| | Good morning from Washington, where President Trump freaks out progressives by trolling them with a suggestion that elections may have to be postponed amid COVID-19. Could that really happen? Fred Lucas reports. And do lockdowns work? Kevin Dayaratna and Andy Vanderplas examine the data. On the podcast, Heritage Foundation homeland security expert Lora Ries tells what federal law enforcement faces in Portland, Oregon. Plus: a new “Mandate for Leadership” arrives; Planned Parenthood’s racist origins; and the coronavirus claims conservative stalwart Herman Cain. Forty-five years ago today, powerful American labor leader James Hoffa is reported missing after failing to return home. His presumed murder remains a mystery. | |
| | | | | | | | | By Rachel del Guidice
“The violence continues by the rioters. They are bringing dangerous weapons such as lasers that they’re shooting at the eyes of the officers. They’re using Molotov cocktails, lots of dangerous weapons to assault these officers and damage the building,” says Heritage Foundation’s Lora Ries.
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| | | | | | | By Andy Vanderplas
The evidence suggests that full lockdowns, such as those implemented in Italy and Norway, are not as effective as the more targeted approaches taken in other countries, such as in South Korea and Iceland.
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| | | | | | | By Rachel del Guidice
“The Reagan administration adopted nearly half of ‘Mandate for Leadership’ recommendations in its first year, and the Trump administration embraced nearly two-thirds in 2017,” says Heritage Foundation President Kay C. James.
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| | | | | | | By Ken McIntyre
Cain first came to the GOP’s attention in 1994, when he calmly and respectfully challenged President Bill Clinton’s proposed restructuring of health care in a nationally televised town hall.
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| | | | | | | By Fred Lucas
“I don’t want to delay. I want to have the election, but I also don’t want to wait three months and then find out that the ballots are all missing and the election doesn’t mean anything,” says President Trump.
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| | | | | | | By Kay C. James
Sanger said all sorts of disturbing things, among them: “We don’t want the word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population.”
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| | | | | | | By Ben Shapiro
In truth, the category of “mostly peaceful” is a brand new invention meant to obscure the simple fact that many of our cultural elites are fine with violence so long as those who engage in such violence have the proper goals.
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