Pelosi’s Top Legislative Priority Would Punish Dissenters on LGBT Issues

Plus: Trump Is Right. Ending Birthright Citizenship Is Constitutional.

Nov 01, 2018   Good morning from Washington, which could be quite a different place after Tuesday's midterm elections. In a short history, Fred Lucas looks at the three occasions when the political party of the president prevailed in Congress. In a commentary, Ryan Anderson examines how Democrats want to advance the LGBT agenda. Trump has the power to end birthright citizenship, Hans von Spakovsky argues. Plus: Jonathan Zalewski on the heroic first responders in Pittsburgh, Star Parker on the real fallout of fake news, and Kelsey Harkness on the unlikely alliance of Ben & Jerry's and Louis Farrakhan.     Commentary Pelosi's Top Legislative Priority Would Punish Dissenters on LGBT Issues In essence, elevating "gender identity" to a protected class across our federal antidiscrimination laws could impose a nationwide transgender bathroom policy, a nationwide pronoun policy, and a nationwide sex-reassignment health care mandate. More Commentary Trump Is Right. Ending Birthright Citizenship Is Constitutional. American Indians and their children did not become citizens until Congress passed the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924. There would have been no need to pass such legislation if the 14th Amendment extended citizenship to all people born in America, no matter what the circumstances of their birth, and no matter the legal status of their parents. More News Here Are the 3 Times in Past Century That President's Party Gained Seats in Midterms History is not on any president's side in a midterm election. But there are three occasions since 1934 when a president's party actually gained seats in Congress. More Commentary Fake News Threatens Our Nation We learned in the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings that Democrats are no longer pretending to care about facts. An outstanding American was almost destroyed by uncorroborated allegations. More Commentary When Tragedy Came to Pittsburgh, First Responders Were There Four of the six people wounded were police officers attempting to apprehend the gunman. More Analysis Podcast: Chip and Joanna Gaines Should Be Allowed to Have as Many Kids as They Want "Don't be surprised if No. 6 is in the cards!" Chip Gaines told People in a recent interview. Kelsey Harkness and Bre Payton join us for the first "Problematic Women" segment on the podcast. More Commentary Ben & Jerry's Says It's 'Comfortable' Supporting Group With Ties to an Open Anti-Semite Ben & Jerry's has launched a new ice cream, Pecan Resist. "This flavor supports groups creating a more just and equitable nation for us all, and who are fighting President Trump's regressive agenda," the company says in a statement. 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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