21 Federal Agencies Promote ‘Pride Month’ With Taxpayer Dollars

Plus: California Creates Baby-Selling Market Through ‘In Vitro Fertilization for All’ June 20 2023 Happy Juneteenth from Washington, where the blessings of liberty increasingly are under attack. Slavery couldn’t survive long in a free nation, our Jarrett Stepman argues, and that question remains timely. And just to the north, he writes in another piece, Canadians let the government help kill more of them. In a special podcast, Virginia Allen finds out what one educator is doing to try to fulfill the promise of Junteenth. Plus: Victor Davis Hanson on top Democrats’ immunity from prosecution; Dennis Prager on America’s nuttiness crisis; and Amy Swearer on how free people defend themselves and others with guns. On this day in 1865, now called Juneteenth, Union soldiers arrive in Galveston, Texas, with news that the Civil War is over and slavery is abolished in the U.S. NEWS [21 Federal Agencies Promote ‘Pride Month’ With Taxpayer Dollars]() [21 Federal Agencies Promote ‘Pride Month’ With Taxpayer Dollars]() By Gigi De La Torre On Twitter, the Department of Transportation published a poster that contained a pride-themed, Black Lives Matter fist logo with the word “pride.” [More]() NEWS [How James Comer Emerged as the De Facto Special Counsel Probing Biden Bribery Scandal]() [How James Comer Emerged as the De Facto Special Counsel Probing Biden Bribery Scandal]() By Fred Lucas “People need to understand the amount of pressure on Chairman Comer,” says Oversight Committee member Rep. Gary Palmer. “A lesser man would wilt. I don’t think he will.” [More]() ANALYSIS [Newt Gingrich’s New Book Reveals Behind the Scenes of 1994’s ‘Republican Revolution’]() [Newt Gingrich’s New Book Reveals Behind the Scenes of 1994’s ‘Republican Revolution’]() By Virginia Allen In his new book “March to the Majority: The Real Story of the Republican Revolution,” Newt Gingrich explains how the Contract With America fundamentally changed the Republican Party. [More]() COMMENTARY [California Creates Baby-Selling Market Through ‘In Vitro Fertilization for All’]() [California Creates Baby-Selling Market Through ‘In Vitro Fertilization for All’]() By Emma Waters The latest trend to come from leftist lawmakers and the reproductive industry alike should shock everyone with a conscience: selling babies. [More]() NEWS [EXCLUSIVE: US Bishops Urged to Stop Trans Surgeries at Catholic Hospitals]() [EXCLUSIVE: US Bishops Urged to Stop Trans Surgeries at Catholic Hospitals]() By Mary Margaret Olohan A health sharing group urges the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to address reports that Catholic hospitals are performing hormonal and surgical sex-change operations on young people. [More]() COMMENTARY [House Republicans Expose Left’s DEI Agenda at State Department]() [House Republicans Expose Left’s DEI Agenda at State Department]() By Mike Gonzalez In what became an exchange that was both personal and went right to the crux of the matter, Rep. Brian Mast asked the State Department’s first chief of DEI: “Can you tell me—am I white?” [More]() NEWS [‘The People’s Justice’: New Book Demolishes Left’s Caricature of Clarence Thomas]() [‘The People’s Justice’: New Book Demolishes Left’s Caricature of Clarence Thomas]() By Amul Thapar In 1998, Justice Clarence Thomas walked out of church after daily mass. He descended the steps of St. Joseph’s Church and began to walk to the Court, when a homeless man came running toward him. [More]() NEWS [EXCLUSIVE: Virginia Senate Candidate Makes Major Parental Rights Pledge After SPLC Attack]() [EXCLUSIVE: Virginia Senate Candidate Makes Major Parental Rights Pledge After SPLC Attack]() By Tyler O'Neil A Republican running for Virginia Senate responds to an attack on parental rights groups such as Moms for Liberty by pledging to introduce a Parental Bill of Rights Act in the Legislature should she win. [More]() COMMENTARY [ICYMI: In Canada, the West’s Suicide Is Becoming Literal]() [ICYMI: In Canada, the West’s Suicide Is Becoming Literal]() By Jarrett Stepman Who now controls who lives or dies? Increasingly in Canada, government agencies do. [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.]() -