FOREBODING: SPLC 'Laying the Groundwork' for Government to Silence Conservatives, Traditional Catholic Warns

Plus: Is My Money Safe? Financial Expert Explains Recent Bank Failures, Questions Activity of JPMorgan Chase May 15 2023 Good morning from Washington this National Police Week. Based on a left-wing group’s say-so, the FBI apparently checked out the editor of a traditionalist Catholic newspaper. Tyler O’Neil has that troubling story, as well as interviews with congressmen from three states bracing for a surge of illegal immigrants. On the podcast, investment adviser David Bahnsen unpacks the effects of bank failures, woke capitalism, and interest rate hikes on ordinary Americans. Plus: back to basics with poetry in class; responding to the plight of unaccompanied kids at the border; and the Left’s misleading assault on the Supreme Court. On this date in 1982, Paul McCartney’s duet with Stevie Wonder, “Ebony and Ivory,” hits No. 1 on Billboard’s pop chart, where it will remain for seven weeks. NEWS [FOREBODING: SPLC 'Laying the Groundwork' for Government to Silence Conservatives, Traditional Catholic Warns]() [FOREBODING: SPLC 'Laying the Groundwork' for Government to Silence Conservatives, Traditional Catholic Warns]() By Tyler O'Neil The FBI appears, at least briefly, to have joined the Southern Poverty Law Center’s attempt to demonize Catholics who follow the church’s teachings on marriage and celebrate the Latin Mass. [More]() ANALYSIS [Is My Money Safe? Financial Expert Explains Recent Bank Failures, Questions Activity of JPMorgan Chase]() [Is My Money Safe? Financial Expert Explains Recent Bank Failures, Questions Activity of JPMorgan Chase]() By Virginia Allen A JPMorgan Chase shareholder explains why he has proposed a resolution calling on the bank to investigate whether it is discriminating against clients for their religious or political views. [More]() NEWS [Every State Is a Border State: How the Migrant Crisis Impacts Wisconsin, Alabama, Virginia]() [Every State Is a Border State: How the Migrant Crisis Impacts Wisconsin, Alabama, Virginia]() By Tyler O'Neil “In rural Wisconsin, we’re having people die of fentanyl overdoses, and it’s happening all the time,” says Rep. Derrick Van Orden. [More]() COMMENTARY [Georgia, Arkansas Revive Old-School Teaching Method: Poetry Recitation. Here’s Why That’s a Good Thing.]() [Georgia, Arkansas Revive Old-School Teaching Method: Poetry Recitation. Here’s Why That’s a Good Thing.]() By Rachel Alexander Cambre Reciting great works of poetry will reacquaint students with the existence of truth, goodness, and beauty, teaching them what no ideology can—namely, how to be at leisure. [More]() COMMENTARY [Congress Must End the Exploitation of Unaccompanied Alien Children]() [Congress Must End the Exploitation of Unaccompanied Alien Children]() By Lora Ries Unaccompanied alien children are often brutally mistreated on the journey, and many don’t have happy endings. Sadly, unknown numbers are sex-trafficked, subjected to child labor, and face other abuses. [More]() COMMENTARY [The Great Left-Wing Disinformation Operation Against the Supreme Court]() [The Great Left-Wing Disinformation Operation Against the Supreme Court]() By Josh Hammer The current disinformation operation amounts to one big, crass intimidation tactic—a flexing of muscle by what the late Andrew Breitbart famously called the “Democrat-media complex.” [More]() COMMENTARY [ICYMI: Weaponizing Death]() [ICYMI: 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]() [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.]() -