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opinion
In a Blue State, Parents Beat Planned Parenthood’s Sex Ed Push
Worcester, the second largest city in solidly blue Massachusetts, was the scene of a sex ed showdown between Planned Parenthood and concerned parents and church leaders. Last February, more than 75 of those parents and church leaders stood up alongside the Massachusetts Family Institute to outnumber pro-Planned Parenthood voices at a meeting of a local… -
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For 11 Years, She Lived as a Man
At age 19, Kathy Grace Duncan decided she was ready to live as a man. “Before I went to kindergarten, probably ages 3 to 4, I would ride my tricycle over to get my girlfriend, pick her up. We were going to get married,” she recounts. “So I knew that I wanted to be a… -
opinion
Are Thought Crimes Impeachable?
During special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, his legal “dream team” tried to make a secondary case that Donald Trump also obstructed efforts to prove Trump-Russian “collusion.” Trump was said to have advised his lawyers and other subordinates, past and present, not to cooperate fully with the Mueller investigation. Yet the special counsel did not pursue… -
opinion
A Lesson From ‘The Crown’
There is a telling scene in Season 3 of the Netflix drama “The Crown” about the reign of Queen Elizabeth II that can instruct contemporary America about Democrats’ attempt to impeach President Donald Trump. The episode is titled “Coup.” Harold Wilson is prime minister of Britain. He has just devalued the British pound and a… -
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4 Big Questions About the IG Report on FBI Surveillance of Trump Campaign
An internal watchdog’s report on Justice Department surveillance of President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign is slated to arrive in early December—about the same time as a likely House vote on whether to impeach the president. “Now what you’re going to see, I predict, will be perhaps the biggest scandal in the history of our country,”… -
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French Protesters Didn’t Want Macron’s Gas Tax. They Should Reject His Climate Agenda.
A year ago this month, the “yellow vest” protests began in France. More than 300,000 men and women took to the streets of Paris, Lyon, and Toulouse dressed in bright yellow safety vests. They marched largely in opposition to a proposed fuel tax, arguing that gas prices in France were already too high. A beleaguered… -
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Why the Left Went Berserk After William Barr’s Notre Dame Speech
Rarely does a U.S. attorney general get such blowback for a non-televised speech at a university. Yet that’s what happened to Attorney General William Barr. On Oct. 11, Barr gave a speech at Notre Dame Law School that began with the unremarkable observation that “[f]rom the Founding Era onward, there was a strong consensus about… -
opinion
How the Trump Administration Could Clear Up Regulated ‘Waters’
The Trump administration last month repealed the Obama administration’s infamous “waters of the United States” rule, by which bureaucrats tried to use the Clean Water Act to regulate almost every water imaginable. But this repeal was just the first step in efforts by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers to develop… -
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DHS Deputy Says ‘About 60,000’ Migrants Have Been Sent Back Under ‘Remain in Mexico’ Program
Ken Cuccinelli, the acting deputy secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, lauded the Trump administration’s "Remain in Mexico" program, which has sent tens of thousands of asylum-seekers back across the southern border to wait. Cuccinelli appeared Sunday on “Fox & Friends” to discuss the White House’s efforts to manage the illegal immigration crisis at… -
opinion
Did Trump Critic Rep. Rashida Tlaib Violate Campaign Finance Laws and Ethics Rules?
“It’s pretty simple,” Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., tweeted last March, in calling for President Donald Trump’s impeachment. “No one is above the law, including the President of the United States.” But perhaps Tlaib—among Trump’s harshest critics in Congress—needs to follow up with another tweet, in the interests of transparency. This tweet could read: “No one is above the law…. -
opinion
When She Came Out as a ‘Boy,’ Therapists Silenced Her Mother
This is the experience of just one American parent whose family has had to navigate the trans journey in recent years. To protect the identity of the child I will be deliberately vague about locations and some specifics. But the family was living in one of the big cities of America and have only fairly… -
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5 Things to Know About Rep. Elise Stefanik as GOP Lawmaker Fights Democrats on Impeachment
Few would have predicted that one of President Donald Trump’s strongest defenders in the House impeachment hearings would be a Republican congresswoman who on occasion has been critical of him. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., has attracted public attention for her spirited defense of the president and her status as the only GOP woman on the… -
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Trump Flips Another Federal Court to Majority GOP Appointees
As House Democrats continued their impeachment push, President Donald Trump scored yet another victory toward reshaping the federal judiciary—flipping a third appeals court to a majority of Republican-president nominees. Moreover, as the House engaged in partisan bickering, the Senate voted to confirm Barbara Lagoa to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in… -
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Trump Backs Raising Vaping Age, but Backpedals on Flavor Ban
President Donald Trump said he’s open to increasing the age for buying e-cigarettes from 18 to 21, but is resisting an outright ban, which he fears could fuel a black market. Trump on Friday convened public health advocates, federal officials, and tobacco executives and said, “Twenty-one, we are going to be doing,” regarding the minimum… -
opinion
The Fight Against Infanticide in a Deep Blue State
Andrew Beckwith calls a proposed law in Massachusetts what it is—a prescription for infanticide. Beckwith, president of the Massachusetts Family Institute, explains why this bill would endanger women’s health and allow abortions to occur up to, and even during, delivery. Beckwith also discusses his institute’s effort to stand against transgender legislation. And he explains a… -
opinion
The Left’s Revealing Overreaction to Attorney General Barr’s Landmark Speech
Watching the hysterical reaction of the radical left—such as Ruth Marcus of The Washington Post—to Attorney General William Barr’s thoughtful, well-reasoned, important speech at the Federalist Society convention on the constitutional doctrine of the unitary executive is like history repeating itself. Liberals had the same overreaction to then-Attorney General Edwin Meese’s 1985 speech to the… -
opinion
We Hear You: House Democrats Make Impeachment a ‘Third-Rate Circus’
Editor's note: House Democrats' drive to impeach President Donald Trump sparks some strong sentiments from The Daily Signal's audience. Here's a sampling.—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: I just read Katrina Trinko’s podcast interview with Heritage Foundation legal expert Hans von Spakovsky on House Democrats' impeachment inquiry, and found it to be very enlightening (“Impeachment Evidence… -
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No Matter What the Left Says, ‘Medicare for All’ Will Cost You. A Lot.
Think you’ll be better off if Congress outlaws your private health coverage and puts you on a new government-run health plan called “Medicare for All”? Over half of House Democrats and 14 senators, including Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., say you will. They promise that this massive change and disruption are worth it… -
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Why the ‘Whistleblower’ Should Testify
Democrats and Republicans have been fighting over whether the person who filed a complaint about President Donald Trump’s July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy–sparking the impeachment inquiry now underway against Trump– should be called to testify publicly. We believe the person, who is not technically a whistleblower, should be required to testify…