What if government agents could, by declaration, make you into a criminal? What if, without legislative change, bureaucrats could decide that what was legal yesterday is a felony today? What if we were governed not by law, but by arbitrary statements telling us what we may or may not do? Unfortunately, those questions are not … Continue reading The ATF Has Become a Rogue Agency That Turns Lawful Gun Owners Into Felons
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Section 230 shields an ecosystem. Rather than protecting particular platforms or offering separate rules for different sorts of services, it protects all internet intermediaries equally, regardless of their size, purpose, or policies. Under this uniform, predicable arrangement, specific platforms may set their own rules, choosing to cater to mass audiences or niche subcultures and governing … Continue reading Section 230 and the Whole Internet
The Environmental Protection Agency is trying to promote transparency by making it easier for Americans to see how it makes regulatory decisions.Many on the left, however, are attacking those efforts. Two current examples highlight this campaign against open government.First, there’s the EPA’s final cost-benefit rule under the Clean Air Act, which would require the preparation of a … Continue reading Why Is the Left Attacking Transparency at the EPA?
Joe Biden plans to hit the ground running after Inauguration Day. Biden and his running mate, Kamala Harris, have released a sweeping transition agenda they hope to implement after taking power. It focuses on several main issues: COVID-19, economic stimulus, racial equity, and climate change. While Biden campaigned as a moderate Democrat, this transition agenda … Continue reading Joe Biden’s ‘Transition Agenda’ is Full of Big Government Power Grabs
Facebook is under assault again, this time for real. The Federal Trade Commission and 46 states have filed an antitrust case to make the company divest itself of Instagram and WhatsApp and submit to restrictions on its future acquisitions and deals. How many times have I seen this story play out as West Coast tech companies find themselves … Continue reading The Feds Come for Facebook
From Sen. Elizabeth Warren to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, some of the most prominent progressive politicians in the country are pushing hard for widespread student debt cancelation. So, it’s fascinating to see a new study show that forcing taxpayers to pay down the roughly $1.5 trillion in government-held student debt is not a “progressive” policy by … Continue reading Top 20% Gets 6x More Benefits from Student Debt Cancellation than Bottom 20%, New Study Finds
Fighting the radical left will be a top goal of the largest conservative caucus in Congress, the incoming chairman of the Republican Study Committee says. “Rarely do Republicans fight back,” Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., said Tuesday night in a speech to The Heritage Foundation’s annual President’s Club meeting, held virtually because of the pandemic. “And … Continue reading House Conservatives Will ‘Fight Back Against Radical Left,’ New Chairman Says
In California and other parts of the country, Americans are headed back to lockdown or otherwise facing renewed restrictions on their day-to-day lives amid another spike of COVID-19. Yet a new Gallup poll shows these lockdowns come as people are already struggling with their mental health. “Americans' latest assessment of their mental health is worse … Continue reading Gallup Poll: Americans’ Mental Health Hits 20-Year Low Ahead of Renewed Lockdowns
Two newly elected Republican congressmen, both of them black, say they aim to fight socialism and extend the reach of conservatives after they are sworn in on Jan. 3. “I understand that we’re here together at this particular time in our country’s history for a reason. It is so we can make sure that we, … Continue reading 2 New Black GOP Congressmen Aim to Fight Socialism, Grow Conservative Base
Monday essentially will be the real presidential Election Day, or is scheduled to be, as electors gather in their respective state capitols to cast votes. When voters pick their candidate for president on Election Day every four years, as well as in early and mail-in voting this year, they actually choose a slate of electors … Continue reading 7 Things You Need to Know About Monday’s Electoral College Vote
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