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Plus: 8 Things to Know About Whether COVID-19 Leaked From Chinese Lab June 7 2021 Good morning from Washington, where more lawmakers are focusing on the origins of the new coronavirus and whether U.S. funding of Chinese research had anything to do with it. Our Fred Lucas rounds up key elements. The cofounder of a nonprofit shares how it survived a mutiny by woke employees. More Californians are becoming Texans, and today’s podcast unpacks that trend. Plus: U.S. citizens take drug money to help illegal immigrants elude capture; the president’s pro-abortion budget; and your letters on hot topics. On this date in 1942, the Battle of Midway ends with a decisive victory for the outnumbered U.S. Pacific Fleet, which destroys four Japanese aircraft carriers while losing only one. COMMENTARY [My Woke Employees Tried to Cancel Me. Here’s How I Fought Back and Saved My Nonprofit.]() [My Woke Employees Tried to Cancel Me. Here’s How I Fought Back and Saved My Nonprofit.]() By Grace Daniel In order to withstand attacks, you’ll need to be armed with an understanding of the ideas in play, and the courage to stand up to bullies. I hope my story can help give you both. [More]() NEWS [8 Things to Know About Whether COVID-19 Leaked From Chinese Lab]() [8 Things to Know About Whether COVID-19 Leaked From Chinese Lab]() By Fred Lucas The renewed attention comes amid mounting circumstantial evidence that the new coronavirus that causes the disease came from China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology. [More]() COMMENTARY [‘We Have the Support of the President.’ For These Americans, Human Trafficking at the Border Is a Form of Political Activism.]() [‘We Have the Support of the President.’ For These Americans, Human Trafficking at the Border Is a Form of Political Activism.]() By Shea Garrison An increasing number of U.S. citizens are taking money from Mexican cartels to receive illegal immigrants into the U.S. from the Mexican border and smuggle them into the interior of U.S. [More]() COMMENTARY [Biden Budget Would Scrap Decades of Consensus on Not Funding Abortion]() [Biden Budget Would Scrap Decades of Consensus on Not Funding Abortion]() By Melanie Israel For the first time in decades, the presidential budget calls for direct taxpayer funding for elective abortions by eliminating the Hyde Amendment. [More]() ANALYSIS [Will California Expats Turn Texas Blue? Here's the Surprising Polling Data]() [Will California Expats Turn Texas Blue? Here's the Surprising Polling Data]() By Virginia Allen “People come here for their own, very deeply personal reasons,” says Chuck DeVore of the Texas Public Policy Foundation. “You can't assume that because someone came here from a blue state that they're... [More]() COMMENTARY [We Hear You: Securing Elections, Cutting Spending, and Countering Wokeism]() [We Hear You: Securing Elections, Cutting Spending, and Countering Wokeism]() By Ken McIntyre "If voter ID is not going to happen, then no one should ever have to show ID to get on a plane, go into a courthouse, get a job, cash a check, or get a driver’s license," writes Larry Farrell. [More]() COMMENTARY [ICYMI: Teachers at Her Son’s School Are Fixated on Race. She Wants to Know, ‘What Is the Endgame?’]() [ICYMI: Teachers at Her Son’s School Are Fixated on Race. She Wants to Know, ‘What Is the Endgame?’]() By Jonathan Butcher Rebekah Randall’s son’s teacher wrote the letters “BLM” on the board one day to describe something that inspires her, a reference to the Black Lives Matter movement. [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.]()