTARY
Arkansas' Sanders Signs Ambitious Education Reform Agenda of School Choice, Anti-Indoctrination
By Jason Bedrick

The “Arkansas LEARNS” initiative is an ambitious reform agenda that expands school choice and prohibits Arkansas public schools from indoctrinating students.
NEWS
‘Incredibly Irresponsible,’ Tech Expert Says of Whitmer’s TikTok Use After Michigan’s Ban
By Samantha Aschieris

Gov. Whitmer is still using the popular Chinese-owned app TikTok despite a ban in her state for state-owned devices that went into effect on March 1. 
 
     
 
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