Our French Revolution

Plus: How the COVID-19 Pandemic Affected Church Attendance Habits April 10 2023 Good Friday greetings from Washington, where the FBI wields a glossary to help agents identify violent extremists online. Fred Lucas reports. With Easter Sunday in view, our Katrina Trinko ponders Americans’ growing absence from the pews. On a bonus edition of the podcast, meet a crowdfunded Christian movie that put major contenders on the ropes. Plus: how the U.S. can counter China; churches come under escalating attack; CBS News flaunts its pro-Democrat bias; and a disturbing addiction to mobile devices. On this date in 1970, American icon John Wayne wins his first and only Academy Award for acting when he claims the Oscar for playing dissolute U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn in the Western “True Grit.” Morning Bell returns Monday. Have a blessed Easter. COMMENTARY [Our French Revolution]() [Our French Revolution]() By Victor Davis Hanson We are in a Jacobin revolution of the sort that in 1793-94 nearly destroyed France. And things are getting scary. [More]() NEWS [10 Disturbing Responses by LGBTQ+ Activists After the Nashville School Shooting]() [10 Disturbing Responses by LGBTQ+ Activists After the Nashville School Shooting]() By Tony Kinnett, Elizabeth Troutman These activists threaten to retaliate against those they claim are taking away their “rights” to perform transgender procedures on minors and to hide students’ changes in names. [More]() COMMENTARY [Trump Isn’t Only One Facing Double Standards of Justice]() [Trump Isn’t Only One Facing Double Standards of Justice]() By Katrina Trinko What’s happened to Trump is just the most prominent example of the justice system’s corruption. It’s not an exception to the rule, but an arrest that highlights a very concerning pattern. [More]() COMMENTARY [A University Gets Free Speech Right … Mostly]() [A University Gets Free Speech Right … Mostly]() By Seth Lucas, GianCarlo Canaparo When students demanded that state-funded George Mason University cancel Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin as this year’s commencement speaker, the university refused. [More]() NEWS [Cartels, Not US Government, Are ‘Choosing Who Enters This County,’ Sen. Sinema Says]() [Cartels, Not US Government, Are ‘Choosing Who Enters This County,’ Sen. Sinema Says]() By Virginia Allen The Mexican cartels, not the U.S. government, are controlling aspects of the southern border, Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema says. [More]() COMMENTARY [Christians Must Take Children to Transgender Procedures or They Can’t Adopt, Oregon State Law Says]() [Christians Must Take Children to Transgender Procedures or They Can’t Adopt, Oregon State Law Says]() By Ben Johnson Oregon refused to allow a Christian mother of five to adopt two children after she said her religion would not let her take a young minor to receive cross-hormone injections. [More]() COMMENTARY [Michigan Public Schools Admit Teaching Critical Race Theory]() [Michigan Public Schools Admit Teaching Critical Race Theory]() By Angelo Soto, Mike Gonzalez Detroit Public Schools Community District Superintendent Nikolai Vitti admits that the schools are “deeply using critical race theory.” [More]() ANALYSIS [Media Watchdog Group Holds Stanford Law School Accountable After Students, Associate Dean Heckle Conservative Judge]() [Media Watchdog Group Holds Stanford Law School Accountable After Students, Associate Dean Heckle Conservative Judge]() By Virginia Allen “These crybullies throw metaphorical punches all day long and they never have to take one in return, and that's where we step in," Adam Guillette, president of Accuracy in Media, says. [More]() NEWS [ICYMI: Here’s FBI Glossary for Flagging ‘Violent Extremism’]() [ICYMI: Here’s FBI Glossary for Flagging ‘Violent Extremism’]() By Fred Lucas The FBI uses a “glossary of terms” to look for online that could indicate someone is involved with “violent extremism,” according to newly obtained documents. [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.]() -