Netflix’s ‘Cuties’ Shows the Unseriousness of #MeToo

Plus: The Other Half of the Jacob Blake Conversation

September 17 2020   Good morning from Washington, where conservative lawmakers give thumbs down to Netflix for promoting a salacious movie objectifying adolescent girls. Our Katrina Trinko questions liberals' silence. It's time to consider the rest of the known facts in the police shooting of Jacob Blake, Amy Swearer writes. On the podcast, a veteran lawman's take on that incident. Plus: Trump denies more tax money to abortion providers; how to get to faster COVID-19 tests; the constitutional right to vote; and, on "Problematic Women," coronavirus-inspired education reforms. On this date in 1976, NASA shows off the first space shuttle, the Enterprise, developed over nearly a decade at a cost of $10 billion.     COMMENTARY Netflix's 'Cuties' Shows the Unseriousness of #MeToo By Katrina Trinko The deafening silence from the left on "Cuties" is horrifying. Opposing the sexual exploitation of children should be an issue left, right, and center can agree on. More COMMENTARY The Other Half of the Jacob Blake Conversation By Amy Swearer Stop asking me to ignore the role that Blake's actions played in his own shooting. Stop asking me to believe that it was irrelevant he violated a restraining order and physically assaulted officers. More COMMENTARY Why the Trump Administration Needs to Embrace New, Faster COVID-19 Tests By Brenda Fitzgerald The British are conducting a large study of 20,000 households where everyone over age 2 is tested once a week for COVID-19. The results revealed that only 1 in 4,000 was positive. More COMMENTARY On Constitution Day, We Should Reflect on the Right to Vote, Which Generation Z Now Shares By Angela Sailor Constitution Day is a time to bolster our confidence in our great republic. Through the Constitution, America has continuously strengthened our union by expanding rights for the disenfranchised to participate... More NEWS Trump Moves to Expand International Pro-Life Policy By Fred Lucas The Trump administration proposes to expand a ban on use of U.S. tax dollars to pay for abortions abroad, so that it would include federal contracts and subcontracts that receive U.S. global health assistance. More ANALYSIS Problematic Women: Why COVID-19 Should Spur Needed Education Reform By Virginia Allen Education is probably not going to be the same after the COVID-19 pandemic—and that's a good thing. More ANALYSIS A Retired Deputy Sheriff's Perspective on the Jacob Blake Shooting By Rachel del Guidice Jon Kyle, a retired deputy sheriff from the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department in California, has a lawman's perspective on what happened in the Jacob Blake shooting. More COMMENTARY ICYMI: Bad Policies, Not Climate Change, Main Driver of California Fires By Ben Shapiro Even California Gov. Gavin Newsom admitted to President Trump that the state had botched its fire policy: "We have not done justice for our forest management." 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.