8 Cities That Help Explain National Crime Wave...By Jarrett Stepman FBI statistics show a 30% increase in violent crime in 2020 compared to the previous year, the largest single-year increase since the agency began tracking those numbers in the 1960s.

 

January 28 2022   Happy Friday from Washington, where the left wants to pretend a nationwide surge in violent crime isn’t real. Jarrett Stepman gets to the truth by examining eight dangerous cities. America can put distance between Russia and China, Jim Carafano and four other Heritage Foundation experts argue. On the podcast, we welcome South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem. Plus: an influential House conservative rips Biden for tracking government employees who decline to get vaccinated; a leading swim coach takes on transgender athletes; and ambulances respond to a Planned Parenthood abotion clinic. On this date in 1915, in the first such incident of World War I, a German cruiser sinks the U.S. merchant ship William P. Frye off the coast of Brazil.     COMMENTARY 8 Cities That Help Explain National Crime Wave By Jarrett Stepman FBI statistics show a 30% increase in violent crime in 2020 compared to the previous year, the largest single-year increase since the agency began tracking those numbers in the 1960s. More COMMENTARY Here’s What US Can Do to Weaken Moscow-Beijing Partnership By James Carafano Russia and China’s goals in Europe are identical. They want a weakened and divided Europe that both can exploit. More NEWS House Conservative Leader Slams Biden for Plan to Track Medical Exemptions From Vaccine Mandate By Fred Lucas “Any effort to systematically track requested exemptions from the [COVID-19 vaccine] mandates should be opposed,” says Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz. More NEWS Award-Winning Coach Says Athletes Should Compete Against Gender They Were Born Into By Laurel Duggan Rice University swim coach Seth Huston is challenging the NCAA’s transgender athlete policies. More NEWS EXCLUSIVE: Kristi Noem Criticizes Biden's Promise to Pick Supreme Court Justice Based on Race, Gender By Mary Margaret Olohan South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem criticizes President Joe Biden's pledge to nominate a black woman to be next Supreme Court justice. More NEWS Woman Escorted to Ambulance Outside DC Planned Parenthood Clinic, Witnesses Say By Maggie Hroncich Eyewitnesses report seeing a woman, apparently in pain, escorted out of a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic and taken away by ambulance. More COMMENTARY ICYMI: Florida’s Governor Makes Smart Proposal to Go After Election Crimes. So Corrupt Media Attacks Him. By Hans von Spakovsky It’s no surprise that Gov. Ron DeSantis’ plan is drawing ire from left-wing journalists and activists, who repeat their theme that election fraud isn’t a serious issue. More           Donate to The Daily Signal  Find us on Facebook  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