This Biden Administration Plan Would Increase Bureaucrats' Control of Families’ Personal Lives

Plus: Democrat Left's Critical Race Theory Preaches Black Failure

May 24 2021   Good morning from Washington, where President Biden touts his American Families Plan as a cure-all for societal ills. But his proposal essentially would put the government in charge of families while neglecting critical issues, seven Heritage Foundation policy experts argue. Critical race theory casts blacks as helpless victims, Deroy Murdock writes. Plus: a school that put COVID-19 behind it months ago; drug cartels thrive under Biden's border policy; and your letters on some hot issues. Eighty years ago today in the North Atlantic, Germany's largest battleship, the Bismarck, sinks HMS Hood, Britain's largest battle cruiser, killing 1,500.     COMMENTARY This Biden Administration Plan Would Increase Bureaucrats' Control of Families' Personal Lives By Marie Fishpaw Through a laundry list of proposals, the Biden administration's so-called American Families Plan would significantly grow federal bureaucrats' control of some of the most personal aspects of family life. More COMMENTARY Democrat Left's Critical Race Theory Preaches Black Failure By Deroy Murdock Black Lives Matter and the "diversity" police elentlessly claim that white privilege and white supremacy blockade black success. Blacks think, "Yes, we can." The left replies: "No, you can't." More ANALYSIS Even Without Social Media, Trump Finds a Way to Shape the News By Rob Bluey "President Trump absolutely has a way of throwing a wrench into a news cycle if he so chooses," says Tim Murtaugh, Trump's former campaign communications director and now a Daily Signal contributor. More COMMENTARY Not All Schools Have Struggled Amid Pandemic. Mine Reopened Last Fall and Students Are Thriving. By Ginnie Wilcox When public schools announced last summer their plans to remain closed, Ambleside teachers and staff decided it was best for the students to learn in person, and pitched in to make opening possible. More COMMENTARY Biden's Border Policy Is an Economic Boon for Cartels, but Assault on American Communities By Shea Garrison "The cartels are really, really making a lot of money today," says Jay Whetten, an Arizona rancher. "They have the northern border of Mexico sealed." More COMMENTARY We Hear You: Critical Race Theory, 'Enhanced' Unemployment, and America's Birthrate By Katrina Trinko "We are business owners in an area of Pennsylvania where 'help wanted' signs pepper the landscape. … We need to immediately end the federal government's 'enhanced' unemployment bonus," writes Barbara Orsag. More COMMENTARY ICYMI: What Does Putin Have on Biden? By David Harsanyi The muted reaction to the lifting of sanctions exposes that the Russian collusion hysteria was a contrived effort to spin a lie. More           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 letters@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.