Oppose the PRO Act, RIP Rush Limbaugh, Podcasts You Missed
Your weekly digest.
Hi everyone,
I think I’ll send this digest/dispatch every Friday. What do you think?
Here’s what I have for you today:
Support American Workers? Oppose the PRO Act
In my new Townhall column out today, I dissect the problems inset in the PRO Act and why it’s anti-worker. Here’s an excerpt:
Politicians are fighting for American workers, they tell us.
They claim to represent their interests and endlessly beat the “pro-worker” drum.
Does their rhetoric match their actions? Hardly.
How can one be “pro-worker” while supporting legislation that destroys freelancing and displaces 59 million gig workers? They can’t. This position is anti-worker to the core.
A growing share of the U.S. workforce—36 percent—is participating in the gig economy, compared to 10.8 percent that is unionized.
Don’t be fooled by the PRO Act’s promise to “restore fairness” to the economy. It’s a Trojan horse designed to quash our nation’s burgeoning independent workforce.
RIP Rush Limbaugh
On Wednesday, conservative media pioneer and talk radio titan Rush Limbaugh passed away from complications stemming from terminal lung cancer. He was 70.
Like many conservatives out there, I was a “Rush Baby.” My dad religiously listened to his show and was an early fan. When Rush became syndicated and his program started transmitting to SoCal radio stations, my dad tuned in and never stopped listening.
Limbaugh’s show was a fixture in our house.
There wasn’t a day I didn’t hear my dad reference Rush or something funny or important he said on the program. He came up in conversations, car rides, or discussions at the dinner table. My dad, a Lithuanian immigrant, related to him so much with his foresight into politics and felt no one but Rush truly understood the political Left.
Like millions of Rush’s listeners, my dad felt he could relate to him. He was described as the friend you’ve never met. So true.
Rush’s brother, David Limbaugh, wrote this beautiful tribute to him. (It’s a repost of his February 2020 column following his cancer diagnosis. Another column should follow next week.)
I am uniquely blessed to be Rush Limbaugh's brother in ways too numerous to count, and I am blessed to be in the special position of witnessing firsthand the outpouring of love and prayers from his family, friends and fans. His wife, Kathryn, has been amazing and a rock throughout.
I could fill a book with the well-wishes I've received. I sent Rush a link to my "mentions" column on Twitter so he could scroll through it and see for himself what he means to so many people.
These tender expressions of goodwill are uplifting and spiritually affirming. God is at work, and however this plays out, God is good, something Rush has been saying repeatedly in the last few weeks, despite his difficult circumstances.
Many of the messages he has received have brought him to tears, which is not typical for him. These are sobering times.
When Rush began his nationally syndicated radio show, the liberal media monopolized television news, and his show became an oasis and a lifeline for millions who felt their voices had been ignored. He gave them a sense of community, as they came to realize that the principles they believed in, their love for America and its founding ideas, were still commonly held.
I made this video within hours of Rush’s passing reflecting on the impact he had on conservative media and talk radio writ large. To be frank, I would have the platform I have today were it not for Rush laying the groundwork in radio and conservative media.
We owe him a bit of gratitude for being a trailblazer and pioneer.
RIP, Mr. Limbaugh.
Podcasts You May Have Missed
On District of Conservation this week, I published an episode on important headlines across energy, conservation, and firearms.