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    Brendan Carr Shows How It’s Done by Moving Policy, Elimination DEI
    As the three members of the Federal Communications Commission head to the Hill Wednesday for their first joint appearance before the Senate Commerce Committee, all eyes will be on Chairman Brendan Carr. The energetic agency head blazed a trail of MAGA media policy, reinvigorated the public-interest doctrine, destroyed diversity, equity, and inclusion policies at Fortune 500 companies,…
    Daniel Suhr
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    Will the Republican Health Care Package Go Up in Flames?
    House Republican leadership wants to get its health care premium-slashing package passed this week. But will a party that has always struggled to find consensus on health care be able to get anything done? The bill in question is the Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act, a bundle of targeted tweaks to Obamacare….
    George Caldwell
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    I Was Coerced Into Abortion Training. We Need Conscience Protections for Medical Providers.    
    “Do no harm.”   It’s one of the first principles of ethical medical care, dating back to the ancient Greeks. But political pressure and a false understanding of patient autonomy have instead forced physicians to violate their patients’ dignity and their own conscience. It’s a troubling paradigm shift in modern medicine, especially in the OB-GYN field. Physicians are reduced…
    Dr. Ashley Womack
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    Kevin Roberts Goes on ‘Offense’ With New Docuseries
    Kevin Roberts, former university professor and current president of The Heritage Foundation, has launched a new docuseries in anticipation of America’s 250th anniversary titled “The Next Frontier.”  “Today, the Left doesn’t just forget history; they rewrite it,” Roberts says in the trailer that dropped this week. “This is our heritage. This is our fight. This is our America. Join us. Make America beautiful again, by honoring what made us great.”  The…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Jimmy Lai’s Family Looks to Trump, World Leaders
    Family members and friends of Jimmy Lai, a businessman and a pro-democracy newspaper owner in Hong Kong, are holding out hope that he can still be released after his guilty verdict on national security and sedition charges, if President Donald Trump and other world leaders put pressure on Chinese leader Xi Jinping to free him….
    Susan Crabtree
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    Chick-fil-A Doubles Down, Keeps DEI on the Menu
    It’s one thing to catch a local Chick-fil-A rebelling against Christian values—and quite another for headquarters to defend it. After this month’s revelation that an Orem, Utah, location was publicly supporting same-sex marriage in a congratulatory post on Facebook, several disappointed customers reached out to corporate, hoping for an apology—or at least clarity—on what they saw as…
    Suzanne Bowdey
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    Florida Public School Districts Shouldn’t Keep Private and Charter Schools From Utilizing Empty Public Facilities
    Jupiter Christian School, located 22 miles north of Palm Beach, Florida, has 700 students on its waiting list. The head of Grandview Prep, also near Palm Beach, reports that the number of applications to private schools in the area increased by almost 50% between 2017-2018 and 2022-2023. A charter school that serves students in grades K-8 near the heart of Orlando reports just three open seats and only across the…
    Jonathan Butcher
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    Make America Affordable Again: Trump, GOP Look to Lower Costs as Midterm Year Approaches
    Republicans are entering midterm campaign mode with an emphasis on messaging about affordability. As President Donald Trump recently kicked off a speaking tour on affordability in Pennsylvania, Republicans on the Hill are attempting to do their part to make America more affordable. The Trump Factor Last Tuesday, Trump made his first stop in a new…
    George Caldwell
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    Victor Davis Hanson: ‘We Never Get Any Thanks for What We Do’
    In this episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Victor Davis Hanson and Jack Fowler discuss former President Joe Biden’s failure to make sure our adversaries in Syria paid a cost for attacking Americans, and the failure of so many immigrants to say “thank you” for all we do. Editor’s note: This is…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    Republicans Rush Health Care Bill Before Christmas Break
    House Republican leadership is hoping to pass a health care plan this week. But it could hit some major speed bumps along the way. Going into the last week in session before Christmas break, House Republicans are in a rush to pass premium-slashing legislation to counter Democrat-led efforts to extend enhanced premium tax credit levels…
    George Caldwell
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    Free Jimmy Lai
    By having its kangaroo court in Hong Kong convict media magnate Jimmy Lai of trumped-up national security charges, China has reminded the world it’s still a communist dictatorship where human dignity, let alone human rights, have no place in the regime’s considerations. Taiwan, take heed: China’s communist leaders would also destroy your island and take…
    Mike Gonzalez
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    This Anti-Christian Group May Be Out of Power Now, But Its Popularity Among Dems Bodes Ill for the Future
    Even a year later, it’s hard to wrap your head around the upside-down world of the Biden administration: The White House celebrated transgender ideology on Easter Sunday, your tax dollars funded the settlement of immigrants who broke the law to come here, and authorities turned to an Antifa-linked group whose “hate map” inspired an act…
    Tyler O’Neil
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  • news

    Trump Declares Lethal Drug a ‘Weapon of Mass Destruction’  
    President Donald Trump has declared fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction.   “With this historic executive order I will sign today, we’re formerly classifying fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction, which is what it is,” the president said at the White House Monday. “No bomb does what this is doing,” Trump added.   Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid,…
    Virginia Allen
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    Undercover GAO Investigation Exposes the Ease of Obamacare Fraud
    No one spends a dollar better than the person who earned it. That adage reveals the crux of massive fraud and improper payments that plague federal health insurance programs and drive up costs for taxpayers. According to a report from the Government Accountability Office, more than 95% of the fictitious applications the GAO created and…
    Rachel Greszler
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    6 Deadly Antisemitic Attacks and Incidents Since Oct. 7 
    At least 15 people are dead after two gunmen opened fire at a Hanukkah event at Sydney’s Bondi Beach. Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese has called the deadly shooting an “act of terror and antisemitism.”   The victims of the Sydney shooting range in age from 10 to 87, according to The Associated Press. About 40 others sustained injuries during the attack.  …
    Virginia Allen
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    EXCLUSIVE: How Trump’s ‘Convicted Felon’ Label Could Soon Vanish
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Almost two years after a Democrat-elected prosecutor secured a conviction against then-candidate Donald Trump, a New York appeals court could decide soon on the appeal of the Manhattan felony conviction. “There is no upside for the courts to string this along. So, we could see a ruling soon,” said Dan Backer,…
    Fred Lucas
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    EXCLUSIVE: Hawleys Tout Polling Showing Where Americans Stand on Pro-Family Policy
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Josh and Erin Hawley’s new pro-family nonprofit is touting polling showing the majority of Americans believe society should provide pregnant women with better options than abortion. The polling, conducted by OnMessage Inc. on behalf of the Love Life Initiative, showed that 84% of Americans agree that “many pregnant mothers face difficult…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    MTG’s Last Legislative Push Before Resigning House Seat Aims to Deliver on MAGA Promise
    The House of Representatives is set to vote on a bill from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., designed to protect children nationally from transgender procedures that disrupt children’s biology and development. Greene’s legislation, called the Protect Children’s Innocence Act, would make it a felony to perform surgery, administer medication, or provide other procedures to a…
    Jacob Adams
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    Conservative Student Dead Following Shooting at Brown University
    The vice president of College Republicans at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, was shot and killed over the weekend.   Ella Cook, a sophomore at the university, was attending an economics study session with a group of other students ahead of finals when a gunman entered the lecture hall and opened fire, killing Cook and another student and injuring at least nine others. Authorities have…
    Virginia Allen
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    More Tax on Tips: Blue States Undercutting New Federal Tax Cuts
    Filthy, vile, and disgusting. And I would add: reprehensible, repulsive, and rebarbative. These words perfectly describe the latest Democrat scheme to shaft industrious, economically embattled Americans, all so that the Left can get President Donald Trump. There are no depths too low for Democrats to dig to hurt this president. They were at Sub-basement Level 14 and have now jackhammered their…
    Deroy Murdock
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