Aug. 17, 2017
Good morning from Washington, where House conservatives are making another run at repealing Obamacare. Rachel del Guidice talks with some of them. Attorney General Jeff Sessions calls out sanctuary cities for putting lives at risk. Fred Lucas reports. In the aftermath of Charlottesville, Michelle Malkin wants to know why corporate America isn't repudiating Black Lives Matter. Plus: Grant Strobl on teaching high school students to be victims, Amy Swearer on the government's huge fines on a farmer for farming, and Dennis Prager on being a politically incorrect conductor.
It's time to "put the screws" to Republican lawmakers who promised to repeal Obamacare, one House member says, and that's why he supports reviving a successful 2015 attempt to get rid of the health care law.
Merck CEO Kenneth C. Frazier, who served on President Obama's Export Council, felt no responsibility to take a stand against intolerance and extremism when the White House invited leaders from the violence-inciting Black Lives Matter movement for a forum in 2016.
Sanctuary cities endanger their own citizens and police, the attorney general says, yet "have the gall to feign outrage when their police departments lose federal funds as a direct result of their malfeasance."
Programs like Challenge Day teach students to find divisions constantly: Everyone and everything is racist, poses a direct threat to their safety, or is the product of some form of social privilege.
The possible $2.8 million in fines and an estimated minimum of $13 million in "mitigation credits" could destroy John Duarte's business and put more than 500 employees out of work.
UCLA professors Michael Chwe and Andrew Apter, both violinists with the symphony, wrote in an open letter: "Dennis Prager is a right-wing radio host who promotes horribly bigoted positions. … Please urge your friends to not attend this concert, which helps normalize bigotry in our community."
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