My Woke Employees Tried to Cancel Me. Here’s How I Fought Back and Saved My Nonprofit.

Plus: 8 Things to Know About Whether COVID-19 Leaked From Chinese Lab

June 7 2021   Good morning from Washington, where more lawmakers are focusing on the origins of the new coronavirus and whether U.S. funding of Chinese research had anything to do with it. Our Fred Lucas rounds up key elements. The cofounder of a nonprofit shares how it survived a mutiny by woke employees. More Californians are becoming Texans, and today's podcast unpacks that trend. Plus: U.S. citizens take drug money to help illegal immigrants elude capture; the president's pro-abortion budget; and your letters on hot topics. On this date in 1942, the Battle of Midway ends with a decisive victory for the outnumbered U.S. Pacific Fleet, which destroys four Japanese aircraft carriers while losing only one.     COMMENTARY My Woke Employees Tried to Cancel Me. Here's How I Fought Back and Saved My Nonprofit. By Grace Daniel In order to withstand attacks, you'll need to be armed with an understanding of the ideas in play, and the courage to stand up to bullies. I hope my story can help give you both. More NEWS 8 Things to Know About Whether COVID-19 Leaked From Chinese Lab By Fred Lucas The renewed attention comes amid mounting circumstantial evidence that the new coronavirus that causes the disease came from China's Wuhan Institute of Virology. More COMMENTARY 'We Have the Support of the President.' For These Americans, Human Trafficking at the Border Is a Form of Political Activism. By Shea Garrison An increasing number of U.S. citizens are taking money from Mexican cartels to receive illegal immigrants into the U.S. from the Mexican border and smuggle them into the interior of U.S. More COMMENTARY Biden Budget Would Scrap Decades of Consensus on Not Funding Abortion By Melanie Israel For the first time in decades, the presidential budget calls for direct taxpayer funding for elective abortions by eliminating the Hyde Amendment. More ANALYSIS Will California Expats Turn Texas Blue? Here's the Surprising Polling Data By Virginia Allen "People come here for their own, very deeply personal reasons," says Chuck DeVore of the Texas Public Policy Foundation. "You can't assume that because someone came here from a blue state that they're... More COMMENTARY We Hear You: Securing Elections, Cutting Spending, and Countering Wokeism By Ken McIntyre "If voter ID is not going to happen, then no one should ever have to show ID to get on a plane, go into a courthouse, get a job, cash a check, or get a driver's license," writes Larry Farrell. More COMMENTARY ICYMI: Teachers at Her Son's School Are Fixated on Race. She Wants to Know, 'What Is the Endgame?' By Jonathan Butcher Rebekah Randall's son's teacher wrote the letters "BLM" on the board one day to describe something that inspires her, a reference to the Black Lives Matter movement. 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.