LGBT // President Trump repealed Obama’s ‘gender identity’ for schools, saying that Obama’s mandate did not show “due regard for the primary role of the states and local school districts” in making education policy. http://cvote.it/2lrU5WE
DEMOCRATS // Seven candidates for the chairman of the Democratic National Committee debated last night and the subject turned to “impeachment.” http://cvote.it/2ls57Lf
ECONOMY // What if the creative destruction of America’s highly-competitive economy buries the working man in the rubble? “The free-flowing economy may maximize the wealth of the economy as a whole, but it could leave some people worse off, namely the low-skilled worker,” writes Tim Carney. http://cvote.it/2ls2CIR
POLITICS // GOP lawmaker says that anger displayed at his town hall was not “manufactured.” “This wasn’t an artificial crowd,” Rep. Mark Sanford, R-SC, told Wolf Blitzer on CNN’s “The Situation Room” when asked about his last town hall. “It wasn’t manufactured… Nobody that I was aware of [was] from outside the state. The bulk of people were local, they were from the district, they were passionate about what they believed. It was real people with real concerns in terms of what came next on healthcare.” http://cvote.it/2ls3ZaI
THROWBACK THURSDAY // 1945 – During the bloody Battle for Iwo Jima, U.S. Marines from the 3rd Platoon, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Regiment of the 5th Division take the crest of Mount Suribachi, the island’s highest peak and most strategic position, and raise the U.S. flag. http://cvote.it/1oytYeM
ANTI-SEMITISM // A suburban St. Louis Jewish cemetery badly damaged by vandals is getting a show of support from cleanup volunteers, well-wishers and financial contributors from across many faiths. Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens, who is Jewish, organized a volunteer effort. Vice President Mike Pence visited the site and helped clean up the cemetery. http://cvote.it/2lspBnh
IMMIGRATION // Gov. Terry House Speaker Paul Ryan visits the US-Mexico border. “When you see with your own eyes the many challenges facing our law enforcement professionals along the border, it gives you even greater respect for the work that they do day-in and day-out,” Ryan said. http://cvote.it/2lsbxdl
CATHOLIC // Catholic doctors protest French law banning ‘misleading’ pro-life websites. http://cvote.it/2ls3FJ1
CATHOLIC // “Ordinary Catholics talking back to Bishops — just like the Church tells them to,” writes Deacon Keith Fournier. http://cvote.it/2ls6YQt
SAINT // Saint Polycarp, disciple of Saint John the Apostle – http://cvote.it/dailysaint
DAILY MASS // “Blessed are they who hope in the Lord.” (Ps 40:5) – http://cvote.it/Daily-Readings
TRUTH //