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Did ABC News Bow to Pressure From Climate Activists on Headline on Maui Wildfire Story?
ABC News on Tuesday updated an article on the Maui wildfires in Hawaii ruling out climate change to clarify that it isn’t the “entire” cause of the conflagrations. The original report Monday by Julia Jacobo, Samantha Wnek, and Ginger Zee, titled “Why climate change can’t be blamed for the Maui wildfires,” received considerable backlash from… -
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FINALLY: DC May Face the Music for Its Blatant Black Lives Matter Double Standard
During the summer of 2020, the nation’s capital city didn’t just allow Black Lives Matter protesters to spray-paint public property with their message; Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser actively joined the protest by directing staff to paint the words “Black Lives Matter” on a street across from the White House, rebranding a section as Black… -
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Federal Appeals Court Rules FDA Must Restore Safeguards on Abortion Drugs
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit decided Wednesday that the Food and Drug Administration must restore the safeguards to chemical abortion drugs used to end the life of a human baby. The federal appeals court's decision came after it found that the federal government, under former President Barack Obama's administration, improperly loosened… -
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The Highly Dangerous Georgia Indictments
This week, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis launched a 98-page missile directly into the heart of American politics. That missile was a 41-count indictment charging former President Donald Trump and 18 alleged co-conspirators with violation of the Georgia version of the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act—acts in furtherance of a conspiracy to commit… -
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College Rip-Off
It’s August, when many young people head off to college. This year, fortunately, fewer will go. I say “fortunately” because college is now an overpriced scam. Overpriced, because normal incentives to be frugal and make smart judgments about who should go to college were thrown out when the federal government took over granting student loans…. -
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Losing Guatemala as a Critical American Ally
Elections have consequences. They can either benefit a nation or lead to disastrous outcomes. On June 25, Guatemala held its first round of the presidential election, and the results ended disastrously for this historically conservative Central American country of 17 million people. The results also do not bode well for America, as the current government… -
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CNN Beclowns Itself Pushing Gibberish ‘Neopronouns,’ ‘Nounself Pronouns’
CNN wants you to take “neopronouns” seriously—so much so that on Saturday, it published an 1,800-word-long “Guide to Neopronouns.” The article promotes pronoun activist Dennis Baron’s 2020 book, “What’s My Gender?” If you’ve never heard of “neopronouns” before, that’s because it’s unlikely you’ve ever met anyone who uses them—or ever will. “What is a neopronoun?” you might… -
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FAA Should Rely on Ability, Not Race, in Hiring Air Traffic Controllers
Tragedy nearly struck about six months ago when a FedEx cargo plane and a Southwest jet came within 100 feet of each other. An air traffic controller somehow had cleared both planes for takeoff and landing on the same runway at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas. Disaster was averted Feb. 22 only because of the… -
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GO WOKE, GO BROKE: Target Feels the Pain Amid ‘Pride Month’ Backlash
Target's second-quarter sales fell for the first time in six years amid backlash to the company's LGBTQ "Pride Month" merchandise. April 29-July 29 sales at stores open for at least one year dropped 5.4%, including a 10.5% decline online, CNN Business reported. The company cut its annual sales forecast. Even the retail giant's foot traffic… -
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Trump Takes 47-Point Lead Over Republican Field as Ramaswamy Surges to Second
Former President Donald Trump is widening his lead over the field of Republican rivals, according to a new poll shared with The Daily Signal. With support from 60% of Republican primary voters, Trump commands a 47-point advantage over his nearest competitor in Scott Rasmussen’s latest national survey. The poll from RMG Research Inc. was in… -
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The Case for Intelligent Design, With Stephen Meyer
Science and the theory of intelligent design go hand in hand, says Stephen Meyer, author of the book “Return of the God Hypothesis.” The “God hypothesis,” Meyer says, is the “idea that the postulation of a transcendent intelligence, who is also active in the creation, provides a better explanation, causal explanation, for the origin of… -
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Destruction of Rule of Law in Fani Willis’ Georgia Star Chamber
The attack on the First Amendment and the very structure of the American legal system by the Star Chamber of Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis is a profound assault on our democratic republic and the rule of law. There’s no other way to characterize the politically partisan indictment of former President Donald Trump… -
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Did American Diplomacy Under Biden ‘Lose’ Niger?
Niger’s Presidential Guard, led by Gen. Abdourahmane “Omar” Tchiani, staged a coup July 26 that replaced President Mohamed Bazoum with a National Preservation Council. That body then named an interim leader: Tchiani. Although some civilians have been appointed to positions in the new government, it is clear where power resides. Niger is only the latest domino… -
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Kansas Legal Battle Gets to the Heart of How Transgenderism Aims to Redefine Reality
In the lead-up to the Civil War, pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers rushed to Kansas to determine whether the Sunflower State would enshrine the "peculiar institution," releasing a bloodletting that foreshadowed the larger war to come. This year, Kansas finds itself in the middle of a similarly ideological battle, a focal point in a debate about… -
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Deadly Hawaii Fires Are Result of Political and Policy Failures—Not Climate Change
Hawaii has suffered through one of the most devastating natural disasters in recent American history. Predictably, the left-wing political and media narrative-making machine has sought to turn the Hawaii fires into another lesson about climate change. The facts draw a drastically different picture. The extent of the damage on the island of Maui isn’t fully… -
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Obama Still Scolds Americans for Offering ‘Thoughts and Prayers’ During Maui Tragedy
After the horrific wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui last week that took the lives of at least 99 and left more than 1,000 unaccounted for, many Americans are donating money to help the victims. Many more are offering their thoughts and prayers, including former President Barack Obama, who grew up in Hawaii but… -
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Appeals Court Upholds Pro-Life Activists’ Claim DC ‘Selectively’ Enforced Statute to Arrest Them But Not BLM Protesters
A federal appeals court ruled 3-0 Tuesday that the Washington, D.C., District Court had wrongly dismissed pro-life activists' lawsuit accusing the city of violating their First Amendment rights. The city had arrested pro-life activists for chalking a message on the sidewalk while permitting Black Lives Matter (BLM) protesters to mark property without consequences. During the… -
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California AG Hints at Investigating Second School Board to Back Parental Rights on Kids’ Gender Transitions
Parental rights advanced last week in deep blue California, as another school district required teachers to notify parents if their children begin to identify as transgender. The school board of the Murrieta Valley Unified School District adopted a Parental Notification Policy by a 3-2 vote Thursday. Under it, teachers must contact a parent or guardian within three days if… -
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Hillary Clinton Laughs at News of Trump’s Indictment Over 2020 Election
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who famously lost the 2016 presidential election to Donald Trump, laughed at news of the latest indictment against her former campaign opponent on Monday night. “All over the country right now, people are wondering what Hillary Rodham Clinton is thinking, watching things unfold in Georgia,” MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow said… -
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School District Allowed to Keep Child Gender Transitions From Parents, Court Rules
A federal appeals court ruled Monday that a Maryland school district can continue to keep students’ gender transitions from their parents. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit dismissed a coalition of parents’ lawsuit against Montgomery County Public Schools alleging that the district’s gender support plan, which allows students to change their gender without their…