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opinion
Popular Social Media Platform’s New AI Feature Gives ‘Advice’ to Kids About Gender Confusion
It’s attractive, easily accessible, and easily understood. It’s also nearly impossible to remove from this popular social media app. And it’s primed to deliver dangerous gender ideology narratives to vulnerable children. Meet Snapchat’s latest feature, which goes by the catchy name “My AI” (artificial intelligence). Snapchat is an instant messaging smartphone application that allows users… -
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California Democrats Vote Against Anti-Child Trafficking Bill, Then Reverse Course
Last week, one Democrat in the California state Assembly made a rare public apology—not over a scandal, but over her position on a vote that had taken place the same week. Assembly member Liz Ortega had joined fellow Democrats just a few days earlier in blocking a bill aimed at cracking down on human trafficking… -
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Supreme Court Term Limits: Still a ‘Solution’ in Search of a Problem
Whoever came up with the axiom “It doesn’t matter whether you win or lose, but how you play the game” probably didn’t lose very often. The Left today is losing at the Supreme Court, and they don’t like it one bit. They respond by smearing the justices responsible for decisions they don’t like with fake… -
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Some Supreme Court Justices Have a Slippery Handle on Facts
The U.S. Supreme Court is finished for the term, but questions about accuracy should follow some justices into the next session in October. For example: Was Justice Sonia Sotomayor correct in her description of a key historical event in a recent dissenting opinion—or did she obscure details to suit her purposes? And with the revelation… -
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Vivek Ramaswamy Releases Supreme Court Picks
Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy released a list of judges Monday that he will consider for top judicial appointments should he become president of the United States. Ramaswamy's list of Supreme Court candidates includes James Ho of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit; Lawrence VanDyke of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the… -
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Reporter Savannah Hernandez Describes Massive Religious Protest Against Anti-Catholic Bigotry
Field reporter Savannah Hernandez was one of the only reporters on the ground covering the massive religious protest against anti-Catholic and anti-Christian bigotry. Hernandez joins today’s episode of “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss the protesting against the Los Angeles Dodgers honoring the anti-Catholic “Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence” — a group of trans-identifying and queer… -
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Donald Trump Promises: ‘I Will Prevent World War III’
PALM BEACH, Fla. — In a speech to college students and conservative Americans on Saturday evening, former President Donald Trump promised that he would not allow the United States to head into a third world war. "I'm the only one that can make this promise," Trump said, amid concerns over President Joe Biden's approval of the… -
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Megyn Kelly Thinks It’s Time for DeSantis to ‘Get Out There and Fight’ on Liberal Networks
PALM BEACH, Fla. — Podcast host Megyn Kelly disagrees with some Republican takes that 2024 presidential candidate Ron DeSantis floundered through Friday's town hall with Tucker Carlson. And she thinks it is time for the Florida governor to make a stir on liberal television networks. "I think DeSantis is starting to find his groove," Kelly… -
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Ron DeSantis: ‘DC Elites’ Should Pay Attention to Our Borders, Not Ukraine’s
“I’m very confident that the freedom in Florida is what more people would choose rather than the public defecation on the streets of San Francisco,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican presidential candidate, said at the end of an interview Friday with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson. Given the difference between Florida’s priorities and… -
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Here’s What Really Led to Capitol Riot, Vivek Ramaswamy Tells Tucker Carlson
Censorship of Americans’ opinions led to the Capitol riot two weeks before President Donald Trump left office, entrepreneur and Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy says. Former Fox News host Tucker Carson questioned Ramaswamy regarding what happened Jan. 6, 2021, during an onstage interview Friday in Des Moines, Iowa, at the Family Leadership Summit, a… -
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To ‘Buy Sudafed,’ Board Plane Require ID. So Should Voting, Nikki Haley Says.
Tucker Carlson asked Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley a series of probing questions about her presidential candidacy on Friday. Haley spoke with the former Fox News host at the Family Leadership Summit, being held in Des Moines, Iowa. Several other Republican presidential hopefuls also took part in the event. Haley, who declared her candidacy for… -
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How Mike Pence Answers When Tucker Carlson Asks About Jan. 6, Election Reforms, and Ukraine
Former Vice President Mike Pence spoke about his role during the Capitol riot, backed election reforms, and argued on behalf of Ukraine in a sometimes contentious interview Friday with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson. The former vice president, Indiana governor, and congressman sat down with Carlson in Des Moines, Iowa, during the Family Leadership… -
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Electric Vehicles: Costly Virtue Signaling Forced on America by Left
The Left likes to treat skeptics of electrical cars as if they were Luddites. Truth is, making an existing product less efficient, but more expensive, doesn’t really meet the definition of innovation. Even the purported amenities and technological advances EV makers like to brag about in their ads have been a regular feature of gas-powered… -
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Iowa Governor Signs ‘Heartbeat Bill’ Banning Abortion After 6 Weeks
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a “heartbeat bill” into law on Friday, banning abortions after six weeks, when a fetal heartbeat can be detected. This makes Iowa the 13th state to have a heartbeat bill protecting the unborn. “Not only will I continue to fight against the inhumanity of abortion, but I will also remain… -
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10 Reasons Why Affirmative Action Died
The end of affirmative action was inevitable. The only surprise in the Supreme Court’s recent decision was that such intentions gone terribly wrong lasted so long. First, supporters of racial preferences always pushed back the goal posts for the program’s success. Was institutionalized reverse bias to last 20 years, 60 years, or ad infinitum? Parity… -
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What’s Causing Pandemic of Adult Children Who Won’t Ever Again Speak to Their Parents?
There is a pandemic in the Western world—especially, but not only, in America—that few are talking about, let alone addressing. This pandemic doesn’t actually kill people. But it does destroy people, ruin lives, crush families, and cause permanent, debilitating pain—far more than have the vast majority of cases of COVID-19. This pandemic consists of adult… -
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Biden’s Evolving Biology on Abortion
When President Joe Biden issued a proclamation on the last day of February in honor of Women’s History Month, which was then about to commence on March 1, he made abortion one of its central themes. In doing so, he employed a misleading euphemism that has become a common cliche used by pro-abortion politicians: “their… -
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If You Don’t Like ‘Conservative Principles Driven by Judeo-Christian Foundation,’ Sen. Tim Scott Says, ‘Choose Another Candidate’
Republican presidential candidate Sen. Tim Scott says his public policy priorities might not be for everyone. “For those who don’t like commonsense, conservative principles driven by the Judeo-Christian foundation, choose another candidate,” said Scott, R-S.C. “It’s that simple.” Scott made his remarks during a nearly 30-minute onstage interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson… -
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EPA’s New Vehicle Emissions Rule Would Drive Cars and Trucks Off the Road. It’s Also Illegal.
Since the 2020 election, President Joe Biden has made clear his intention to drive America’s gasoline- and diesel-powered cars and trucks right off our roads. In May, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed a new rule that would impose such strict emissions limits that carmakers would only be able to comply with them by switching the… -
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Sorry, Gov. Newsom, but Citizens Want to Use Guns to Defend Themselves, Others
Last month, California Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled his proposal for a 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which the Democrat says would “enshrine fundamental, broadly supported gun safety measures into law while leaving the Second Amendment unchanged.” Although the Second Amendment protects individual liberty by telling the government what it can’t do with respect to…