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Notes From Auschwitz
This week, I visited Auschwitz. I never before had visited any of the death camps. The experience is absolutely chilling. Auschwitz, of course, was a complex of camps, the three largest of which were Auschwitz I, the camp most famous for the terrifyingly Orwellian German slogan welded onto its entrance, “ARBEIT MACHT FREI”; Auschwitz II,… -
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Leniency on Tap for Anti-Trump Leaker of Thousands of Tax Returns
Another apparent “sweetheart deal” negotiated by President Joe Biden’s Justice Department in a politically charged case is drawing scrutiny. Former IRS contractor Charles Edward Littlejohn, who stole and helped publicize the confidential tax records of Donald Trump and an estimated 7,500 other wealthy Americans, could face little or no jail time when he is sentenced… -
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4 Reasons US Military Isn’t Prepared to Face Worst Enemies
The U.S. military is at risk of being unable to defend America’s national interests against foes such as China, Russia, and Iran, concludes The Heritage Foundation’s new Index of U.S. Military Strength. “This is the inevitable result of years of prolonged deployments, underfunding, poorly defined priorities, wildly shifting security policies, exceedingly poor discipline in program… -
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Ohio Senate Overrides DeWine Veto of Bill Protecting Kids From ‘Gender-Affirming Care’
The Ohio Senate voted to override Gov. Mike DeWine’s veto of House Bill 68, which will protect minors from experimental transgender treatments euphemistically referred to as “gender-affirming care” and safeguard fairness in women’s sports. The override passed the Senate 24-8 Wednesday, after passing the House of Representatives, 65-28, on Jan. 10. The clerk initially read… -
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The Reasons Behind Declining Union Membership Rates, Wage Advantages
The percentage of workers who belong to unions in the U.S. notched down to a record-low 10.0% in 2023, from 10.1% in 2022. The peak for unionization in the U.S. was about 35% in the mid-1950s. Even more noteworthy is the shrinking gap between union and nonunion wages, which fell to a record-low of 15.0%… -
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EXCLUSIVE: ADL Alerts Law Enforcement to Matt Walsh, Chris Rufo, Libs of TikTok
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: The Anti-Defamation League flags “online amplifiers of LGBTQ+ hate” as extremists to be examined by law enforcement, an email obtained by The Oversight Project shows. The revelation indicates that the Anti-Defamation League, “the leading anti-hate organization in the world,” is specifically pushing law enforcement to scrutinize viral dissenters against transgender… -
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House Panel Scrutinizes Key Player in Biden Family Business With China
A key player in a joint venture between Hunter Biden and one of Communist China’s largest private companies, CEFC China Energy, is scheduled to be questioned Thursday as part of the House’s impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. That key figure, Mervyn Yan, is a private equity manager and investor based in New York who… -
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EXCLUSIVE: This Jewish Cancer Counselor Got Fired For Objecting to an Anti-Trump DEI Assignment. Now, She’s Suing.
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A veteran social worker who says she was fired for expressing concern over racial harassment against her as a Jewish woman and political harassment over her ties to the Trump administration is suing for wrongful termination. Tammy Weitzman last week sued her former employer, the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, now known… -
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Virginia Bishop Condemns ‘Devout Catholic’ Joe Biden’s Abortion Rally
Roman Catholic Bishop Michael Burbidge of Arlington condemned President Joe Biden’s promotion of abortion at a Virginia rally on Tuesday evening. Burbidge spoke out following the president’s rally in Manassas where Biden advocated for codifying Roe v. Wade into law. Both Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris condemned Republican efforts to protect the unborn as… -
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NBC’s ‘Misinformation’ Reporter Assembles Team of Deniers of Leftist Misinformation
The year has hardly begun, and the pro-Biden media are already in a full-blown panic. They’re upset many polls show Donald Trump ahead of President Joe Biden. When Democrats are losing, they warn that democracy is dying and disinformation is thriving. In this spirit of dread, NBCNews.com posted a story with the headline “Disinformation poses… -
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Democrats’ Calls for Justice Thomas’ Recusal Are a Nakedly Political Ploy
In their latest attack on the integrity of the U.S. Supreme Court, House Democrats are urging Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from a case involving former President Donald Trump’s eligibility to appear on Colorado’s Republican primary ballot. Their reasoning is simple, but dangerously misguided: Because Thomas’ wife, Ginni, has expressed opinions about Trump and… -
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On a Mission to Serve Navy SEALs’ Kids With Learning Disabilities
Navy SEAL deployments are often long and grueling, and leaving school-age children behind only adds to the challenge, especially if the children are struggling in school. If a father is “getting ready to go on mission, and there’s Timmy failing in second grade, that’s all he’s going to think about,” says Gretchen McIntosh, the executive… -
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Biden Write-In Campaign Bests Phillips Challenge in New Hampshire
Despite not being on the ballot, President Joe Biden won New Hampshire’s Democratic primary Tuesday as a write-in candidate, trouncing longshot challenger Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn. The Associated Press called the race at 8:07 p.m. At 12:20 a.m. EST, with 87% of precincts reporting, Biden apparently had at least 50% and as much as 71%… -
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Trump Defeats Haley in New Hampshire Primary
Former President Donald Trump appeared poised to win his third consecutive Republican presidential nomination after a clear victory Tuesday over former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley in the New Hampshire primary. The results seemed likely to set up a rematch in November between Trump and President Joe Biden, the Democrat who unseated him in the… -
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Hamas’ Savagery Unites Divided Israelis Against Common Enemy
At first, they’d tried to break into houses using their machine guns—shooting through walls, doors, and windows. When that didn’t work, they used crowbars on the door handles. But that didn’t work, either, so they gained entrance by ripping the doors off their hinges. The doors they threw into the streets, where they still lay…. -
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South Carolina Republicans Slammed for Pushing ‘Trump-Hating’ Pro-Abortion Democrat for Judicial Appointment
South Carolina Republicans are drawing fire from the South Carolina Freedom Caucus for pushing a pro-abortion former Democratic House leader as the state’s next circuit court judge for the 5th Judicial Circuit. James Smith, the 2018 Democratic gubernatorial nominee and the former Democratic leader of South Carolina’s House of Representatives, is described by one Planned… -
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‘There’s No More Important Fight … Than the Right to Life,’ Heritage Foundation President Says
The following is a lightly edited transcript of remarks by Dr. Kevin Roberts, president of The Heritage Foundation, delivered at the 2024 National Pro-Life Summit, hosted by Students for Life of America, on Saturday at the Grand Hyatt hotel in Washington, D.C. Look, thanks for inviting me to be here. What a tremendous program and… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Roger Marshall Tracks Serious Crimes Committed by Illegal Aliens During Biden Presidency
The body of 11-year-old Maria Gonzalez was found wrapped in a trash bag and stuffed in a laundry basket under her bed last summer. Police report that Maria was sexually assaulted and murdered while her father was at work, according to KHOU 11. Juan Carlos Garcia-Rodriguez, an illegal alien from Guatemala, is facing murder… -
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DeWine’s Executive Order on Trans Surgeries Missed Mark. A Veto Override Would Be Right on Target.
Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine recently rattled the GOP when he vetoed HB 68, the Saving Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act. The bill would have both protected fairness in women’s sports and prohibited cross-sex hormones, puberty blockers, and body-modifying gender-related surgeries for minors under the age of 18. Shortly after his veto, however, DeWine issued… -
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Georgia State Senator Proposes Committee to Investigate Fani Willis
A Republican Georgia state senator introduced legislation Monday to establish a committee that would allow the Legislature to investigate Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, according to a press release. Republican state Sen. Greg Dolezal’s bill would establish a Senate Special Committee on Investigations, a committee of nine members who have the power to call…