Why Are So Many Teen Girls Changing Their Gender? What a Journalist Discovered

Plus: Second House 'Minibus,' With $1 Trillion Onboard, Is Fiscal, Policy Wreck

Jul 30, 2020   Good morning from Washington, where the Trump administration is blowing it by prolonging amnesty for some illegal immigrants. That's how Mike Howell and Lora Ries see it. "Problematic Women" examines a sobering transgender trend among teenage girls. Plus: in House testimony, Big Tech leaders play down their threat to free speech; congressional conservatives sound a warning over the national debt; and what's most needed to educate our kids during the pandemic. On this date in 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs into law a measure making "In God We Trust" the nation's official motto.     Commentary Why Are So Many Teenage Girls Changing Their Gender? What a Journalist Discovered By Virginia Allen "When I get calls from parents, they're telling me 15%, 20% of their daughter's seventh-grade class is claiming to be transgender," says journalist Abigail Shrier, who shares what she learned from studying a surge in transitioning by teenage girls. More Commentary Second House 'Minibus,' With $1 Trillion Onboard, Careens Off Road Into a Fiscal, Policy Wreck By David Ditch The House of Representatives likely will vote this week on a 1,165-page bill that would spend more than $1 trillion in taxpayers' money and put a raft of troubling policies into place. More Commentary Trump Administration Shouldn't Extend DACA Amnesty By Mike Howell History proves that promises of amnesty beget more illegal immigration. A new decision by the White House will result in just that. More News Exclusive: 'We're Now Spending Our Grandchildren's Future,' RSC Chief Warns By Rachel del Guidice Some 100 House Republicans warn of a national debt growing "exponentially in perpetuity" and how that represents a financial burden for generations to come. More Commentary In COVID-19 Bill, Schools Need Funding Flexibility, Not Another Federal Bailout By Lindsey Burke Instead of spending more than $100 billion on education—before 99% of the funds from the prior bailout have been put to use—Congress should provide states with flexibility over how existing federal education dollars are spent. More News 4 Key Points as Big Tech CEOs Testify on Capitol Hill By Fred Lucas Rep. Jim Jordan notes that the Amazon Smile charity won't allow customers to give to conservative groups such as Family Research Council and Alliance Defending Freedom, but allows donations to Planned Parenthood. More Commentary ICYMI: Supreme Court's Decision Allows Nevada Governor to Favor Caesars Palace Over Calvary Chapel By Zack Smith "The First Amendment prohibits such obvious discrimination against the exercise of religion [and] there is no world in which the Constitution permits Nevada to favor Caesars Palace over Calvary Chapel," writes Justice Neil Gorsuch. 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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