Parents' Bill of Rights Is How Congress Can Help State School Reformers

Plus: Libs of TikTok Creator Chaya Raichik Calls for National Ban on App

March 24 2023   Good morning from Washington, where Congress' passage of a parents' bill of rights would keep the heat on for education reform at the state level. How? Check out Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts' commentary. Representatives of TikTok hope to fend off an outright ban of the Chinese-owned app, and Samantha Aschieris has takeaways from a House hearing while Virginia Allen covers a "Ban Tiktok" rally outside. Plus: a key agency puts the kibosh on Biden's plan to cancel student debt; lawmakers probe China's persecution of Uyghur Muslims; and a top U.S. election official questions the role of election observers. On this date in 1996,  biochemist Shannon Lucid becomes the first female U.S. astronaut to live in a space station when she transfers from the shuttle Atlantis to Russia's Mir.        COMMENTARY Parents' Bill of Rights Is How Congress Can Help State School Reformers  By Kevin Roberts Progressive elites' contempt for parents' rights has fueled a long train of abuses, from racist curricula to a war on girls sports and bathrooms to darker episodes of cover-ups and student grooming. More NEWS Libs of TikTok Creator Chaya Raichik Calls for National Ban on App By Virginia Allen "TikTok is a weapon being used to groom our kids," says Chaya Raichik, creator of the popular Twitter account Libs of TikTok.  More NEWS EXCLUSIVE: GOP Bill Would Make Abortionists Report Victims of Trafficking By Mary Margaret Olohan "It is necessary to provide needed accountability [for abortion clinics] to ensure they are not aiding and abetting the abuse of women enslaved in the sex trade," says Sen. Ted Budd. More COMMENTARY Federal Agency Contradicts Biden, Says Student Loan Cancellation Not in Effect By Adam Kissel, Jack Fitzhenry The Biden administration designed its debt-cancellation plan to circumvent Congress. More NEWS 6 Highlights of TikTok CEO's Testimony Before House Panel By Samantha Aschieris "Have any moderation tools been used to remove content on TikTok associated with the Uyghur genocide? Yes or no?" Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers asks the TikTok CEO. More NEWS Citizen Activists 'Weaponized' Transparency, US Election Commissioner Testifies By Fred Lucas Testifying to a congressional panel, a federal election official referred Thursday to citizens who seek public records as a "weaponization" targeting election workers.  More NEWS After Facing Torture From Chinese Communist Party, Uyghur Muslim Share Her Story and Calls for Action By Virginia Allen Sterilization, electric shock torture, and brainwashing are hallmarks of the Chinese Communist Party's treatment of the Uyghur people, according to prison camp survivors.   More COMMENTARY ICYMI: Arrest That Man (Donald Trump). Crime to Follow. By Larry Elder Law professor Jonathan Turley accuses the George Soros-funded DA of "struggling to twist state laws to effectively prosecute a federal case long ago rejected by the Justice Department against Trump." 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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