7 Highlights From National Conservatism Conference

Plus: 'Outrageous': GOP Lawmakers Slam DOJ Official for Smearing Legal Defense Organization as 'Hate Group'

September 14 2022   Good morning from Washington, where GOP lawmakers say a Justice Department official maligned a respected legal defense organization as a "hate group." Samantha Renck reports. What happened at the third National Conservatism Conference? We've got a roundup from Miami. On the podcast, our Doug Blair talks with "canceled" D.C. journalist Amber Athey about whether turnabout is fair play. Plus: the fallout from a Twitter whistleblower; a new bill would ban abortion after 15 weeks; the first lady defends inappropriate children's books; and an old leftist group spawns new PACs. On this date in 1901,  President William McKinley, 58, dies after being shot nine days earlier by a deranged anarchist at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.      NEWS 7 Highlights From National Conservatism Conference By Jarrett Stepman, Douglas Blair, Katrina Trinko Sens. Josh Hawley and Marco Rubio, Rep. Ken Buck, and author Yoram Hazony were among those who spoke at National Conservatism Conference. More NEWS 'Outrageous': GOP Lawmakers Slam DOJ Official for Smearing Legal Defense Organization as 'Hate Group' By Samantha Renck Attorney General Merrick Garland "should investigate this incident" of a staffer calling Alliance Defending Freedom, a religious freedom legal group, a "hate group," says Sen. Ted Cruz. More COMMENTARY Twitter Whistleblower: Chinese Spy Worked at Tech Giant and 4,000 Employees Had Access to Spy on Users By Will Thibeau Four thousand unvetted employees could observe private messages, "hijack" accounts, and observe every scroll or click on Twitter's platform. More NEWS 'Troubling': Justice Department Hides Biden's Voter Registration Plan By Trevor Schakohl The Justice Department has refused to release its mandated strategic plan about ways to champion voter registration and participation. More ANALYSIS Should Conservatives Fight Fire With Fire, Seek to Cancel the Left? By Douglas Blair After Amber Athey made a joke about Vice President Kamala Harris' outfit at last year's State of the Union address, enraged leftists harassed her employer, a talk radio station, into firing her.   More NEWS Sen. Lindsey Graham Introduces Bill to Prohibit Abortion After Baby Can Feel Pain By Virginia Allen If passed, the bill would prohibit abortion across America after 15 weeks in most cases.   More NEWS Jill Biden Dismisses Parental Control of Books in School Libraries: 'This Is America. We Don't Ban Books.' By Gillian Richards First lady Jill Biden says parents should not be able to exclude any books from school libraries. More NEWS Southern Poverty Law Center Takes Aim at School Boards, Local Elections With New PACs By Tyler O'Neil The Southern Poverty Law Center, notorious for branding mainstream conservatives and Christians as "hate groups," is taking aim at school boards and local elections.  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.