June 19, 2017
Good morning from Washington, where federal agencies use taxpayer dollars to celebrate LGBT Pride Month. Wait, isn't this the Trump administration? Fred Lucas reports what's going on. Our foreign correspondent, Nolan Peterson, gets a bird's-eye view when a Russian fighter comes alongside an airborne NATO exercise. A "thank you" from Cuban women tells why Trump did good in reversing Obama's pro-Castro policy, Mike Gonzalez writes. Plus: a video from Beverly Hallberg on talking Obamacare, and Katrina Willis on a famous feminist's take on transgenderism. Today, many localities observe Juneteenth, marking the end of slavery in America. And this just in: Steve Scalise's condition is upgraded to serious.
"I was very surprised … by Gen. Mattis. I thought his total focus would be on military readiness and winning wars, and not social engineering," says retired Army Lt. Gen. Jerry Boykin.
The Daily Signal's Nolan Peterson was onboard a U.S. Air Force KC-135 aerial refueling tanker, part of a NATO formation June 9, and witnessed the intercept by the Russian Su-27 fighter jet.
Communications guru Beverly Hallberg shares her strategies on how to have a productive discussion on health care with the people in your life.
"These days, Mr. President, when most of the world responds with a deafening silence to the harassment, arbitrary detentions, beatings, house searches, and robberies against peaceful opponents, human rights activists and defenseless women, your words of encouragement are most welcomed," writes a Cuban dissident.
"The cold biological truth is that sex changes are impossible," says Camille Paglia.
"I was a heavy heroin addict for 15 years and an importer and dealer. I have not used for 12 years and I know others who quit," writes Patricia Williams.
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