Meet 12 Tea Party Activists Who’re Trying to Improve Their State

Plus: The True Story of Kermit Gosnell and His Victims Oct 09, 2018 Good morning from Washington, where a roaring economy and other fruits of limited government were a long way off when the tea party arose in 2009. The movement now seeks change closer to home, Kevin Mooney discovers. A world away, much has changed in the five years since a statue of Lenin came down in Ukraine’s capital, Nolan Peterson reports, but the way forward from Russian dominance isn’t clear. Plus: Jarrett Stepman on the truth about the Soviet alliance with Nazi Germany, Ann McElhinney on turning overlooked evil into “Gosnell,” David Harsanyi on the left’s problem with due process, and David Limbaugh on the early years of Christianity. Special Feature [Meet 12 Tea Party Activists Who’re Trying to Improve Their State]( [Photo]( Instead of staging rallies in front of the Capitol in Washington or various statehouses, the tea party is focused on legislative initiatives that will have a more lasting impact, attendees of the Virginia Tea Party’s fall summit meeting say. [More]( Analysis [The True Story of Kermit Gosnell and His Victims]( [Photo]( Dr. Kermit Gosnell “routinely delivered babies alive and then cut their necks with scissors. And he did this for 30 years. That’s why in the eyes of the grand jury … he was described as America’s biggest serial killer,” says “Gosnell” filmmaker Ann McElhinney. [More]( News [‘Lenin Is Kaput’: Ukraine’s War for Its Future Continues as Citizens Look Toward Europe, Not Russia]( [Photo]( “I used to be a Komsomol, you understand,” Anna says, referring to the Soviet Union’s Communist youth organization. She shakes her head and adds, “I used to believe in the Soviet Union, but it was all lies.” [More]( Analysis [Podcast: David Limbaugh Discusses His New Book ‘Jesus Is Risen’]( [Photo]( Plus: Some good news for young Americans. In a switch from just four years ago, more of them now believe they’ll be better off financially than their parents. [More]( Commentary [The History Russians and Communists Want Us to Forget]( [Photo]( Few countries in history have perpetrated or abetted more inhumanity on planet earth in the name of “progress” than the USSR of the mid-20th century. [More]( News [Poll: Almost a Third of Millennials Identify as Socialists]( [Photo]( Millennial men were far more likely to identify as some kind of socialist, with 40 percent responding affirmatively. [More]( Commentary [The Left’s Pattern of Overlooking Due Process]( [Photo]( The Obama administration demanded that schools judge cases of alleged sexual assault under a “clear and convincing evidence” standard rather than on a “preponderance of evidence” standard, and permitted the meting out of punishment before any investigation was conducted. [More]( [LOGO-CHARCOAL_75percent.jpg] The Daily Signal is brought to you by more than half a million members of The Heritage Foundation. [Donate to The Daily Signal]( [Find us on Facebook]( [Find us on Facebook]( [Follow us on Twitter]( [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 [comments@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 {EMAIL}. If you want to receive other Heritage Foundation newsletters, or opt out of this newsletter, [please click here to update your subscription.]( -