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Senate Opens Door to Massive Carbon Tax Despite Critical Economic Concerns
This week, Congress took a step toward passing a carbon tax—an inflationary, regressive tax on all products that would lower economic growth; make all Americans worse off; and disproportionately harm poor people, farmers, and small businesses. Politicians have rightly rejected carbon taxes in the past and should continue to do so. On Jan. 18, the… -
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Moms for Liberty Hosted a Town Hall in NYC About Its Failing Schools. Here’s What I Saw.
Moms for Liberty held an event in New York City on Thursday night to discuss and diagnose the woeful state of education in the Big Apple. Residents and local representatives were invited to take part in the education organization’s town hall on the Upper East Side and the follow-up discussion. Moms for Liberty has been… -
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Concerns About Proposed Senate Border Security Compromise: The BorderLine
The BorderLine is a weekly Daily Signal feature examining everything from the unprecedented illegal immigration crisis at the border to immigration’s impact on cities and states throughout the land. We will also shed light on other critical border-related issues like human trafficking, drug smuggling, terrorism, and more. ——————————————————— In 1910, future president Calvin Coolidge told his father—a newly… -
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Fani Willis Handed Lucrative Contracts to Her Alleged Lover’s Law Partner. It’s Starting to Raise Eyebrows.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis hired her alleged lover’s law partner to work for her office at a rate of $150 an hour, according to documents obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation—an arrangement that is raising eyebrows among legal experts who question her spending of public funds. Christopher Campbell, a partner at Wade & Campbell… -
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The 9th Circuit Is Wrong: There’s No Homelessness Protection Clause in Constitution
Once upon a time, constitutional interpretation actually involved interpreting the text of the Constitution. It’s not a blank slate. Its words have actual meanings. While the federal 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recognizes that the Constitution contains words, the judges on that court seem to think they can ascribe any meaning—no matter how outlandish—to… -
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NBC Edits Out Winning QB’s Praise of Jesus in Postgame Interview
After Saturday’s historic win, Houston Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud wanted to make sure God got the glory first. The NFL’s Rookie of the Year finalist led the team to victory and was interviewed immediately afterward by NBC about the Texans’ trip to the playoffs. “First and foremost,” Stroud said, “I just want to give all… -
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State That Led Way in Overturning Roe v. Wade Introduces Mobile App Connecting Moms to Resources
Expectant mothers in Mississippi now can access resources to receive essentials, from food and clothing to child care and financial assistance, through a mobile app dubbed MAMA. Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch on Tuesday unveiled the Mississippi Access to Maternal Assistance mobile app, or MAMA, to connect moms easily with the resources they need to… -
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Cruz, Scalise Lead Supreme Court Brief to Keep Trump on 2024 Colorado Ballot
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., led a brief Thursday to the Supreme Court arguing for keeping former President Donald Trump on the Colorado ballot for 2024. The brief had a total of 177 House and Senate Republicans including House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell,… -
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New Biden Labor Dept. Rule Likely to Hurt Millions of Small Businesses, Independent Contractors
Some 99% of American companies are small businesses, and 100% of businesses started out small, but a recently finalized rule from the Biden administration’s Labor Department will make it harder for small businesses to start, grow and succeed. As of last May 1, a White House news release pointed out, “Young firms, which often start… -
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Americans Should Be Alert to Biden Admin’s Smearing School Parents as ‘Domestic Terrorists’ Again
President Joe Biden’s White House notoriously helped craft the National School Boards Association’s letter comparing concerned parents to domestic terrorists back in October 2021. That letter, later retracted, led to an FBI memo, also later retracted. But last year, the Southern Poverty Law Center carried on this theme by adding parental rights groups to its “hate map,” which… -
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EXCLUSIVE: DeSantis Applauds March for Life in Video Message Ahead of Demonstration: ‘This Is A Noble Cause’
FIRST IN THE DAILY SIGNAL: Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis thanked the leaders of the March for Life for their ongoing fight against abortion in a message sent ahead of the 51st March for Life on Thursday. “Today is the 51st March for Life,” the presidential candidate said in a short video message shared with… -
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GOP Lawmakers Call for Mayorkas Impeachment After Mother Claims His Border Policies ‘Partially Responsible’ for Daughter’s Death
All 18 Republicans on a key House committee support the impeachment and removal of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, an announcement that directly followed a hearing Thursday in which two mothers laid the blame for the deaths of their daughters at the feet of President Joe Biden’s appointee. “In my humble opinion, Mr. Mayorkas’… -
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How Trump Legal Team Makes the Case He Never Engaged in Insurrection
Former President Donald Trump’s legal team filed a brief with the Supreme Court Thursday, arguing that a Colorado Supreme Court ruling to keep him off the ballot would “disenfranchise tens of millions of Americans.” The Colorado Supreme Court ruled last month that Trump was not eligible to be a presidential candidate because he had violated… -
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What Heritage President Tells Global Elites at Davos Conference
Officials in a future Republican presidential administration in the U.S. must reject a left-leaning global agenda, Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts told a crowd Thursday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “I will be candid and say the agenda that every single member of the administration needs to have is to compile a… -
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Connecticut’s Democrat AG Shuns Ranked Choice Voting
The election process known as ranked choice voting isn’t compatible with one of the oldest state constitutions in America, Connecticut Attorney General William Tong, a Democrat, says. Tong released an 11-page legal opinion Tuesday stating that the system of voting, which allows voters to rank their choices of candidates, violates at least two standing provisions… -
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Big Law’s Troubling Sway at the Supreme Court
There’s a big-money influence operation going on behind the scenes at the Supreme Court—just not the one you’ve heard about. Motivated partisans keen to discredit the Supreme Court’s conservative justices pound the table and rail on about a “dark money” conspiracy that uses gifts and front groups to reshape the law to the benefit of… -
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Since Dobbs Ruling, Pro-Life Laws Are Reducing Number of Abortions, Data Shows
Pro-life advocates from across the country will descend upon the nation’s capital to once again memorialize the more than 65 million lives lost because of the legal-abortion regime ushered in by Roe v. Wade. Now, more than a year and a half after the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision overturned Roe, states are… -
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I Live in New York. Here’s How I See the City’s Escalating Illegal Immigration Crisis.
NEW YORK—This city is buckling under the self-inflicted illegal immigration crisis it’s been handed by our derelict president. City and state leaders in New York seemingly have no answers to the influx of illegal immigrants—nearly 100,000 in 2023—besides throwing money at the problem and cannibalizing other state-funded services. This isn’t just an abstract number. The… -
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EXCLUSIVE: GOP Bill Would Require Abortionists to Show Pregnant Women Ultrasound of Unborn Baby
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Rep. Andy Biggs is introducing legislation this week that would require a woman to be shown an ultrasound of her unborn baby before she obtains an abortion. The Arizona Republican’s Ultrasound Informed Consent Act stipulates that abortionists or “an agent under the supervision of the” abortionist must perform an obstetric ultrasound… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Pence Organization Releases ‘Future of Freedom’ Pro-Life Agenda
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—An organization headed by former Vice President Mike Pence will release its “Future of Freedom” agenda on Friday morning ahead of the 51st annual March for Life. Advancing American Freedom’s agenda, first obtained by The Daily Signal, outlines 16 pieces of pro-life legislation for lawmakers to support, bills intended to go…