Good morning from Washington, where the head of the American Federation of Teachers tells lawmakers that, despite having a direct line to the CDC director, her union didn’t have much input on school closures during the pandemic. Fred Lucas reports. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy convinces enough Republicans to raise the debt ceiling. Samantha Aschieris has details. Plus: Louisiana may bar gender ideology from the classroom; Florida’s governor takes on the administrative state; rooting out noncitizen voters in Arizona; and “Problematic Women” considers Democrats’ resuscitation of the ERA. On this date in 2009, struggling American carmaker General Motors announces that, after 80 years, it will stop producing the Pontiac.
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‘True Things Prevail’: Read Tucker Carlson’s New Message About His Future
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| By Tucker Carlson
“Where can you still find Americans saying true things? There aren’t many places left,” says Carlson. |
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Louisiana Bill Would Ban K-12 Classroom Discussion of Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity
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| By Mary Margaret Olohan
New Louisiana legislation would ban public school teachers and personnel from discussing sexual orientation and gender identity with students from kindergarten through high school. |
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House Passes GOP Debt Ceiling Package
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| By Samantha Aschieris
“Tonight’s debt ceiling vote is a victory for Americans ready to take power back from Washington,” says Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts. |
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‘Distortion of Constitutional Government’: DeSantis Says Founders Would Oppose Administrative State
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| By Elizabeth Troutman
“We were able to make our state a reservoir of freedom, a place where people went for sanity, and the numbers speak for themselves,” says the Florida governor. |
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Heritage Foundation Appeals to Force EPA Disclosures in East Palestine Train Derailment
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| By Fred Lucas
The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project appeals a court ruling siding with the EPA in its refusal to disclose information about the toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. |
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Democrats Aim to Pass Amendment That Died Decades Ago
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| By Virginia Allen, Lauren Evans
Democrats are living in a fairy tale over the Equal Rights Amendment and would do well to take a note from Disney’s “Frozen” and “Let It Go.” |
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222 Noncitizens Ousted From Voter Rolls of Arizona’s Largest County
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| By Fred Lucas
Maricopa County, Arizona, removed 222 foreign nationals from its voter registration rolls over seven years, according to a new report from the Public Interest Legal Foundation. |
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4 Highlights From Teachers Union Head Randi Weingarten’s Testimony on School Lockdowns
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| By Fred Lucas
Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, fields lawmakers’ questions about her powerful union’s role in school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
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ICYMI: The Case for Tucker Carlson’s Show to Move to Twitter
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| By Roman Jankowski
If things go the way Elon Musk is planning, Carlson’s show would be trending every day on Twitter, because he has the potential to be the first megastar of Twitter’s new platform. |
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