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Ron DeSantis’s Cold, Hard Reality

January 16, 2024 Hard, 'Cold, reality, DeSantis’s0 comment

Sign up for The Decision, a newsletter featuring our 2024 election coverage. Updated at 4:40 p.m. ET on January 16, 2024 Even before the caucus began, Matt Wells was working the room. The 43-year-old wore an autographed Ron DeSantis trucker hat as he strolled up and down the aisles of the Washington High School auditorium in rural southeast Iowa, greeting neighbors and passing out DeSantis flyers. When it was time for three-minute speeches, Wells spoke from the podium without notes, his voice quivering with emotion. DeSantis “always backs up his…

The Politically Incorrect Reality About How to Boost Access to American Dream

November 5, 2023 Access, about, American, boost, Dream, reality, Politically, Incorrect0 comment

If you want to increase access to the American dream, there’s one simple trick. But there’s a catch: It’s not a very politically correct reality. Simply put, to optimize any kid’s chance at success, he needs to grow up with married parents. A new book, “The Two-Parent Privilege: How Americans Stopped Getting Married and Started Falling Behind,” shows just how starkly a child’s life can be affected based on whether he grows up with married parents or a single parent. “[M]ounds of social science evidence … shows how the odds…

In Concession to Reality, UK Pushes Back EV Mandate by 5 Years

September 22, 2023 mandate, Concession, back, Pushes, Years, reality0 comment

LONDON—British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, after first announcing a mandate requiring all fossil-fueled vehicles sold in the UK after 2030 to be electric, succumbed to pressure from the Conservative Party and within his own government and announced Wednesday a delay until 2035. His goal remains net zero by 2050. Sunak’s goal continues to be based on his view that “climate change” is real and can be affected by what humans do. That remains debatable, but you wouldn’t know it from watching or reading British media which, like U.S. media, regularly…

Presidential Hocus-Pocus Saves Planet. Reality Check Begs to Differ.

September 3, 2022 Check, reality, planet, begs, HocusPocus, Saves, Presidential, Differ0 comment

Once upon a time, the intercom buzzed in the Oval Office. “Mark P. Mills is here, sir,” said America’s most powerful secretary. “He’s a senior fellow with the Manhattan Institute.” Mills stepped into the Oval Office and approached the Resolute Desk. “Good morning, sir.” The president of the United States, gently tanned after a soothing fortnight at the beach, said: “Be seated.” “I just dissected the Inflation Reduction Act,” Mills said. “Frankly, IRA’s ‘clean energy’ provisions will make you spoil the Earth to save it.” “I’m listening,” POTUS grumbled. “I brought…

The Gap Between Political Correctness and Reality

February 11, 2022 Political, between, reality, correctness”0 comment

The Democratic Party increasingly exhibits traits of a revolutionary party bent on obtaining control over thought and discourse. The potential ability to exercise this kind of power enables the progressives who run the Democratic Party to inevitably steer the country towards their objectives, having already defined the acceptable bounds of language and debate. Lenin defined a revolutionary party as one that awakens and cultivates working-class consciousness that can supplant the bourgeois owners. The revolutionary party’s aim is to steer this consciousness toward the creation of a socialist regime that will…

Rep. Ilhan Omar urges other lawmakers to go to Israel, see ‘cruel reality of the occupation’ – Los Angeles Times

August 20, 2019 Ilhan, Omar, Times, Angeles, Lawmakers, Israel, Rep., urges, reality, occupation', Cruel0 comment

Rep. Ilhan Omar urges other lawmakers to go to Israel, see ‘cruel reality of the occupation’ Los Angeles Times The Heat: Israel denies entry to two members of US Congress CGTN America Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar denounce Israel’s travel restrictions in press conference CBS News Tlaib gets emotional as Omar calls for Congress to act over Israel travel restrictions Fox News Netanyahu on Tlaib, Omar ban: Israel respects Congress, but won’t tolerate BDS The Times of Israel View full coverage on Google News “us congress” – Google News