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3 Drag Queens Carry the Olympic Torch in France
The news that American rap star Snoop Dogg is scheduled to carry the Olympic torch just before the start of the opening ceremony this weekend is something some aren’t too happy about. But stirring far more controversy for the Paris Olympics are the three French drag queens who carried the torch last week as part of the… -
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RELIGIOUS LIBERTY VICTORY: Va. Court Deals Blow to School District’s ‘Unconstitutional’ Pronoun and Bathroom Policies
A Virginia court ruled Wednesday that students can challenge unconstitutional “transgender” pronoun and bathroom policies. “We are pleased with the court’s decision recognizing that students can, in fact, challenge unconstitutional policies implemented by school boards in Virginia,” America First Legal attorney Andrew Block told The Daily Signal. Fairfax County Public Schools in Northern Virginia requires… -
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Over Three-Fifths of Americans Believe Kamala Harris Covered Up Biden’s Health Issues, Polls Find
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—More than three-fifths of Americans believe Vice President Kamala Harris was involved in covering up President Joe Biden’s declining health, two polls found. Biden announced Sunday that he was dropping out of the presidential race, and Harris secured enough verbal support from Democratic National Convention delegates on Monday to be the presumptive nominee. The polls, conducted… -
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Kamala Harris Wanted to End Cash Bail, Reduce Penalties for Criminals
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—A newly resurfaced memo put out by Vice President Kamala Harris’ 2020 presidential campaign outlines her plan to “fundamentally transform” the criminal justice system by reducing penalties for criminals. In 2019, Harris promised to end cash bail, get rid of court-ordered fines, expunge the records of some felons, discontinue federal mandatory minimum… -
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Democrat Scrambles Amid Calls to Boot Him From Committee Investigating Trump Assassination Attempt
A Mississippi congressman proposed a bill that would revoke Donald Trump’s Secret Service detail. Now that Republicans are calling for his removal from the committee investigating the assassination attempt, the Democrat is downplaying how the bill would threaten the former president’s safety. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., introduced the Denying Infinite Security and Government Resources Allocated… -
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Defense Department Schools’ DEI Agenda Underscores Need for Education Freedom for Military Families
Military families shouldn’t have to worry that their kids are being indoctrinated while they defend our country. However, for families sending their children to schools funded by the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA), which operates domestic and overseas schools for military children, the consequences of a neo-Marxist education are now a troubling reality. In… -
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DEI Is Wreaking Havoc on America, But Here Are Some Signs for Hope
As someone who fought to ensure equal rights for all Americans beginning in the 1960s and ’70s, I’ve been distressed by the overwhelming cultural revolution brought about by the progressive Left and its desire to enforce an ideology of wokeism with its race-based “diversity, equity, and inclusion” mandates. The efforts of my generation during the… -
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Family Fights for First Amendment Rights of 6-Year-Old Daughter Severely Punished for ‘Any Life’ Matters Drawing
The Pacific Legal Foundation has asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse a lower court ruling in California that said elementary school students have no First Amendment rights. A 6-year-old nicknamed “B.B.” in the Capistrano Unified School District in Southern California was introduced to the phrase “Black Lives Matter” in her first-grade… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Conservative Group Alerts Congress to Kamala Harris’ Record
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Vice President Kamala Harris “owns each and every one” of President Joe Biden’s failures, according to a conservative organization that sent a list of Biden’s policies Thursday to every congressional office. “Though the Left and media are out to wipe out the past failures of Harris during the Biden administration, her… -
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Coup Upon Coup Upon Coup
In March 2020, all the major Democratic primary candidates abruptly, mysteriously, and in near unison withdrew from the presidential race, ceding the nomination to Joe Biden. Yet Biden had lost the first three races in Iowa, New Hampshire, and Nevada—and only won his first victory in South Carolina. Suddenly, on the eve of the Super… -
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Why Hasn’t ‘Doonesbury’ Lampooned Biden or Harris Over the Past 3-1/2 Years?
President Joe Biden grudgingly announced he was abandoning his bid for a second term in office on Sunday—just one day after marking three-and-a-half years in the White House. That same day, as Democratic Party bosses finally succeeded in pushing the cognitively impaired Biden out of the race (more than three weeks after his disastrous debate… -
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Likely Harris Nomination Dampens Enthusiasm of Swing State Dems
Democratic Party elites have all but coronated Vice President Kamala Harris as their new presidential nominee, after pushing President Joe Biden out of his own reelection campaign. But even so-called mainstream media outlets warn that she may not succeed against former President Donald Trump. A recent New York Times analysis piece ranked Harris as the least likely… -
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Canada’s Standard of Living, Economy Is Suffering Downturn. Blame Trudeau.
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of the accompanying video from professor Peter St. Onge. Canada’s standard of living is on track for its worst decline in 40 years, according to a new study by Canada’s Fraser Institute. The study compared the three worst periods of decline in Canada in the last 40… -
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WATCH: ‘Biden’s Last Day in Office’
On the latest episode of “The Tony Kinnett Cast,” we wade through the muddled mess of President Joe Biden’s 11-minute address to the nation Wednesday night, which somehow managed to say two minutes’ worth of words and leave everyone confused for hours. Rebecca Downs from Townhall.com stops by to chart out the worst of the… -
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George Washington Foresaw Today’s Irresponsible, Immoral Leadership in Washington
In President Joe Biden’s announcement on social media of his decision not to run for reelection, he ticked off the many wonderful achievements during his three and a half years in the nation’s highest office. But if things are so great, as Biden seems to think, why are Americans so dispirited? Biden’s polling is horrible…. -
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ORWELLIAN: Biden Would Destroy Democracy in Order to ‘Save’ It
President Joe Biden gave a 10-minute speech Wednesday night attempting to provide a post hoc rationale for his decision to drop out of the 2024 presidential race. He did not mention pressure from former President Barack Obama and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. He did not mention his age or his horrific debate performance last… -
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District Takes Down ‘LGBTQ Resources’ Link to Org With Transgender Surgery Information After Daily Signal Exposé
A California high school took down its “LGBTQ Resources” webpage shortly following The Daily Signal’s report exposing it. Newport Harbor High School in the Newport Mesa Unified School District had posters around its halls and classrooms with scannable QR codes that take students to a number of “LGBTQ+ Resources,” including the LGBTQ Center of Orange… -
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How History Will Remember Biden
When Vice President Joe Biden met in 2011 with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in Beijing, the two men joked about their age. “I note that we were born in the same year,” Wen said when the two made a joint public appearance. “You have spent about 35 years in public service, and I’ve been working… -
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6 Dems Vote in Favor of Resolution Bashing Biden and ‘Border Czar’ Harris’ Failures
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Six House Democrats voted in favor of a resolution condemning President Joe Biden’s administration and Vice President Kamala Harris for their “failure to secure the United States border” on Thursday. HR 1371 was introduced by Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., to formally condemn “Border Czar” Harris’ immigration policy after she was tasked with reducing illegal immigration over… -
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House Passes Bipartisan Resolution Establishing Trump Assassination Attempt Task Force
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The House passed a resolution to form a bipartisan task force on Wednesday to investigate the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump on July 13. HR 1367, which was spearheaded by House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., passed the House in a unanimous vote. The task force…