2 Ways Trump Can Help Americans Move From Food Stamps to Work

Plus: The Left Prioritizes Feelings Over Wisdom

Dec 20, 2018   Good morning from Washington, where conservatives accuse the Republican leadership of Congress of failing to help President Trump secure the border. Fred Lucas reports. Progressives shouldn't tolerate California's vulnerability to voter fraud, Jarrett Stepman writes. How can we get more Americans off food stamps and back to work? Jamie Bryan Hall has tips for the president. Plus: Paul Ryan on leaving Congress, Os Guinness on true liberty, Cal Thomas on fixing the criminal justice system, and Dennis Prager on the left's feel-good problem.     Commentary Here Are 2 Ways Trump Can Help Americans Move From Food Stamps to Work President Trump has an opportunity to do what Congress should be doing, but isn't: Help Americans who are on food stamps transition to work. More Commentary Tell Us What You Think About The Daily Signal How do you think we're doing? We want to know—and we'd love it if you could take this reader survey. More News House Freedom Caucus Pushes GOP Leadership on Border Security as Shutdown Looms "What we know is that this is not what we told the voters we were going to do," says Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, regarding the failure to appropriate funding for the wall. More Commentary Amid Alleged Voter Fraud in NC, Left Celebrates California System Susceptible to Same Fraud These elections brought the issue of "ballot harvesting" to light—a process in which political organizers collect absentee ballots from voters and deliver them to polling places en masse. More Commentary Read the Full Text of Speaker Ryan's Farewell Address "Nothing is as fulfilling as pursuing an idea that will truly make a difference in people's lives, and seeing it through from start to finish. To me, that is the ultimate proving ground of politics," says House Speaker Paul Ryan. More Analysis Podcast: What Liberty Really Is We interview Os Guinness, author of "Last Call for Liberty," in which he argues that America's genius for liberty could also become our Achilles heel. More Commentary Criminal Justice Reform Bill to Change a System More Criminal Than Just Republicans long used the slogan "tough on crime" as electoral red meat. The problem is what to do when inmates are released with few skills, fewer job prospects, and a bleak future that leads some to commit new crimes that land them in prison again at taxpayers' expense. More Commentary The Left Prioritizes Feelings Over Wisdom Most secular people, especially on the left, believe human beings are basically good. It is difficult to overstate the foolishness of this belief. 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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