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8 Serious Flaws in the New Background Check Bill
Very few people disagree with the idea that certain individuals should not be allowed to legally access firearms. Federal law reflects this general consensus by barring felons and those with histories of serious mental health problems from legally purchasing or possessing firearms unless their civil rights have been restored. But certain members of Congress have… -
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Ocasio-Cortez on Climate Change: ‘Is It OK to Still Have Children?’
Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez posed a question to her supporters during a streaming conversation from her kitchen Sunday night: “Is it OK to still have children” because of global warming? There is a “[s]cientific consensus that the lives of children are going to be very difficult, and it does lead, I think, young… -
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Jussie Smollett and the Wages of Victimhood
What’s the moral of the Jussie Smollett case? Simply this: A culture that rewards victimhood status will produce an ever-growing number of victims. It’s basic economics, really: You get more of what you subsidize and less of what you tax. Smollett was indicted Wednesday and arrested and arraigned Thursday on a felony charge of filing a… -
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Trump Administration’s Move Hits Abortion Clinics’ Funding
The Trump administration issued a rule Friday barring Title X funds from supporting programs and organizations that provide abortions or abortion referrals. The rule states that “none of the funds appropriated for Title X may be used in programs where abortion is a method of family planning.” The move will force Planned Parenthood and other abortion clinics… -
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Male Runners Dominate Girls High School Track in Connecticut
Two male runners are continuing to dominate high school girls track in Connecticut. High school juniors Terry Miller and Andraya Yearwood took first and second place in the state open indoor track championships Feb. 16, The Associated Press noted in a report Sunday. Both Miller and Yearwood are biological males who identify as transgender girls. One of their competitors, high… -
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Protecting Babies Who Survive an Abortion Should Not Be Controversial
The Senate is set to vote Monday on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, a bill that would provide desperately needed protections for babies who survive an abortion attempt. Such a policy should not be remotely controversial. Current federal policy does not do enough to protect these babies. The Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act would… -
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Why Gender Dysphoria Must Remain a Bar to Military Service
In normal usage, “discrimination” is an ugly word. But discrimination has two meanings. The first and more familiar definition is “the treatment of a person or particular group of people differently, in a way that is worse than the way people are usually treated.” Discrimination of that sort is clearly unacceptable. The second, less common… -
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Podcast: Meet the Man Who Is Calling Out Ocasio-Cortez With a Times Square Billboard
On today’s podcast we feature an interview with Alfredo Ortiz, president and CEO of Job Creators Network, an advocacy group for small businesses. Ortiz and his organization played a critical role in passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in 2017. Now he’s working to defend tax reform and fight proposals such as the… -
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We Hear You: What Listening to Each Other Might Achieve
Editor's note: Welcome to the 100th edition of "We Hear You," where we publish your takes on the policy issues The Daily Signal covers. Thank you for making this feature one of our most popular. And don't forget to write us at [email protected].—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: Thanks for Rob Bluey’s interview with Black Lives… -
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Media Misses: Reaction to Jussie Smollett and Covington Case Shows Media’s Agenda
Don’t let the facts get in the way of a good narrative. But that’s what happened in the case of Jussie Smollett, a gay, black actor who stars in the show “Empire,” who claimed he was the victim of a vicious and brutal hate crime in Chicago. On Wednesday, Smollett was charged with filing a false… -
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Pence Promises Governors a ‘Historic’ Infrastructure Plan
Vice President Mike Pence on Friday told a gathering of state governors that the Trump administration is working with Congress on what he called a “historic” infrastructure program that would both reduce red tape and provide more federal funding. Addressing the governors at the vice presidential residence at the Naval Observatory in Washington, Pence did… -
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9 Years After Obamacare Passed, Agency Finds Numbers Were Wildly Off
Democrats defeated Republicans in the Obamacare repeal fight by warning that 22 million Americans would be thrown off their health insurance. They pointed to data leaked from the Congressional Budget Office. Well, it turns out that data was completely wrong. According to a report by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released Wednesday, the… -
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Competition, Not Government Control, Can Make Health Care Cheaper
In a new Gallup poll, 35 percent say government is the worst problem facing the U.S. In the 55 years that Gallup has asked the question—”What do you think is the most important problem facing this country today?”—this is the highest percentage of people who have identified the government as the nation’s worst problem. Given… -
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Navy Vet Sues to Allow ISIS Bride to Return to US
A former Navy commander filed a complaint on behalf of the father of so-called ISIS bride Hoda Muthana Thursday requesting that the Trump administration let Muthana and her 18-month-old son return to the U.S. Muthana, 24, was born in the U.S. but ran away from her life as a student at the University of Alabama… -
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Even After World War II, Europe in Denial About Evil
“There are none so blind as those who will not see.” One might think that after denying the evidence of Adolf Hitler’s rise and objectives that resulted in World War II, Europeans might be more attuned to modern threats. Last week on a visit to Munich (oh, the irony), Vice President Mike Pence criticized Europe’s… -
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How Putin Uses Russian Orthodoxy to Grow His Empire
When Vladimir Putin rose to the presidency of Russia in 2000, he inherited the remains of a once-fearsome communist-atheist imperial state. In the intervening 19 years, he has transformed Russia back into an imperial power with global ambitions. One of his key tools in that transformation has been the Russian Orthodox Church. Putin often invokes… -
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Sanctuary Laws Allow Illegal Immigrant Who Tried to Kill a Cop to Remain in US, ICE Claims
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials claim a deadly shootout between an illegal immigrant and a sheriff’s deputy could have been prevented if California sanctuary laws allowed them to do their job. A deadly shootout on Sunday took place between a cop and a Mexican national. During a routine traffic stop in Napa County, California, Javier Hernandez Morales,… -
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New Pro-Life Movie ‘Unplanned’ Gets R Rating
The Motion Picture Association of America officially gave the upcoming abortion film “Unplanned” an “R” rating Friday for “some disturbing/bloody images” of aborted babies. Movies are rated R for profanity, nudity, sex, or violence. “Unplanned” contains no profanity, nudity, or sex. “Ironically, the MPAA seems to be indirectly endorsing the pro-life position: namely that abortion is… -
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House Democrats Introduce Resolution to Block Trump’s National Emergency
Democrats in the House of Representatives introduced a resolution to block President Donald Trump’s national emergency that could allow him to build a wall on the southern border. Democratic Texas Rep. Joaquin Castro introduced the resolution, which he said will pass the House, as 222 co-sponsors have jumped on board. Castro sent out a tweet saying… -
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Gillespie Addresses Northam Blackface Controversy: ‘Doesn’t Reflect the Virginia I Know’
Ed Gillespie, the Republican candidate who lost the 2017 Virginia governor’s race to Ralph Northam, said Virginia has much healing to do. “For Virginians, this is a very painful time to see these images splashed up on television screens and newspapers, and it doesn’t reflect the Virginia that I know and fellow Virginians know,” Gillespie…