6 Takeaways From Merrick Garland’s Senate Testimony on Activist Parents and Other Issues

Plus: 4 Points to Understanding How Many Americans Are Stranded in Afghanistan

October 28 2021   Good morning from Washington, where Attorney General Merrick Garland declines to back away from threatening public school parents with FBI investigations if they step out of line. Our Fred Lucas reports on his answers to a Senate committee. How many Americans are still stuck in Afghanistan? Lucas tracks the Biden administration's moving numbers. On the podcast, Doug Blair explores China's chilling surveillance state. Plus: Democrats hide their real spending plans; first responders under fire; and "Problematic Women" considers an alarming sterilization trend. On this date in 1962, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev orders withdrawal of missiles from Cuba after President John F. Kennedy initiates a naval blockade, ending a major international crisis.     NEWS 6 Takeaways From Merrick Garland's Senate Testimony on Activist Parents and Other Issues By Fred Lucas The attorney general faces tough questions from Republican senators, mostly on treating dissenting parents as "domestic terrorists" but also on past FBI abuses and on investigating the Capitol riot. More NEWS 4 Points to Understanding How Many Americans Are Stranded in Afghanistan By Fred Lucas The State Department's admission that three times as many Americans remain in Afghanistan as originally estimated marks the most recent controversy resulting from the hasty withdrawal. More COMMENTARY Democrats Use Accounting Gimmicks to Conceal Spending in Bloated 'Build Back Better' Bill By Grace-Marie Turner On health care, the supposedly "pared-down bill" would expand Medicaid to 2.2 million people in states that have not already expanded it under Obamacare. More ANALYSIS China's Surveillance State Has Killed Privacy By Douglas Blair Hudson Institute's Riley Walters warns that the surveillance state can have real consequences for both Chinese citizens and the international community. More ANALYSIS Some Women Are Choosing Sterilization as Birth Rates Continue to Fall By Virginia Allen On the "Problematic Women" podcast, we discuss what it says about our culture that some young women are choosing to be sterilized. More COMMENTARY Health and Safety Heroes Deserve Better on National First Responders Day By Lora Ries As the left mandates vaccines as a condition of employment, it is wrongly treating as villains our first responder heroes who don't want the vaccine. More COMMENTARY ICYMI: Anarchy Reigns in Portland By Jarrett Stepman The politicians in power are the reason why it is impossible to stop criminals and mobs from doing what they wish to Portland, Oregon. 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.