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Biden's Plan to Raise the Minimum Wage Feb 01, 2021

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What do you do if you want to make more money? Typically it’s up to you to make the case as to why your employer will benefit from paying you more. But now, President Biden and his cohorts of the left are pushing hard for a federal $15 minimum wage, regardless of skill level or value added to employers. This week, we talk about the devastating impact this would have on business owners and their employees, and how it's like throwing a ton of bricks on a sinking ship. These are the faces of a $15 minimum wage.

A $15 Federal Minimum Wage: An Anchor on Struggling Business

The Faces of $15 Website

Virtual event on the consequences of a federal $15 minimum wage

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Why We Must Save the Filibuster Jan 25, 2021

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Democrats want to change the rules -- but the Senate filibuster is the GOP's last line of defense against a radical agenda. So what's the filibuster again and why does it matter? Heritage's Michelle Cordero and senior legal fellow Thomas Jipping explain.

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The Big Chemical Abortion Push Jan 18, 2021

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Chemical abortions are growing quickly in the USA. Since first being approved 20 years ago, the "abortion pill" now comprises 40% of all abortions. Given the hesitance for many women to see practitioners in-person due to COVID-19, the left is pushing to make them even more common by weakening current restrictions in place. If a Biden Administration uses the COVID-19 pandemic to weaken restrictions to the administration of chemical abortions, what risks does that pose for women? Is it safe to increase the use of the abortion pill? On this episode Melanie Israel helps explain these questions, and talks about ways the pro-life movement should respond.

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Abortion and Coronavirus: Here's What You Need to Know

Context: Heritage Explains discussing the late term abortion process

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U.S. 'Catastrophically Vulnerable’ to Serious Cyber Attacks Jan 10, 2021

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What happenedin what is being called the worst-ever US government cyber-attack? And how could it affect our national security down the line? This week Klon Kitchen, director of Heritage’s Center for Technology Policy, explains.

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Five Reasons Why Stimulus Checks Aren't the Answer Jan 04, 2021

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Both Democrats and Republicans approved a massive omnibus budget that spends nearly a trillion dollars for Covid-19 relief. This includes checks of $600 to any Americans making $75,000/year (or less) regardless of their employment situation. Now, President Trump and other voices on the left and the right are arguing to increase this payment to $2,000. The media narrative and many other people are calling this a "stimulus," but what will it stimulate? On this episode, we go through the five reasons why so-called stimulus checks (of any amount) are not the answer to economic hardship caused by the pandemic, and why safely re-opening the economy is the best approach.

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5 Reasons Why More Stimulus Checks Aren't the Answer

Congress Is Right Not to Pass Bailouts for States and Cities

9 Things You Need to Know About the $1.4 Trillion Fiscal Year 2021 Omnibus and $900 Billion COVID-19 Package

Previous Heritage Explains episode on out-of-control Federal spending

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How Bad Is San Francisco's Homeless Problem? (Rebroadcast) Dec 28, 2020

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TOP EPISODE IN 2020 (Truth: Our episode explaining Coronavirus was #1 but no one wants to hear that again, so here is #2) This year, President Donald Trump tweeted that San Francisco, California has "rapidly become one of the worst anywhere in the U.S. when it comes to the homeless and crime." The homeless situation is so bad that there are maps dedicated to alerting the public where there is human feces or needles on the street. In this episode Katrina Trinko, editor-in-chief of The Daily Signal, discusses her reporting on what the streets of San Francisco are really like.

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What to Expect in 2021 Dec 21, 2020

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This week we are breaking down what policy issues conservatives should watch for in the year 2021. Our guest is Tommy Binion, vice president of government relations at Heritage.

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Solving Social Media Censorship Dec 14, 2020

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Section 230 of the Communications and Decency Act has been credited as the 26 words that built the Internet. It has also become the avenue that allows social media companies to censor certain content, and keep controversial content from being posted without liability. Conservatives are upset that their content is being censored, and liberals seem to be upset about so-called fake news. Because of this, they are both calling for reforms – even an all-out end to Section 230. So what would changes look like? What would happen if 230 was ended entirely? On this episode, Klon Kitchen explains why we must find a middle ground, and mend not end Section 230.

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Klon’s report referenced in the episode: Section 230 – Mend It Don’t End It

Big Tech’s big problem: They don’t understand the people

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How Woke is Your Child's School? Dec 07, 2020

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On a special episode of “Heritage Explains," The Daily Signal’s Jarrett Stepman walks us through how the left is attempting to teach your children to see everything through the prism of racism and critical race theory.

Read Stepman's op-ed about Loudoun County.

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How China Is Using Africa to Spy on the U.S. Nov 30, 2020

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