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‘Black Lives Matter at School’ Week Is a Marxist Attack on the Family, Moms for Liberty Leader Warns
As students across the United States struggle to master basic reading and math skills coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, some schools are dedicating the first week of February to “Black Lives Matter at School” in a “Week of Action.” Tina Descovich, co-founder of Moms for Liberty, urges parents to see whether their school district… -
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What I Saw at America’s Wide-Open Northern Border: The BorderLine
A damaged pickup truck with no lights sped past me in the opposite direction in the middle of Malone, New York, up on America’s northern border with Canada. It was 5 p.m. on a dark winter evening, and the truck was going about 60, throwing off sparks and burning plastic. At least eight police cars… -
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Igniting an Appreciation for Abraham Lincoln in Children
Historians and the general public regularly rank Abraham Lincoln as America’s greatest president. There is little doubt that he is widely admired for the work he did to end slavery and preserve the Union. But beyond these two important points, most Americans know little else about Lincoln’s life. A 2013 poll by Participant found that… -
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Biden Admin Launches Narcotics ‘Working Group’ With China
The Biden administration has formed a “working group” with the Chinese Communist Party to counter a growing global narcotics and fentanyl crisis, the State Department announced. Multiple U.S. government departments—including State, Homeland Security, Justice, and Treasury—will work with Beijing to counter the global production and trafficking of narcotics, specifically fentanyl, according to a press release Thursday from… -
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It Took 22 Minutes for Revolt After High School Put Tampon Dispenser in Boys Restroom
It only took roughly 20 minutes for a tampon dispenser in a boys restroom at Brookfield High School in Brookfield, Connecticut, to be torn down, according to a report from CT Insider. Principal Marc Balanda sent an email out to students and their families on Jan. 24 and explained that the new dispenser had been… -
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150 Democrats Vote Against Bill to Deport Illegal Immigrants Convicted of DUIs
Some 150 House Democrats voted Thursday against a bill to allow the deportation of illegal immigrants who have been convicted of driving while under the influence of alcohol and other drugs. “In the United States, someone dies in a crash with an impaired driver every 45 minutes,” the bill’s sponsor, Rep. Barry Moore, R-Ala., told… -
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Oregon Decriminalized Hard Drugs in 2020. You Won’t Believe What Happened Next.
Editor’s note: Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler, and other Oregon leaders declared a state of emergency for downtown Portland on Tuesday owing to an explosion of fentanyl use in the city. The state of emergency will last at least 90 days. According to The Associated Press, city, county, and state authorities will… -
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DeSantis Wins Legal Round in Bid to Eject Pro-Palestinian Groups From Campuses
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, took a legal victory Wednesday after a federal judge refused to block his demand to oust pro-Palestinian student groups from Florida universities. Two chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine, hailing from the University of Florida and the University of South Florida, had asked a federal court to stop… -
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19 Pro-Palestinian Protesters Arrested After Blocking DC Roads
At least 19 pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested Thursday for disrupting traffic in the nation’s capital as they demanded a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war. The pro-Palestinian protesters snarled traffic by blocking five major roads in Washington during morning rush hour, including outside the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. The protesters’ shouts of “Free, free Palestine!” and… -
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Former Border Patrol, ICE Officials Refute Biden’s Claim He Doesn’t Have ‘Power’ to Secure Border
President Joe Biden claimed Tuesday that he doesn’t have the “power” to fix the crisis at the southern border, but four former federal border and immigration enforcement officials told the Daily Caller News Foundation that he in fact does have the power to fix it. Most of what Biden needs to do is reverse his… -
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A Libertarian President!
Argentina actually elected a libertarian president. Javier Milei campaigned with a chain saw, promising to cut the size of government. Argentina’s leftists had so clogged the country’s economic arteries with regulations that what once was one of the world’s richest countries is now one of the poorest. Inflation is more than 200%. People save their… -
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US Identifies Group Behind Deadly Attacks on Troops
The Biden administration confirmed that the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella organization consisting of multiple Iran-backed militant groups, is the group that conducted an attack in Jordan that killed 3 U.S. soldiers and injured at least 40 troops. The White House has signaled plans for a multitiered response to the deadly drone attack on Jordan’s Tower… -
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The Potential Environmental Benefits of a Second Trump Presidency
A second Trump administration would benefit the environment. There’s no better proof of that than Friday’s decision by the Biden administration to stop future exports of liquefied natural gas, pending a future study by the Department of Energy. As justification for the cutoff, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm described the importance of “protecting Americans against climate change and… -
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64 Million Americans Risk Losing Work Under Biden Admin
Whether working full time for themselves or part time as contractors, picking up occasional gig work or having a side hustle, an estimated 64 million Americans performed some sort of independent work in 2023. These aren’t just accountants or Uber drivers. They’re IT consultants, makeup artists, musicians, interpreters, fitness instructors, copy editors, and truck drivers…. -
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Unforeseen Consequences of ‘Defund the Police’: High Crime, Low Morale, Hiring Woes
Having served as the chief of police for three suburban law enforcement agencies just outside of Washington, D.C., I have watched with concern—though not surprise—as crime in the nation’s capital has skyrocketed over the past year, even as the number of police officers serving with the city’s Metropolitan Police Department has dropped to a half-century… -
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Cruz: Biden ‘Deployed Attack Dogs’ Against Parental Rights Groups
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Conservatives in Congress condemned the Biden administration in the wake of the revelation that a high-ranking Department of Education official met with the Southern Poverty Law Center one year before the SPLC added parental rights groups, including Moms for Liberty, to its “hate map” that includes conservatives along with KKK groups…. -
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How to Survive a Leftist University as a Conservative Woman
Surviving college at a big leftist university as a conservative woman is no task for the faint of heart. Even years ago at the University of Virginia, Karin Lips says, she found herself frustrated by the “liberal bias” in the women’s programs and groups on campus. The message Lips said she got was that anyone… -
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Ohio Pastor Fights Back After City Attempts to Shut Down Church’s 24/7 Outreach to Poor, Homeless
After seeing the needs in his community, Pastor Chris Avell made the decision to keep the doors of his church open 24/7. “We’re called to reach the lost, 24/7,” Avell says, adding that that includes the “the hurting, the broken, the least of these.” Avell’s church, Dad’s Place, in Bryan, Ohio, is “a place they… -
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Legal Issues Cloud Missouri School District’s Race-Based Hiring
A Missouri school district intends to double its percentage of minority teachers even as the state’s attorney general has warned that private companies that racially discriminate in hiring face legal action. Webster Groves School District’s teaching and administrative staff should match the racial demographics of its student body, according to the Missouri school system’s strategic… -
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‘White House Is Exactly Like the Movies’: Former Official Tells How to Be Part of Next Conservative Administration
A former White House official and now senior adviser with The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 joined “The Kevin Roberts Show” podcast to discuss his time working with President Donald Trump and how other conservatives can get their foot in the door to work for the next conservative administration. John McEntee was the director of the…