VA Watchdog Confirms Senator’s Unanswered Suspicions About Official’s Conflict of Interest

Plus: Why Parental Rights Activists Use Term ‘Grooming’ in Support of Laws to Protect Kids April 14 2022 Good morning from Washington, where an investigation confirms a veteran senator’s suspicions about conflicts of interest within the Department of Veterans Affairs. Fred Lucas reports. The radical left clutches its pearls when critics call out “grooming” of schoolchildren by LGBT activists, Nicole Russell writes. On the podcast, Sheriff Alex Villanueva tells our Virginia Allen how LA’s rogue prosecutor is letting residents down. Plus: Biden’s toothless bid to cut gas prices; parents’ uphill fight for sane school boards; and “Problematic Women” ponders the grim border situation. On this date in 1910, William Howard Taft becomes the first president to throw out a ceremonial first pitch at a Major League Baseball game, as the Washington Senators face the Philadelphia Athletics at National Park. NEWS [VA Watchdog Confirms Senator’s Unanswered Suspicions About Official’s Conflict of Interest]() [VA Watchdog Confirms Senator’s Unanswered Suspicions About Official’s Conflict of Interest]() By Fred Lucas A probe concludes that a VA official created the appearance of a conflict of interest by not disclosing her husband’s employment by a nonprofit that assists veterans. [More]() COMMENTARY [Why Parental Rights Activists Use Term ‘Grooming’ in Support of Laws to Protect Kids]() [Why Parental Rights Activists Use Term ‘Grooming’ in Support of Laws to Protect Kids]() By Nicole Russell The left ridicules conservatives’ use of the words “groomer” and “grooming”—the semantics—rather than condemn conversations teachers admit to having with young schoolchildren. [More]() ANALYSIS [LA Sheriff Charges That Policies of Soros-Backed District Attorney Profit Criminals]() [LA Sheriff Charges That Policies of Soros-Backed District Attorney Profit Criminals]() By Virginia Allen A rogue prosecutor is “unleashing a wave of crime by not prosecuting criminals who are victimizing poor people, people of color … in the toughest neighborhoods,” Sheriff Alex Villanueva says. [More]() NEWS [Biden Plan to Tame Gas Prices Will Affect Few Service Stations, Save 10 Cents for Some]() [Biden Plan to Tame Gas Prices Will Affect Few Service Stations, Save 10 Cents for Some]() By Thomas Catenacci Biden’s emergency waiver allows service stations to sell gasoline with 15% ethanol, pausing an environmental regulation prohibiting the corn-based biofuel mixture during summer months. [More]() COMMENTARY [Political Deck Stacked Against Parents Running for School Board]() [Political Deck Stacked Against Parents Running for School Board]() By Benjamin Tardif Many parents are beginning to think they must join a school board themselves to make any real change in their children’s education. [More]() COMMENTARY [What’s Really Happening at the Southern Border?]() [What’s Really Happening at the Southern Border?]() By Virginia Allen Heritage Foundation communicator Gloria Taylor traveled to McAllen, Texas, to see for herself what’s going on at the nation’s border with Mexico. [More]() COMMENTARY [ICYMI: It’s Not ‘Putin’s Price Hike.’ It’s ‘Bidenflation.’]() [ICYMI: It’s Not ‘Putin’s Price Hike.’ It’s ‘Bidenflation.’]() By Ben Shapiro In other words, the problem ain’t Russia’s Putin. It also isn’t supply chain issues alone. [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.]()