The Unacceptably Unjust Death of George Floyd

Plus: Sens. Cruz, Lee Outline How US Should Move Forward After COVID-19 Crisis

May 28, 2020   Good morning from Washington, where leading Senate conservatives Ted Cruz and Mike Lee are determined that America learn lessons from COVID-19, including the need to "decouple" from China. Fred Lucas covers their remarks during a Heritage Foundation webinar. On the podcast, the subject is a Catholic-Lutheran partnership to open churches in Minnesota. Plus: Twitter's suspicious "fact check" of the president; conservative investors lose a round with Amazon over hate labels; and the needless death of George Floyd in police custody. On this date in 1957, National League owners unanimously allow baseball's New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers to move to San Francisco and Los Angeles, respectively.     Commentary The Unacceptably Unjust Death of George Floyd By Amy Swearer Ample evidence shows that the officer involved in the death of George Floyd used deadly force in a context that fell outside the scope of any lawful authority he possessed, and that his actions were the equivalent of second-degree murder under Minnesota law. More News Sens. Cruz, Lee Outline How US Should Move Forward After COVID-19 Crisis By Fred Lucas After COVID-19, there "is going to be a fundamental reassessment of the United States' relationship with China," says Sen. Ted Cruz. More Analysis How Minnesota Catholics and Lutherans Teamed Up to Open Their Churches By Rachel del Guidice "That's a very clear infringement on First Amendment rights when you're treating churches [differently] ... and forcing them to stay closed when the local malls are opening," says Diana Verm of Becket Law. More News Bid to Oust Southern Poverty Law Center as Amazon's Charity Arbiter Defeated By Fred Lucas The Southern Poverty Law Center has labeled mainstream conservative groups, such as the Alliance Defending Freedom and the Family Research Council, as "hate groups" similar to the Ku Klux Klan or Nazi organizations. More Analysis Problematic Women: A Woman's Story of Unwittingly Furthering the Sexual Revolution By Kelsey Bolar "Propaganda was used to hijack the women's movement," says Sue Ellen Browder, a former Cosmopolitan magazine writer. More Commentary Twitter Uses Fact-Checking as a Weapon Against Trump By Katrina Trinko Conveniently for liberals, the fact check, which cited media outlets like The Washington Post and CNN as its only named sources, found that Trump's facts were wrong. 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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