Jan. 30, 2018
Good morning from Washington, where President Trump will deliver his first State of the Union address tonight to a joint session of Congress—and the American public. Watch for our coverage and analysis of the speech, including an aftershow at dailysignal.com/live. On other fronts, we’ve got Ryan Anderson’s thoughts on the effects of transgender activism on children, and Amy Swearer’s argument against a bad way to prosecute sexual assaults. Plus: Bob Moffit on what states can do to provide relief from Obamacare, and Diane Katz and Dean Cheng on a crazy idea for the government to create its own wireless network.
People who have had transition surgery are 19 times more likely to die by suicide.
In layman’s terms, "trauma-informed" investigators are told to ignore standard red flags such as inconsistent accounts, counterintuitive behavioral responses, and even factually wrong statements, because these things are normal from trauma victims.
In some states, health insurance costs are so high that enrolling in the Obamacare coverage is akin to financing a second mortgage.
Like you, I’ve heard all of the allegations about President Trump’s past, his years of baggage and personal failings. I don’t pretend to know what’s true and what isn’t—certainly not now, in an environment as toxic as ours.
One of the MS-13 members involved with the murders was a previously deported illegal immigrant who had re-entered the United States.
National security officials reportedly are considering federal funding and construction of a faster, higher capacity nationwide wireless network to counter a similar effort by the Chinese government.
The movement to reduce the use of plastic straws has received considerable support in California, with none other than the Los Angeles Times and celebrity astronomer Neil deGrasse Tyson endorsing "straws-on-request" policies.
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