Pence: Election Integrity Is a National Imperative

Plus: 7 Highlights From Oversight Hearing on FBI and Capitol Riot

March 3 2021   Good morning from Washington, where liberals want to remake elections in their own image. Mike Pence, in his first column for The Daily Signal, warns how dangerous the changes would be. FBI Director Chris Wray plays it close to the vest in a Senate hearing on the Capitol riot, our Fred Lucas reports. We welcome back Sen. Marsha Blackburn to the podcast to talk about the overstuffed COVID-19 bill. Plus: a silly way to cancel carbon; LA teachers racialize school reopenings; and how to tell liberal from leftist. Ninety years ago today, President Herbert Hoover signs legislation designating "The Star-Spangled Banner" as the national anthem, codifying an order signed by President Woodrow Wilson in 1916.     COMMENTARY Pence: Election Integrity Is a National Imperative By Mike Pence Congressional Democrats are pushing forward a brazen attempt to nationalize elections in blatant disregard of the U.S. Constitution. More NEWS 7 Highlights From Oversight Hearing on FBI and Capitol Riot By Fred Lucas "We have not to date seen any evidence of anarchist, violent extremists or people subscribing to Antifa in connection with the [Capitol riot]," says FBI Director Christopher Wray. More ANALYSIS Sen. Marsha Blackburn on Why $1.9 Trillion in COVID-19 'Relief' Isn't That By Rachel del Guidice Sen. Marsha Blackburn says Democrats' $1.9 trillion COVID-19 bill, among other things, has "only about 10%" that actually deals with the pandemic while providing "$350 billion to bail out the blue states." More COMMENTARY Why 'Social Cost of Carbon' Is Most Useless Number You've Never Heard Of By Kevin Dayaratna On his very first day in office, President Biden issued an executive order resurrecting the Obama-era social cost of carbon, intended to quantify the economic impact of climate change. More COMMENTARY California Reopening Plan 'Propagates Racism,' LA Teachers Union Says By Thomas Catenacci Since California's plan calls on schools in communities with low infection rates to reopen, the union said reopening funding will only go to white communities since they have less transmission. More COMMENTARY Use These 32 Questions to Determine Whether Someone Is a Liberal or a Leftist By Dennis Prager Virtually every value liberals have held for a century is now held by conservatives and scorned by leftists. 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 franchmaverickk.secretwords123@blogger.com. If you want to receive other Heritage Foundation newsletters, or opt out of this newsletter, please click here to update your subscription.