6 Heavily Hispanic Battleground House Districts to Watch

Plus: DC Council 'Beginning to Recognize Irrationality' of Kicking Kids Out of School Over Vaccine Mandate, Ted Cruz Says

November 2 2022   Good morning from Washington, where powerful Democrats are worried about what could happen at the polls next Tuesday in some heavily Hispanic congressional districts. Virginia Allen looks at six such battlegrounds. The D.C. Council kicks a decision on a vaccine mandate for students into next year, Gillian Richards reports. On the podcast, the topic is Elon Musk's commitment to free speech on Twitter. Plus: the dark money behind assaults on Pennsylvania's charter schools; the First Amendment is at odds with same-sex marriage at the Supreme Court; and why Jewish leaders are slamming The New York Times. On this date in 1983,  President Ronald Reagan signs a bill creating a federal holiday honoring slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.     NEWS 6 Heavily Hispanic Battleground House Districts to Watch By Virginia Allen Cesar Ybarra, vice president of policy at FreedomWorks, says that "Democrats are losing ground with Hispanics because they are wrong on the issues, and conservatives have capitalized on this."   More NEWS DC Council 'Beginning to Recognize Irrationality' of Kicking Kids Out of School Over Vaccine Mandate, Ted Cruz Says By Gillian Richards "Just 16% of eighth graders in D.C. are proficient in math and just 23% … in reading," says a Heritage Foundation scholar. "The last thing these children need is to be denied entry to school." More NEWS Liberal Groups Aligned With Arabella Advisors Spend Over $1M to Support School Choice Attacks in Pennsylvania By Kevin Mooney It's a "classic tactic" by union operatives to sway public opinion against charter schools, says Mike Watson, research director at Capital Research Center. More ANALYSIS Elon Musk Bought Twitter for $44 Billion. Now What? By Virginia Allen Heritage Foundation's Jake Denton, who is currently locked out of his own Twitter account, explains why he is cautiously optimistic about Musk's takeover of Twitter. More NEWS Website Designer 303 Creative's Case Before High Court Pits Free Speech vs. Gay Rights By Virginia Allen Graphic artist Lorie Smith filed a lawsuit challenging a Colorado law that would force her to create custom wedding websites for same-sex nuptials. More NEWS Jewish Leaders Condemn 'Antisemitic' New York Times Article for 'Whitewashing' a 'Pogrom' By Tyler O'Neil A passage in The New York Times' article on the Crown Heights riots displays "obvious" bigotry, says Rabbi Yaakov Menken. More COMMENTARY ICYMI: Marxists' 'Race Struggle' May Be About to Implode By Mike Gonzalez Hispanics are saying "adios" to the race war, perhaps in massive numbers. 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.

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