2 Students Explain Why They Defended Teacher Fired Over Transgender Pronouns

Plus: At Year’s End, What We Know About Mueller’s Probe of Trump and Russia Dec 21, 2018 Good morning from Washington, where all is not quiet as Christmas nears. Fred Lucas has a timeline on the long-lasting Mueller investigation. Maybe the kids are all right: Rachel del Guidice speaks to two teens defending a high school teacher who was fired for refusing to use a transgender student’s preferred pronouns. And while the City of Lights may sound magical, Nolan Peterson travels there—and discovers plenty of unrest. Plus: Ginny Montalbano details one congressman’s touching tribute to Paul Ryan. News [2 Students Explain Why They Defended Teacher Fired Over Transgender Pronouns]( [Photo]( School officials, says high school student Forrest Rohde, are pushing “a false ideology” on teachers and students. [More]( News [At Year’s End, What We Know About Mueller’s Probe of Trump and Russia]( [Photo]( “[Special counsel Robert] Mueller is not on anyone else’s schedule,” says Andrew McCarthy, a former chief assistant U.S. attorney. “The fact that wrapping it up would be better for Trump or even better for Congress isn’t a concern for him.” [More]( News [France’s Riots Fueled by Anger at Elites, Rich]( [Photo]( “The protest is really originally a car driver’s protest against policies that they see as imposed upon them by people who do not need cars—the creative class in the city centers—and who make them pay a larger and larger amount for a state that gives them back less and less,” says Thibault Muzergues, a French political expert. [More]( News [Mattis Notes Disagreements With Trump in Retirement]( [Photo]( “Because you have the right to have a Secretary of Defense whose views are better aligned with yours on these and other subjects, I believe it is right for me to step down from my position,” Mattis says in a letter to Trump. [More]( News [Rep. Gowdy: Paul Ryan a Modern-Day Founding Father]( [Photo]( Shortly after Rep. Trey Gowdy’s new lawmaker orientation as an elected member of the House of Representatives in 2011, he went to his hero Paul Ryan’s office and asked for his autograph. [More]( Analysis [Podcast: 'Problematic Women' on Self-Care in the Digital Age, Surprising Wisdom From Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]( [Photo]( Plus: First lady Melania Trump's spokeswoman unleashes a fiery CNN op-ed in defense of the first lady, debunking the media narrative she has faced all year. [More]( News [Trump Snubs Senate Funding Bill as Shutdown Grows More Likely]( [Photo]( President Trump says he won’t sign a spending bill to keep the government fully running without funding for a wall along the southern border. [More]( News [Wounded Veteran Raising Millions for Border Wall on GoFundMe Page]( [Photo]( The page was started by Air Force veteran Brian Kolfage, a triple amputee veteran and Purple Heart recipient. [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.]( -