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A Pro-Growth Alternative to the Left’s Tax Hike Agenda
America needs a bold agenda to solidify the current economic expansion and return hard-earned money to taxpayers. That runs counter to the consensus of those on the left, who want large increases in federal spending and dramatic tax increases to pay for them. Their plans are so expansive that it will require both middle-class payroll… -
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Climate Myths Perpetuated by the Alarmists
“How dare you? You have stolen my dreams and my childhood!” insisted teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg at the United Nations. “We are in the beginning of a mass extinction!” Many people say that we’re destroying the Earth. It all sounds so scary. But I’ve been a consumer reporter for years, and I’ve covered so… -
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How to Disunite America
This week, Chick-fil-A, the immensely popular Christian-owned chicken sandwich giant, caved to the cultural left. For years, the left targeted Chick-fil-A, dating back to the 2012 revelation that Chairman and CEO Dan Cathy supports traditional marriage—and, horror of horrors, that charities given donations by Chick-fil-A support traditional marriage. This prompted paroxysms of outrage in the… -
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Feds Hosted Meditation, Massage, and Social Justice Retreat for 450 Employees, Including IRS Workers
The federal government hosted a “Mindfulness & Resiliency Summit” in August where 450 employees from the IRS and other agencies spent two days receiving new-age wisdom, learning to meditate, and receiving on-site massages, photos of the event and a website show. Participants sat through an hour of talks before taking a half-hour “stretch and self-care… -
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Government Interference in Faith Makes It Harder to Find Homes for Kids, Adoption Advocates Argue
America’s children in need of adoption now suffer because of their parents’ opioid addictions, an Alabama congressman said last week at a Heritage Foundation event on the state of the nation’s adoption and foster care system. That system faces many challenges, Rep. Robert Aderholt, R-Ala., said at the event, co-hosted by the National Review Institute. One… -
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Climate ‘Science’ Riddled With Dishonesty, Incompetence
The absolute worst case of professional incompetence and dishonesty is in the area of climate science. Tony Heller has exposed some of the egregious dishonesty of mainstream environmentalists in a video he’s titled “My Gift To Climate Alarmists.” Environmentalists and their political allies attribute the recent increase in deadly forest fires to global warming. However,… -
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Doctor-Turned-Lawmaker Prescribes How to Improve Health Care
Health care continues to be a top issue for Americans, but it’s not getting much attention from Congress. Rep. Greg Murphy, R-N.C., a urologist, brings a unique perspective to the health care debate. Read a lightly edited transcript of the interview, posted below, or listen to the podcast: We also cover: Why Chick-fil-A’s surrender in… -
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7 Big Moments From Day 3 of the Public Impeachment Hearings
Two experts on Ukraine who listened in on President Donald Trump’s phone call with the former Soviet republic’s new leader testified Tuesday on the third day of House Democrats’ public impeachment hearings. The impeachment inquiry sprang from allegations that Trump pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during that call to investigate the Ukrainian business dealings of… -
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Chick-Fil-A, Your Compromise Is Demoralizing
Chick-fil-A wants out of the culture war. News broke Monday that the fast-food chain would no longer donate to the Salvation Army and Fellowship of Christian Athletes, two organizations that hold traditional views on marriage and sexuality. Instead, the Atlanta-based chain will now focus its charitable giving on three causes: education, hunger, and homelessness. Chick-fil-A… -
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Setting the Record Straight on the Value of US Military Aid to Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine—U.S. military aid is a luxury, not a necessity, for Ukrainian combat operations to counter Russian aggression. From what I’ve seen, the country is perfectly capable of fighting its own war—with or without the American military aid. However, recent news reports and social media commentaries highlight the fact that Ukraine’s armed forces suffered at… -
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6 Reasons to Believe Left Hates America
Whenever leftists are charged with not loving or even with hating America, they respond angrily, labeling the question absurd, mean-spirited, and an example of right-wing McCarthyism. But there can be little doubt that the left has no love for America, just as there can be little doubt that liberals and conservatives love America. Love of… -
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Illinois School District Gives Transgender Students Unrestricted Access to Bathrooms
An Illinois school district ruled Thursday that transgender students will have unrestricted access to bathrooms of their choice. The school district held a meeting at Palatine High School in northwest Illinois, where board members voted to give unrestricted locker room and restroom access to transgender students, the Chicago station WGN9 reported. The board voted for the decision in… -
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Pro-Life Nations Reject UN’s Cultural Colonialism on Abortion, Population Control
Many Africans think that international efforts to promote abortion are a prime example of cultural colonialism. Case in point: The just-concluded United Nations Population Fund’s Nairobi Summit to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development. Rather than staying true to the outcome of the 1994 conference, this summit served to showcase… -
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How This Bill Could Free Workers From Forced Union Representation
Imagine that a charge was brought against you and you had to appear in court. Now, imagine that instead of having the choices of representing yourself, hiring an attorney of your choice, or being represented by a public defender, you were required to use an appointed public defender. And now, imagine that the public defender… -
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In Charts, How ‘Medicare for All’ Would Make Most Families Poorer
Under "Medicare for All," three quarters of Americans would be worse off financially, according to new research from The Heritage Foundation. Here’s the bottom line: Most Americans, even many of those not making much right now, would pay more in new taxes than they would save from no longer paying for private health care. … -
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In Pennsylvania, a War on Charter Schools
Charles Mitchell, who leads the Commonwealth Foundation in Pennsylvania, is worried about children’s access to charter schools in the Keystone State. “Our governor has declared war on opportunity for Pennsylvania families,” Mitchell says, referring to Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat. “He’s issued 11 executive orders, the plain intent of which is to put the kibosh… -
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Left’s Rhetoric in Impeachment Hearings Reveals Desperation
If you are in need of more evidence as to why so many Americans are cynical about politics in general and Washington in particular (and isn’t current evidence sufficient?), you need look no further than the etymological shift taken by Democrats during the House impeachment hearings. As The Washington Post first reported, the decision to… -
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Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Chilling Ignorance of History
How can one person get so much wrong in one sentence? I refer to Rep. Ilhan Omar, the neo-socialist Democrat, who endorsed presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders with these words: “I am beyond honored and excited for a president who will fight against Western imperialism and fight for a just world.” “Western imperialism”? Wrong. Omar… -
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‘Now I Know What Freedom Is’: One Young Man’s Escape From North Korea
Observers first see Ilhyeok Kim’s joyful, room-lighting smile before they notice he is relatively short—because he is North Korean defector short. “For me, freedom means that when I want to do something, I’ll do it, and if I don’t want to do something, I don’t have to do it,” Kim told The Daily Signal last… -
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These Are the 8 Witnesses Set to Testify at This Week’s Impeachment Hearings
The second week of House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry is moving out of the “heard it from a friend” stage to focus on witnesses who actually listened in on the phone call between President Donald Trump and the president of Ukraine, or who talked directly with Trump about administration policy toward the former Soviet republic. Here’s…