These States Are Leading the Charge in the Fight Against the Left’s Marxist Agenda

Plus: Southern Poverty Law Center Has Long History of Carrying Water for Antifa Extremists March 8 2023 Good morning from Washington, where President Biden makes the Left’s dreams come through with “equity” and “inclusion” initiatives. A growing number of states reject such wrongheaded policies, Mike Gonzalez writes. Antifa’s violent extremists have a friend in the Southern Poverty Law Center, Tyler O’Neil reports. On the podcast, two border security officials under Trump analyze the worsening humanitarian crisis there. Plus: increasing taxes to fund Medicare; eyeing China’s military buildup; questioning the Biden administration’s get-out-the-vote effort; and going soft on crime in the nation’s capital. Forty years ago today, in a Florida speech to the National Association of Evangelicals, President Ronald Reagan again calls the Soviet Union “an evil empire”—nine months after doing so in an address to the British House of Commons. COMMENTARY [These States Are Leading the Charge in the Fight Against the Left’s Marxist Agenda]() [These States Are Leading the Charge in the Fight Against the Left’s Marxist Agenda]() By Mike Gonzalez You don’t need a political science degree from the Sorbonne to know there are forces attempting regime change in America. [More]() NEWS [Southern Poverty Law Center Has Long History of Carrying Water for Antifa Extremists]() [Southern Poverty Law Center Has Long History of Carrying Water for Antifa Extremists]() By Tyler O'Neil In June 2020, the SPLC attacked then-President Donald Trump for announcing his intention to designate Antifa as a terrorist organization. [More]() COMMENTARY [Biden’s 2023 Medicare Proposal Doubles Down on Failed Policies of Past]() [Biden’s 2023 Medicare Proposal Doubles Down on Failed Policies of Past]() By Robert Moffit President Biden’s Medicare budget proposals are a tiresome combination of misrepresentations and scare tactics, plus old-fashioned tax increases and Medicare payment cuts. [More]() COMMENTARY [Chinese Defense Spending Rises 7.2% to $225 Billion, but Data Gaps Indicate It’s Higher Than That]() [Chinese Defense Spending Rises 7.2% to $225 Billion, but Data Gaps Indicate It’s Higher Than That]() By Wilson Beaver Chinese leader Xi Jinping has a goal of achieving a world-class military that is fully “mechanized & informationized” by 2027. [More]() ANALYSIS [Former ICE Chief Explains Why Women Illegally Crossing Border Carry These Pills]() [Former ICE Chief Explains Why Women Illegally Crossing Border Carry These Pills]() By Virginia Allen Many young women and girls cross the southern border carrying “morning after” pills, also known as Plan B, because “they know they’re going to be raped,” Tom Homan says. [More]() COMMENTARY [DC’s Radical Criminal Code ‘Reform’ Would Make City Even Less Safe. Congress Is Right to Rebuke It.]() [DC’s Radical Criminal Code ‘Reform’ Would Make City Even Less Safe. Congress Is Right to Rebuke It.]() By Zack Smith, Cully Stimson About one carjacking and 18 car thefts occur each day in the District of Columbia. [More]() ANALYSIS [Biden ‘Weaponizes’ Feds to Boost Democratic Voter Turnout, Ohio Secretary of State Says]() [Biden ‘Weaponizes’ Feds to Boost Democratic Voter Turnout, Ohio Secretary of State Says]() By Fred Lucas “They’re shuffling federal money to unaccountable sources to do what they call voter registration,” says Ohio’s secretary of state. [More]() COMMENTARY [ICYMI: Why the Left Is Pro-Mask]() [ICYMI: Why the Left Is Pro-Mask]() By Dennis Prager One reason the Left insists on forcing others to wear masks is that controlling others’ lives is in the Left’s raison d’etre. [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.]() -