Oregon Forced Us to Close Our Cake Shop. Here’s What the Masterpiece Decision Means for Us.

Plus: New Yorker's 'Fact-Checker' Defamed a Combat Veteran. She Hasn't Even Apologized.

Jun 21, 2018   Happy first day of summer from Washington, where President Trump hopes his executive order will defuse controversy over separating children from parents at the border. Fred Lucas reports. The president expects his team to fight for change, Mercedes Schlapp tells Ginny Montalbano. Your tax dollars pay to create recipes from the comic-book nation of Wakanda. Jarrett Stepman has the goods. Plus: Aaron and Melissa Klein on hope from the wedding-cake ruling, Riley Walters on paying more if it's made in China, Michelle Malkin on a fact-checker's callousness, and Mark Metcalf on the scandal of our immigration courts.     Commentary Oregon Forced Us to Close Our Cake Shop. Here's What the Masterpiece Decision Means for Us. Our business was shut down, our vehicles were vandalized, our home was broken into, and we have received more death threats than we care to count. More Commentary Food Stamp Program Funds Initiative Offering Recipes From Fictional Country The federal government allocated $428 million in the 2019 budget to SNAP-Ed as a whole, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. More News Exclusive Interview: Mercedes Schlapp on Trump's Expectations and 'Fighting' Media Bias "With President Trump, being able to see him work firsthand, he's a driver. He's results-oriented," says the White House director of strategic communications. "He wants the team to take it to the next level. He doesn't want you to think just inside the box. He wants you to think creatively. He wants to solve problems. He's passionate about it." More News Trump Orders Fix to Family Separation on Border, Calls for 'Comprehensive' Immigration Solution "We are going to have strong, very strong borders, but we are going to keep the families together," says President Trump. More Commentary How Immigration Officials Cooked the Books and Fooled Congress for Years Over the span of more than two decades of court business, nearly two-fifths (37 percent) of those who were let free before their trial ended up fleeing court. More Commentary Tariffs on Chinese Goods Will Only Punish Americans The White House has suggested these tariffs will protect American jobs. Yet, one study estimates the effect the initial list of tariffs (and retaliatory tariffs) will have is a loss of roughly 134,000 American jobs. More Commentary New Yorker's 'Fact-Checker' Defamed a Combat Veteran. She Hasn't Even Apologized. Misidentifying a tattoo, the New Yorker's fact-checker shared a tweet that insinuated a double amputee veteran-turned-ICE agent was an advocate of Nazism. More           The Daily Signal is brought to you by more than half a million members of The Heritage Foundation. Donate to The Daily Signal Find us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter How are we doing? We welcome your comments, suggestions, and story tips. Please reply to this email or send us a note at comments@dailysignal.com. The Daily Signal 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (800) 546-2843     Add morningbell@heritage.org to your address book to ensure that you receive emails from us. You are subscribed to this newsletter as johnmhames@comcast.net. If you want to receive other Heritage Foundation newsletters, or opt out of this newsletter, please click here to update your subscription.

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