Police Lt. Explains How Cartels Are Taking Advantage of Biden’s Open Border Policies

Plus: 19 ‘Freedom-Loving States’ Form Anti-ESG Alliance March 17 2023 Happy St. Patrick’s Day from Washington, where the Biden administration doesn’t want to answer for the ease with which cartels bring drugs and humans into the country. Our Virginia Allen visits a popular smuggling route with an Arizona lawman. Nineteen states team up to oppose ESG investment standards, Samantha Aschieris reports. On the podcast, what a former State Department official wants to know about the Chinese social media app TikTok. Plus: how “restorative justice” ruins public schools; the resurgent Russia-China alliance; bailing out woke financial institutions, and an underrated Founding Father. On this date in 1969, Kyiv-born and Wisconsin-reared Golda Meir, 70, is elected as Israel’s fourth—and so far only female—prime minister. NEWS [Police Lt. Explains How Cartels Are Taking Advantage of Biden’s Open Border Policies]() [Police Lt. Explains How Cartels Are Taking Advantage of Biden’s Open Border Policies]() By Virginia Allen Over a three-hour ride-along to visit two primary smuggling routes in the desert, a sheriff’s lieutenant explains how the drug cartels operate and why they’re thriving under President Biden. [More]() NEWS [19 ‘Freedom-Loving States’ Form Anti-ESG Alliance]() [19 ‘Freedom-Loving States’ Form Anti-ESG Alliance]() By Samantha Aschieris Governors pledge to “leverage our state pension funds” to ensure corporations “are focused on maximizing shareholder value, rather than the proliferation of woke ideology.” [More]() ANALYSIS [‘Restorative Justice’ Is Killing American Classrooms]() [‘Restorative Justice’ Is Killing American Classrooms]() By Tony Kinnett Fans of restorative justice see traditional methods of discipline as utterly barbaric and suggest that punishing a student for bad actions sets him on an unshakable path toward prison. [More]() ANALYSIS [Former Undersecretary of State Would Ask TikTok CEO These Questions]() [Former Undersecretary of State Would Ask TikTok CEO These Questions]() By Samantha Aschieris Keith Krach, who was undersecretary of state under President Trump, lays out questions he would ask TikTok’s CEO regarding China and the security of Americans’ personal data. [More]() COMMENTARY [The Most Important Founding Father You May Have Forgotten About]() [The Most Important Founding Father You May Have Forgotten About]() By Rep. Mark Green James Madison doesn't have a musical written about him. He doesn’t have an HBO series. But he is one of the most important Founding Fathers in U.S. history. [More]() COMMENTARY [Russia Helping China Speed Up Its Nuclear Buildup. US Unprepared to Counter It.]() [Russia Helping China Speed Up Its Nuclear Buildup. US Unprepared to Counter It.]() By Jack Kraemer, Patty-Jane Geller While China is providing Russia with lethal aid to support its aggression in Ukraine, the story gets worse: Russia is supporting China’s nuclear buildup. [More]() COMMENTARY [If You’re Woke and Go Broke, Should Taxpayers Pay Your Bills?]() [If You’re Woke and Go Broke, Should Taxpayers Pay Your Bills?]() By Jarrett Stepman It’s feeling like 2007 all over again as Silicon Valley Bank and other financial institutions are going belly up and asking for bailouts from the federal government. [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.]() -