Chief Who Was Fired for Marriage Views Wins Major Victory

Plus: When I First Realized America Is Exceptional

Oct 17, 2018   Good morning from Washington, where the "mainstream" media usually look to bloody President Trump though they rarely questioned his predecessor. Documents in a lawsuit reveal details on how President Obama's administration sought to kill legitimate businesses, Kelsey Harkness shows. Two key Senate Republicans enjoy applause from some of The Heritage Foundation's biggest supporters, Fred Lucas reports. A fire chief axed by Atlanta for acting on his Christian faith collects cool cash, Monica Burke writes. Plus: Nolan Peterson on war as a way of life in Ukraine, Dennis Prager on encountering American exceptionalism, and Betsy DeVos and Jeff Sessions on their priorities.     Commentary Chief Who Was Fired for Marriage Views Wins Major First Amendment Victory Former Atlanta fire chief Kelvin Cochran wrote and self-published a 162-page Christian devotional—on his own time—that included a few paragraphs on the biblical view of sex and marriage. More Commentary When I First Realized America Is Exceptional The left regards efforts to assimilate all Americans into one American identity as a form of "white supremacy." More Commentary Unsealed Choke Point Documents Show Obama Administration Was Far From Scandal-Free Court papers show Obama administration bureaucrats used bias and threatening language to bully regulators into choking off payday lenders from the banking system. More Analysis Why Do Millennials Like Socialism? Betsy DeVos Cites Lack of Civics Education "I recall visiting a classroom not too long ago where one of the teachers was wearing a shirt that said, 'Find Your Truth,' suggesting that, of course, truth is a very fungible and mutable thing instead of focusing on the fact that there is objective truth," the education secretary says. More News McConnell, Graham Recount Highlights, Lowlights of Kavanaugh Fight "What we learned is how far in the tank the press is for Democrats," says Sen. Lindsey Graham. More News Under Shadow of Russia's War, Ukrainian Veterans and Families of Fallen Try to Move On "My war is still going on, and I don't know when it will finish," says Ivan Kharkiv, a 24-year-old Ukrainian combat veteran who served from 2014 to 2016 in some of the war's deadliest battles. More Analysis The Daily Signal Podcast: Jeff Sessions Discusses Direction of the Courts In our exclusive interview, Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks about activist judges and how President Trump is transforming the judicial system. More Commentary Killing the Electoral College Would Alienate Half the Country The Founding Fathers had utter contempt for democracy. James Madison, in Federalist Paper No. 10, said that in a pure democracy, "there is nothing to check the inducements to sacrifice the weaker party or an obnoxious individual." 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 johnmhames@comcast.net. If you want to receive other Heritage Foundation newsletters, or opt out of this newsletter, please click here to update your subscription.

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