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    What Video of Gay Sex in Senate Hearing Room Says About America

    Next time you tune in to a high-profile Senate hearing—perhaps to view a Supreme Court nominee sit to be questioned during his or her nomination process—consider this: A man sodomized another man in that very room, in one of the very seats that a U.S. senator would sit to engage in constitutional duties. The person…
    Armstrong Williams
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    Male Might Get Volleyball Scholarship Meant for Female Athletes at University of Washington

    A California transgender volleyball player may become the first biological male recipient of a collegiate Division 1 athletic scholarship designated for women.  Tate Drageset, 17, verbally committed to the University of Washington, where Drageset is poised  to claim one of 12 Division 1 volleyball scholarships designated for female players, Reduxx first reported on Dec. 13. …
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Uncovering COVID-19 Origins: Why Congress Must Breach Biden’s Stonewall

    Next month, the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic will interview Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. After two days of behind-closed-doors interviews, the subcommittee will schedule a public hearing to take his sworn testimony. Fauci’s testimony will doubtless cover a wide variety of topics, ranging from masking to vaccine…
    Robert Moffit
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    15 GOP Senators Warn Against Secret Border Deal With Democrats

    Nearly one-third of Senate Republicans are asking their leaders not to finalize a border agreement with President Joe Biden and other Democrats without allowing members to review it.  The 15 GOP members sent a letter dated Sunday to Republican Conference Chairman John Barrasso, R-Wyo., to ask for a meeting of all Senate Republicans no sooner…
    Fred Lucas
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    Senator Blocks Air Force Colonel’s Military Promotion Over ‘Divisive DEI Policies’

    When the U.S. Senate unanimously approved 425 military promotions earlier this month, one person was missing from the list: Col. Ben Jonsson, the Air Force officer who espoused controversial views on race and diversity. Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., stepped in to hold Jonsson’s ascension to brigadier general after a 10-month blockade of all military promotions…
    Robert B. Bluey
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    By Ending Forced Representation, New Proposal in Congress Could Benefit Workers and Unions Alike

    What if some of the antagonism around labor unions in the United States could be reduced by eliminating laws that force workers and unions alike to do things against their will? That’s what the Worker’s Choice Act, introduced Wednesday by Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., would do. Current law forces workers in unionized workplaces to be…
    Rachel Greszler
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    Hits and Misses: What Congress Achieved in 2023, What’s Ahead for New Year

    Only 17 days remain in 2023, and members of Congress are preparing to leave Washington to return to their districts for Christmas. It has been a lively, and sometimes contentious, first session for the 118th Congress.  The removal in October of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., by his own party likely will be remembered as…
    Virginia Allen
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    SEE WHAT THEY DID THERE: Senate Republicans Pretend to Fight for Life While Enabling Biden’s Abortion Policy

    Republicans in the U.S. Senate voted to trick the American people Tuesday. The Senate voted on a motion to table an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act. Theoretically, if the vote had passed, Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, would have then proposed her own amendment dealing with pro-life policy, but the vote was never going…
    Eric Teetsel
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    Supreme Court Denies Christian Family Counselor’s Challenge to Washington’s ‘Censorship’ Law

    The Supreme Court declined Monday to hear a challenge to a Washington state law prohibiting counselors from engaging in conversations that encourage changes to a minor’s “sexual orientation or gender identity.” The law, adopted in 2018, threatens to fine counselors who violate it up to $5,000 and to revoke their license. The Supreme Court declined on Monday to…
    Katelynn Richardson
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    House Passes Bill to Repeal Biden’s Student Loan Repayment Plan

    The House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill that would repeal the student loan plan issued by the Biden administration after its original plan was ruled unlawful by the Supreme Court. The Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) plan was issued by the Department of Education on July 10, less than two weeks after the Supreme…
    Arjun Singh
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    Pro-Life Senator Ends Holds on Most Military Promotions in His Fight Against Pentagon Pro-Abortion Policy

    In a reversal in the Senate on Tuesday, Sen. Tommy Tuberville backed off his long-running pro-life fight.   Tuberville, R-Ala., had been blocking hundreds of military promotions as a lever to challenge a Pentagon policy promoting abortion. On Tuesday, the Alabama lawmaker said he would free up most of the promotions to proceed after blocking them…
    Virginia Allen
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    4 Key Takeaways From FBI Director Chris Wray’s Senate Testimony

    FBI Director Christopher Wray testified Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee, fielding topics from border security and China to the Hunter Biden investigation.  Wray’s testimony came as the FBI faces continued scrutiny by a House investigation into “weaponized” government under the Biden administration.  Here are key takeaways from Wray’s appearance.  1. ‘Hiding Behind the Skirts…
    Fred Lucas
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    House Passes Bill Barring Funding to House Illegal Aliens on Federal Land

    The federal government shouldn’t be permitted to use taxpayer funds to house illegal aliens on federal government land, under a bill passed by the House on Thursday.  The legislation was introduced by Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., and specifically prohibits federal funding from being used to provide housing for illegal aliens on land that is under the…
    Virginia Allen
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    Threat of Terrorist Attack Against US Has Reached a ‘Whole ‘Nother Level,’ FBI Director Tells Congress

    Foreign terrorists are more likely to attack the United States, according to FBI Director Christopher Wray. “In a year where the terrorism threat was already elevated, the ongoing war in the Middle East has raised the threat of an attack against Americans in the United States to a whole ‘nother level,” Wray said.   “Since…
    Virginia Allen
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    House Passes Bill Keeping Spending at Current Levels Through Early 2024

    The House voted to pass a spending bill to keep the government running at current levels through early 2024—with no new funding for border security, Israel, or Ukraine. The continuing resolution, which passed 336 to 95, also has no spending cuts. Ninety-three Republicans and two Democrats voted against the bill, while one Republican and two…
    Fred Lucas
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    ‘You Have Broken Your Promise’: 27 Senate Republicans Demand Lloyd Austin Drop Abortion Policy

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Twenty-seven Senate Republicans sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin Monday, demanding that he rescind an abortion travel policy that they claim violates U.S. law by circumventing Congress. Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., has vocally opposed this policy. "You have broken your promise to the American people not to politicize…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    The BorderLine: Senate Hearing Shows—Again—Why Mayorkas Should Be Impeached

    The BorderLine is a weekly Daily Signal feature examining everything from the unprecedented illegal immigration crisis at the border to immigration’s impact on cities and states throughout the land. We will also shed light on other critical border-related issues like human trafficking, drug smuggling, terrorism, and more. ———————————————————- At a recent Senate hearing on threats to the homeland,…
    Simon Hankinson
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    Congress Must End Federal Handouts to Radicalized Academia

    In recent weeks, Americans have been shocked by widespread student protests and statements by professors from colleges and universities that support violence against Israel. These incidents highlight that radical ideologies have taken hold of broad swaths of academia. It’s important to counter the toxic pathologies that are opposed to the founding principles of society. However,…
    David Ditch
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    House Votes to Advance Resolution to Censure Rashida Tlaib for Antisemitic Rhetoric

    The House of Representatives declined to table a resolution that would censure Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan for her pro-Gaza advocacy and criticism of Israel, which many have accused of being antisemitic, in a vote on Tuesday. Tlaib has been criticized for her rhetoric on the dispute between Israel and Hamas following the latter’s terrorist attacks…
    Arjun Singh
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    Tlaib’s Despicable Call for Genocide Warrants Harsh Censure by Congress

    Rep. Rashida Tlaib last week made clear that she supports the destruction of the world’s only Jewish state and, therefore, a second Holocaust. On Friday, the Michigan Democrat published a video on X (formerly Twitter) accusing President Joe Biden of supporting genocide against the Palestinian people by supporting Israel in its conflict against Hamas. The…
    Jason Bedrick
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