The Intellectual Dishonesty of the Campaign Against the Electoral College

Plus: The Pivotal Gun Case Likely Going to the Supreme Court, Explained

Apr 11, 2019   Good morning from Washington, where big tech is on the defensive over censorship and liberal bias. Fred Lucas reports on a Senate hearing featuring Facebook and Twitter. Congress can't keep ignoring the national debt, conservatives argue. Rachel del Guidice reports. On the podcast, we talk about whether a gun manufacturer should be held responsible for the Sandy Hook massacre. Plus: Jarrett Stepman on leftist liberties with the Electoral College, Bill Walton on socialism's serial failures, and Victor Davis Hanson on tough times for the middle class in California.     Commentary The Intellectual Dishonesty of the Campaign Against the Electoral College CNN recently ran a preposterous segment suggesting that James Madison called the Electoral College "evil," a shameful distortion. More Analysis The Pivotal Gun Case Likely Going to the Supreme Court, Explained "It is essentially blaming the gun industry for the unlawful actions, the unlawful criminal actions of a third person," says Heritage Foundation legal scholar Amy Swearer. More News 6 Big Topics From Senate Hearing on Censorship by Big Tech Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., confronts a Twitter executive, who apologizes for pulling her pro-life ad during the 2018 campaign because Twitter deemed it "inflammatory." More News $22 Trillion in National Debt Not 'Sustainable Trajectory,' House GOP Leader Says "We don't have another generation, we don't have 20 years, we don't even have 10 years. This has to start yesterday," says Rep. Mike Johnson, chairman of the Republican Study Committee. More Commentary Why Socialism Fails Wherever It's Tried "The economy of Venezuela has collapsed as a result of gross socialist mismanagement," writes Richard Rahn, one of America's most brilliant economists. More Commentary California's War on the Middle Class About 150,000 households in a state of 40 million people now pay nearly half of the total annual state income tax. 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 johnmhames1.diogenes--light@blogger.com. 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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