Osama bin Laden’s Son Likely Is Dead. Here’s What It Means.

Plus: How Faulty Assumptions in Climate Predictions Could Mean Big Costs for Americans

Aug 02, 2019   Happy Friday from Washington, where the bureaucracy can manipulate computer models on climate change to justify all sorts of regulations and costs. Kevin Mooney is there as a Heritage Foundation expert sounds the alarm for climate conferees. Another of Osama bin Laden's sons apparently is dead, and that's good news, Robin Simcox writes. On the podcast, Rep. Mark Green, R-Tenn., describes his just-completed visit to a migrant processing facility. Plus: John York on bad ideas from "Mayor Pete" and Michelle Malkin on a disturbing limit to Americans' right to assemble peacefully. Enjoy this first weekend of August.     Commentary Osama bin Laden's Son Likely Is Dead. Here's What It Means. Though not a veteran warrior, Hamza bin Laden enjoyed star power within jihadist circles due to his father's legacy. He potentially represented al-Qaeda's future. More News How Faulty Assumptions in Climate Predictions Could Mean Big Costs for Americans "The sheer fact that these [computer] models can be manipulated to get any result you want speaks volumes to their uselessness in regulatory policy and the danger of putting them into the hands of policymakers," Heritage Foundation researcher Kevin Dayaratna says. More Commentary 'Fixing' Our Democracy Would Only Make Matters Worse Proposals made by Mayor Pete Buttigieg, if implemented, would harm the integrity of the constitutional republic that our Founders so painstakingly crafted. More Analysis What It's Really Like Inside a Migrant Processing Facility "It's great conditions, significantly better than where many of them have come from. Air conditioning. They are separated by ages, and by gender, and things like that. But there are no cages," Rep. Mark Green, R-Tenn., says. More News ACLU Blames 'Inaccurate Stereotypes' for Opposition to Male Athletes in Girls Sports "Equal participation in athletics for transgender people does not mean an end to women's sports," the liberal legal group says of its new campaign. "Trans women are WOMEN." More News Illegal Migrants on Way to US Border Down 39%, Mexico Says Faced with the Trump administration's threat of a 5% tax on all its exports to the U.S., Mexico agreed to send thousands more troops to its own southern border with Guatemala to stop migrants headed to the U.S. More News TV Personality Vilified for Comments on Parenting, Gender Identity, and Believing Women Actor and entertainment journalist Mario Lopez suddenly is receiving harsh pushback for saying he was "blown away" by the trend of letting young children pick their own gender. More Commentary When Our Freedom to Assemble Comes Under Fire Do law-abiding American citizens still have the right to gather peacefully to discuss their ideas without fear of government censorship and retribution? Here's when the answer is "no." 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 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.

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