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We Must Reform America’s Politicized Law Enforcement. Here’s How to Start.
The Justice Department unsealed Friday its indictment of former President Donald Trump, currently the leading candidate to face President Joe Biden. The news elicited strong reactions from members of Congress and others concerned about the politicization of our justice system and the application of double standards in prosecutorial decisions. Recent revelations from special counsel John… -
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BREAKING: California Bill Would Charge Any Parent Who Doesn’t Affirm Transgenderism With ‘Child Abuse’
A recently amended California bill would add “affirming” the sexual transition of a child to the state’s standard for parental responsibility and child welfare—making any parent who doesn’t affirm transgenderism for their child guilty of abuse under California state law. AB 957 passed California’s State Assembly on May 3, but a co-sponsor amended it after… -
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Biden Accused of Taking $5M Bribe, According to FBI Document
President Joe Biden has been accused of taking a $5 million bribe from an executive of the Ukrainian natural gas firm Burisma Holdings, according to a Fox News report on Thursday. Biden’s son, Hunter, sat on the board of the gas firm. The accusation was described by a “confidential human source” in a June 2020… -
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New Trump Indictment Harms America in 2 Ways, Sen. Marco Rubio Says
The second indictment of former President Donald Trump, this time related to classified documents he took from the White House, will do great “harm” to America, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said Friday. For one thing, Rubio noted, President Joe Biden reportedly retained classified documents from his eight years as vice president without securing them as… -
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Remembering the Horrors of D-Day
Seventy-nine years ago this week, the Allies assaulted the Normandy beaches on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Their invasion marked the largest amphibious landing since the Persians under Xerxes invaded the Greek mainland in 480 B.C. Nearly 160,000 American, British, and Canadian soldiers stormed five beaches of Nazi-occupied France. The plan was to liberate Western Europe… -
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Nothing to See Here but a Credible Whistleblower Accusing the President of Bribery
President Joe Biden has been accused by a credible informant of allegedly taking $5 million in “a bribery scheme with a foreign national” while he was the sitting vice president. That seems like a pretty big story, but what do I know? Apparently, there’s a document laying out the accusation in some detail, and not… -
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‘SPIRITUAL WAR’: Christian Group Sends Bibles to Ukraine, Sees Denominations Unifying Amid Russian Invasion
ORLANDO, Fla.—A Christian group that sends Bibles to Eastern European countries has a report from the field: The war in Ukraine is a "spiritual war," and the Bible is bridging divides between groups that have hated one another for centuries. About 10 years ago, Ukraine came to Eastern European Mission and asked for Bibles to… -
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3rd Circuit Hands Down Another Significant 2nd Amendment Victory
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held this week in Range v. Garland that the government cannot disarm people convicted of minor, nonviolent offenses. In doing so, it handed down perhaps the most significant Second Amendment victory since the Supreme Court’s landmark decision last year, where it held that Americans have a… -
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Trump Indicted on Charges Related to Classified Documents
Former President Donald Trump announced Thursday evening that a federal court in Miami has indicted him. The indictment is currently sealed. However, Trump connected the charges to documents he held after leaving the White House. Trump released a statement about the charges that he posted on Truth Social: The corrupt Biden Administration has informed my… -
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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…