6 Takeaways as Facebook, Twitter CEOs Testify at Senate Hearing

Plus: Georgia Poll Watcher Explains State's Recount of Votes for President

November 18 2020   Good morning from Washington, where the CEOs of Facebook and Twitter take more heat from Senate liberals and conservatives alike. Fred Lucas has the fireworks.The Heritage Foundation's annual assessment finds our military's strength lacking, Rachel del Guidice reports. On the podcast, a GOP official in Georgia dissects that state's recount of votes for president. Plus: how voting machines upended the Peach State and blaming discrimination for black America's struggles. On this date in 1863, President Abraham Lincoln takes a train to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to make a memorably short speech the next day dedicating a cemetery for soldiers killed during the recent Civil War battle.     NEWS 6 Takeaways as Facebook, Twitter CEOs Testify at Senate Hearing By Fred Lucas "Your policies are applied in a partisan and selective matter," Sen. Ted Cruz tells Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. More ANALYSIS Georgia Poll Watcher Explains State's Recount of Votes for President By Virginia Allen Brant Frost V, second vice chairman of Georgia's Republican Party, describes his own experience as a poll watcher and why Georgia appears to be turning a little more blue with each election. More NEWS America's Might Rated as 'Marginal' Again in Index of Military Strength By Rachel del Guidice "The federal government is not fulfilling its first responsibility to the American people ... to provide for the common defense," Rep. Mac Thornberry says at the launch of the Index of U.S. Military Strength. More COMMENTARY Discrimination Doesn't Explain Problems Facing Black Community By Walter E. Williams The racial breakdown of high school seniors who took the ACT college entrance exam and met its readiness benchmarks was 62% of Asians, 47% of whites, 23% of Hispanics, and 11% of blacks. More NEWS Georgia Recount a Test for Dominion Voting Systems' Reliability By Virginia Allen "If [Georgia's hand-counted] results do not match the [Dominion Voting Systems] machine recount, the investigation ... of the machines needs to begin immediately," says Heritage Foundation's Tommy Binion. More COMMENTARY ICYMI: Student Loan Forgiveness a Regressive Policy That Hurts Working-Class Americans By Lindsey Burke Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Elizabeth Warren call on Joe Biden, if elected president, to forgive $50,000 in student loan debt for every borrower through executive order. 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.