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Pro-LGBT Group at Brigham Young University Wants to Secularize the School
Brigham Young University is known for a lot of things: a great football team, superior academics, but most of all, being the flagship school of the Mormon church (also known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). Yet today, BYU’s identity is being challenged. Not by political forces from Washington, but from within… -
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Podcast: Born at 29 Weeks, This Young American Talks About Late-Term Abortions
Zach Mettler was apparently in quite a rush to see the world—he was born unexpectedly when he was just 29 weeks old, and a mere 2 pounds. The recent college graduate and Heritage Foundation intern shares how that shaped his views on abortion. Plus: We analyze a new video on the Green New Deal by… -
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Problematic Women: What Bre Payton’s Mom and Friends Want You to Know About Grief
The Daily Signal’s weekly podcast, “Problematic Women,” went on a three-month hiatus after losing our podcast co-host, Bre Payton, on Dec. 28 of last year. Bre, a former staff writer for The Federalist, died from a sudden illness, and is survived by her parents, George and Cindy; siblings James, Jack, Christina, and Cheekie; and her… -
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The Natural Limits of Identity Politics
Economist Herbert Stein’s old adage—“If something cannot go on forever, it will stop”—still holds. Take illegal immigration. There are currently somewhere from 11 million to 15 million immigrants living in the United States without legal authorization. Last month, nearly 100,000 people were apprehended or turned away while trying to illegally cross the southern border. Some… -
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3 Keys to Understanding the Attorney General’s Move to Limit ‘Catch and Release’
Attorney General William Barr has announced a new asylum policy to curb the government’s practice of catching illegal immigrants and then releasing them into the nation’s interior. The American Civil Liberties Union already has vowed to challenge the change in court even as President Donald Trump seeks to use all legal tools at his disposal… -
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How China Will Make Us More Vulnerable to Terrorists
China is an adversarial power. It seeks to advance at our expense, leaving America—and our friends and allies—less free, less prosperous, and less safe. The same can be said of ISIS, al-Qaeda, and other transnational Islamist terrorist organizations. Beijing is not colluding with these groups, but that doesn’t matter. If our European allies decide to use 5G technology from… -
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Are Chase Bank’s Account Decisions Motivated by Politics?
I have been a Chase Bank customer for years. Who knows how much longer it’ll be? Will the company’s thought police come for me next? How about you? If you are a non-leftist who does business with the financial giant owned by JPMorgan Chase & Co., you need to ask questions and get answers. On… -
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Those Who Advocate Sanctuary Cities Should Experience the Consequences
In the category of Mad Magazine’s “scenes we’d like to see” comes President Donald Trump’s threat to transport migrants to cities and states that have declared themselves sanctuaries. Apparently he thinks such a move would force Democrats in Congress who represent these places to vote to fund the wall along our southern border. Speaker Nancy… -
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The Establishment Is Trying to Kill Brexit
The April 12 date for Great Britain to leave the European Union has now passed, and Great Britain is still paying about 1 billion pounds ($1.3 billion) a month to be a member of the EU. Last Friday’s departure date was a delay to a previous March 29 deadline, and now it has been moved… -
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Colorado Sex Ed Bill Would Force Kids to Learn LGBT Ideology, Ban Talk of Abstinence
Colorado’s wildly controversial, comprehensive sex ed legislation has ignited national discussions about how far Americans want to expose their children to a radical social agenda. More than a few eyebrows were raised when Colorado passed its mandatory comprehensive sex education law in 2013, which required students undergo “culturally sensitive” lessons. “Culturally sensitive” meant that sex… -
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A Promising Proposal to Stop Wrongful Seizure of Assets
One day in 2012, the IRS turned Randy Sowers’ life upside down when agents seized his entire bank account—$63,000 in hard-earned money. Now, Congress is advancing legislation that would end the practice that made that travesty possible. Sowers was not, after all, a tax evader, criminal conspirator, or money launderer. He is a hard-working Maryland… -
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Podcast: The Burning of Notre Dame
The fire at Notre Dame has been put out. The damage is extensive, but there are glimmers of hope even amid the destruction. Today, Monica Burke joins the podcast to share about the time she visited Notre Dame and what its burning means for France, Christians, and the Western world. We also cover these stories:…. -
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Criticism of Rep. Ilhan Omar Isn’t Incitement
A couple of years ago, I spoke at the University of California, Berkeley. My presence was apparently so offensive to a particular group of people that hundreds of police officers were necessary to ensure the safety of the event. As I spoke inside, the protesters milled about, chanting and shouting. One of their favorite ditties:… -
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Answers to 4 Big Questions About Sending Illegal Immigrants to Sanctuary Cities
The Trump administration is exploring the legality of transporting illegal immigrants who the government can’t detain to sanctuary cities, which by definition welcome illegal immigrants. Prominent Democrats say they oppose the idea, and even supporters say President Donald Trump could be trolling Democrats in a public relations move. If Trump moves forward with the… -
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What Notre Dame Means to Me, a Lifelong Catholic
I almost didn’t go to Paris. We were only a few weeks into our semester abroad in Italy, and I was still struggling with culture shock. Even though Europe was just as beautiful as I had always hoped, I was still frightened to venture too far from the comfort of our quiet apartment complex atop… -
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Noncitizen Sentenced for Illegally Voting in Presidential Election
A Mexican national was sentenced to one month in prison for illegally voting in the 2016 presidential election, a U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced Monday. Guadalupe Espinosa-Pena, 61, pleaded guilty to illegally voting in the 2016 general election in North Carolina. He was consequently sentenced to one month in prison… -
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Man Wearing MAGA Hat Attacked in Maryland Neighborhood
A legal citizen from Togo was reportedly attacked in Maryland for wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat on Saturday, as police have taken two suspects into custody. The man, who lives in Germantown, Maryland, was reportedly attacked in his neighborhood by two men because he was wearing the hat, in support of President Donald Trump. He was reportedly hit… -
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Podcast: Recovering the Lost Art of Civility
With 2020 campaigns already ramping up, it looks like partisanship could be the norm for the foreseeable future. But it doesn’t have to be that way. In today’s episode, Alexandra Hudson joins us to discuss the lost art of civility and the critical role it plays in helping us survive our disagreements. We also cover… -
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Trump and the Rest of the World Mourn on Twitter as Notre Dame Cathedral Burns
President Donald Trump shared in the world’s horror at news that Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, a Catholic landmark dating to the 12th century, was being ravaged by fire. “No cathedral in the world like it,” Trump told a crowd at Nuss Truck & Equipment near Minneapolis, where he spoke at a scheduled event, adding… -
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Potential Consequences of Spying on the Trump Campaign
Actions by Justice Department officials in spying on a Donald Trump campaign adviser in 2016 could be a crime or merely an administrative offense, legal experts say. Crimes could include perjury or misleading a court, they say, while disciplinary action for an administrative offense could mean being fired or losing a law license. Testifying last…