Media ‘Got It Wrong’ on US Withdrawal From Afghanistan, Pompeo Says

Plus: Menacing Invective Against Trump Lowers Bar for Violence

Aug 01, 2019   Good morning from Washington, which Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has left behind for his latest trip abroad. Traveling with him, Nolan Peterson reports on the secretary's insistence that the presidential election isn't driving a withdrawal from Afghanistan. On the podcast, educator Warren Farrell talks about addressing the "boy crisis." Plus: Monica Burke on the grim harvest of assisted suicide, Victor Davis Hanson on violent rhetoric about the president, Walter Williams on what it takes to be a racist, and Kelsey Bolar and Lauren Evans on what women really think.     News Media 'Got It Wrong' on US Withdrawal From Afghanistan, Pompeo Says "There's no deadline for this," the secretary of state says of getting out of Afghanistan. More News Menacing Invective Against Trump Lowers Bar for Violence Former Vice President Joe Biden has bragged on two occasions that he would like to beat up President Donald Trump. More News ACLU Accuses Trump Administration of Separating More Families at Border In a court filing, the American Civil Liberties Union accuses the Trump administration of separating nearly 1,000 migrant children at the U.S.-Mexico border after a court order to end the practice. More Commentary Assisted Suicide Is Now Legal in New Jersey. It Could Get Even Worse. Lawmakers claim this policy will promote "humanity, dignity, and respect"—but that couldn't be further from the truth. More Analysis What's Driving America's 'Boy Crisis' "About 90% of the mass shooters that I studied since Columbine have been boys brought up in homes that have minimal or no father involvement," Warren Farrell says. More News Pro-Life Activists Respond to Planned Parenthood Leader's Asserting It's 'Not Political by Nature' Live Action founder Lila Rose says it is "laughable" to hear Alexis McGill Johnson say the nation's largest abortion provider is not political, "when Planned Parenthood fired its last CEO for not being political enough." More Commentary Problematic Women: Do Women Really Have Different Opinions Than Men? Jessica Anderson, vice president of Heritage Action for America, discusses new polling that reveals the top issues of concern to women. More Commentary Being a Racist Is Easy Today Perhaps the easiest way to be labeled a racist is to suggest that a wall be built on our border with Mexico to keep people from Mexico and points south from entering our nation illegally. 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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