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Poll: 1 in 5 Mail-In Voters Admit Fraud in 2020 Election
About 1 in 5 mail-in voters in the 2020 election admit to engaging in some type of voting irregularity, a poll released Tuesday shows. The Rasmussen poll of 1,085 likely voters was sponsored by The Heartland Institute, a free-market think tank, from Nov. 30 to Dec. 6. The Heartland/Rasmussen poll found that 17% of mail-in… -
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Jimmy Carter Personally Experienced Voter Fraud. His First Election Was Stolen.
With the passing of Rosalynn Carter, former President Jimmy Carter lost his lifetime partner, and my deepest sympathies go out to him and his family. The former first lady’s death, however, reminded me of something relevant to election integrity that many Americans may not realize: Organized voter fraud in Jimmy Carter’s first run for office… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Missouri School District Assigns Roommates Based on Gender Identity Rather Than Biology
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: A Missouri school district’s procedure on overnight trips stipulates that students will be assigned to room with others of the sex they identify with, meaning that biological males who identify as female will be assigned to sleep in the same room as girls. Room assignments for field trips should be… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Florida School Punished for Allowing Boy in Girls’ Sports
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: A Florida high school has been fined and placed on administrative probation for violating the state’s bylaws by allowing a biologically male student to participate on a female sports team, The Daily Signal has learned. The move appears to be the first time that a public school has been punished… -
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What’s Driving Gen Z’s Poor Mental Health? Psychologist Breaks it Down
No generation struggles with mental health more than Generation Z, those born between 1997 and 2012. Only 41% of Gen Z respondents said they’re “thriving” in a Gallup and Walton Family Foundation poll released earlier this year and reported by CNN, but 60% of millennials surveyed said they were thriving when asked at the same… -
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Why Does GoFundMe and Just About Everyone Else Normalize Double Mastectomies?
How is it possible that a 19-year-old woman posts a fundraiser to pay a portion of her $60,000 health care costs to remove healthy breasts, and this is considered normal — even heroic? Why does GoFundMe allow someone to put up a plea like this? Why do “friends and family” salute this — rooting for… -
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House’s Jim Jordan Subpoenas 2 Top Asset Managers in Probe of Woke Investing
The House Judiciary Committee sent subpoenas to two asset managers Monday as a part of a probe alleging collusion over the adoption of left-wing environmental, social and governance goals, known as ESG. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the committee, sent subpoenas to Vanguard Group Inc. and Arjuna Capital ordering the companies to hand over… -
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Biden Becomes America’s Pinocchio-in-Chief
President Joe Biden’s economic performance is so indefensible that he has resorted to distorting his predecessor’s record, as if that will distract from the current economic malaise. It’s much like how Pinocchio, when caught doing wrong, lied about everyone around him to distract from his own failures and to blame others. But the average American… -
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Who Is Sara Biden? Joe’s In-Law Emerges as Central Figure in Foreign Cash Deals
Trouble has followed Sara Catherine Jones since she married into the Biden family almost three decades ago. Not long after her 1995 wedding to Jim Biden, she took a job with one of his brother Joe’s Senate donors, who later accused her of “fraud” and “unjust enrichment,” according to court records reviewed by RealClearInvestigations. In… -
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Tucker Carlson Blasts Corporate Media Lies, Launches New Video Subscription Service as Alternative
Tucker Carlson, a former top-rated cable TV host, launched his own media network Monday with a promise to “tell the truth about things that matter.” In the months following Fox News’ cancellation of his prime-time show “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” Carlson turned to Twitter—now X—to share interviews and other video content with his millions of followers…. -
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College Presidents Expose Moral Rot in Their Institutions
The presidents of Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, and MIT appeared before a House committee last Tuesday to answer for their shameful inaction in the face of antisemitic rhetoric and attacks on their campuses. Their craven responses were as noncommittal as their handlers obviously wanted, which served only to indict their institutions. Indeed, the whole nation has… -
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Pro-Life Democrat Running Against Biden Will Air Graphic, ‘Explicit’ Pro-Life Ad on NBC
Terrisa Bukovinac is running for president of the United States as a Democrat. She also is staunchly pro-life, and her campaign is airing “explicit anti-abortion ads” in the Boston and New Hampshire markets beginning tonight. While the Democratic candidate has little to no chance of ousting President Joe Biden, her campaign is boosting her national… -
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‘Bunch of Lies’: Fact-Checking Biden’s Claims Amid Impeachment Inquiry
Just days after the indictment of Hunter Biden, the House is poised to advance its impeachment inquiry scrutinizing the actions of President Joe Biden. Biden, the White House, and Democrats have continued to say that the president has no links to son Hunter Biden’s business ventures. As the House draws closer to formalizing the inquiry… -
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Petition Demands Fairness for Female Irish Dancers After Boy Wins Major Competition
Dance instructors and parents within the world of Irish dance are circulating a petition calling for fairness in girls’ competitions after a teenage boy who identifies as a girl placed first in a female competition. “We, the undersigned, hereby express our support to protect female dancers’ rights at an Irish dancing world qualifying championship,” reads… -
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Hunter Biden’s Receipt of Obama Officials’ Personal Cell Numbers Undercuts White House Impeachment Defense
Emails reviewed by The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project bring new scrutiny to President Joe Biden’s claims of complete separation between himself and his son’s business dealings. (The Daily Signal is The Heritage Foundation’s news outlet.) According to the email reviewed by the Oversight Project, in 2015, then-White House official Alexander Mackler forwarded the personal cell… -
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Princeton Student Held Hostage in Iran Reveals Just How Deeply His University Betrayed Him
While a Princeton University student languished in an Iranian prison, Iranian official-turned-Princeton professor Seyed Mousavian not only refused to help the student but took Tehran’s side in a conversation with the student’s wife by insisting that the student must have broken one or more of the mullahs’ laws. “I spent 1,216 days in an Iranian… -
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Supreme Court Denies Christian Family Counselor’s Challenge to Washington’s ‘Censorship’ Law
The Supreme Court declined Monday to hear a challenge to a Washington state law prohibiting counselors from engaging in conversations that encourage changes to a minor’s “sexual orientation or gender identity.” The law, adopted in 2018, threatens to fine counselors who violate it up to $5,000 and to revoke their license. The Supreme Court declined on Monday to… -
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In 3 Charts: Improper Payments by Government in 2023 Equal $1,800 per Household
The government made improper payments totaling $234 billion in fiscal year 2023, about $1,800 per U.S. household, according to data released by the White House’s Office of Management and Budget. The amount and percentage of improper payments edged down slightly from record highs during the COVID-19 pandemic. But even after subtracting pandemic unemployment insurance, the… -
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Here’s Where to Take Your Boys Now That the Boy Scouts Has Gone Woke
Trail Life USA isn’t just a Christian alternative to the Boy Scouts; it’s an answer to the deep crisis affecting boys in America. “We’re growing boys into godly men,” Mark Hancock, the scouting organization’s CEO, tells “The Daily Signal Podcast.” “We’ve discovered a proven process for turning boys into godly men, and it involves four… -
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Reconsidering a Giant of American Foreign Policy
“I think of myself as a historian more than as a statesman,” Henry Kissinger once reflected. Kissinger, who died Nov. 29 at the age of 100, left an extensive legacy of government service and foreign policy writings. He served Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford as secretary of state in the 1970s, but frequently insisted…