Weaponizing Death

Plus: WATCH: Border Patrol Blocks Media From Documenting Illegal Immigrants’ Entry Into US May 13 2023 Good morning from Washington, where President Biden made policy changes that broke our southern border as a barrier to illegal immigrants. Now some on his team don’t want journalists to witness a new surge of border crossers, our Mary Margaret Olohan reports. The Left uses horrific homicides and mass murders to score political points, Victor Davis Hanson writes. Plus: energy policies that make no sense; what the Pulitzer Prizes tell us about today’s media; and a day to celebrate real women. Fifty years ago today, Bobby Riggs, 55, defeats fellow tennis star Margaret Court, 30, in a Mother’s Day match that Riggs dubbed a “battle of the sexes.” (Four months later, Riggs would lose a similar match to Billie Jean King, 29.) Don’t forget: Tomorrow is Mother’s Day. COMMENTARY [Weaponizing Death]() [Weaponizing Death]() By Victor Davis Hanson It is eerie how each tragedy prompts a desperate effort to spin narratives of a racist America, where only right-wing killers and vigilantes prey on people of color and those who are transgender. [More]() NEWS [WATCH: Border Patrol Blocks Media From Documenting Illegal Immigrants’ Entry Into US]() [WATCH: Border Patrol Blocks Media From Documenting Illegal Immigrants’ Entry Into US]() By Mary Margaret Olohan Border Patrol authorities positioned buses so that the media could not properly see or film the scene. [More]() COMMENTARY [The Left’s Hypocrisy on Energy Policies]() [The Left’s Hypocrisy on Energy Policies]() By Diana Furchtgott-Roth President Biden’s environmental regulations are focused on slowing development of fossil fuels and promoting electrification, resulting in higher prices for electricity, cars, and gasoline. [More]() COMMENTARY [Those Systemically Racial Pulitzer Prizes]() [Those Systemically Racial Pulitzer Prizes]() By Tim Graham We’re in the third year of the Biden administration, and no one has won a Pulitzer for courageous reporting exposing this president’s failures. [More]() COMMENTARY [Mother's Day Presents an Opportunity to Honor and Stand Up for Real Women]() [Mother's Day Presents an Opportunity to Honor and Stand Up for Real Women]() By Shawn Carney The trans movement is following the recipe of the abortion industry: Degrade women, promote men, and convince women they’re winning. [More]() NEWS [ICYMI: ‘Woke’ Pentagon Unites House Conservatives, Tuberville in Standoff Over Military Promotions]() [ICYMI: ‘Woke’ Pentagon Unites House Conservatives, Tuberville in Standoff Over Military Promotions]() By Rob Bluey House conservatives head to the Senate floor to show solidarity with Sen. Tommy Tuberville, the Alabama Republican crusading against the Pentagon’s woke leadership. [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.]() -