Aug 05, 2020
 

Good morning from Washington, where the CEO of the government’s broadcasting arm is determined to fix what an internal audit calls a major security threat. Fred Lucas reports. Think you know a lot about the coronavirus? Take Doug Badger’s quiz. On the podcast, climate statistician Caleb Rossiter exposes what he considers the left’s dishonesty about global warming. Plus: parents revolt against a school system’s transgender policy; doing a better job of teaching history; and how Lincoln can help today. On this date in 1981, President Ronald Reagan begins firing more than 11,350 air traffic controllers who remain on strike despite his order for them to return to work.

 
 
 
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By Doug Badger

Question No. 3: Is it true or false that the U.S. has more confirmed cases than any other country because it has tested much more extensively than any other country?
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By Nicole Russell

In Doe v. Madison Metropolitan School District, 14 parents in Madison, Wisconsin, are fighting for parental rights that have been eroded by the transgender ideology seeping into every avenue of life, from health care to education.
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By Virginia Allen

Caleb Rossiter, the executive director of CO2 Coalition, explains “a long campaign to … cancel climate voices in the mainstream media,” including his own.
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By Fred Lucas

The embattled agency that oversees Voice of America and other federally funded media outlets has failed for a decade to adequately vet staff, creating a systemic security risk, a new government audit says.
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By Katharine Gorka

Lincoln himself continually turned to the Founders and to the founding documents—the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution—for guidance and inspiration.
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By Walter E. Williams

The Soviet government erased figures from Soviet history by renaming cities—such as the imperial capital of St. Petersburg to Petrograd and Leningrad and Stalingrad—and eradicating memories of czarist rule.
 
     
 
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