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Coach to Return to High School Football Field After 7-Year Court Battle Over Prayer There
After a seven-year legal battle that ended with a victory at the Supreme Court, Joe Kennedy will be back on the field Sept. 1 coaching football and taking a knee in prayer. “I have been looking forward to this since the 2015 season,” Kennedy told The Daily Signal Tuesday. “I am praying for a fantastic… -
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Is Obama Pulling Strings on a ‘Weekend at Bernie’s’ Biden Administration?
Who’s running the federal government? That question has been asked frequently as President Joe Biden continues to demonstrate signs of severe physical and mental decline. The president often seems barely there. It strains credulity that a man who can hardly put a sentence together at this point is fully carrying out his duties as commander… -
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Obesity Epidemic Threatens Not Just Public Health, but Also National Security
When contemplating the greatest threats to American national security, an aggressive Communist China or expansionist Russia properly come to mind. However, there’s another threat closer to home, one that affects millions of Americans and is already affecting our national security. It’s obesity. More than 41% of Americans are categorized as obese (having a body mass… -
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Biden’s Flip-Flops on Weapons for Ukraine Put the Flapjack Cooks at IHOP to Shame
President Joe Biden’s flipping puts the flapjack cooks at IHOP to shame. Sadly, he’s not flipping delicious pancakes, but America’s strategic positions on sending certain weapons to Ukraine. Biden’s pattern of initial reluctance to send advanced weapons, followed by a change of heart under pressure from the media and allies, sends a dangerous message to… -
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Close Brush With Insanity: Maryland’s Pot Law Impedes Police Efforts to Stop Drug-Impaired Driving
“They call it dope for a reason,” anti-drug campaigns used to say. These public service campaigns were referring to the people who use drugs, but a marijuana law recently passed by the Maryland General Assembly shows that the slogan could apply to some legislators too. That’s harsh, but accurate. Why? Under a statute that took… -
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Supreme Court Reinstates Biden Rule Regulating Gun Part Kits as Traditional Firearms
The Supreme Court stayed Tuesday a lower court decision to vacate a rule designed to crack down on "ghost guns” by regulating gun parts kits as traditional firearms. The Biden administration asked the Supreme Court on July 27 to restore the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives “Frame or Receiver” rule, which expands the definition of firearm… -
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End the Practice of Federal Government Serving as Unions’ Bill Collector
Imagine if membership organizations could get the federal government to serve as their bill collector, subtracting membership costs from workers’ paychecks before they see them and sending the money directly to the organization. That special privilege actually exists for federal employees’ unions, but the Paycheck Protection Act, introduced by Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., would end… -
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Planned Parenthood, ACLU Fight to Keep Child Marriage Legal
If you think child brides are the stuff of faraway cultures, think again. In 2017, child marriage was legal in all 50 states in America. Only recently have survivors started chipping away at the practice, using their nightmarish stories to put a stop to the abuse of (mostly) young girls. California was next in line… -
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Federal Judge Dismisses Parents’ Lawsuit, Lets School Allow Boys to Use Girls’ Bathroom
A federal judge ruled Monday that an Ohio school district’s policy that allows students to use the bathroom on the basis of gender identity rather than biological sex may stand. In 2022, a coalition of parents, represented by America First Legal, sued Bethel Local Schools, alleging that the district’s policy was enacted without community input… -
opinion
Is Movie’s Barbie a Frankenstein Wannabe?
It was almost the end of the movie. On a whim, I sat there, as a young woman in my 20s, with hundreds of adult men and women (somewhat scantily) clad in pinks, sparkles, and flash to watch a sentimental journey unfold. Several cheap laughs and a half-baked, simple plot later, it was apparent this… -
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State Schools Chief Seeks Answers on District’s Reported Ties to Chinese Government
Parents Defending Education’s new report, “Little Red Classrooms,” offers some worrisome information about China’s reach in U.S. K-12 schools through so-called Confucius Classrooms. The report notes that Parents Defending Education “uncovered contracts that show Confucius Classrooms, or other Chinese government-backed programming, are still in operation” in a number of schools throughout the U.S., including Tulsa… -
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Vermont Law Bans Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers From Counseling Women
A new law in Vermont may end up shutting down pro-life pregnancy centers, banning them from offering non-medical services and providing post-abortion counseling, as well as subjecting them to steep fines if the state deems their advertising “misleads” women into thinking they provide or promote abortions. Two Vermont faith-based pregnancy centers have filed a lawsuit… -
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Federal Indictment of Donald Trump Is Weaponization of American Political System
The indictment of former President Donald Trump by special counsel Jack Smith—with the full approval of Attorney General Merrick Garland—is an attack on the American political system and fundamental rights protected by the First Amendment to freely discuss, debate, and contest serious election and political issues. It represents the ultimate weaponization of the Justice Department,… -
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Congressman Threatens to Cut DHS and DOJ Funding Ahead of Spending Fight
Texas Congressman Chip Roy says he will not approve funding for the Department of Homeland Security or Justice Department unless “changes” are made. “And I can tell you right now for all my colleagues, I will not vote for a continuing resolution or any funding for DHS or DOJ if we don’t get changes… -
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Child-Trafficking Bust Proves the Left Was Wrong About ‘Sound of Freedom’
While 126 more suspects in child trafficking and child sexual exploitation are eating prison food today, many legacy media outlets are eating crow. Less than a month after liberal and left-wing media outlets slammed the child sex-trafficking docudrama “Sound of Freedom” for supposedly being a rallying point for “QAnon supporters,” conspiracy theorists, and “Dads with… -
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Joe Biden Enjoys His 1967 Corvette While Forcing You to Go Electric
While President Joe Biden enjoys his beautiful gas-guzzling 1967 Corvette Stingray, he wants to dictate what kind of car you get to own. The Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed de facto electric vehicle mandate would force auto manufacturers to make nearly 70% of their new automobiles electric by 2032. Now, Biden’s Department of Transportation is following… -
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UPSIDE-DOWN WORLD: Pro-Trans Health Care Group Issues Contradictory Stance on ‘Gender-Affirming Care’
Imagine the Food and Drug Administration announces a new drug with some known side effects and no proven benefits and says, "We're not quite sure this is safe for the public. We need to run more tests, but until we learn more, everyone should take it anyway." COVID-19 vaccines notwithstanding, the American public would rightly… -
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Abortion Activists Turn to Legislation to Target Pregnancy Care Centers, Pro-Life Advocate Warns
Pro-abortion forces have moved from physically attacking pro-life pregnancy care centers to weaponizing legislation against them, according to the Rev. Jim Harden. In recent months, “we started to see an ebb in the violent attacks against pro-life entities and a rise in potential weaponization of legislation specifically targeting pro-life activity in the public square, and… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Majority of GOP, Independent Voters Want to End US Aid to Ukraine
A majority of Republican and independent voters oppose additional U.S. aid for Ukraine, according to new polling data released today and shared with The Daily Signal. By a margin of 54% to 29%, Republicans do not want Congress to provide funding and supply weapons to Ukraine. Among independents, opposition jumps to 56% with a mere… -
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How the Biden White House, Facebook Quietly Censored Americans
Did you think what you saw on your Facebook feed was determined by your interests and your friends? Think again. New documents uncovered by Rep. Jim Jordan, the Ohio Republican who heads the House Judiciary Committee, reveal the Biden White House furiously pressured Facebook to censor content that raised questions about or criticized the COVID-19…