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EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Paul Slams ‘Partisan’ DOJ for Refusal to Investigate Fauci
Sen. Rand Paul said Tuesday the Justice Department’s refusing his requests for a perjury investigation into former federal health official Dr. Anthony Fauci is proof of a two-tiered justice system following a Senate hearing on the origins of COVID-19. Paul, R-Ky., told The Daily Signal on Tuesday that it’s “disappointing” to see no action taken… -
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Dobbs Decision Anniversary, Juneteenth Aren’t Endpoints—They’re Waypoints
At the height of the Civil War, enslaved men, women, and children sat together in Watch Night services all over America as they eagerly waited for Lincoln’s measure, the Emancipation Proclamation, to go into effect on Jan. 1, 1863. Along with the enslaved were free blacks and abolitionists intent on grasping the freedom they had… -
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Media Is Gaslighting You About Biden’s Obvious Signs of Decline. Here’s Why It Won’t Work.
The Left’s media narrative factory is working overtime on its latest and greatest attempt at gaslighting. OK, here it is, here’s the whopper you have to believe to be an ally of “our democracy” in good standing: President Joe Biden is fit as a fiddle, yes siree. All those videos you’ve seen of him staring… -
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WWII-Era Germans vs. Palestinians: An Eye-Opening Historical Comparison
Immediately after the burnings, rapes, mutilations, and killings of Jews on Oct. 7, I was not alone in noting the one moral difference between Hamas and the Nazis: The Nazis tried to hide their crimes against the Jews from the German people (and the world) while Hamas proudly publicized their crimes against the Jews to… -
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Poll: Majority of Hispanics Favor Deporting ‘All’ Illegal Immigrants
An outright majority of Hispanic Americans are in favor of a mass deportation plan for illegal immigrants, a new survey found. Fifty-three percent of Hispanic adults approve of “a new national program to deport all undocumented immigrants currently living in the U.S. illegally,” according to a CBS/YouGov poll conducted from June 5-7. Only 47% of Hispanic respondents… -
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Biden’s Outrageous Use of a ‘Parole’ Loophole to Grant Amnesty to Illegal Aliens
Tuesday afternoon, President Joe Biden announced his latest unauthorized attempt to grant a back-door amnesty to half a million or more people living illegally in the United States. When it stands between him and a policy objective, Biden treats the law of the land as a minor obstacle to work around. Whether it’s passing along… -
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Trump Is Right: Trash the Tip Tax
Rallying Las Vegas voters on June 9, former President Donald Trump said, “For those hotel workers and people that get tips, you’re going to be very happy, because when I get to office, we are going to not charge taxes on tips.” Amid 100-degree temperatures, he added, “You do a great job of service. You take care… -
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‘Shameful Propaganda’: Josh Hawley Accuses COVID-19 Scientist of Lying
Sen. Josh Hawley on Tuesday accused one of the scientists behind the assertion that the COVID-19 virus was not grown in a lab of “shameful propaganda” at an “Origins of COVID-19″ hearing. “You should have done better, and because you didn’t, people have suffered,” the Missouri Republican said to Robert Garry. Hawley said people have… -
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Cruz Announces Bill to Crack Down on ‘Deepfake’ Revenge Porn
A bipartisan group of 13 senators unveiled legislation Tuesday to protect victims of digitally altered “revenge pornography.” Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., are sponsoring the Take It Down Act to crack down on the practice of using artificial intelligence tools to create so-called deepfake pornography depicting other people. “In recent years, we’ve… -
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Biden’s Hypocrisy on Climate Change Painfully Obvious
President Joe Biden repeatedly has called climate change an “existential threat,” worse than nuclear weapons. Yet, Biden’s green energy mandates result in a greater U.S. demand for wind turbines, solar panels, and electric batteries from China, made by coal-fired power plants, increasing the emissions Biden criticizes at home. The United Nations Environment Programme estimates that in the absence of… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Republicans Call for Commemoration of Historic Overturning of Roe v. Wade
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Republican senators are introducing a resolution on Tuesday to celebrate the second anniversary of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ruling, in which the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. The effort to commemorate Roe’s overturn is led by Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and joined by a number of other… -
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Conservative Stalwart Morton Blackwell Prepares for 10th Term as Republican Committeeman
When the Republican National Convention kicks off in Milwaukee next month, conservative leader Morton Blackwell once again will be in the middle of the action. This year’s convention will mark Blackwell’s 16th consecutive appearance, dating to 1964. Upon the convention’s closing gavel, it also will be the beginning of his 10th term as Republican national… -
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Becket Fund Lawyer Argues for Religious Liberty of Catholic School
A Catholic school’s ability to operate in accord with its faith is in jeopardy. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit heard oral arguments June 11 in St. Joseph Parish v. Nessel. The case involves St. Joseph Catholic School in Saint Johns, Michigan, which is asking the court to protect its ability to… -
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Don’t Let the Left Ruin Juneteenth’s True Meaning
This Wednesday, America will celebrate Juneteenth as a federal holiday for the fourth time. Yet the holiday, born out of bipartisanship, is becoming more divisive each year. The Left has co-opted Juneteenth to push for radical racial policies such as reparations and exclude most Americans from its celebration. As a result, many conservatives now oppose the… -
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Pro-Life Physicians Prepare to Counter Misleading Medicalization of Induced Abortions
After seven statewide wins in the past two years and not a single loss, pro-abortion activists are advancing constitutional amendments in another 13 states this year to block elected representatives from regulating abortion in any way. The pro-abortion activists are deploying the same winning strategy as last cycle: highlighting medical professionals who cast abortion as essential health… -
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Illegal Alien ‘Gotaways’ Near 2 Million Under Biden Admin
The number of illegal immigrant “gotaways” has skyrocketed to nearly 2 million under the Biden administration, a congressional source confirmed to the Daily Caller News Foundation. Roughly 1.9 million gotaways, illegal aliens who escape into the interior of the U.S., have been recorded since President Joe Biden first entered office in January 2021, a congressional source confirmed…. -
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Appeals Court Deals Blow to Racial Discrimination by Big Money Corporate Interests
A three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has thrown a wrench into the blatantly discriminatory practices of big-money corporate interests. In American Alliance for Equal Rights v. Fearless Fund Management, over a bizarre dissent by a third judge, Judges Kevin Newsom and Robert Luck upheld an injunction against a venture capital fund… -
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Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Released Despite FBI Resistance
The 2023 Nashville Covenant School murders understandably received massive news coverage when they occurred. The fight over obtaining the murderer’s diary also received news attention. But when “nearly four dozen pages” of the murderer’s diary were finally released earlier this month, the mainstream media completely ignored it. It turns out that behind the scenes, the… -
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The Pro-Hamas Threat to America
Commencement season is over, but don’t expect the pro-Palestine movement that overtook universities in recent months to dissipate. Given its larger ambitions and significant financial and political support, this protest movement will continue its disruptions nationwide well into the summer. Nearly eight months after Hamas attacked Israel, it’s abundantly clear that this movement is anything… -
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Warning Labels on Social Media: Surgeon General Wants Them to Protect Young People. Will Congress Act?
Peggy Noonan recently wrote a Wall Street Journal op-ed column in response to Jonathan Haidt’s new book: “The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness.” The book overflows with data supporting Haidt’s conclusion that social media harms children’s and adolescents’ mental health. Noonan reflected on the phenomenon…