What’s Driving the Witch Hunt Against Joe Rogan

Plus: Larry Fink of BlackRock and His Global Crusade to Advance Identity Politics

February 1 2022   Good morning from Washington, where public health officials cheer as dinosaur rockers pull their music from Spotify in protest of podcaster Joe Rogan's search for truth in the COVID-19 fog. It's pretty clear why the left freaks out over Rogan, Katrina Trinko writes. The CEO of BlackRock is all about identity politics, Richard Reinsch argues. On the podcast, Doug Blair asks a biblical counselor about applying a scriptural view to a world gone mad. Plus: targeting rapes by human traffickers; discrediting tax credits; and stopping inflation in its tracks. On this date in 1971, a bomb planted by the radical Weather Underground explodes in the U.S. Capitol, hurting no one but causing an estimated $300,000 in damage.     COMMENTARY What's Driving the Witch Hunt Against Joe Rogan By Katrina Trinko Here's Rogan's real crime: He's listening to people besides the sainted Dr. Anthony Fauci. More COMMENTARY Larry Fink of BlackRock and His Global Crusade to Advance Identity Politics By Richard M. Reinsch II To gain understanding of Fink's actions, we need to go deeper into the spiritual awakening in identity politics that could reshape virtually every institution in America and the West. More NEWS EXCLUSIVE: GOP Bill Would Require Abortionists to Report Suspected Trafficking Victims By Mary Margaret Olohan Legislation proposed by Rep. Ted Budd would require abortion providers to file a report with the National Human Trafficking Hotline if they suspect a patient is a victim of human trafficking. More COMMENTARY Most Tax Credits Are Bad Tax Policy By Preston Brashers Conservatives in Congress face a false choice: Extend unwarranted tax breaks to a few politically favored entities or allow the government to collect even more taxes to feed more spending. More ANALYSIS Church's Role in World Moving Away From Biblical Principles By Douglas Blair At the beginning of the pandemic, churches were some of the hardest hit institutions. Men and women were forced out of their places of worship by onerous government restrictions. More COMMENTARY How Policymakers Can Stop Driving Inflation and Start Fighting It By Rachel Greszler Inflation rose 7% over the past 12 months, making it the largest increase in 40 years. More COMMENTARY First Black Woman Supreme Court Justice Could Be… a Man? By Mario Diaz The first black woman Supreme Court justice could be a biological male who self-identifies as a woman. The move would go right along with current White House practice. 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.