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    In Real Life, There’s No New ‘CBS Newsmax’ Under Bari Weiss

    The leftists on social media have hilariously caricatured CBS News under new Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss as “CBS Newsmax,” like it’s lurched dramatically to the right. But if you’re monitoring CBS in real life, there’s plenty of evidence that “classic CBS” is still operating. In recent days, CBS has proven to be worse than ABC and…
    Tim Graham
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    Bureaucrats’ Political Donations Hint Census Bureau Overcounting for Democrats May Not Be Coincidental

    Undercounting the population in red states like Texas and Florida in 2020 cost Republicans at least six seats in the House of Representatives, while overcounting in blue states like California and New York contributed to 18 new Democratic seats, according to Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Texas. “In 2020, the Census Bureau undercounted in primarily deep-red states…
    Mark Tapscott
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    Minnesota Has Most Proven Cases of Voter Fraud in Nation

    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Minnesota’s election system stands as one of the worst in the nation, and its “vouching” policy is a prime example of why confidence in election security remains fragile. A new Fox News investigation reveals just how risky the vouching system is. Under the state’s rules, one registered voter can “vouch” for up to eight others, meaning…
    Jason Snead
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    Who’s Afraid of the Ten Commandments?

    On Tuesday, the full, 17-judge U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit heard consolidated oral arguments in a crucial case that is all but guaranteed to make it to the U.S. Supreme Court. The predictable controversy surrounding the litigation, which involves similar but distinct mandatory Ten Commandments display laws arising out of Texas and…
    Josh Hammer
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    A Last Line of Defense Before Abortion

    The reasons why women seek abortion have not changed–but society and culture have, according to Emily Berning, president and co-founder of Let Them Live. Pro-abortion groups like Planned Parenthood use flashy, professional, and sometimes seductive social graphics and short-form videos to target young women across social media with a pro-abortion messages. If the pro-life movement…
    Virginia Allen
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    The Left’s Search for a New Cause

    Monday marked Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a national holiday honoring a man best remembered for urging Americans to judge one another by the content of their character rather than the color of their skin. It is a legacy rooted in a specific historical struggle—one that culminated in the Civil Rights Act after years of…
    Ben Shapiro
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    Why ‘The Gulag Archipelago’ Is the Greatest Book of the 20th Century

    On this episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” David J. Mahoney explains to co-host Jack Fowler why he believes Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s “The Gulag Archipelago” is the greatest book of the 20th century. Mahoney, professor emeritus at Assumption University and a senior fellow at the Claremont Institute, also unpacks Thomas Sowell’s theory that…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    Minnesota Leftists Double Down on Anti-Church Protest as Feds Prepare for Arrests

    Minnesota leftists showed no pangs of conscience after disrupting a Sunday worship service at Cities Church in St. Paul. The church was targeted because one of its lay elders works in federal law enforcement—specifically, serving as the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement director for St. Paul. But, despite sparking national outrage, the anti-ICE demonstrators are only doubling down….
    Joshua Arnold
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    EXCLUSIVE: Early Look at the House Anti-Sharia Law Caucus’ Priorities Ahead of First Press Conference

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Sharia Free America Caucus will present a suite of policies to prevent Sharia law from entering U.S. politics during its first press conference scheduled for Feb. 3, The Daily Signal has learned. During the press conference, the caucus, led by Republican Reps. Keith Self and Chip Roy of Texas, will…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    California’s ‘Futureland’ High-Speed Rail Is Still Stuck at the Station

    In 2008, California voters approved Proposition 1A, giving the green light to start planning a high-speed railway connecting San Francisco to Los Angeles, which would be built by 2020 and cost around $35 billion. Well, it’s 2026, and the Golden State’s “Futureland-esque” project is woefully over-schedule and over-budget, now projected to cost around $135 billion….
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    Could the Senate Trigger Another Shutdown in a Week?

    With the House having passed its final batch of appropriations bills, it is now up to the Senate to pass the spending package or risk sending the federal government into a partial shutdown. Despite the pressure to keep the government open, however, a significant number of Senate Democrats and Republicans have complaints about the spending…
    George Caldwell
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    NOT RIGHT, REVEREND: Bishop Refuses to Condemn Church Invasion

    It stands to reason that leaders of the left-leaning Episcopal Church may not condemn anti-ICE agitators, but it still speaks volumes when a bishop refuses to condemn the invasion of a church service. Last weekend, a group of agitators invaded Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, taking over the sanctuary, terrifying children, and chanting, “Who…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    The Early, Ideological Diversity of the Pro-Life Movement

    The massive crowd gathered in Washington for Friday’s March for Life. But what was the pro-life movement like in the early days after Roe v. Wade? Pro-life activist and former President of the Charlotte Lozier Institute Chuck Donovan joined Jack Fowler to discuss the surprising “diverse” coalition of the early post-Roe, pro-life movement, as well…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    Top 25 Signs at the March for Life 2026

    Tens of thousands of pro-life demonstrators filled Washington, D.C., on Friday for the 53rd annual March for Life, an event that once again drew national attention as participants rallied around the 2026 theme, “Life Is a Gift.” The march proceeded from the National Mall toward the U.S. Supreme Court, with crowds composed of families, school…
    Katherine Matt
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    Law Students Circulate Petition to Ban ICE From Job Fair

    Over 1,000 students, alumni, and members of campus groups at Georgetown and George Washington University signed a petition to block the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement from participating in a law school job fair.  “ICE is a fascist organization, tasked with carrying out ethnic cleansing, family separation, and extreme brutality and violence,” states a letter to the deans of…
    Virginia Allen
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    Murder Rates Plummeted Last Year, Yet Media Refuse to Give Trump Credit

    Violent crime plummeted around the country this year, but the legacy media refuse to acknowledge that it has anything to do with the return of President Donald Trump. According to a report by the Council on Criminal Justice, over the past year, the murder rate dropped to its lowest level since 1900. Other crimes dropped…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    ‘BE VIGILANT’: Assistant Health Secretary Warns What Can Happen If Pro-Lifers Don’t Vote

    Assistant Secretary for Health and Human Services Brian Christine warned that the administration’s pro-life wins can be lost if pro-lifers don’t vote in November. “We have to always be vigilant,” he told The Daily Signal in an interview. “All the wins that we’ve had in this administration all of the great things that have been…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    It Might Surprise You, But Here’s How Harry Reid Helped End Roe

    Roe v. Wade would have turned 53 years old on Jan. 22 had the Supreme Court not overturned the decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The Supreme Court justices, and the presidents who nominated them, deserve many thanks. But perhaps another unlikely figure deserves some thanks, too: the late Senate Majority Leader Harry…
    Rebecca Downs
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    EXCLUSIVE: HHS Axes Multimillion-Dollar Blue State Abortion Grant Program

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is asking Maryland to rescind its Public Health Abortion Grant Program, which used federal funds under the Affordable Care Act to pay for abortions. “Under the Trump Administration, CMS will uphold the law that prohibits the use of taxpayer funding for abortion,” CMS Administrator…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    ‘Islamic Extremism Has No Place in Our State’: Texas Reps. Back Abbott as CAIR Plans to Sue

    Republican Reps. Chip Roy and Keith Self of Texas voiced their support for Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s efforts to crack down on Islamic groups accused of having ties to terrorist organizations. On Wednesday, Abbott urged an independent school district to sever ties with the Council on Arab Islamic Relations after administrators planned to hold the…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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