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Graham: Hunter Biden Prosecutor Knew of Bribery Allegation
The federal prosecutor overseeing the Hunter Biden plea deal that garnered no jail time was aware of the FBI form that alleged a foreign national bribed President Joe Biden when he served as vice president, according to a letter Wednesday from the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., sent separate… -
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Republicans Gut Biden’s Trans Extremism in Woke-Crushing Military Bill
Most veterans are horrified the words even have to be uttered, but apparently, nothing’s off limits under President Joe Biden’s radical excuse for Pentagon leadership. “DRAG SHOWS HAVE NO PLACE IN OUR MILITARY,” Rep. Mark Alford, R-Mo., tweeted in all caps—not for the first time. “How many times do we have to say it?” Several, it appears…. -
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Canadian Province Bars Planned Parenthood From Schools Over Graphic ‘Sex: From A-Z’ Cards?
Is this what Planned Parenthood means when it says it provides more than just abortions? Planned Parenthood of Regina, Saskatchewan, in Canada brought "SEX: From A-Z" sexual topics cards to ninth graders there last week as part of a presentation about sexually transmitted diseases, contraception, and more. The sexually graphic cards had not been approved… -
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Fact Check: 5 Unusual, Unverifiable, or False Claims From President’s ‘Bidenomics’ Speech
Amid tenacious inflation and low approval ratings, President Joe Biden touted “Bidenomics” as the best economic path forward before a Chicago audience. “Guess what? Bidenomics is working,” Biden said Wednesday. His address at Chicago’s Old Post Office comes as only 34% of Americans say Biden has handled the economy well, according to a survey by… -
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Repentant Former Abortion Doctor’s New Book Explains His Conversion to Pro-Life
Dr. Haywood Robinson and his now-deceased wife Dr. Noreen Johnson started their relationship as a married couple performing abortions. Together, they went through a conversion and became pro-life advocates. Johnson died in August 2021 due to complications from the coronavirus. And now, Robinson has published a book they co-authored telling their story: "The Scalpel and… -
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‘Good Guy With Gun’ Swept Under Rug by Las Vegas Police
A good guy with a gun apparently stopped an active shooter in Las Vegas on Friday, almost certainly saving lives after a helmeted man opened fire with a rifle in a building lobby. But you probably didn’t hear about it. Why not? Normally, this type of defensive gun use would garner significant media attention and… -
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Maryland Parents Protest for Religious Opt-Out From Schools’ LGBTQ Curriculum
In an unusual demonstration of unity, Muslims, Jews, and Christians gathered outside the Montgomery County Public Schools’ board meeting Tuesday afternoon in protest of parents’ inability to opt children out of the LGBTQ curriculum. Many of the protesters were parents of children in the Montgomery County public school system. Despite the board meeting and protest… -
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‘Exploitation of Vulnerable People’: Drag Troupe Accused of Sexualizing People With Down Syndrome
Advocates have long fought for people with Down syndrome to be treated with dignity and love, and to be given opportunities that help them thrive as independently as possible. But in the United Kingdom, one group has sparked global outrage for costuming, choreographing, and celebrating "Drag Syndrome," a troupe of people with Down syndrome dancing… -
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Transgender Movement, Biden Border Policy Aid and Abet Child Sex Slavery, Rescuer Warns
The woke Left is championing the same "pedophile doctrines" that enable child sex slavery, warns Tim Ballard, a former Department of Homeland Security agent who has rescued hundreds of children from sex slavery. He also warns that taxpayer dollars are in effect funding child sex slavery under President Joe Biden. Ballard spoke with The Daily… -
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Good Guy With a Gun? Las Vegas Police Secretive About Shooting at High Rise
Las Vegas police are withholding details about what looks like a classic “good guy with a gun” scenario in which someone carrying a firearm prevents what could have turned into a mass shooting. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department won’t identify anyone involved in an incident Friday in which a helmet-wearing man with what appeared… -
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Another ‘Potential Criminal Element’ in Hunter Biden Scandal?
Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee are silent about whether anyone shared the allegations of IRS whistleblowers with either the White House or the Justice Department in advance of a plea deal Hunter Biden struck with federal prosecutors. Among allegations by two IRS agents in sworn testimony was that Justice Department officials “tipped… -
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Supreme Court Fails to Uphold Constitutional Provision Protecting State Legislatures
Unfortunately, a majority of the Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision Tuesday by Chief Justice John Roberts failed to prevent a liberal state court’s interference with the authority of a state legislature under the U.S. Constitution to set the rules and draw the maps for federal elections. The decision will, as Justice Clarence Thomas correctly… -
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There’s a Transgender Clinic Tucked Away Inside This Walgreens
A Walgreens in Dallas is quietly housing a transgender clinic where patients can go get referrals for transgender transition hormones like testosterone. Then they can stroll out of the clinic into the pharmacy and get their prescriptions filled. Walgreens has sparked backlash from its customers for offering to dispense abortion drugs "in any jurisdiction where… -
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TARGET ON THEIR BACKS: Moms for Liberty Invests in Extra Security Ahead of Summit After Receiving Threats
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The parental rights group Moms for Liberty has invested in extra security for its annual summit in Philadelphia later this week after facing threats following the Southern Poverty Law Center’s decision to place Moms for Liberty on its “hate map” with Ku Klux Klan chapters. “The Southern Poverty Law Center has… -
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On Affirmative Action, It’s Institutional Elites vs. the People
The Supreme Court will soon rule on a pair of cases that could put an official end to affirmative action in college admissions. If that happens, it will be a massive victory for the notion of merit, not identity, being the basis for success in this country. However, the larger fight against racial preferences is… -
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Two-Thirds of Californians Say They Are Considering Leaving the State
A new poll revealed that almost two-thirds of California residents have considered moving out of the state recently. The survey highlights mounting frustrations that Californians are feeling over their state’s policies related to escalating living costs, rising crime, increased political polarization, and parental rights concerns. The survey found that 40% of state residents say “they are somewhat… -
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Harvard Melts Down Over Threat to Affirmative Action
With the Supreme Court set to release a potentially monumental decision as early as this week ending racial preferences in college admissions, professors at the Harvard Graduate School of Education organized an alumni event on “Anticipating a Post-Affirmative Action World: Insights and Strategies for the Future.” Interestingly, but perhaps not surprisingly, only two minutes of… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Garland Impeachment ‘Not an Empty Threat,’ GOP Lawmakers Warn
A senior member of the House Judiciary Committee insists that impeachment is “not an empty threat” for Attorney General Merrick Garland, after two whistleblowers alleged that Garland and other Justice Department officials interfered with an IRS investigation of President Joe Biden’s son. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., told “Fox & Friends” on Monday: “If it comes… -
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Justices Nix ‘Independent State Legislature Theory’ on Administration of Elections
Justices ruled 6-3 Tuesday in Moore v. Harper to reject the “independent state legislature theory,” the idea that legislatures have unrestricted power under the Constitution to administer federal elections without review from state courts. The Supreme Court held that the Constitution’s elections clause “does not vest exclusive and independent authority in state legislatures to set… -
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DHS Agency Pushes Online Censorship, Government Weaponization Panel Finds
A division of the Department of Homeland Security expanded its mission to censor and conduct surveillance in coordination with Big Tech firms, according to a report from a House Judiciary subcommittee. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, also known as CISA, colluded with private companies and other private groups to block online content, the House…