The True, Behind-the-Scenes Story of the Kavanaugh Confirmation

Plus: Leader McCarthy: House Democrats Dead Set on Erasing Economic Gains

Jul 18, 2019   Good morning from Washington, where Democrat lawmakers want to convince you that Republican tax cuts didn't help revive the economy. Americans know better, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy writes. A new book about the Kavanaugh confirmation fight is the talk of the town; Kelsey Bolar talks with authors Mollie Hemingway and Carrie Severino. Plus: Jim Carafano on welcoming Ukraine's new leader and Fred Lucas on reviving federalism. Fifty years years ago today, Sen. Ted Kennedy leaves a party and drives a car off a bridge into a pond, drowning a young woman and altering his political future.     Commentary The True, Behind-the-Scenes Story of the Kavanaugh Confirmation "Justice on Trial" authors Mollie Hemingway and Carrie Severino share what it was really like for the Kavanaugh family, how Christine Blasey Ford hid her liberal activism, and how Kavanaugh, who hailed from Bushworld, decided he was going to fight hard. More Commentary Leader McCarthy: House Democrats Dead Set on Erasing Economic Gains Our economic progress can, and will, be overturned if Congress tries to control the economy from within its bubble in Washington, D.C., as Democrats are attempting to do today, writes House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy. More News Ted Cruz Presses Executive on Why Google Disbanded Panel Rather Than Include Conservative Leader "Do you understand when you see that kind of bias, saying 'a conservative African-American woman's views are not valid and not worthy of inclusion,' that the American people would say, 'These guys are silencing voices they disagree with'?" Cruz asked a Google executive. More News Broad Skepticism of Big Government Is Good for Federalism, Mulvaney Says "If you ask young people, 'Give me a list of things that government, writ large, does extraordinarily well,' it's a fairly short list," says acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney. More Commentary Mr. President, It's Time to Meet With Ukraine's New Leader Now is exactly the time for Trump to send a strong message to Putin. More Commentary The High Cost of 'Free' College Tuition There's an inherent unfairness to forcing many working-class Americans who couldn't afford to go to college themselves to pay off the loans of those who could. 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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