What the Jan. 6 Committee Might Have Been

Plus: After the Guns Were Removed, the Killing Fields Began

June 18 2022   Good morning from Washington. Victor Davis Hanson laments how the Jan. 6 committee became nothing more than another partisan initiative. Did Mark Zuckerberg's hundreds of millions in donations affect the 2020 election? Mark Hemingway looks at where those dollars went. Plus: In Michigan, a public school thinks parents shouldn't know about their child's gender identity, and Doug Blair looks at the corporations supporting Pride Month.      COMMENTARY What the Jan. 6 Committee Might Have Been By Victor Davis Hanson The Jan. 6 show trial features no dissenting views. Its subtext is right out of Soviet Minister of Internal Affairs Lavrentiy Pavlovich Beria's credo: "Show me the man and I'll show you the crime." More COMMENTARY After the Guns Were Removed, the Killing Fields Began By J. William Middendorf Mao Zedong's first act after gaining complete control of China in 1949 was to take away all guns from the population. More ANALYSIS Team Zuckerberg Masks Heavily Pro-Democrat Tilt of 2020 Election 'Zuckerbucks,' Study Finds By Mark Hemingway The $332 million that Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and his wife provided to a progressive group to help run the 2020 elections was distributed on a highly partisan basis that favored Democrats. More COMMENTARY This Pride Month, Companies Should Skip the Rainbows By Douglas Blair This year, the seasonal wave of corporate adulation for LGBT ideology has come with a few hiccups. More NEWS Michigan Middle School Hides Student's Gender Transition From Parents By Deborah Laker A document by the Michigan Department of Education advises against disclosing a student's gender identity to parents. More COMMENTARY ICYMI: Democrats' Selective Outrage Over 'Insurrections' By Josh Hammer To anyone paying even a modicum of attention—and I'd recommend no more than that—to the committee's theatrics, it is obvious that the game is rigged. 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.