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COMPROMISED: SPLC Whistleblower’s History Makes Groundbreaking Defamation Case Even Stronger

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June 5 2023

Good morning from Washington, where Black Lives Matter-inspired riots three years ago left a stain on the nation’s character. Jarrett Stepman reviews the lasting effects. New evidence may make it harder for a left-wing cause to defend itself for throwing around the “hate group” label, Tyler O’Neil reports. On the podcast, commentator-activist Star Parker says conservatives can learn to connect with black Americans. Plus: Elon Musk comments on injustice in trans orthodoxy; a judge sees Big Brother in Biden’s censorship via Big Tech; and the D.C. mayor’s effort to put the National Guard under her command. Fifty-five years ago today, an assassin fatally shoots Sen. Robert F. Kennedy as he departs Los Angeles’ Ambassador Hotel after celebrating his victory in California’s Democratic presidential primary. Kennedy dies the next day.
COMPROMISED: SPLC Whistleblower’s History Makes Groundbreaking Defamation Case Even Stronger

ANALYSIS
By Tyler O’Neil

D.A. King unearthed an article on the Southern Poverty Law Center’s website showing that it had stated publicly that his organization wasn’t a “hate group” before reversing course.
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Forgotten DC Riots Did Far More Than Physical Damage to America

COMMENTARY
By Jarrett Stepman

The three-year anniversary of the Lafayette Square and Black Lives Matter riots in the nation’s capital comes and goes without much media fanfare.
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‘Incredibly Unjust’: Elon Musk Supports Girl Who Spoke Out Against Trans-Identifying Student

NEWS
By Mary Margaret Olohan

Billionaire Elon Musk tweets about The Daily Signal story of a Vermont family who spoke out against a biological male using their daughter’s locker room.
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How Do Conservatives Connect With Black Voters Who Distrust Them? Star Parker Has the Answer

ANALYSIS
By Tyler O’Neil

Author and activist Star Parker notes that although black Americans often identify with the Left and the Democratic Party, many are evangelical Christians and social conservatives.
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‘We Averted an Economic Crisis,’ Biden Says, Signing Debt Ceiling Bill

NEWS
By Samantha Aschieris

“This bill gives Biden a blank check until after the election while only giving a promise on meager spending cuts,” says Richard Stern, a budget policy analyst at The Heritage Foundation.
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Judge Likens Biden-Big Tech Censorship to Orwell’s ‘1984.’ Admin’s Answers on Free Speech Prove Him Right.

COMMENTARY
By Tyler O’Neil

President Biden’s censorship efforts with Big Tech companies shock a federal judge, who asks the administration whether the president’s staff ever read George Orwell’s novel “1984.”
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DC Mayor Left National Guard in Dark Over Plan to Take Control, Documents Show

NEWS
By Fred Lucas

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser attempted to take control of the D.C. National Guard last year, with the stated goal of addressing a surge in illegal immigrants, by pressuring the White House.
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What Settlement of Vaccine Mandate Case Says About Corruption of Teachers Unions

COMMENTARY
By Mike Stenhouse

Teachers unions can’t tolerate one sin, and they’re willing to break the law in order to virtue signal. That sin? Exercising one’s religious freedom by choosing not to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
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ICYMI: EXCLUSIVE: Children’s Choir Director Responds After Capitol Police Claim They Did Not Stop Kids Singing the National Anthem

NEWS
By Tyler O’Neil

Footage shows a U.S. Capitol Police officer directing someone to interrupt a children’s choir singing the national anthem in the Capitol.
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