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The Federalist: Dreher’s Live Not By Lies Warns Of The New Totalitarianism

November 03, 2020

In his latest book, Live Not by Lies, Rod Dreher warns that Western liberal democracies are living in a post-Christian society and are swiftly sliding down a slippery slope into a “soft totalitarianism” by which “data harvesting and manipulation can and will be used by woke capitalists and social justice ideologues in institutional authority to impose control.”
Stanley Kurtz: Trump Establishes 1776 Commission

November 03, 2020

Writing in National Review Online, Stanley Kurtz supports President Trump's signing of an “Executive Order Establishing the President’s Advisory 1776 Commission” which focuses efforts to foster patriotic education and calls on local communities to reassert control over the curriculum.
Kramp-Karrenbauer: Europe still Needs the U.S.

November 03, 2020

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Germany’s defense minister, writes in Politico that no matter who wins the U.S. Presidential election, there is a strategic need for strong transatlantic cooperation for both Europe and the United States of America to defend western values, keep peace and defend liberty.
Francis: Courts Block Ukraine’s Reforms

November 03, 2020

Diane Francis, senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center, explains that Volodymyr Zelensky and his party, who won Ukraine’s presidential and parliamentary elections in 2019 largely on the promises to eradicate corruption, have had their reforms blocked by the 20 members of the High Council of Justice, some of whom have been charged with corruption.
SISI: Freedom of Expression "stops' When Muslims Offended

November 02, 2020

Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi stated that freedom of expression should stop if it offends Muslims Following the display of images in France of the Prophet Mohammad which Muslims see as blasphemous.
Countries Sign Geneva Consensus Declaration

October 28, 2020

Several nations including Brazil, Hungary, Uganda, and the United States cosponsored a virtual signing of the Geneva Consensus Declaration, which aims to promote better health for women, preserve human life, strengthen the family as the foundational unit of society, and protect every nation's national sovereignty in global politics.
Mike Lee: U.S. is not a Democracy but a Republic

October 28, 2020

U.S. Senator from Utah Mike Lee explains in First Things that America is not a democracy but best described as a constitutional republic, the goal of which is to promote freedom, prosperity, and human flourishing.
U.S. State Department Suspends Diversity Training Program

October 28, 2020

According to an internal State Department cable obtained by Reuters, The State Department has suspended a diversity training program for employees after President Trump issued an executive order directing agencies to end the “divisive” programs.
Russian Government Increases Cyberattacks as U.S. Election Approaches

October 24, 2020

Federal officials have found that the Russian government is behind a recent campaign of cyberattacks on state and local governments and aviation networks that have stolen data from at least two victims.
U.S. Justice Department Charges Six Russian Officers with Cyber Hacking

October 21, 2020

The U.S. Justice Department charged six Russian GRU intelligence officers with committing cyberattacks targeting a French presidential election, the Winter Olympics in South Korea and American businesses.