EXCLUSIVE: Colorado Would Force Her to Create LGBTQ Wedding Websites. She's Fighting Back.

Plus: What Are They Hiding? Pro-Transgender Groups Refuse to Hand Over Internal Documents Even as They Move to Oppose Florida Medicaid Rule

May 08, 2023   Good morning from Washington, where the Biden administration doesn't like Florida's barring use of Medicaid to pay for "transgender treatments." Medical groups that favor such trans procedures aren't cooperating in a court case, Tyler O'Neil reports. A graphic designer stands up to Colorado's insistence that she violate her Christian faith by celebrating same-sex weddings, Mary Margaret Olohan writes. On the podcast, an activist fighting the exploitation of children unpacks what's happening at the border. Plus: Bob Moffit prescribes how to fix Medicare; Daren Bakst and David Ditch expose an Agriculture Department slush fund; and Dennis Prager ponders the pricelessness of our pets. Fifty years ago today, armed members of the American Indian Movement surrender, ending a 71-day siege of the historic massacre site of Wounded Knee on South Dakota's Ridge Reservation.     News EXCLUSIVE: Colorado Would Force Her to Create LGBTQ Wedding Websites. She's Fighting Back. By Mary Margaret Olohan Graphic designer Lori Smith believes that marriage should be between a man and a woman. She also wants to create wedding websites. Colorado law makes that impossible if she abides by her conscience. More News What Are They Hiding? Pro-Transgender Groups Refuse to Hand Over Internal Documents Even as They Move to Oppose Florida Medicaid Rule By Tyler O'Neil Pro-transgender medical interest groups support a legal challenge to Florida's Medicaid rule on controversial transgender interventions, while many of them fight in court to hide documents. More Commentary The Death of My Dog Taught Me 2 Important Lessons About Our Secular Age By Dennis Prager The sadness I feel at Otto's death and the outpouring of condolence messages to my wife and me have caused me to reflect on two long-held concerns about pets. More Analysis How Did They Get Here? What We Know About Unaccompanied Children Arriving at Southern Border By Virginia Allen A 10-year-old girl from Honduras arrives at the southern border unaccompanied by adults. She says she hopes to stay in America, and wants to "color and get to know my father." More Commentary Congress Failed to Hold DOJ, FBI, ATF Accountable for 1993 Waco Disaster. Something Like It Could Happen Again. By William Terry Three decades later, the federal agencies and officials responsible for the Waco tragedy have yet to face accountability—and the government is more weaponized than ever before. More Commentary Congress Must End This Multibillion-dollar Government Slush Fund By Daren Bakst A little-known slush fund at the U.S. Department of Agriculture is a go-to source for billions of dollars of abusive spending. The Biden administration is using that slush fund to carry out its climate agenda. More Commentary No Time to Waste: Securing a Better Medicare for America's Seniors By Robert Moffit Sticking with the status quo on Medicare not only threatens seniors' access to care but guarantees large and growing financial burdens for beneficiaries and taxpayers alike. More News ICYMI: EXCLUSIVE: Biden Bribery Allegation Could Mean Impeachment, Republican Policy Chair Says By Fred Lucas Impeachment is the only recourse if a government whistleblower's allegation that President Biden was part of a bribery scheme is true, says Rep. Gary Palmer, R-Ala., chairman of the Republican Policy Committee. 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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