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‘Snow White’ Is Latest Disney Film to Get Woke-Washed
To no one’s surprise, Disney’s upcoming live-action adaptation of “Snow White” is shaping up to be yet another left-wing, woke attempt to right the perceived wrongs of the original. “Snow White” was Disney’s first feature film, and it contained elements that do not fare well with the Left’s sensibilities almost a century later. Critics accuse… -
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Trump Says Supreme Court ‘Must Intercede’ in His Case
Former President Donald Trump said Friday that the Supreme Court “must intercede” in special counsel Jack Smith’s case against him. Trump pleaded not guilty Thursday in Washington, D.C., to four charges relating to his alleged attempt to overturn the 2020 election. He said Friday in a post on Truth Social that the indictments against him are “election interference” that… -
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Dreadful ‘Fascist’ ‘Barbie’ Dominates the Cinema
Anyone watching television in the last few months has been inundated with marketing for the “Barbie” movie. It wasn’t just in the movie commercials. It was in commercials for cars and other products. It was inserted into the plots of reality shows. It was everywhere. It’s not a movie I had any interest in seeing,… -
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The Pro-Trans Medical Establishment Does the Very Thing It Falsely Accuses Conservatives of Doing
Transgender activists often claim that when their opponents want to outlaw medical experiments on children, they are not opposing a grotesque alteration of the body, but forbidding doctors to provide any kind of medical care for a class of people—namely, those who identify as transgender. Yet we conservatives and our gender-critical allies wholeheartedly support requiring… -
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Joe Biden’s DOJ: Where Justice Goes to Die
The Department of Justice should be honest and call itself Biden Campaign Headquarters. As a fearsome whiff of East Germany wafts through its windows, this Cabinet agency persecutes Donald Trump, the president’s chief political rival, and keeps the heat off of the Bidens. Regardless, temperatures are hotter than July. Special counsel Jack Smith’s four-count indictment… -
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From Worst to Worster: Adding Xylazine to Fentanyl
Xylazine—a tranquilizer approved as a sedative for veterinary medical use but not for any use in humans—is currently worsening the opioid crisis. Known on the street as “tranq,” xylazine has become a common additive to substances like fentanyl, heroin, and cocaine, whether taken orally, by smoking or snorting it, or by injecting it. It creates… -
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The Biden Administration Lost Contact With 85,000 Children. Here’s How Congress Is Trying to Find Them.
Congressman Chris Smith is preparing to introduce legislation that will require the federal government to locate the 85,000 migrant children it has lost contact with within the U.S. “This is all about accountability and effective interventions for these kids,” Smith, R-N.J., told The Daily Signal. The draft legislation is focused on “locating, establishing contact with,… -
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Transgender ‘Women’ Aren’t
Jess Hilarious, a well-known comedian and personality, has recently created quite a stir in the world of social media. She dared to voice her opinion on a trending video where a transgender "woman" claimed that "womanhood" and menstruation were not exclusive to biological women. Hilarious responded with the simple truth that only biological women can… -
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Biden’s Woke Housing Plan for All of Us
Rising interest rates and a shortage of lower-cost houses under the Biden administration continue to make homeownership unobtainable for many young families. Instead of working to solve actual problems like these, President Joe Biden is once again choosing to prioritize the expansive promotion of woke diversity, equity, and inclusion ideology in housing policies, as a… -
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2 Sets of Laws for 2 Americas
Two sets of laws now operate in an increasingly unrecognizable America. Consider the matter of unlawfully removing and storing classified papers. Donald Trump may go to prison for removing contested White House files to his home. So far, Joe Biden seems exempt from just such legal jeopardy. But as a senator and vice president with… -
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Mayorkas’ Reorganization of DHS Reeks of Scheme to Impact 2024 Election
Just three years ago, the Left led several efforts to defund the police. It came as a surprise, then, when Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas on Monday announced he’s moving the Office of State and Local Law Enforcement out of the small and little-known Office of Partnership and Engagement at Department of Homeland Security… -
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Bad Rx: Regulatory Burden Driving Doctors Out of Private Practices, Into Hospital Employment
Independent medical practices are being smothered by excessive and costly government regulation, fueling greater hospital market consolidation and resulting in ever-higher health care costs for individuals and families. There is, however, a glimmer of good news. In a recent hearing, Republicans and Democrats on the House Small Business Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations and Regulations, chaired… -
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White House Purges 442 Reporters Using New Press Credential Rules
Over the past three months, the number of reporters with access to the White House dropped by 31%. There are now 442 fewer reporters with a coveted “hard pass”—the result of new rules announced in May that took effect Tuesday. The Daily Signal’s Fred Lucas was among the reporters slated to lose his White House… -
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Republicans Demand McCarthy Reform Pandemic Response Legislation
Republicans are calling on House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to apply reforms to the pandemic response legislation in order to protect the American people from future government overreach. Texas Republican Rep. Chip Roy lead the lawmakers in sending a letter to McCarthy on Wednesday demanding substantive changes to the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA)—changes they… -
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Jack Smith’s Jan. 6 Trump Indictments Are an Attack on Political Speech
If recklessly lying to voters were a crime, most everyone in Washington, D.C., would be serving life in solitary confinement at Supermax. But in a liberal democracy, as frustrating as it often is, political misconduct is settled by voters and elections, not partisan prosecutors or rioters. Feel free to campaign and vote against Donald Trump… -
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SEE YOU IN COURT: Parents Challenge LGBTQ Book Policy That Requires Teachers ‘To Shame Children’ for Religious Faith
Muslim, Jewish, Catholic, Latter-day Saint, Protestant, Ethiopian Orthodox, atheist, and agnostic parents are taking a Maryland school board to court Wednesday, Aug. 9, for denying them the right to opt out of the school’s LGBTQ book curriculum. “These books are in fact teaching explicit sexual orientation and gender identity issues as early as pre-k,” Will… -
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Is China Influencing What Your Child Is Learning in School?
Parents Defending Education has released a new report that offers some unsettling information about the reach of the People’s Republic of China in U.S. K-12 schools through so-called Confucius Classrooms. “Confucius Classrooms are a program that is intended to teach children Chinese language and culture, which on its face sounds benign, but some of your… -
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6 Key Takeaways From Devon Archer’s Testimony About Joe and Hunter Biden
A U.S. vice president, a Russian oligarch’s widow, and a Greek Orthodox priest walk into a cafe. That’s not the opening line of a joke; it’s part of the story told from the transcript of Hunter Biden’s former business partner, Devon Archer, in a closed-door interview with members and counsel of the House Oversight and… -
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State GOP Devises Plan to Limit Influence of ‘Woke’ Teachers Unions
The Alabama Republican Party is on the verge of prohibiting some GOP candidates from accepting campaign donations from the Alabama Education Association, the predominant teachers union in the state. Alabama GOP Chairman John Wahl announced the proposal ahead of Saturday’s vote by the state party’s executive committee. If approved, candidates running for the Alabama Board… -
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Fitch Downgrades US Credit
Fitch Ratings downgraded the U.S. government’s credit rating from “AAA” to “AA+” on Tuesday, a signal that the agency no longer has complete confidence in the government’s ability to avoid default. The rating “reflects the expected fiscal deterioration over the next three years, a high and growing general government debt burden, and the erosion of governance ……