What’s Going On in Minneapolis After City Council Vote to Defund Police

Plus: NY Primary 'Mess' Seen as Omen for Big Problems With Mail-In Voting in November

Aug 07, 2020   Happy Friday from Washington, where President Trump warns about the risks of voting by mail in a national election. Trouble looms if New York's experience is any indication, Fred Lucas reports. On the podcast, a Minnesota policy expert analyzes the "defund the police" drive in Minneapolis. Plus: revisiting citizen's arrests; celebrating the Purple Heart; what the Founders were made of; uncertainty about baseball reflects misinformation on COVID-19; and Obama plays the race card. Thirty years ago today, President George H.W. Bush orders Operation Desert Shield in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait five days earlier. Have a great weekend.     Analysis What's Going On in Minneapolis After City Council Vote to Defund Police By Virginia Allen "Crime has jumped. … Homicides are up. Violent crime is up. Nonviolent crime is up, as you would expect," says John Hinderaker, president of the Minnesota policy organization Center of the American Experiment. More News NY Primary 'Mess' Seen as Omen for Big Problems With Mail-In Voting in November By Fred Lucas The New York City Board of Elections received 403,103 mail-in ballots for the primary, but counted only 318,995, leaving 84,108—or 21% of those votes—uncounted. More Commentary On Purple Heart Day, How a Medal Rewards Acts of Love By Daniel Gade Twenty-five sailors and Marines who I did not know and would never meet got up from their dinner and donated their blood in bags that were transfused into my body, saving my life. Those profound acts of selfless love illustrate the meaning of the Purple Heart to me. More Commentary Founders' Lives, Fortunes, and Sacred Honor Still Our Foundation By Sarah Williams According to Smithsonian Magazine, George Washington's legacy is nothing more than "false teeth, tricorn hats, and nearly 150 slaves." More Commentary Why Georgia Shouldn't Repeal Its 'Citizen's Arrest' Law By Amy Swearer Georgia's "citizen's arrest" law came to the national forefront earlier this year after several men misused it to justify chasing down and killing Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old jogger the men said they suspected of burglary. More Commentary Baseball Season, Our Distorted View of COVID-19, and What the Facts Tell Us By Doug Badger If you're not convinced that Americans have been sold a distorted view of COVID-19 risk, consider Major League Baseball. More Commentary ICYMI: Barack Obama and His Race Card By Larry Elder At the funeral of civil rights icon John Lewis, President Obama compared President Trump to not one but two racial segregationists. 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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