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Italy Joins Hungary as European Leader in Pro-Life, Pro-Family Policies
Italy is announcing a new initiative to raise the nation’s flagging birthrate. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government approved a new budget last week, setting aside 1 billion euros (nearly $1.1 billion) in funding to support mothers and families, in an effort to boost the national birthrate. Some of those measures include increased financial aid to working mothers with two… -
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DC Freshens Up ‘Black Lives Matter’ Street Art Despite Hamas Endorsements
The District of Columbia is freshening up its massive "Black Lives Matter" street mural even as the Black Lives Matter organization faces intense backlash for social media posts aligning with the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel earlier this month. BLM affiliates have expressed solidarity with the "resistance" against Israel, compared attacks on Israel to racial… -
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Leftists Try, and Fail, to Smear Speaker Johnson as ‘Christian Nationalist’
Democrats are trying to make Halloween extra spooky this year by exhuming the boogieman of Christian nationalism. The news hook is the election of a conservative Christian as speaker of the House. Rep. Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, won the election last week. In the left-wing media’s lexicon, Christian nationalism doesn’t refer to the handful… -
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New Speaker Spurs Spike in House GOP Fundraising
The National Republican Congressional Committee, the House GOP’s campaign arm, raised its largest amount in a single day since February 2022 on Friday after Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana won the speakership. The NRCC raised $175,000 two days after Johnson secured the gavel, and brought in more than $475,000 over the three-day weekend, the Daily Caller News… -
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Biden Poised to Bail Out Wind Energy Industry, Experts Predict
A bailout package for the struggling offshore wind industry may be imminent if the industry’s struggles do not abate soon, energy industry and policy experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation. The Biden administration has heavily subsidized the industry as part of its wider climate agenda, but inflation, supply chain backups, high interest rates, and logistical difficulties have severely… -
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Newsom Signs Bill Mandating Diversity Reporting in Venture Capital, Vetoes Similar Bill Aimed at His Office
Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill on Oct. 8 requiring the governor’s office to report the ethnic breakdown of its appointees the same day he signed a bill requiring that venture capital firms report the racial and sexual diversity of companies they invest in, according to statements released by the governor. Newsom said that California… -
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‘We Are Vulnerable to Global Terrorism,’ Because Biden ‘Has Thrown Open Border,’ Ted Cruz Says
Is President Joe Biden trying to get us killed? His Nagasaki-like destruction of the southern “border” is like a mating call that lures terrorists to have their way with us. Customs and Border Protection reports that 269,735 illegal aliens invaded America in September alone, a one-month record. Border Patrol agents apprehended 1,912,663 illegal aliens during President Donald… -
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School Board Member Sues for Right to Recite Bible Verses
Since she began serving on her local school board in Arizona in January, Heather Rooks has made it a practice to begin her meeting comments by reading a Scripture verse she found encouraging. Rooks says citing Scriptures such as Isaiah 41:10—“Do not fear for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for… -
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The Insidious Way the Biden Admin Forces Staff to Preach DEI
Promoting the gospel of diversity, equity, and inclusion isn't an extracurricular activity at the Department of Commerce—it's an essential part of every employee's job, according to a new memo obtained by The Daily Signal. If the hard-nosed economists at Commerce don't preach about institutional racism or display their preferred personal pronouns in their bios, they… -
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South Carolina Teachers Union Out to Deprive Students of Learning Options
Barely six months after South Carolina lawmakers approved legislation allowing K-12 students to customize their education, the state affiliate of the National Education Association is attempting to force children to remain in assigned public schools. The South Carolina Education Association is the latest in a long line of education special-interest groups that oppose parental rights… -
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Federal Judge Blocks Colorado’s Abortion Drug Reversal Ban
A federal judge has blocked implementation of Colorado’s ban on abortion drug reversals, citing constitutional grounds. District Court Judge Daniel Domenico issued an order last Saturday halting Colorado’s ban on performing abortion drug reversal procedures, citing concerns about religious freedom. Domenico wrote: “The law at issue here runs afoul of these First Amendment principles. And because it… -
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IRS Can Enter ‘Anyone’s House at Any Time’: Abuse Detailed in New Weaponization Report
An IRS agent showed up at the door of a Marion County, Ohio, woman and lied about his reason for being there. Once inside, the Internal Revnue Service agent, purporting to be named Bill Haus, began to harass and intimidate the taxpayer, according to a congressional report released Friday. The woman called a lawyer, who… -
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Cruz Recounts ‘Horrifying’ Scene at Southern Border During Midnight Patrol With Agents
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz was at the southern border late Thursday night and into Friday and encountered a situation he calls “horrifying.” While on a midnight patrol with Border Patrol agents, Cruz encountered a group of about 20 illegal aliens in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley. They had turned themselves in to Border Patrol, and the… -
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After Attack on Israel, Terror Threat Looms Over US Southern Border
Earlier this month, Hamas launched the largest coordinated attack against Israel in more than 50 years, leaving over 1,400 dead in its wake. To carry out its heinous attack, Hamas penetrated one of the most secure borders in the world. Over 6,000 miles away, we, too, face a crisis at our borders. Americans have lived… -
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Automakers Wake Up to Reality on Electric Vehicles
CLAYTON, GEORGIA—Driving through rural Georgia, I have yet to see an electric vehicle or a charging station. After promising the Biden administration that they would eliminate most of the cars Americans want to buy from dealer lots by 2035, GM and Ford are now waking up to reality. They are cutting back on projections of… -
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Bidenflation: Hazardous to Your Health Care, Too
Bidenomics is driving up the cost of health care. In the release of its annual survey of employer health benefits, the Kaiser Family Foundation notes: “Amid rising inflation, annual family premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance climbed 7% on average this year to reach $23,968, a sharp departure from virtually no growth in premiums last year,… -
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Why We Celebrate National First Responders Day: A Look at the Risks They Take for Us
Oct. 28 marks National First Responders Day. With so many challenges facing our families, communities, and nation, it could be easy to brush aside the significance of taking time to honor those who work tirelessly to keep us safe. However, it is more crucial than ever to take a moment to thank and honor these… -
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Emboldened Global Jihad Is Final Nail in Coffin of Mass Migration Delusion
The weeks since the Oct. 7 Hamas pogrom in Israel—in which the most Jews were slaughtered in a single day than at any time since World War II—have seen an astonishing rise in global Jew-hatred. One might have thought that the mass carnage and unspeakable barbarism of the Hamas Holocaust would instead galvanize a concerted… -
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Top 5 Reasons to Oppose Biden’s Request for Extra $106B
President Joe Biden last week asked Congress to provide $106 billion in emergency money to confront multiple crises around the world and at home. As Washington begins to debate the president’s request, here are the top five reasons for Congress to oppose it. 1. Inadequate Aid to Israel Biden cynically decided to include emergency aid… -
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SPLC Silent After Anti-Israel Vandals Strike Near Tree of Life Synagogue Ahead of Shooting Anniversary
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and the Anti-Defamation League condemned the anti-Israel vandalism in a Jewish community near the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh one day before the fifth anniversary of the horrific murder of 11 congregants. Yet the Southern Poverty Law Center, which bills itself as an expert on “hate groups” and antisemitism, has…