Open the Economy!
In March, state bureaucrats and elected officials set long-term shelter in place mandates. Little was known then, and even now, about the virus’s long-term effects and how we can best combat it. In the past, traditional quarantine entailed isolating those that are sick, not whole populations, and in doing so, the economy wasn’t shut down overnight.
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Eagle Forum Files Brief Challenging Tennessee Refugee Resettlement
April 21, 2020 ANN ARBOR, MI – The Eagle Forum and its Tennessee chapter added their influential voices urging the U.S. Supreme Court to grant the Thomas More Law Center’s request to review (“petition for certiorari”) a Sixth
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A Win: WHO Loses
President Trump rescinded funding to the World Health Organization (WHO) while a Congressional review is established.
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When the CDC Encourages Doctors to Lie
Editor’s Note: The COVID-19 pandemic has in just over three months brought out power plays that most people never thought they would see in this
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Good News from D.C.!
As efforts are underway to combat the Coronavirus pandemic, state and federal governments have waived nearly 200 regulations to provide relief to businesses and personnel. Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) is keeping a running list of the various easements.
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What Exactly Are Our Rights in a National Emergency?
Editor’s Note: No one wants to be dismissive of the dangers of an unknown entity like COVID-19. Until more is known about it, common sense
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Lone Congressman Defends our Constitution
Late last week, the House passed “phase three” of the Coronavirus economic relief package, but not without some turmoil. After House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) came to an agreement, the Senate passed the CARES Act (H.R. 748) unanimously.
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The Uselessness of Republican Lawmakers in the $2 Trillion Stimulus Stunt
Emotions have run high against the Democrats’ brazen politicization of the federal COVID-19 assistance package. The progressives were not alone in contributing to the fiasco, however. Not only did Republicans allow many of the completely unrelated items to be included in the legislation, but they also rebelled at basic Constitutional requirements for passing such a huge spending bill.
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Coronavirus Congressional Chaos
Just when you thought Republicans and Democrats were working together, all comradery flew out the window over the weekend. Many House and Senate Republicans were willing to pass the first two phases of an economic stimulus package drafted by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.
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Communist China and Its Unending Manipulation
It is always wise for the right hand to have a clear view of what the left hand is doing, but dealing with a foe like Communist China requires special gymnastics. Going from stealth to outright hostility and back, the Communist Chinese work tirelessly to infiltrate our systems while trying to appear cooperative when it suits their purpose. Since everything is strategic, including the Chinese government’s varying responses to the coronavirus outbreak, it is critical that our nation’s leaders keep a close eye on that left hand.
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Our LIBERTY is Essential
March 24, 2020 Faith not Fear! Overnight our world has changed! The threat is real. The fear of the Coronavirus Pandemic has caused the government
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Coronavirus May Not Hurt Children, but Democrats Will
March 20, 2020 Democrats’ abortion agenda has never been clearer during the Coronavirus pandemic. While House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was supposedly crafting a bill to
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Don’t Say “Chinese Virus”
Pointing out the geographic origins of the disease is not racist or prejudiced; it is a fact. Instead of allowing China and the woke-Left to make the Wuhan Coronavirus politically correct, we must all have the response that President Trump gave a reporter at a White House briefing who asked why he refers to the virus as the “Chinese virus.”
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Clean Up Coronavirus Bill
March 17, 2020 Ask Your Senators to Amend the Coronavirus Bill Just as panicked Americans were buying up all toilet paper supplies, Congress was sloppily
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Corona Spending Update
Throughout the end of this past legislative week, Eagle Forum tracked the second Coronavirus supplemental’s negotiations on Capitol Hill. While Twitter started to announce that a deal was reached, Republicans quickly denounced it. In the meantime, President Trump declared a national emergency and invoked the Stafford Act, a request that came from Washington state’s Governor Jay Inslee, which freed up $42 billion to use against Corona.
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Democrat Pork in Corona
While the White House had asked for $2.5 billion, the legislation totaled about $8.3 billion to combat the coronavirus. Specifically, more than $4 billion was allotted for diagnostic tests, treatments, and to help develop and disseminate a vaccine. The Centers for Disease Controls (CDC) was given $2.2 billion to help prevent, prepare, and respond to the disease.
Continue reading →FACT: The American people know a bad deal when they see one. The most recent data shows that around 6.5 million Americans paid $3 billion in penalties to the IRS rather than buy unaffordable Obamacare plans.
