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opinion
Told You: The Left’s Hate Crime Double Standard Has Consequences
As mobs extolling diversity, equity, and inclusion violently attack Jewish and white students at K-12 schools and on college campuses across the nation, I regretfully write: Told you so. In 2021, when I was still the science coordinator for Indianapolis Public Schools, then the largest public school in Indiana, I had seen the eerie effects… -
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Migrant Encounters at the Southern Border Remain at Record Levels in October
Federal authorities recorded 240,988 migrant encounters at the southern border in October, sustaining record highs seen under the Biden administration, according to Customs and Border Protection data released Tuesday. The number of encounters along the southern border in September totaled 269,735, marking the highest month on record. CBP recorded 232,963 and 183,479 encounters in August and July,… -
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‘It Isn’t a Crime to Tweet a Bible Verse,’ Finnish Politician Says After Court Dismisses Charges Against Her
An appeals court has dismissed “hate speech” charges against a member of Finland’s parliament who posted a tweet citing Bible verses. The Helsinki Court of Appeals, based in Finland’s capital city, unanimously cleared Päivi Räsänen, a member of the Finnish parliament and the country’s former interior minister, and Bishop Juhana Pohjola, of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland,… -
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The Little Box That Could Change America
In my long life, I have never personally experienced antisemitism in America. I was raised by Jewish parents who believed that the best place Jews ever lived (other than in their own country in the Holy Land) was the United States of America. When the most prominent Jew of the 20th century, Rabbi Menachem Schneerson,… -
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Why Teaching Youth About Intellectual Property Principles Is Essential to Civilization’s Advancement
Nineteenth-century American writer and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” But in our globally connected environment where competition is fierce and the opportunities for others to steal innovation are rife, how can we empower the next generation… -
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Moms for Liberty Co-Founder Has a Message for Teacher’s Union Boss Mocking Parental Rights
Moms for Liberty co-founder Tiffany Justice laid out her strategy for the “David and Goliath” struggle to win school board elections in the face of the teachers unions’ stranglehold, following another historic election cycle in which the 3-year-old organization racked up 50 wins, but fell short in many other races. “We got 50 people elected… -
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‘You Have Broken Your Promise’: 27 Senate Republicans Demand Lloyd Austin Drop Abortion Policy
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Twenty-seven Senate Republicans sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin Monday, demanding that he rescind an abortion travel policy that they claim violates U.S. law by circumventing Congress. Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., has vocally opposed this policy. "You have broken your promise to the American people not to politicize… -
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The True Face of the United Nations
The precursor to the United Nations was conceptualized by President Woodrow Wilson, who feverishly traveled around Europe calling for “the making of peace” as well as “the creation of a League of Nations” to accomplish that objective. This came on the heels of World War I and, for his tireless efforts, Wilson was awarded the… -
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Collusion? This Group, in Partnership With Government, Targeted Conservative Speech in 2020
On Oct. 24, 2020, Mike Huckabee posted a joke on social media. "Stood in rain for hour to early vote today. When I got home I filled in my stack of mail-in ballots and then voted the ballots of my deceased parents and grandparents. They vote just like me! #Trump2020" Huckabee wasn’t the only voter… -
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There Is No ‘Second America’ If This One Fails
For the past two decades, many educated Americans have stopped acting in “defense of civilization” but instead in “defense of barbarism,” former New York Times columnist Bari Weiss told The Federalist Society’s National Lawyers Convention on Friday. Weiss warned the conservative legal audience that when it comes to pushing back against the Left and its… -
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‘Zero Appetite’ in Israel for Cease-Fire With Hamas, Embassy Official Says
Despite calls from the United Nations and others for a “humanitarian truce” between Israel and Hamas, Israeli Embassy official Eliav Benjamin says, “Nobody in Israel is talking about a cease-fire at this point.” Benjamin adds that there is “zero appetite for that.” Benjamin, deputy chief of mission at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, told… -
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Supreme Court Releases Code of Conduct
The U.S. Supreme Court released its own "Code of Conduct" on Monday evening to "set out succinctly and gather in one place the ethics rules and principles that guide the conduct of the members of the court." The Code of Conduct comes after intense pressure from liberal activist groups for the justices to implement an… -
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How Thatcher Would Have Crushed Hateful Pro-Palestinian Protesters in UK
Margaret Thatcher hated terrorism in all its forms, whether it was carried out by the Irish Republican Army, al-Qaeda, or state-sponsored. The Iron Lady famously survived an IRA assassination attempt in Brighton, England, in 1984 and was a fearless adversary of terrorist movements across the world. I worked for Thatcher in her private office in… -
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Authorities in DC Preparing to Ensure Safety, Security at ‘March for Israel’
The Metropolitan Police Department of Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Capitol Police said they are taking proactive security measures to protect the March for Israel, a massive pro-Israel demonstration planned for Tuesday, The Daily Signal has learned. Both departments stressed, however, that they could not disclose specifics. The Metropolitan Police Department is working closely with… -
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Iowa Leads Way on Education Freedom
In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, families bear the twin burdens of inflation and indoctrination. Parents continue to witness their children being taught divisive, radical ideologies that portray their country as intrinsically racist, place social justice above fundamental subjects such as reading and math, and even divide children by race. All this while academic proficiency drops off a cliff…. -
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Amid Massive Overpayments by Feds, FOIA Documents Show They ‘Only Deal in Billions’
You know there’s a problem when the rounding unit for a federal program’s improper payments equals the annual incomes of 13,408 U.S. households. Emails obtained by The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project through a Freedom of Information Act request revealed a Department of Labor official stating that, when measuring improper federal government payments, “We only deal… -
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Secret Service Agent Protecting Biden Granddaughter Fires at Car Thieves as DC Crime Wave Surges
A Secret Service agent protecting one of President Joe Biden’s five granddaughters shot at three unidentified individuals who were trying to break into a government-owned car in Washington, D.C., just before midnight. The Secret Service agent was part of a detail assigned to Naomi Biden Neal, 29, who is presidential son Hunter Biden’s oldest daughter… -
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Let’s Stop Paying Beijing to Steal Our Gene Code
The House of Representatives’ annual defense bill currently under consideration includes an amendment from Rep. Mike Gallagher that would ban federal agencies from giving taxpayer dollars to China’s largest genomics company, the Beijing Genomics Institute, also known as BGI. Gallagher, R-Wis., is chairman of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United… -
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3 Changes to School Choice Bill Could Skyrocket Texas From No. 30 to No. 4 in the Nation
Gov. Greg Abbott called the Texas Legislature into a fourth special session on Tuesday with the aim of expanding K-12 options for families. Over the past few years, lawmakers from across the country have empowered families to find the best school for their children. Abbott, a Republican, seems resolved to create similar opportunities for Texas… -
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Florida Again Earns Top Spot on Heritage Foundation’s Education Freedom Report Card
Florida has once again been ranked No. 1 among the states on The Heritage Foundation’s Education Freedom Report Card, which was released at an event Thursday in Des Moines, Iowa. “They have universal education choice in that state. Any child who wants it can exercise school choice,” says Lindsey Burke, director of The Heritage Foundation’s…