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WATCH: DeSantis, Ramaswamy, Haley Engage in a ‘Substantive Conversation‘
The Daily Signal is the exclusive broadcast partner for The FAMiLY Leader’s presidential forum between three of the Republican presidential candidates. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley will participate in the forum organized by The FAMiLY Leader. “Nowhere else do you get to see the candidates gathered… -
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Target Pushes Ahead With Woke Holiday Merch, Despite Losses
Target’s second quarter earnings report proved the retail giant still hasn’t rebounded from its “Pride” fallout over the summer, showing a 5.4% decrease in sales—the first drop in roughly six years. The company’s third quarter report was no better, revealing an additional 4.9% drop. Thanks to Target’s partnership with a satanist designer and its highly controversial “Pride” line—which pushed transgender extremism on… -
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‘ILLEGALLY TARGETING CHURCHES’: Local Government Slapped With Lawsuit Over Exorbitant Water Tap Fee
A Texas church is suing the local government, claiming that “illegal excessive” fees to install a water tap violate the U.S. Constitution and the state’s religious freedom law. First Liberty Institute, a legal organization focused on religious liberty, and King & Spalding LLP, an international law firm, filed the lawsuit Wednesday against Southern Montgomery County… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Ted Cruz Wants Answers on Left-Wing Actors Who May Violate Foreign Agent Registration Act
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—What began as a congressional probe into the role of environmental advocacy groups, left-leaning foundations, and “dark money” entities in pushing to ban gas stoves has opened new avenues of inquiry into the influence of alleged foreign agents for China and other nations. Since March, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, the ranking… -
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We’ve Seen This Move to Get Us Out of Cars Before
When President Barack Obama named retiring Rep. Ray LaHood, R-Ill., to serve as his administration’s secretary of transportation, LaHood brought with him a vision for changing the way Americans moved from one place to another. It would start with empowering the government to monitor how many miles Americans drove. “We should look at the vehicular… -
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Media Aren’t Quite Hackish Enough for Biden White House
When will The New York Times finally stop pulling punches and go after Donald Trump? That’s the question President Joe Biden’s campaign asked the media this week. “For the political press corps—especially our friends at the Gray Lady,” pleaded the White House, “it’s time to meet the moment and responsibly inform the electorate of what… -
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‘CALLING FOR MY DEATH’: Jewish MIT Student Opens Up About Fears After Pro-Hamas Protest
Jewish students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology report fearing for their lives after pro-Hamas protesters blocked entrances to a central building, called for ethnic cleansing, and surrounded students holding Israeli flags. One Jewish student, who wishes to remain anonymous for fear of reprisal, told The Daily Signal that he is afraid of sitting in… -
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Teachers Conference Lecture Declares Math a ‘Tool of Oppression’
Math can oppress students of color due to the inequitable system it was developed under, according to a slide presentation at the University of Oregon’s 2023 mathematics conference reviewed by The Daily Signal. Oregon high school math teacher Jered Ratliff delivered a lecture called “Mathematics as a tool of oppression” at the Northwest Mathematics Conference… -
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Labor Department Employees Not Returning to In-Person Work Raises Red Flags
Long after the COVID-19 pandemic was declared over and the government said federal employees would return to in-person work, government building occupancy data shows that the Department of Labor headquarters had so few employees return that each employee had an average allocation of 1600 square feet of office space. That’s considerably larger than the average… -
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Useful Idiots Resurrect Bin Laden’s Anti-American Propaganda, Aided and Abetted by TikTok
When we say “never forget” in reference to 9/11, we should mean it. This week, a few dozen videos featuring people who say they read the now-deceased 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden’s “Letter to America” went viral on TikTok, the Chinese-owned social media platform. Bin Laden explained in the 2002 letter, which was recently republished… -
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25 Years of Healthy Marriage in Utah: State Commission Strengthens Institution
Utah just celebrated the 25th anniversary of its healthy marriages initiative, a statewide effort to help people build and maintain strong marriages. There’s a great need to strengthen marriage in the U.S., given its decades-long decline and the many consequences of family breakdown, particularly among lower-income communities. Utah’s initiative is an example other states’ leaders… -
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Sharing the Selfless Blessing of Life and Motherhood During National Adoption Month
Adoption is a beautiful decision that should always be celebrated, but especially in November, during National Adoption Month. From the first time I unexpectedly saw that positive pregnancy test, I knew that I was destined to become a birth mom and give another woman the chance to experience the beauty of motherhood. Growing up in… -
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Good Guys (and Gals) With Guns Still Out There, as These 12 Examples Show
The tragic mass shooting last month in Lewiston, Maine, sent gun control activists into their typical attacks on the right to keep and bear arms. Many defaulted to their standard narrative that the real “bad guy” wasn’t the murderer, but the Second Amendment and its supporters. Instead of demanding accountability from the government officials who… -
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These 6 Election Fraud Scandals Saw Overturned Results, Indictments
It’s been an off-year for elections, but voter fraud scandals were on in 2023, affecting local races in New England, Iowa, New Jersey, and Texas. At least three of these scandals—in New England states—affected races that were on the ballot this year. Others involved formal charges brought for alleged fraud in past elections. In the… -
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Transgender Faux Females Have No Place in Miss Universe Pageant
How humiliating and disheartening must it be for a Miss Universe pageant contestant to lose to a “woman” with a penis and testicles? That, regrettably, is not a hypothetical question. That’s exactly what happened to real young women earlier this year in preliminary pageants in two European nations, Portugal and the Netherlands. On Saturday night,… -
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US Business Execs Give Chinese Dictator Multiple Standing Ovations During Exclusive Dinner
Following President Joe Biden’s and Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s summit on Wednesday, the communist dictator, whose government has perpetrated extensive, well-documented crimes against humanity, was warmly received with multiple standing ovations at a lavish dinner that evening in San Francisco attended by prominent U.S. business executives and government officials. The dinner, which was hosted by the U.S.-China Business… -
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How UN Undermines Parental Rights by Pushing Gender Ideology
On Dec. 10, the United Nations will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a document drafted in the aftermath of World War II under the leadership of American first lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Much has changed since then, including the world body’s understanding of children and of parental rights. The original… -
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When Has War Ever Been ‘Proportional’?
Proportionality in war is a synonym for lethal stalemate, if not defeat. When two sides go at it with roughly equal forces, weapons, and strategies, the result is often a horrific deadlock—like the four years of toxic trench warfare on the Western Front of World War I that resulted in 12 million fatalities. The purpose… -
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So-Called Fact-Checkers Downplay Rashida Tlaib’s Lies
On Nov. 7, the House of Representatives (212 Republicans and 22 Democrats) voted to censure radical Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., because she has “levied unbelievable falsehoods about our greatest ally, Israel, and the attack on October 7.” One of those outrageous falsehoods was clinging to the false claim that Israel bombed the al-Ahli hospital in… -
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For Hamas, Conflict Is ‘Only Starting With Israel,’ Embassy Official Warns
The world needs to understand that Hamas is “a brutal terrorist organization, [and] that it’s only starting with Israel,” Sawsan Hasson says. According to Hasson, head of public diplomacy at the Embassy of Israel in Washington, Hamas’ leaders have been quite vocal that they plan to carry out similar acts of violence against the United…