Orlando Massacre Shows We Must Stop Teaching Children to Hate America

[The Daily Signal] June 16, 2016 Good morning from Washington, where House Republicans say they'll derail a Senate plan to make women register for a military draft. Philip Wegmann tells how. Which state bucks a trend by helping lawmen seize your property? Melissa Quinn has the answer. Another liberal attorney general seeks to chill global warming skeptics, Michael Bastasch reports. President Obama's "equal pay" push could hurt women, analysts tell Fred Lucas. Plus: Jim DeMint on confronting Islamist extremism and Mike Gonzalez on teaching our kids to love America. Commentary [Orlando Massacre Shows We Must Stop Teaching Children to Hate America] Let's debate how an American like Omar Mateen, born in Queens, New York, and raised in Fort Pierce, Florida, can turn into a terrorist bent on executing his compatriots. [Read More] News [One State Is Making It Easier for Government to Take Property] This state recently made it easier for police to seize money by purchasing machines that allow officers to swipe prepaid debit cards and gift cards and seize the money stored on them. [Read More] News [Obama Pushes 'Equal Pay Pledge,' as Women Experience Economic 'Hardship'] With women's labor force participation at its lowest rate since 1988, the Obama administration held its White House United State of Women conference, pushing policies that some experts say will not help—and could economically hurt—women. [Read More] Commentary [Our Enemy Is Political Islam, Not Each Other] Whatever our government is doing, writes Heritage Foundation President Jim DeMint, it hasn't lessened the threat of Islamist extremism, whether at home or abroad. [Read More] News [Massachusetts AG Investigating Conservative Groups With Ties to Exxon Mobil] Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey's office subpoenaed Exxon Mobil as part of a multistate effort among liberal attorneys general to investigate Exxon Mobil for allegedly trying to cover up global warming science. [Read More] News [Conservatives Have a Plan to Block Women in the Draft] "It's one thing for women who want to be in combat and have earned it to do that, but forcing women to fight is a totally different matter," says Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah. [Read More] [The Daily Signal] The Daily Signal is brought to you by more than half a million members of The Heritage Foundation. [Find us on Facebook] Find us on Facebook [Follow us on Twitter] Follow us on Twitter The Daily Signal 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 [(800) 546-2843] [Donate to The Daily Signal] Add [morningbell@heritage.org] to your address book to ensure that you receive emails from us. You are subscribed to this newsletter as {EMAIL}. If you want to receive other Heritage Foundation newsletters, or opt out of this newsletter, [please click here to update your subscription.] -