Big spender: President Biden released his $6.9 trillion budget proposal late last week. His plan would raise taxes by $4.7 trillion over the next decade and raise spending by almost $2 trillion—and debt would still grow faster than the economy. 

• “Beneath the administration’s spin, the ultimate message is that it thinks the federal government doesn’t have enough power and control over our families and businesses,” writes David Ditch, senior policy analyst with the Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget. 
• Heritage President Kevin Roberts and distinguished fellow Stephen Moore praised an alternative framework offered by the House Freedom Caucus. 

Check out these six charts that provide facts missing from Biden’s budget. 

Seven: That’s how many FOIA requests from Heritage the FBI ignored. The Oversight Project is now following up with lawsuits to hold the FBI accountable for its partisan behavior. 

• “Americans have a right to know why and how the FBI is targeting everyday Americans,” stated Heritage President Kevin Roberts. 

See what information the FBI is trying to hide here.  

No more woke: Some state legislatures, are going into overdrive in the fight against DEI, CRT, and ESG. 

• States are better equipped to win these battles than federal lawmakers, notes Mike Gonzalez, Angeles T. Arredondo E Pluribus Unum senior fellow at Heritage. “This is how America is fighting back.”

Find out which states are leading the charge here.  

Trash: The Daily Signal’s Virginia Allen went to a popular border crossing area in Yuma County, Arizona, and found something unusual—ID cards from around the world that those coming into the U.S. illegally had tossed before they met up with border agents to claim asylum. 

• “These are things they don’t want to be associated with to come into the United States,” Allen says. 

Watch a clip on her Twitter page. 

• James L. Buckley, the oldest living former Senator, turned 100 last week. Buckley received Heritage’s Claire Boothe Luce Aware in 2010—Richard Reinsch 
• Countering Freedom’s Biggest Threat—Kevin Roberts 
• Restoring Civil Society—Luke Sheahan 
• Another Left-Wing Smear Campaign—Tyler O’Neil 

• With New Arkansas LEARNS Law, State Leap-Frogs Into Top 5 in Education Freedom Rankings—Jason Bedrick

• China’s Xi Set to Consolidate Control as Legislature Convenes—Simon Hankinson 
• The University of Michigan Is in a DEI Mess—GianCarlo Canaparo 
• The Scary Fed Idea To Turn Your Dollars Into a Digital Power Grab—EJ Antoni 
• 6 Takeaways as House COVID-19 Panel Investigates Chinese Lab Leak—Fred Lucas

• Toll of Border Crisis on States: Texas—Erin Dwinell 

Jake Denton, a research associate with Heritage's Tech Policy Center, talks about the dangers of Big Tech censorship on Newsmax. Watch the clip here.

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