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Maddow and Stelter Concoct Crazy Theories on Trump’s Revenge
Forever earnest Brian Stelter tweeted out his late-night appearance on CNN with Abby Phillip. “MSNBC’s [Rachel] Maddow is right to be thinking aloud about the possible repercussions of a second Trump term,” he typed. “Other media types and political veterans are doing the same thing. What might “retribution” look like? What are the pressure points… -
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BREAKING: Supreme Court Rules ‘Bump Stock’ Ban Illegal
In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court has found that the federal government cannot use a decades-old ban on machine guns to ban bump stocks. “Semiautomatic firearms, which require shooters to reengage the trigger for every shot, are not machineguns. This case asks whether a bump stock—an accessory for a semiautomatic rifle that allows the… -
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Who’s the Big Money Bankrolling Pro-Hamas Protests in US? You Might Be Surprised
The Daily Signal has retracted a June 14, 2024 news story titled “Who’s the Big Money Bankrolling Pro-Hamas Protests in US? You Might Be Surprised” After careful review, we have found that the story contains erroneous or unclear statements and does not meet our editorial standards. The Daily Signal highly prizes readers’ trust, and we believe… -
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Voters Trust Trump on 4 Most Important Issues
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Former President Donald Trump holds a double-digit lead over President Joe Biden on the four most important issues facing Americans today, according to new polling from Scott Rasmussen. The RMG Research survey asked registered voters to rank the most important issues and then pick the candidate they trust more: Biden or… -
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Ex-NFL Star Ben Watson Offers Antidote to Abortion
If the number of marriages increased in America, the number of abortions would likely decrease, statistics show. The Pew Research Center reported that in 2021, 87% of women who had abortions were unmarried, meaning that “marriage can make a huge difference if 87% of abortion-determined women are not married,” says pro-life advocate Ben Watson, a… -
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No More Business as Usual: Republicans Ratchet Up Pressure in Senate
Two weeks after Democrats gloated over the guilty verdict of former President Donald Trump, six Senate Republicans are vowing to exact revenge for the Biden administration’s use of lawfare to target a political opponent. Their target: 44 nominees of President Joe Biden who are awaiting Senate confirmation. The six GOP senators—JD Vance of Ohio, Mike… -
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At Judiciary Committee Hearing on Trump’s NYC Trial, House Republicans Decry Politicized Indictment
The Manhattan district attorney who prosecuted former President Donald Trump ran a politically motivated investigation while allowing common criminals off the hook. That was one of the conclusions of Republican lawmakers and witnesses at a House Judiciary Committee hearing Thursday on Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s prosecution of Trump. Bragg has agreed to appear before… -
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Supreme Court Rules Abortion Pill Case Does Not Have Standing. What Happens Now?
The Supreme Court issued a ruling Wednesday that was disappointing news to many in the pro-life movement. The high court ruled unanimously that pro-life doctors do not have legal grounds to challenge the Food and Drug Administration for removing safety restrictions on abortion drugs. Sarah Parshall Perry, Heritage Foundation senior legal fellow, joined “The Daily Signal… -
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Biden’s ‘Xenophobic’ Slur Irks Key US Indo-Pacific Allies
At a recent campaign event, President Joe Biden described key U.S. ally Japan and partner India as “xenophobic” nations and equated them to Russia and China. Biden appeared to make the comment off the cuff at a fundraising event, at which he claimed that the American economy was thriving and that that was due to… -
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How Did 8 Men With Ties to Islamic State Get Into US?
Eight Tajikistan nationals with suspected ties to the Islamic State were arrested across three U.S. cities in recent days. All eight men entered the U.S. illegally through the southern border and passed initial background checks, according to federal sources that told Fox News the men were “fully vetted.” But passing a background check often does… -
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Why Americans Mistrust Election Results More Than the Citizens of Any Other Democracy
Last week, 27 European nations voted for their representatives in the European Parliament. If you were aware of this, did you happen to notice that there were no allegations of cheating in any European country? If you are on the Left, you might respond that there were no such allegations because the Right did better… -
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The Hunter Verdicts Won’t Stop the Desperate Pro-Biden Spin
The nation’s most self-impressed journalists, the ones who strangely self-identify as “mainstream,” could not bring themselves to treat the Hunter Biden trial as comparable in any way to Donald Trump’s trial in Manhattan. Treating Hunter as a significant “news” subject gives them the creeps, like they’ve been drafted into Rupert Murdoch’s army. So it’s a… -
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‘Really Uncomfortable’: 16-Year-Old Girl Speaks Out About Having to Share School Restrooms, Locker Rooms With Males
A 16-year-old Minnesota girl forced to share private spaces with males under a public school transgender policy says that girls deserve privacy in their restrooms and locker rooms. “It’s really uncomfortable, because I was in gym class, and I was just about to change, but then I heard this voice, and I was, like, ‘That… -
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Heritage Foundation Chief Urges Abolishing Federal Education Department
The Department of Education has given the Left dangerous power over schooling in the U.S., and the next president should aim to abolish the nearly 45-year-old federal agency. So says Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts on this week’s edition of his podcast, “The Kevin Roberts Show.” Roberts, himself a former K-12 and college educator, made… -
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Local TV Employee Fired for ‘Straight Pride’ Post
An Ohio news station employee was fired for posting a joke about “straight pride” in response to LGBTQ Pride Month in June. “Celebrate straight pride,” the post says. “It’s natural, it has worked for thousands of years, and you can make babies!” Madonna Chism Pinkard posted this joke during Pride Month. (Photo: “The MLO Bros”… -
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Secret Alito Recording Reveals Deeper Agenda to Delegitimize SCOTUS, Experts Say
Democratic lawmakers are escalating their attacks on Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito in the wake of secret recordings that were obtained last week of the justice agreeing that America should return “to a place of godliness.” Experts say that the legacy media and the Left’s ongoing campaign to target conservative justices is a concerted effort… -
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House Panel Subpoenas Biden Cabinet on Electioneering Executive Order
The House committee with oversight of elections is subpoenaing 15 members of the Biden administration’s Cabinet regarding the implementation of the president’s executive order to use federal agencies to partner with left-leaning groups for get-out-the-vote purposes in 2024. The House Administration Committee is investigating President Joe Biden’s Executive Order 14919, signed in March 2021, that… -
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‘No Alternative but to Sue.’ ACLU Takes Action Against Biden’s Southern Border Order.
The American Civil Liberties Union is suing the Biden administration over a recent executive order that aims to limit the number of illegal aliens that cross the southern border daily. President Joe Biden’s executive order, which he signed June 4, gives him the authority to close the border when the seven-day average of daily border… -
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BREAKING: Supreme Court Delivers Procedural Ruling on Abortion Drugs
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that pro-life doctors do not have standing to challenge the Food and Drug Administration’s removal of safety restrictions on abortion drugs. The court issued a unanimous ruling in two combined cases that deal with the FDA’s regulation of abortion drugs, FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine and Danco Laboratories… -
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MELTDOWN: SPLC Terminates a Quarter of Staff, ‘Decimates’ 3 Departments, Union Claims
The far-left smear factory the Southern Poverty Law Center reportedly terminated a quarter of its staff Wednesday, weakening and perhaps eliminating two of its departments amid a restructure that heavily hit its union members. The SPLC “gutted its staff by a quarter,” the organization’s union posted on X. (Yes, this nonprofit organization has its own…