Identity Politics and Critical Race Theory Have No Place in US Military

Plus: Mail-In Voting Audit of Montana’s 2020 Elections Finds Significant Number of Irregularities March 30 2021 Good morning from Washington, where the left appears determined to water down our military with silly social engineering. Heritage Foundation defense expert Dakota Wood talks some sense. Something is amiss with Montana’s vote-by-mail system, John Lott Jr. writes. On the podcast, homeland security expert Lora Ries rebuts the Biden administration on the border crisis. Plus: confronting a nuclear menace; keeping Jim Crow at bay; and one sheriff’s personal experience with illegal immigrants. Forty years ago today, President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest while departing the Washington Hilton by deranged drifter John Hinckley Jr., who also wounds the president’s press secretary, a Secret Service agent, and a D.C. police officer. COMMENTARY [Identity Politics and Critical Race Theory Have No Place in US Military]() [Identity Politics and Critical Race Theory Have No Place in US Military]() By Dakota Wood When we view people through the lens of race, gender, or religion, we embrace the polar opposite of everything the military strives for: being a colorblind, race-blind, gender-blind team. [More]() COMMENTARY [Mail-In Voting Audit of Montana’s 2020 Elections Finds Significant Number of Irregularities]() [Mail-In Voting Audit of Montana’s 2020 Elections Finds Significant Number of Irregularities]() By John R Lott Jr. One auditor asserted that of 28 envelopes reviewed from the same address, a nursing home, all 28 signatures looked “exactly the same” stylistically. [More]() ANALYSIS [What You Need to Know About Biden Administration’s Illegal Immigration Claims]() [What You Need to Know About Biden Administration’s Illegal Immigration Claims]() By Rachel del Guidice President Biden’s administration claims that border crises happen every year and that former President Trump’s policies didn’t reduce illegal crossings. [More]() COMMENTARY [US Needs to Be Prepared for Increasing Nuclear Threats to Homeland]() [US Needs to Be Prepared for Increasing Nuclear Threats to Homeland]() By Elizabeth May Russia is undertaking a massive nuclear modernization effort. China also has been rapidly advancing its ability to reach the U.S. homeland with a nuclear weapon. [More]() COMMENTARY [Jim Crow and the Georgia Voting Law]() [Jim Crow and the Georgia Voting Law]() By Cal Thomas How is doing a better job of ensuring ballot integrity and boosting confidence in election outcomes racist? [More]() NEWS [Arizona Sheriff 60 Miles From Border Sees Spike in Arrests of Illegal Immigrants]() [Arizona Sheriff 60 Miles From Border Sees Spike in Arrests of Illegal Immigrants]() By Rachel del Guidice “We don’t have enough housing in our community for the people that are American citizens [and] now, you want to inject thousands and thousands more people in our community,” says the sheriff. [More]() COMMENTARY [ICYMI: No to DC Statehood]() [ICYMI: No to DC Statehood]() By David Harsanyi If Democrats were genuinely concerned about the voting rights of D.C. citizens, they would talk about redrawing the borders of Washington, giving most of it to Maryland and Virginia. [More]() [LOGO-CHARCOAL_75percent.jpg] [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 [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 {EMAIL}. If you want to receive other Heritage Foundation newsletters, or opt out of this newsletter, [please click here to update your subscription.]()