6 Takeaways From the IG Report on FBI’s Spying on Trump Campaign

Plus: These 'Founders' Aim to Improve How Schools Teach History and the Constitution

Dec 10, 2019   Good morning from Washington, where a new report from the Justice Department's internal watchdog finds significant "errors" in the FBI's application for a warrant to spy on a Trump campaign aide. We've got the main points. On the podcast, Heritage scholar Cully Stimson, an expert in military justice, talks about the fatal shootings at a U.S. naval station. Plus: a constitutional education, Americans and religious freedom, and pro-life points for Hallmark. On this date in 1901, the first Nobel Prizes are awarded in Stockholm to recognize achievement in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and peace.     News 6 Takeaways From the IG Report on FBI's Spying on Trump Campaign By Fred Lucas The report identifies 17 "significant inaccuracies and omissions" by the FBI, which it later refers to as "errors," in obtaining a warrant to surveil Carter Page under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, known as FISA. More Special Feature These 'Founders' Aim to Improve How Schools Teach History and the Constitution By Aaron Credeur "Learning specifically about the Constitution and all that it entails and how it was created the way it was, what the Founders were like—it was just fascinating for me," says James Evans, 17, a senior from Callahan, Florida. More Analysis Was It Terrorism in Pensacola? What We Know, and What's Next By Daniel Davis Could the Pensacola shooting have been prevented? What is the FBI looking at in its investigation? Heritage Foundation scholar Cully Stimson has answers. More Commentary Not All Findings of Religious Freedom Index Are Encouraging By Thomas Jipping The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, a leading nonprofit law firm defending religious freedom, takes an innovative approach to evaluate the current state of religious freedom in America. More Commentary In a Blow to Political Correctness, Trump Praises Salvation Army By Tony Perkins The message was subtle but clear: President Trump isn't caving to the cultural bullies, and Americans shouldn't either. More Commentary From a Hallmark Movie, a Powerful Pro-Life Message By Katrina Trinko "I would thank my birth mother for loving me enough to make such a huge sacrifice. It's a great gift for me to be able to say: 'I know that I came from love, and I know that I have love,'" says actress Kristin Chenoweth. 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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