Get Ready for 4 Years of Media Sycophancy

Plus: Virginia Values Act Makes Everyone Who Disagrees a Bigot

January 23 2021   Good morning from Washington. Jim Phillips warns the Biden administration that reentering the Iran deal would be a mistake. Just across the river, Virginia has a law banning discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Nicole Russell looks at its effects. Plus: Chuck Donovan on the extreme pro-abortion tendencies of our culture, and Ben Shapiro on the media's flaws. Enjoy your weekend.     COMMENTARY Get Ready for 4 Years of Media Sycophancy By Ben Shapiro Now we'll return to the gaslighting of the Obama era, when members of the Obama team could openly admit to lying to the media, only to receive obsequious praise in return. More COMMENTARY Virginia Values Act Makes Everyone Who Disagrees a Bigot By Nicole Russell Virginia is the first southern state to add sexual orientation and gender identity to existing nondiscrimination law. More COMMENTARY Don't Rush to Failure on Iran Nuclear Negotiations By James Phillips President Biden has signaled his willingness to revive the flawed 2015 Iran nuclear deal. But doing so would reward a hostile dictatorship More COMMENTARY In Abortion Limbo, Foes of Even Modest Curbs Show How Low a Society Can Go By Chuck Donovan If taking the life of a child days from its birth is "reproductive freedom," how is taking that same life a day after its birth not also "reproductive freedom"? More NEWS ICYMI:#BidenErasedWomen Trends After Biden Signs Transgender Executive Order By Mary Margaret Olohan "On day 1, Biden unilaterally eviscerates women's sports," tweets author Abigail Shrier, adding, "A new glass ceiling was just placed over girls." 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.