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DC’s Radical Criminal Code ‘Reform’ Would Make City Even Less Safe. Congress Is Right...

We know what works to reduce crime. Unfortunately, D.C.’s local leaders have chosen to ignore it. Fortunately, some members of Congress have not.
Debt Ceiling

America Is Hurtling Toward Financial Calamity. It’s Not Too Late To Change Course

Any increase in the debt ceiling must be accompanied by comprehensive spending reforms which demonstrate the government’s ability to live within its means.
On the Southern Border

Who is Helping Biden Facilitate America’s Border Crisis?

Heritage uncovered that Catholic Charities and other non government organizations have been working with Biden admin to help move migrants across the country.
Debt Ceiling

Republicans Must Fight Biden’s Trillion-Dollar Spending by Refusing To Give In on Debt Limit

Congressional Republicans should absolutely fight to defend the statutory debt limit this year and leverage it next year to extract badly needed spending reforms.
Ranked Choice Voting

Ranked Choice Voting Is a Bad Choice

Ranked choice voting is really a scheme to disconnect elections from issues and allow candidates with marginal support from voters to win elections.

Raising Red Flags on Federal Red Flag Gun Laws

One policy that has increasingly found its way into the national conversation is that of so-called red flag laws, also known as extreme-risk protection orders.

Why Corporate Environmental, Social, and Governance Enforcement Is Self-Reinforcing Scam

When it comes to “ESG,” bureaucrats and billionaires have figured out how to force the rest of us to play along with their policy visions.

Sleepwalking Into a China-Style Social Credit System

KEY TAKEAWAYS While the world fixates on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a huge threat is gathering here at home. These tech companies monitor viewpoints to see...
Social Media Censored

Combating Big Tech’s Totalitarianism: A Road Map

 Summary Applying and modernizing antitrust law, scrutinizing Big Tech’s ad tech models, instituting executive accountability, punishing fraud and breaches of contract, and creating private rights...

Why Congress Shouldn’t Rush to Enact Poorly Conceived New Taxes to Fund Spending Spree

KEY TAKEAWAYS With trillions of dollars at stake, bad decisions are inevitable if Congress rushes through a poorly vetted plan to pay for its buffet of new social spending.The wealth taxes—cousins of unrealized capital gains...

Bloated Bipartisan $1.1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill Is Neither Reasonable nor Centrist

Senators that passed $1.1 trillion federal infrastructure bill are attempting to sell it as reasonable, centrist compromise. It is neither.
Kamala Harris

It’s Not Racist To Support Election Integrity Laws

KEY TAKEAWAYS Earlier this month, the Supreme Court had struck down a lawsuit claiming that Arizona’s election laws were a form of racist voter suppression.The...