4 Big Moments From the House’s Postal Service Hearing

Plus: Black Patriots Who Helped Keep America Free

August 25 2020   Good morning from Washington, where Democrats seize on the Postal Service as their latest weapon to attack President Trump. Fred Lucas covers a surreal House hearing with the postmaster general. On the podcast, a teacher's lawyer describes how his client lost his job while trying to respect a student's transition from girl to boy. Plus: what we need from Germany; the rampant silliness on campus; and, on "The Right Side of History," black Americans who sacrificed for the land of the free. Seventy years ago today, anticipating a strike by conductors and trainmen early in the Korean War, President Harry Truman orders the Army to take control of U.S. railroads.     NEWS 4 Big Moments From the House's Postal Service Hearing By Fred Lucas Postmaster General Louis DeJoy testifies before a committee about Democrats' recent theories regarding Postal Service actions in the months before the election. More ANALYSIS Can We Be Forced to Say Something We Don't Believe? Ask This Teacher By Rachel del Guidice "The Supreme Court has held … that you can't compel somebody to speak a message that violates their conscience," says Caleb Dalton of Alliance Defending Freedom. More COMMENTARY Say Goodbye, Sort of, to Germany By Victor Davis Hanson NATO provides a common European defense, but only by habitually relying inordinately on U.S. military contributions. That dependence seems increasingly odd when the European Union has an aggregate GDP... More COMMENTARY Back to College, Back to Academic Brainwashing By Walter E. Williams At American University, a history professor wrote a book calling for the repeal of the Second Amendment. A Rutgers University professor said: "Watching the Iowa caucus is a sickening display of the overrepresentation... 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.