Department of Energy’s Lab Leak Bombshell Exposes the Utter Bankruptcy of ‘Experts’ and the Media

Plus: CDC Refuses to Answer House GOP Questions About Codes to Track Reasons Why Americans Turn Down the COVID-19 Jabs March 1 2023 Good morning from Washington, where a renewed interest in the origin of COVID-19 shames the media and its so-called experts. Jarrett Stepman has particulars. Meanwhile, the CDC doesn’t want to talk about tracking why Americans refused a vaccine, Tyler O’Neil writes. On the podcast, what China’s lock on minerals in Africa means for Americans. Plus: Fred Lucas on holding Ukraine accountable for U.S. aid, Tom Jipping on the return of the ERA, and Virginia Allen on what killed two illegal aliens at the border. On this date in 1971, a bomb explodes in the U.S. Capitol, hurting no one but doing about $300,000 in damage in what the radical Weather Underground calls a protest of American foreign policy. COMMENTARY [Department of Energy’s Lab Leak Bombshell Exposes the Utter Bankruptcy of ‘Experts’ and the Media]() [Department of Energy’s Lab Leak Bombshell Exposes the Utter Bankruptcy of ‘Experts’ and the Media]() By Jarrett Stepman According to the standard set in 2020, the Department of Energy this week came out as a racist purveyor of misinformation. The story reveals a great deal about the media and Big Tech. [More]() NEWS [CDC Refuses to Answer House GOP Questions About Codes to Track Reasons Why Americans Turn Down the COVID-19 Jabs]() [CDC Refuses to Answer House GOP Questions About Codes to Track Reasons Why Americans Turn Down the COVID-19 Jabs]() By Tyler O'Neil “Two weeks ago, we sent a letter to the CDC demanding answers about its new COVID-19 vaccine database,” Rep. Josh Brecheen said. “The CDC is stonewalling us and refusing to respond.” [More]() ANALYSIS [How China Is Dominating African Minerals, and Why Americans Should Care]() [How China Is Dominating African Minerals, and Why Americans Should Care]() By Samantha Aschieris Although the U.S. has “vast mineral reserves worth trillions of dollars, we are now 100% dependent on imports for 17 key minerals, and China is a significant source for them," an expert warns. [More]() NEWS [‘This Is War,’ Mother of 2 Sons Killed by Fentanyl Testifies, Telling Congress to ‘Do Something’]() [‘This Is War,’ Mother of 2 Sons Killed by Fentanyl Testifies, Telling Congress to ‘Do Something’ ]() By Virginia Allen Michigan resident Rebecca Kiessling struggles to speak as she tells a House committee that fentanyl brought across the southern border killed her two adult sons in 2020. [More]() NEWS ['The More That Is Spent, the More That Oversight Is Needed,' Ex-USAID Chief Says of US Aid to Ukraine]() ['The More That Is Spent, the More That Oversight Is Needed,' Ex-USAID Chief Says of US Aid to Ukraine]() By Fred Lucas The humanitarian aid chief under Trump says Ukraine funding is “too important to screw up” and “nobody or no cause should get a pass.” [More]() COMMENTARY [Appeals Court Steals Show on ERA Amid Senate Panel’s Bid to Resurrect Dead Amendment]() [Appeals Court Steals Show on ERA Amid Senate Panel’s Bid to Resurrect Dead Amendment]() By Thomas Jipping As a Senate panel debates whether to resurrect the dead Equal Rights Amendment, a federal appeals court throws a monkey wrench into Democrats’ efforts. [More]() COMMENTARY [ICYMI: Something Worse Likely After Ukraine War]() [ICYMI: Something Worse Likely After Ukraine War]() By Victor Davis Hanson Just like the Spanish Civil War before World War II, a lineup of eventual adversaries is emerging from Ukraine in what may be a preview for a larger, scarier war to come. [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.]() -