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White House: DOJ to Work ‘Hand in Hand’ With LGBTQ Groups Against Threats of ‘Domestic Extremists,’ ‘Hate Groups’
President Joe Biden's Department of Justice will work "hand-in-hand" with the LGBTQ community as a response to Republican-led legislation and "threats" tied to "hate groups and domestic violent extremists," the White House announced on Thursday. The administration's new action to "protect LGBTQI+ communities from attacks on their rights and safety" specifically cites Republican-sponsored legislation that… -
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Sen. Mike Lee Demands NATO Allies Help Pay to Defend Ukraine From Russia
Lawmakers should take the approach of a “constitutional realist” to the Russia-Ukraine war as well as foreign policy more broadly, Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, said Wednesday. Lee pointed out that the United States funds about 70% of war-related assistance to Ukraine, while other NATO allies still aren’t stepping up. Under that treaty, member countries technically… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Hair Salon Fires Christian Stylist for ‘Homophobic’ Post Criticizing Disney+ on Facebook
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A Virginia hair salon fired a Christian stylist over a Facebook post criticizing the streaming movie service Disney+. "My Facebook is my page," Sidney York, the fired stylist, told The Daily Signal in an interview Wednesday. "I understand it’s a touchy subject and people may be offended over it, but it… -
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Sen. Rand Paul’s ‘End Endless Wars’ Bill Would Roll Back ‘Force’ Measure
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., faulted fellow Republicans for banging the “drums of war” with China, saying his new bill, the End Endless Wars Act, would replace a post-9/11 law. Since 2001, the law known as Authorization for Use of Military Force, or AUMF, has been used by presidents to legally justify multiple military ventures without… -
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‘Eat or Be Eaten’: Academe’s Cancel Culture Law of the Jungle
In the savagery of the jungle, the rule is “Eat or be eaten.” It seems that law of the jungle has made its way to college campuses. “At Oxford, students now live in fear – they think cancelling each other will help them get ahead” reads a headline from the British outlet the Telegraph, depicting… -
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WATCH: PBS Reporter Echoes Activist Talking Points Defending Irreversible Trans Procedures for Kids
PBS News White House Correspondent Laura Barrón-López cited activist talking points Thursday as she posed a question to President Joe Biden, suggesting that parents frustrated by gender ideology in schools are "anti-LGBTQ." "All over the country, Mr. President, Republican-led states are passing anti-LGBTQ, anti-transgender laws that restrict rights and medical care," she said. "Intimidation is… -
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Lesson From Canadian Fires: We Need Better Forest Management, Not Utopian Fantasies
NEW YORK—It’s that time again for the Left. Another crisis it just can’t let go to waste. The crisis of the day is a series of large-scale forest fires in Canada—at least some apparently started by arson—that caused a huge amount of smoke to descend on the United States. Some areas got hit particularly hard,… -
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Biden Defends Handout to Elites
If you’re an affluent American, President Joe Biden—to steal a phrase popularized by our former Emoter-in-Chief—feels your pain. With a stroke of his pen Wednesday night, Biden vetoed a bipartisan bill that promoted fairness by nixing student loan cancellations likely to significantly benefit wealthier Americans. Biden’s student loan cancellation agenda, which he tyrannically muscled in… -
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The Left Has Captured Most of Government. Republicans Must Cut Off the Gravy Train.
Many Americans who don’t follow politics closely have a sense that the status quo of the federal government, built up over time by both parties, is “neutral” and doesn’t heavily favor one side or the other. However, the Left has either created or captured vast swathes of the federal government over the years, meaning that… -
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FBI’s Misuse of Surveillance Tool Underscores Need for Conservative Oversight
Recent disclosures have plunged the FBI back into a storm of controversy due to its abuse of the robust surveillance tool Section 702, with almost 300,000 incidents recorded in 2020 and early 2021. The unsettling instances of misuse encompass searches connected to the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol, and the Black Lives… -
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Analysis of Voting Patterns in Congress Shows Hill Democrats Are the True Extremists
In an effort to divide the nation that he pledged to unite, President Joe Biden routinely decries "MAGA extremists in the Republican Party." A March 27 White House fact sheet, for example, excoriated "Extreme MAGA Congressional Republicans." Biden's regime-media bodyguards parrot that sentiment. MSNBC warned about House Speaker "Kevin McCarthy's GOP extremism problem," and Clean Technica reported Wednesday night, "Republican Extremism Could Be Major Threat To Home Insurance." Scary! If Biden… -
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There’s No ‘XY’ in Female Sports
I was part of the last generation of female-only athletes in women’s sports. Discomfort changing in the locker room, missing out on competition opportunities, and facing individuals with anatomical advantages over me were things I never had to consider. I had to worry about the mechanics of the sport, not anatomy. And still, I can’t… -
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Football Coach Builds ‘An Army of Normal Folks’ to Solve America’s Problems
Bill Courtney made his mark in Memphis as the volunteer football coach of the Manassas Tigers and a successful businessman. Now, he’s aiming to reach a much larger audience with the launch of a new podcast called “An Army of Normal Folks.” Courtney’s inspirational message to an underrated high school football team in North Memphis… -
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Ted Cruz TORCHES Leftist Group for Demonizing Moms for Liberty
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, slammed the Southern Poverty Law Center, focusing on the SPLC’s decision to place parental rights groups like Moms for Liberty on a “hate map” alongside chapters of the Ku Klux Klan. “The Southern Poverty Law Center is going on offense and they’ve decided to target Moms for Liberty,” Cruz said on… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Demos, ACLU Among ‘Voter Advocacy Groups’ Helping Federal Agencies Turn Out Vote on Biden’s Order
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The American Civil Liberties Union and the liberal think tank Demos are among “voter advocacy groups” assisting at least one federal agency in implementing President Joe Biden’s executive order requiring the government to register voters, The Daily Signal has learned. Indian Health Service, which assists American Indians as part of the… -
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Rep. Andy Biggs Asks If Mayorkas Violated Border Security Law. ‘Yes,’ Expert Answers.
The Biden administration’s Department of Homeland Security is violating U.S. immigration law, border security and immigration experts say. “The U.S. Constitution requires the administration to ‘take care that the immigration and border security laws be faithfully executed.’ It is clear to me, and to millions of Americans, that the Biden administration has failed to do… -
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US Foreign Aid Used to Push Abortion, Gender Ideology Around the World
The United States spends more than $40 billion a year on foreign assistance. For decades, there has existed in Congress bipartisan support for humanitarian relief and other forms of foreign assistance, but that consensus is now threatened as federal agencies and the nongovernmental aid organizations they work with are increasingly promoting a far-left ideology and… -
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Legacy Media Promote Leftist Group’s Report Putting Parents on ‘Hate’ Map With KKK
Legacy media outlets are parroting a leftist group that smeared concerned moms and dads, putting parental rights organizations on a “hate” map alongside chapters of the Ku Klux Klan. The Southern Poverty Law Center, which gained prominence by suing Klan groups into bankruptcy in the 1980s, has long weaponized that history by branding mainstream conservative… -
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He Went Undercover to Expose ‘Rubber-Stamping’ of Trans Surgeries
After just a 22-minute phone call, an undercover reporter posing as a transgender-identifying patient allegedly received a letter of support for the removal of his testicles. Gregg Re, formerly a producer for "Tucker Carlson Tonight" who now works for Matt Walsh and The Daily Wire, allegedly used the fake legal name "Chelsea Bussey" on his… -
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Why Capitalism Is Better for Nature, the Environment Than Socialism
“Greed of the fossil fuel industry” is “destroying our planet,” says Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. Young people agree. Their solution? Socialism. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., says socialism creates “an environment that provides for all people, not just the privileged few.” “Nonsense,” says Tom Palmer of the Atlas Network in my new video. Palmer, unlike Ocasio-Cortez…