Trump’s Executive Order on Improving Policing Brings Welcome News in Troubled Times

Plus: Anarchy in Downtown Seattle Not a 'Festive Zone'

Jun 17, 2020   Good morning from Washington, where President Trump uses an executive order to advance better policing in America. Heritage Foundation legal eagle John Malcolm breaks it down. The anarchists' occupation of downtown Seattle is no love-in, Jarrett Stepman writes. On the podcast, a look at the left's campaign to outlaw what it considers hate speech. Plus: the LGBT agenda scores a big Supreme Court win, and who suffers most from riots. On this date in 1885, the Statue of Liberty, a gift from France to America, arrives in New York Harbor after being shipped across the Atlantic in 350 pieces.     Commentary Trump's Executive Order on Improving Policing Brings Welcome News in Troubled Times By John G. Malcolm "All Americans are entitled to live with the confidence that the law enforcement officers and agencies in their communities will live up to our Nation's founding ideals and will protect the rights of all persons," states the executive order. More Commentary Anarchy in Downtown Seattle Not a 'Festive Zone' By Jarrett Stepman Much of the media coverage portrays CHAZ (the "Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone") as a sort of peaceful urban enclave where social justice activists have gathered to air their complaints about the police and racism in America. More Analysis The Tyranny in the Left's Goal of Outlawing 'Hate Speech' By Rachel del Guidice "Europe and Canada started criminalizing hate speech in the '60s, but it really started rubbing up in the '80s. And the way that they tried to define hate speech is by calling it incitement to hatred," says Arthur Milkh. More Commentary Reopening of California Justified by Lower Total of COVID-19 Deaths By James Enstrom California has a death rate that's lower than the rates in all the other states and far lower than the rates in eight Southern states that are well into reopening. More News Left Hails Supreme Court Decision That 'Sex' Includes Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity By Rachel del Guidice "This is a landmark victory for LGBTQ equality," says Alphonso David, president of the Human Rights Campaign. More Commentary Who Will Bear Ultimate Cost of Rioting? By Walter E. Williams My question to the white Antifa anarchists, and their fellow black looters, is how does the destruction of black-owned business promote justice for the murder of George Floyd? 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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