Conservatives to Trump: Short-Term Victories From Killing Filibuster Could Be Costly

[The Daily Signal] Aug. 2, 2017 Good morning from Washington, where President Trump suddenly is interested in getting rid of the filibuster in the Senate. That's shortsighted, conservatives tell Fred Lucas. The retired general now in charge of the White House staff can get the job done, Steve Bucci writes, and he should know. Can investigators retrieve information from a former House IT aide's computer? An expert tells Mark Tapscott. Plus: Jarrett Stepman on Obamacare's corrosive effect, Jessica Vaughan on making sanctuary cities pay, and Austin Ruse on the LGBT movement's fake science. News [Conservatives to Trump: Short-Term Victories From Killing Filibuster Could Be Costly]( "Getting rid of the filibuster makes it a lot easier to grow government," a student of the Senate says. [Read More]( Commentary [New White House Chief of Staff Is Up to the Task]( John Kelly has proven to be always steady, always professional, and utterly unafraid to speak up in principled dissent. [Read More]( Commentary [Obamacare Erodes Private Health Insurance]( Under Obamacare, the previously insured are at risk of becoming the uninsured as middle-income Americans are squeezed out of the individual insurance market. [Read More]( News [Contents of House IT Aide's Smashed Hard Drives Seen as Recoverable]( Somebody smashed computer hard drives the FBI recovered from the home of a former IT aide to Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., recently chairman of the Democratic Party. [Read More]( Commentary [Jeff Sessions Set to Block Millions for Sanctuary Cities]( This move is helping fulfill one early promise of the Trump administration: to impose consequences on the most egregious of the more than 300 sanctuary jurisdictions. [Read More]( Commentary [How the LGBT Movement Used Fake Science to Push Gay Marriage]( The LGBT movement wants you to believe that children raised by gay parents are just as happy, just as well-adjusted, and exactly the same as children raised by their biological mothers and fathers. [Read More]( Commentary [The Minimum Wage Hurts Workers. So Why Does the Left Want to Hike It?]( It is utterly disgusting and inexcusable for trained economists to ignore basic laws of economics. [Read More]( [The Daily Signal] The Daily Signal is brought to you by more than half a million members of The Heritage Foundation. [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 [comments@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.]( -