He Tried to Quit His Union. The Law Didn’t Let Him, and He Lost His Job Instead.

Plus: He Was an Antifa Activist. Then He Took an Economics Class.

May 14, 2019   Good morning from Washington, where liberals' new health care plan should make you more than a little queasy. That's Marie Fishpaw's take. A former shop steward fights to change a law that cost him his job for bucking a union. Kevin Mooney reports. Ukraine is regaining turf from Russia, Nolan Peterson writes. Plus: Fred Lucas on Denver's legalization of psychedelic mushrooms, Amy Swearer on real stories of good folks with guns, and David Harsanyi on progressives' poor predictions on tax cuts.     News He Tried to Quit His Union. The Law Didn't Let Him, and He Lost His Government Job Instead. Francisco Molina, a social worker for more than 12 years in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, grew dissatisfied with his government employee union and tried to resign from it last summer rather than continue to pay dues. More Analysis He Was an Antifa Activist. Then He Took an Economics Class. Gabriel Nadales is that rare young adult who became more conservative in college. More Commentary Democrats Flip the Health Care Script: If You Like Your Plan, You Can't Keep It The Congressional Budget Office finds the Democrats' bill would result in 1.5 million people going without the insurance coverage they chose. More News After 4 Years of a Frozen Conflict, Ukrainians Slowly Retake Ground From Russian Forces In the last year, Ukrainian military forces retook about 9.3 square miles of territory in the country's embattled Donbas region, underscoring the slow and steady progress of a so-called creeping offensive that dates to late 2016. More Commentary Liberals Were Very Wrong About Tax Cuts. Again. After cautioning that passage of tax cuts would portend "Armageddon," then-House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi explained that the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was "the worst bill in the history of the United States Congress." More Commentary The Second Amendment Saved These Gun Owners' Lives in April On April 1, a domestic violence incident ended badly for the male attacker after his female victim defended herself by shooting him in the face. More News Denver's 'Magic Mushroom' Vote Moves Drug Legalization Beyond Marijuana "The movement was never about marijuana; it was always about legalizing all drugs," says Kevin Sabet, a senior adviser in the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy under the past three presidents. 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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