Garland Suggests Justice Department Can’t Arrest Pro-Abortion Vandals Because They Firebomb Pregnancy Centers at Night

Plus: 7 Facts I Discovered During My Visit to East Palestine

March 2 2023   Good morning from Washington, where Attorney General Merrick Garland yesterday made excuses to a Senate committee for not prosecuting vandals who attack pregnancy resource centers. Tyler O'Neil reports on that and Garland's response to FBI targeting of traditional Catholics. In Ohio, Roman Jankowski shares observations from the scene of the toxic train disaster. On the podcast, Iowa's new chief law enforcer spells out the illegality of Biden's "forgiveness" of student loan debt. Plus: bad research on racial bias in college admissions; why the House should impeach the president's homeland security chief; and "Problematic Women" unpacks pro-abortion activists' attack on Jessa Duggar Seewald. Eighty years ago today,  U.S. and Australian warplanes begin a successful three-day offensive against a convoy of Japanese ships protected by fighter planes in the western Pacific's Bismarck Sea.      NEWS Garland Suggests Justice Department Can't Arrest Pro-Abortion Vandals Because They Firebomb Pregnancy Centers at Night By Tyler O'Neil "Those who are attacking the pregnancy resource centers, which is a horrid thing to do, are doing this at night, in the dark," the attorney general says. More COMMENTARY 7 Facts I Discovered During My Visit to East Palestine By Roman Jankowski In the city, there is a pungent chemical odor that you can't escape. There's also another distinct, sweet chemical smell surrounding the waterways of East Palestine, Ohio. More ANALYSIS 'Canceling Student Loan Debt Is Not Legal,' Iowa Attorney General Says Following Supreme Court Arguments By Virginia Allen To cancel student debt, "something would have to pass the House, the Senate, [and] be signed by the president. It's basic constitutional law," Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird says. More COMMENTARY What Pro-Abortion Activists Got Wrong About Jessa Duggar's D&C After Miscarriage By Virginia Allen, Lauren Evans, Kristen Eichamer Jessa Duggar Seewald, from the TV show "19 Kids and Counting," gets some backlash after sharing about a recent miscarriage. Here's what you should know. More COMMENTARY Discredited Research Cited in Legal Briefs for Supreme Court's 2 Racial Admissions Cases By GianCarlo Canaparo, Duggan Foley Lawyers who defend race-based college admissions either haven't done their research or think they can pull a fast one on the Supreme Court. More COMMENTARY Impeaching Mayorkas: The House's Duty By Steve Bradbury Under Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, every con­gres­sional district is a bor­der district: His agency monthly releases tens of thou­sands of illegal aliens into the U.S. with­out ade­quate... More NEWS Hawley Presses Garland on FBI Memo Targeting Catholics: 'How Many Informants Do You Have in Catholic Churches?' By Tyler O'Neil "The FBI is not targeting Catholics," Attorney General Merrick Garland insists to Sen. Josh Hawley, without explaining the origin of the memo. More COMMENTARY Biden Is Confused About Who Can Get Pregnant, Women's History Month Proclamation Shows By Elizabeth Troutman Biden pledges to "defend reproductive freedom" for all Americans "regardless of their gender" or "gender identity." But subscribers to biological reality know that only one gender can get pregnant. 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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