Climate Change Alarmism Is the World’s Leading Cause of Hot Gas

Plus: How 1 State Fared After Enacting Criminal Justice Reforms Trump Wants

Dec 10, 2018   Good morning from Washington, where President Trump would like to see a prison reform bill make it through Congress before lawmakers adjourn for the year. White House correspondent Fred Lucas spotlights state initiatives with a similar emphasis on helping former inmates succeed on the outside. As the pundits weigh in on Bill Barr, the president's pick for a new attorney general, Lucas has an overview. Plus: David Harsanyi on the storm over the climate, Daren Bakst on the farm bill's hidden harvest, and Xavier Underwood on socialist lawmakers' misunderstanding of poverty.       Commentary Climate Change Alarmism Is the World's Leading Cause of Hot Gas In 2006, Al Gore warned in his Oscar-winning documentary that sea levels would rise by 20 feet "in the near future." The producers even offered chilling depictions of cities underwater. Gore was only off by 20 feet or so. More News How 1 State Fared After Enacting the Criminal Justice Reforms Trump Wants to Implement Nationally Mississippi had the second-highest incarceration rate in the United States in 2012, behind only Louisiana. The rate had surged 300 percent from 1983 to 2013. More Commentary What the New Socialists in Congress Need to Know About Poverty As the hip, cool socialist wave makes its way to the halls of Congress, I fear that we may return to the ill-fated, if altruistic, efforts of LBJ's Great Society, when throwing money at social programs made us feel good. More News 6 Important Things About Trump's AG Nominee, William Barr William Barr is a former U.S. attorney general, an advocate of investigating Hillary Clinton, and a bagpipe player for 60 years. More Commentary The New Farm Bill Is So Bad That Supporters Don't Want Its Details Released The current farm bill process is eerily similar to what happened with Obamacare. In 2010, then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., infamously uttered, "But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it." More Commentary We Hear You: How to 'Wield the Most Effective Weapon Against Tyranny' "The left officially has become the largest hate group in U.S. history. … The 'left' comprises about 25 percent of the population, and all people who do not support their (often radical) views are harassed, intimidated, and excluded," writes Anthony Alafero. 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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