Find Out How Much Average Taxpayer in Your Area Saves Because of Tax Reform

Plus: The Clinton State Department's Major Security Breach That Everyone Is Ignoring

Jul 23, 2018   Good morning from Washington, where evidence that a foreign power got Hillary Clinton's emails as secretary of state seems to be ignored. Hans von Spakovsky shines light. Russia is on America's mind, but some environmental activists advance China's interests at the expense of national security, two House leaders contend. Kevin Mooney reports. Want to know how much the tax cuts benefit typical taxpayers where you live? Try a handy new tool. Plus: Rachel Greszler on mixing paid family leave with Social Security, Amy Swearer and Scott French on gun control and the new Supreme Court nominee, and your thoughts on hot topics.     Commentary Find Out How Much Average Taxpayer in Your Area Saves Because of Tax Reform Check out The Heritage Foundation's new online tool, which lets you find out exactly how much the typical taxpayer in any congressional district—ours or your liberal friend's—benefits from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. More Commentary The Clinton State Department's Major Security Breach That Everyone Is Ignoring According to information Rep. Louie Gohmert received from the inspector general of the intelligence community, something was causing Hillary Clinton's server to send copies of all of her email communications outside the country "to an unauthorized source that was a foreign entity unrelated to Russia." More News Lawmakers Suggest Lawsuit-Happy Environmentalists Help China, Hurt National Security In a letter to the president of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), an environmental advocacy group, two GOP lawmakers express concern about China's "extensive perception-management campaign" and the "NRDC's role" in assisting these efforts. More Analysis Podcast: Tax Reform Leads to More Cookies, Not Crumbs On the latest Daily Signal podcast, Rob Bluey and Ginny Montalbano interview small business owner Joseph Semprevivo of Joseph's Lite Cookies. He shares how tax reform has benefited his company and employees. More Commentary Why Using Social Security for Paid Family Leave Is a Bad Idea The Heritage Foundation estimates that using Social Security for paid family leave would add between $9 billion and $12 billion in new publicly held debt each year. It would also cause Social Security to become insolvent earlier. More Commentary Brett Kavanaugh's Defense of Second Amendment Is Hardly 'Extremist' Shannon Watts, founder of the gun control group Moms Demand Action, criticized Kavanaugh's interpretation of the Second Amendment as "extreme and dangerous" because it "does not take into account the law's impact on public safety." More Commentary We Hear You: Processing Illegal Immigrants at the Border and Maxine Waters' Call for Incivility "Here's what will work: We limit the number of asylum-seekers that we take in a year to say 20,000 and that's it. You apply at the U.S. consulate, you get approved, you get to come to America. Otherwise the borders are closed," writes Kay Daniels. 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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