Who’s Responsible for Separating Alien Kids From Their Parents? Many People, but Not Trump

Plus: Pride Month Has Become a Time for LGBT Activists to Pursue Political Enemies

Jun 22, 2018   Good morning from Washington, where we mourn the untimely loss of conservative commentator Charles Krauthammer at 68. The left continues to distort the Trump administration's law enforcement at the southern border, and Hans von Spakovsky minces no words in his response. The president has big plans to make government smaller. Fred Lucas takes a look. Check out the new health care plan that liberals love to hate, courtesy of Doug Badger. Plus: Rob Bluey on two journalists with a calling, Adam Michel on a Supreme Court ruling that squeezes small businesses, and Star Parker on LGBT activists' mean streak. Not to mention "Problematic Women." Have a great weekend.     Commentary Who's Responsible for Separating Alien Kids From Their Parents? Many People, but Not Trump There is a lot of blame to share. That includes President Bill Clinton and the alien parents themselves, as well as the courts and immigration policies foolishly created by the Obama administration. More News Here's How Trump Wants to Streamline Government Combining the Education and Labor departments is among 32 proposals in a plan released by the Office of Management and Budget in response to a charge President Donald Trump issued 14 months ago. More Commentary What Liberal Critics of New Conservative Health Care Plan Get Wrong One lie: "Millions of Americans would lose health coverage." More Commentary Supreme Court Botches Wayfair Ruling, Putting Small Online Businesses at Risk of New Taxes The court essentially ruled that all 50 states and the tens of thousands of local tax jurisdictions are now permitted to reach outside their borders and require out-of-state internet retailers to collect and remit local sales taxes. More News Journalism Duo Offers Christian Alternative to Media's Reporting on Trump "A lot of people, they don't really identify with either party, but by and large, love President Trump [in part of North Carolina]. They love what he's doing and they feel like he's restoring our country to a different time, to values of a different age," says Jenna Browder, co-host of "Faith Nation" on the Christian Broadcasting Network. More News Conservative Lawmakers Offer Solution to Child Separations Without Amnesty Rep. Mark Meadows, chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, has a bill that would end loopholes in the immigration system by reforming the Department of Homeland Security asylum system. More Commentary Problematic Women: DHS Secretary Bullied Out of DC Restaurant Plus: Fox News host Kimberly Guilfoyle faces vicious attacks and The New York Times publishes fake news about EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's daughter. More Commentary Pride Month Has Become a Time for LGBT Activists to Pursue Political Enemies Crystal Dixon, a black Christian woman, was fired from her human resources position because she penned an op-ed challenging the proposition that the gay rights movement is a new chapter of the black civil rights movement. 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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