Plus: Big Docket Gets Bigger: Supreme Court Grants Review in Case on Employees’ Religious Rights
February 1 2023
Good morning from Washington, where questions abound about President Biden’s handling of classified documents. Two watchdog groups tell our Fred Lucas where investigators ought to look. The Supremes may decide whether employers can expect religious employees to work on the Sabbath, Sarah Parshall Perry writes. On the podcast, Virginia Allen interviews a police rookie whose story she told after he quit rather than deny his biblical view of marriage. Plus: Tyler O’Neil on schools that took kids to a drag show without parents’ knowledge; GianCarlo Canaparo on what’s wrong with official racial bias; Jason Bedrick on government-funded antisemitism; and Elizabeth Troutman on pre-K gender ideology. Ten years ago today, Netflix alters the media landscape by introducing its D.C.-based dramatic series “House of Cards,” the first major TV show available exclusively on a streaming service.
“This is like a scavenger hunt here. … We’ve got to find out where all the documents are,” says Paul Kamenar, counsel for the National Legal and Policy Center.
“I want Missouri to be the safest state in the nation for children, which includes preventing school officials from taking schoolchildren to drag shows,” says state Attorney General Andrew Bailey.
Jacob Kersey, a former Georgia police officer, joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to share his story and explain why he was willing to sacrifice his job for his faith.
The nation’s largest teachers union recommends that educators begin teaching the concepts of preferred personal pronouns and gender identity starting in pre-kindergarten.