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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… -
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The Revolt in Russia, Explained
The Wagner Group, mercenaries led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, revolted against the Kremlin over the weekend after its leader claimed the Russian military killed 2,000 of its fighters in Ukraine. Victoria Coates, a senior research fellow in international affairs and national security at The Heritage Foundation, explains that “the Wagner Group is essentially a private paramilitary… -
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SPLC Silent When Asked For Evidence the Lawyer Charged With Domestic Terrorism Didn’t Engage in Violence
A left-leaning Georgia prosecutor has stepped back from pursuing “Stop Cop City” rioters who violently attacked a police construction site in March, citing a difference in “prosecution philosophies” with Georgia’s attorney general and referencing a Southern Poverty Law Center lawyer who faces domestic terrorism charges in the incident. The SPLC did not respond when asked… -
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White House to Media Questions About Scandals: Let Them Eat Cupcakes
Scandal allegations are piling up for President Joe Biden. What’s the White House response been? Let them eat “Pride” cupcakes. Instead of answering difficult questions, White House staff decided it’s time to ignore or outright mock journalists looking for answers. White House deputy press secretary Andrew Bates tweeted out a picture of “Pride” rainbow cupcakes… -
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‘We’re Here, We’re Queer, We’re Coming for Your Children’: 6 Scenes From NYC Pride Events
Editor’s note: This article includes offensive and explicit content. New York City held its 53rd Pride parade Sunday. Here are some of the scenes from that parade and related events shared on social media. 1. ‘We’re Here, We’re Queer, We’re Coming for Your Children.’ In a clip that has gone viral on Twitter, marchers at… -
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Biden Admin’s Greatest Foe? ‘It’s the Moms, Stupid’
The Biden administration is making clear once again whom it fears the most. It is not China, Russia, or, needless to say, Republicans. No. Enemy No. 1 is America’s mothers and fathers. They stand athwart the administration’s mad dash to remake America, yelling, “Stop!” This much can be gleaned from recent events. First is last week’s announcement that Randi Weingarten,… -
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Attempt to Quantify Impact, Value of DEI at State Department Is an Epic Fail
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on June 6 informed us that former Ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, his department’s first-ever chief diversity and inclusion officer, was leaving the post. Blinken credited her with “a series of other concrete, systemic accomplishments in [diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility].” We now have a two-year track record to assess the “concrete… -
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Jim Caviezel Slams Woke Media, Calls for Trafficking Whistleblowers To Step Up
WASHINGTON, D.C.—”Sound of Freedom” star Jim Caviezel believes that his new film will empower people to fight human trafficking worldwide, and perhaps even bring forward some courageous whistleblowers afraid to speak up until now. Caviezel and his co-actor Eduardo Verástegui, rumored to be pondering a presidential bid in Mexico, shared all this and more in…