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Obama Condemns US Gun Laws to Audience in Brazil
Former President Barack Obama told a crowd in Brazil Thursday that U.S. gun laws “don’t make sense” because people can buy “any weapon, any time.” Obama's remarks came during an interview at VTEX DAY, a conference in Sao Paulo, Brazil, after he was asked to describe his hardest day as president. “The most difficult day that I’ve had… -
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Sen. Cruz, Rep. Ocasio-Cortez Find Something They Can Work on Together
Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez found something they agree on Thursday, and other lawmakers say they will pitch in, Ocasio-Cortez announced in a Thursday evening tweet. “Okay, with [Democratic Hawaii Sen. Brian Schatz and Cruz] we’ve got at least one D-R team in the Senate to ban members becoming… -
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Disney Threatens to Boycott Georgia but Partners With China, Which Puts Muslims in Internment Camps
The Walt Disney Company is considering boycotting Georgia over its new abortion law, even as Disney profits from doing business in China, a notorious human rights violator that is putting Muslims in internment camps. Disney CEO Bob Iger told Reuters on Thursday the company is likely to cease filming in Georgia if the pro-life law… -
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How College Students Really Feel About Free Speech on Campus
A new survey finding that college students generally support free speech also shows what for some is a worrisome divide over what students value more: an “inclusive society” that “welcomes diverse groups” or protecting “the extremes of free speech.” The Knight Foundation’s “Free Expressions of College Campuses” report polled students over the course of three… -
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DC Theater Cancels Strzok-Page Play, ‘FBI Lovebirds: UnderCovers’
A Washington, D.C.-based theater recently canceled a reading of a new play–a dramatic recitation of the text messages between embattled former FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page–just two weeks before opening night. “This is censorship of facts that they want to keep hidden from the American people,” Phelim McAleer, playwright of “FBI Lovebirds: UnderCovers,”… -
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Why the Bloom is Off the Environmental Rose for Tesla and Other Electric Vehicles
Things suddenly aren’t looking so good for what was supposed to be one of the hottest companies in America, namely, Tesla. As Tesla co-founder and CEO Elon Musk tangles with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over his tweets and with a sales drop-off, the company’s stock price is tanking. Investors are fretting that the… -
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Podcast: Andy Biggs on Mueller’s Statement, Border Security
Special Counsel Robert Mueller recently broke his silence on the Russia investigation, and Democrats are ramping up calls for impeachment. Today, Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., joins the podcast to weigh in on Mueller, impeachment, and a subject very important to his state: border security. We also cover these stories: President Donald Trump steps up attacks… -
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‘Daily, Our Agents Save Somebody’s Life’: Border Patrol Agents Recall Cases of Heroism and Compassion
LAREDO, Texas—Temperatures along the southwest border here average about 90 degrees, and inside the trailer of an 18-wheeler can go up to 120 degrees, said Joel Martinez, deputy chief for the U.S. Border Patrol’s Laredo sector. “We had a 18-wheeler with 120 people in the back. I think seven of them were juveniles,” Martinez told… -
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Missouri Could Become the First State Without an Abortion Clinic
Attorneys for the state of Missouri and Planned Parenthood met in court Thursday in a battle over whether or not Planned Parenthood’s only remaining abortion clinic in the state would be able to remain open. The license for Planned Parenthood’s last Missouri abortion clinic expires Friday, and in a press briefing on Wednesday, Missouri Gov…. -
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MLK’s Niece Applauds Clarence Thomas for Linking Abortion, Eugenics
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is right to call out some abortions as a form of eugenics, a niece of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. told The Daily Signal. Thomas’ concern, expressed in a Supreme Court opinion Tuesday, is not only relevant but “keeps truth, hope, and justice alive,” Alveda King said the… -
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China Continues to Violate Human Rights
Americans’ theory that more trade with China would open up the country to more democracy has been proven wrong. In fact, say Reggie Littlejohn, Huchen Zhang, and Chen Guangcheng on “The Bill Walton Show,” they have backfired. “You cannot tolerate evil. You cannot treat evil with kindness,” Zhang said. The Chinese consider Western countries to… -
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Franklin Graham Calls on People to Pray for Trump This Sunday
Franklin Graham may not agree with Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on much, but apparently, they have one thing in common: They both pray for Donald Trump. At a press gaggle last week, the House leader surprised everyone by saying, “I pray for the president of the United States.” Of course, what she prays is another… -
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No Credit Where Credit Is Due
The quote is attributed to President Harry Truman, and Ronald Reagan kept it on his desk: “It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” It is even more amazing what has been accomplished with the American economy, but Democratic presidential candidates, the media, and economists such as… -
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The Weaponization of Feeling ‘Unsafe’
“I don’t feel safe,” says a Harvard student in a video. What threatens her? The dean of her Harvard dormitory, law professor Ronald Sullivan, agreed to be part of accused sexual harasser Harvey Weinstein’s legal defense team. Sullivan and his wife were deans of the dormitory for years, but no matter. Now the professor is… -
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10 Ways Heritage’s Budget Plan Cuts Unfair Handouts and Waste
The federal government has more programs than anyone can ever hope to count. Each year it spends trillions of dollars, much of which is wasted or used for politically connected groups. This has shamefully saddled America with a disastrous debt of $22 trillion—the equivalent of $173,000 for every household in America. All of this might… -
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Scholastic Meritocracy
With all of the high-profile reports of corruption within the college admissions process surfacing, it is apparent that there is not always scholastic meritocracy. Asian Americans are being routinely discriminated against, throttled in their admissions, despite their statistically higher performance in both coursework and pre-college entrance exams. Similarly, wealthy Americans are being persecuted and penalized,… -
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Illinois GOP Lawmakers Want to Cut off Chicago, Create New State
A group of Illinois Republicans are sponsoring legislation that would split the state in two: Chicago, and everywhere else. State Rep. Brad Halbrook, a Republican representing Shelbyville, Illinois, spoke with The Daily Signal about the effort to win better representation for the people of rural Illinois, whose traditional and economic values are affected by policies… -
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Trump Has Become the Democrats’ Great White Whale
One way of envisioning the Democratic obsessions with Donald Trump is as an addiction. We have seen the initial impeachment efforts; the attempt to get him under the emoluments clause, the Logan Act and the 25th Amendment; the Russian collusion hoax; the Mueller investigation; the demand for his tax returns; and the psychodramas involving Michael… -
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European Parliamentary Elections Reflect Electorate’s Mandate for Change
There is no doubt the winds of change are continuing to blow across Europe. Established political parties of the center-right and center-left suffered large losses during European parliamentary elections, which took place in 28 nations from May 23 to May 26. Across the European Union there were significant gains for nationalist and populist movements, on… -
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What We Can Learn From the European Union
The European Union Parliament elections this week provided a shock to the system for the center-right and center-left coalition in European politics: The big winners were nationalist movements. In France, Marine Le Pen’s immigration-restrictionist National Front defeated the party of the current president, Emmanuel Macron. In Italy, Matteo Salvini’s similarly anti-immigration League Party won big….