Firing a Bad Federal Employee May Get a Little Easier

Plus: Actor Apologizes for Telling Liberals to Follow Ben Shapiro

Jul 20, 2018   Happy Friday from Washington, where a government job sometimes seems like an entitlement. Don't hold your breath, but it looks like bad apples won't have it so good for long, John York writes. Nolan Peterson, who has covered the war in Ukraine for four years, files some observations on the short supply of truth. Rachel del Guidice reports on Marco Rubio's concern about "deep fakes" and Paul Ryan's warning about the alt-right. Plus: Kelsey Harkness and Bre Payton on our "problematic" U.N. ambassador,  and Star Parker on the media's easy insinuations about conservatives. Enjoy the weekend.     Commentary Firing a Bad Federal Employee May Get a Little Easier Holding federal employees accountable is essentially impossible. They have the highest job security of any sector of the economy. More Commentary The Media Finds Conservative Leaders Guilty Until Proven Innocent Is it an accident that Rep. Jim Jordan, who is going after the FBI like an attack dog and contending for House speaker, is somehow now being exposed to this character assassination? More Commentary The First Casualty of Russia's War Against Ukraine: The Truth "The American CIA bomber planes did this," a man in an area of Ukraine attacked by Russia said. "This is all America's fault," a woman interjected as she loaded more rubble into her wheelbarrow. "The stupid people in the White House are causing problems all over the world." More News 'Deep Fake' Technology Is a Threat to National Security, Politics, and the Media, Rubio Says "Increasingly, all you need is the ability to produce a very realistic fake video that could undermine our elections, that could throw our country into tremendous crisis internally and weaken us deeply," says Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. More Commentary Problematic Women: Nikki Haley Takes on the UN Human Rights Council Plus: We discuss Saudi women who are taking to the road in "big cars with big engines," Meghan McCain's facilitating a meet and greet with Taylor Swift for a woman who has glioblastoma, and high-heeled crocs, which are now a thing. More News Ryan: 'White Identity Politics' of Alt-Right Isn't Conservatism, but Racism "They don't believe in classical liberalism if they believe in this kind of white identity politics," says House Speaker Paul Ryan. "That is not conservatism. That is racism." More News Actor Apologizes for Telling Liberals to Follow Ben Shapiro Calling his now-deleted tweet a "disaster on many levels," actor Mark Duplass says, "I want to be clear that I in no way endorse hatred, racism, homophobia, xenophobia, or any such form of intolerance." 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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