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    Is the End of the American Federation of Teachers in Sight? 

    A recent poll found that a clear majority of Americans favor limiting politics in the classroom. This is bad news for teachers’ unions, who often advocate against that very thing.  Consider the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). With 1.8 million members, the AFT is one of the largest teachers’ unions in the country. It has gained prominence less for advancing classroom outcomes and more for engaging in political activism far removed from instruction. This political activism has been evident recently, as illustrated…
    Madison Marino Doan
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    Accused Fraudster Could Be Replaced by Politician Whose Daughters Committed Covid Fraud

    Daughters of a candidate seeking to replace alleged fraudster Florida Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick have pleaded guilty to COVID-19 fraud. In 2024, Richelle Holness, the oldest daughter of former Broward County Mayor Dale Holness, pleaded guilty to defrauding Florida’s federally funded unemployment program of $30,000. As part of her plea deal, however, Richelle Holness was spared from pleading…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    Democrats Have Devolved Into the Party of Cruelty and Sadism

    As the Department of Homeland Security shutdown slouches through its seventh week, this outrage should convince voters that the Democrats have devolved into a delivery system for pain. Yet again, the so-called “Party of the Little Guy” relishes in making regular Americans writhe in agony so Democrats can score political points and weaponize whatever partisan…
    Deroy Murdock
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    Spanberger Polls Below Majority Support as Virginia Holds Redistricting Vote 

    As Virginia voters take part in a closely contested redistricting referendum, Gov. Abigail Spanberger is heading toward the final tally with historically low approval numbers. For the first time since the 1990s, a sitting Virginia governor is polling below historical norms. According to Washington Post polling, Spanberger’s approval rating stands at 47%—13 points lower than…
    Reagan Campbell
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    ‘PATRIARCHY’: Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s Head-Scratching Response to Ousters of Kristi Noem, Pam Bondi

    Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the wife of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, suggested that the “patriarchy” was behind the recent ousters of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Attorney General Pam Bondi. She described President Donald Trump’s administration as engaged in a “war on all women,” and presented the former Cabinet secretaries as casualties in that conflict,…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Research Sheds Light on the Promise and Peril of AI

    A new study finds some popular artificial intelligence chatbots tell us what we want to hear—even if we need to hear something different. Such sycophancy can cause people to make irresponsible decisions, a troubling research finding for everyone, but especially for educators using AI in classrooms with young children. Stanford researchers hypothesized that AI chatbots,…
    Jonathan Butcher
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    Trump’s Election Integrity Order Faces Wave of Lawsuits Before Dem-Appointed Judges

    Opposition from the left is mounting against President Donald Trump’s mail-in ballot executive order, with two potential 2028 Democrat presidential candidates filing legal challenges before Democrat-appointed federal judges. At least five lawsuits, all filed in federal district courts for the District of Columbia and Massachusetts, aim to block the executive order that directs the Department…
    Fred Lucas
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    When Schools Overreach: HB 355 and the Threat to Parents and Students in Virginia

    As Virginia’s public schools fail at their core mission—educating children—state legislators are expanding their role in ways that encroach on parental rights. Debra Gardner, a former social worker who was first elected to Virginia’s House of Delegates in 2023, introduced HB 355 in January. Beginning in the 2028–2029 school year, the bill would require Virginia’s…
    Stephanie Lundquist-Arora
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    EXCLUSIVE: As NFL Embraces Streaming, Poll Finds Overwhelming Push Back

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Americans overwhelmingly oppose moving live sports viewing to paid streaming platforms, according to a poll by the Internet Accountability Project released Tuesday. The poll found that 93% of likely voters—across party, gender, and age demographics—said it’s important for live sporting events to be available on broadcast television so they can be…
    Fred Lucas
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    EXCLUSIVE: Why Largest Protestant Denomination Opposes Trump’s Surgeon General Pick

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Southern Baptist Convention’s public policy arm opposes President Donald Trump’s nominee for surgeon general, according to a letter obtained by The Daily Signal. The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, the public policy arm of the SBC, wrote a letter to the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee expressing “deep…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Inside the Massive Advocacy Blitz to Set AI Regulations

    Now that the White House has passed the baton to Congress to codify a National Framework on Artificial Intelligence, an advocacy blitz is underway to shape the future of American tech policy.  President Donald Trump previously directed Michael Kratsios, his science and technology adviser, and David Sacks, former AI czar, to recommend federal AI legislation…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    NIH Faces Blowback Over Controversial Dog Research

    Two advocacy groups are calling for the cancellation of taxpayer-funded medical research on dogs at a Michigan lab, claiming that the “experiments” have resulted in the deaths of hundreds of dogs. Representatives from the two groups—the Wilberforce Institute, a conservative animal rights group, and the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, which opposes animal experiments—are set…
    Fred Lucas
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    SCOTUS Decides Challenge to Public Transit Gun Ban

    THE CENTER SQUARE—The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to decide whether individuals can carry firearms on public transportation. The court declined to take up Schoenthal v. Raoul, which challenges an Illinois law banning citizens from carrying firearms on public transportation. Three Illinois residents challenged the ban, arguing it violates the Second and 14th Amendment…
    Andrew Rice
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    Do Beshear’s Barbs Against Vance Give Us a Preview for 2028?

    As speculation builds around the 2028 presidential election, Gov. Andy Beshear, D-Ky., is creating a lane for himself by relentlessly challenging the 2028 Republican favorite, Vice President JD Vance. Beshear is claiming the mantle of a pugnacious yet moderate Democrat as the Democrat field for 2028 is wide open. ABC News recently highlighted Beshear’s desire…
    Rebecca Downs
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    Learning From Charlie

    Charlie Kirk revealed a fundamental problem in our modern education system, and Hillsdale College is working to combat it. Hillsdale College has launched a new feature to accompany our free online courses: curricular paths. We have begun to organize our more than 50 courses into structured paths that guide you to a more robust education….
    John Case
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    Radical Tax Hikes Will Accelerate PA’s Outmigration

    Gov. Josh Shapiro keeps repeating the claim that Pennsylvania is the only growing state in the Northeast. But that’s not true. Residents continue to leave Pennsylvania for greener pastures. New data from the Internal Revenue Service shows that Pennsylvania lost 15,000 residents on net to other states in 2023. Those residents took with them $2.3 billion…
    Nathan Benefield
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    She Was Imprisoned for Selling Her Baby. Now Delaware Wants to Make It Legal. 

    On Sept. 3, 2011, in the parking lot of the Delaware Park Racetrack, a woman named Bridget Wismer handed her newborn son to a man named John Gavaghan in exchange for $15,000 in cash and a money order. Gavaghan had never met Wismer before the pregnancy and had no genetic connection to the child, but he listed…
    Josh Wood
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    Confidence in Higher Ed Is Eroding, but a University President Offers a Path to Restoration

    Never before have more Americans attended college. Today, roughly 57% of Gen Z enroll in some form of postsecondary education after high school. Yet at the very moment participation has peaked, confidence in higher education is eroding. The traditional four-year degree, once a hallmark of intellectual formation and social mobility, is increasingly questioned, both for…
    Katherine Matt
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    Heritage Foundation Hosts Panel on Women, Work and Family

    Conservative women from all seasons of life gathered last month to discuss the challenges they face and to share solutions for balancing work, marriage, and family. The March 18 event on “Women, Work and Family,” hosted by The Heritage Foundation, brought together working women, moms, policy experts, and one Illinois congresswoman to explore how American…
    Jenna Lee
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    The California Exodus Grows as Affordability Crisis Pushes Residents Out

    The California Exodus is quickening, and it turns out the people leaving don’t have to wander too long to find a new promised land. That’s the takeaway from several recent reports showing that the population decline in California is becoming extreme, but that the people who choose to leave the state are finding life much…
    Jarrett Stepman
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