Category: biden administration

Biden Dropping the Ball on Preparedness

Commentary Life is getting back to normal, and not a day too soon. But scientists warn that another pandemic could smack us. While we’re letting down our guard, the federal government should be preparing for that possibility. The 581,000 deaths and economic destruction our nation suffered were caused more by unpreparedness and poor decision-making than…


Biden Admin Approves Nation’s First Major Offshore Wind Project

The Biden administration has granted approval to a $2.8 billion offshore wind project that’s seen as key to a transition to clean energy in the United States. The Vineyard Wind project is set to become the nation’s first major offshore wind farm, and will be built 14 miles off the coast of Massachusetts. The Biden…


Facts Matter (May 10): Arizona Senate Tells Maricopa Officials to Turn Over Routers or Face Subpoenas

Farmers in the Midwest are suing the Biden administration, saying that they weren’t allowed to participate in a federal loan program due to the fact that they are white. In Oklahoma, the governor has signed a new law that prohibits the teaching of critical race theory in all of Oklahoma’s public schools. However, in Washington…


The Migrant Crisis: A View From the Other Side of the Border

TIJUANA, Mexico—In a dim church auditorium with three-story ceilings, nestled at the bottom of a steep, trash-strewn canyon in Tijuana, Mexico, the loud cries of hundreds of children pierce the air. Huddled inside, some sleeping on mats, over a thousand migrants from Central and South America have sought shelter in the Iglesia Embajadores de Jesús,…


Arizona, Montana Ask Court to Halt Biden Administration’s Narrowing Deportation Guidance

Arizona and Montana attorneys general are asking a judge to order the Biden administration to stop abiding by guidance that narrowed which illegal immigrants should be deported, leading to a new record-low number of deportations in April. In interim guidance issued in February, acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Tae Johnson ordered agents only…


Proposed Tax Code Change Likely to Cause Higher California Rents

Commentary Southern California is expected to build 1.5 million new homes throughout the next eight years. That was the finding of a recent pronouncement by California’s department of housing and community development. Even so, President Joe Biden’s administration is proposing a change in the federal tax code that could severely limit the likelihood that such…


Biden Finally Acknowledges the Armenian Genocide and Ignores Communist Mass Murder in China and Cambodia

Commentary “Each year on this day,” reads an April 24 statement from the Biden White House, “we remember the lives of all those who died in the Ottoman-era Armenian genocide and recommit ourselves to preventing such an atrocity from ever again occurring.” Readers might wonder who the White House means by “we.” Each year Joe…


ACLU-Led Coalition Warns Biden Administration Against Menthol Ban, Citing ‘Racial Justice Implications’

A coalition led by the American Civil Liberties Union is urging the Biden administration not to ban menthol cigarettes. Such a ban would “have serious racial justice implications” and would “trigger criminal penalties, which will disproportionately impact people of color, as well as prioritize criminalization over public health and harm reduction,” the coalition wrote in…


Unions Sell Out Their Own Workers for the Biden Energy Plan

Commentary Another pro-President Joe Biden union just told it’s rank-and-file members: Sorry, guys, you are all fired. Last week, the United Mine Workers of America union endorsed Biden’s energy policies. Yes, you read that right. The coal-mining union bosses have embraced a bill that outlaws coal mining. This is about as dumb as the Pipefitters…


Opinion: Three Reasons Why the Biden Tax Increase Makes No Sense

Commentary Anyone who believes the “rich” and large corporations will pay for $28 trillion in debt or the $2 trillion in new deficit has a real problem with math. Biden’s announcement of a massive tax increase on businesses and the wealthier segments of the population simply makes no sense. The tax hikes will have a…