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Panicked LGBTQ Group Declares ‘National Emergency.’ What It Fears Is Fed-Up Americans’ Threat to Its Institutional Power.
The institutional Left senses that its dominance over our societal mores faces a sudden and unexpected challenge. It is responding with predictable derangement. The Human Rights Campaign, a powerful and well-funded left-wing advocacy group, declared a “national emergency” for “LGBTQ+” people on Tuesday. “LGBTQ+ Americans are living in a state of emergency. The multiplying threats… -
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Jordan Pushes White House for More Information on FBI Targeting Parents
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan is pressing the Biden administration for more answers about targeting parents at school board meetings, in a letter Tuesday to White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients. The letter from the Republican Ohio congressman inquires on the use of counterterrorism tools against parents speaking at various school board meetings across… -
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Catholic Super Bowl Champ Surprises Biden White House With Pro-Life Message
When the Kansas City Chiefs visited the White House on Monday to celebrate their Super Bowl win, one of their star players was sporting a pro-life message. Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker’s tie read “Vulnerari Praesidio,” which translates from Latin to mean “protect the most vulnerable.” That tie was designed for him by the pro-life organization… -
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‘Asset Managers Are Prioritizing ESG Goals Over Profit,’ Rep. Pat Fallon Says
A Republican congressman on Tuesday slammed the use of environmental, social, and governance investing and said that “asset managers are prioritizing ESG goals over profit and risking Americans’ hard-earned money.” “Millions of Americans across the country trust their investments will be used to make a profit and hopefully one that they can live on comfortably… -
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Performer Exposes Genitals to Children in the Name of ‘Art’ at LGBT Exhibition
A male performer exposed his genitalia to an audience of parents and children at a Canadian art exhibition called “Love Me Gender.” A video of the performance, which surfaced Sunday on Twitter, shows a high-heeled man having a loincloth ripped off his body, revealing his adult male genitalia to the audience. Parents and their young… -
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US Had Intel on Ukrainian Plot to Sabotage Nord Stream Pipeline Months Before Blasts: Report
The Biden administration knew of a Ukrainian plot to destroy the Nord Stream 1 pipeline months before three mysterious blasts tore holes in both major natural gas lines running from Russia to Germany, The Washington Post reported, citing documents obtained from a mass intelligence leak. A close U.S. ally, whom the Post agreed to keep… -
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Female Athletes Ask Circuit Court to Keep Biological Males Out of Women’s Sports
The United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit heard arguments Tuesday in a case pertaining to four female athletes who competed against biological males. In Soule v. Connecticut Association of Schools, Selina Soule, Chelsea Mitchell, Alanna Smith, and Ashley Nicoletti argue that they “were consistently deprived of honors and opportunities to compete at… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Award-Winning Gay Teacher Suspended for Speaking Out Against Transgenderism
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A gay fifth grade teacher in Glendale, California, was placed on leave after complaining at a school board meeting that his school promotes transgenderism. Ray Shelton, a 25-year veteran teacher, spoke at a recent meeting of the school board for the Glendale Unified School District wearing a T-shirt that read “Make… -
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Pride Comes Before the Fall
From the boardroom to the cash register, big businesses have gone woke for “Pride.” But consumers finally seem to have had their fill. In a matter of weeks, Target and Anheuser-Busch lost a combined $40.8 billion in market value over their LGBTQ+ Pride-focused marketing campaigns. Their corporate collapses should be a warning for other businesses:… -
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The Left Will Sully Everything and Anything—Unless We Fight Back
This time, they’re coming after baseball. Baseball. Get it? The national pastime. The inner sanctum of homespun goodness. Your last refuge from the crazy. The leftists intent on politicizing everything, changing society, and coercing changed behavior won’t leave you alone, ever, anywhere. If you thought you could ignore this attack on your way of life,… -
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Chick-fil-A Has Been Woke for Years. You Just Didn’t Want to Believe It.
When the rest of the world lost its corporate marbles, conservatives liked to think that there was one place that would never let them down: Chick-fil-A. As far as they were concerned, the churchgoers’ chicken of choice had been solidly built on Truett Cathy’s strong family values. While other CEOs took their brands in wildly… -
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Biden Education Department’s Flawed Religious Liberty ‘Guidance’ Flouts Court Precedent
The U.S. Department of Education issued new guidance recently, titled “Guidance on Constitutionally Protected Prayer and Religious Expression in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools.” But as it did with the Supreme Court’s decision in Bostock v. Clayton County in 2020, the Biden administration based its guidance on a reading of Supreme Court precedent that misinterprets… -
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Head of ICE Retiring After Biden Administration ‘Did Not Allow Officers to Do Their Job,’ a Predecessor Says
The head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is retiring. Tae D. Johnson, the deputy director and senior official performing the duties of the director at ICE, will step down from his position at the end of June. “I appreciate his service to the country as a career law enforcement officer,” Tom Homan, the… -
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1 Biden Nominee Wants Wokeness in Air Force’s ‘DNA,’ Another Decries ‘Whiteness’
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—One of President Joe Biden’s nominees for top Air Force posts calls for diversity, equity, and inclusion to be part of the military’s “DNA,” while another has tweeted about “whiteness.” Lt. Gen. Kevin Schneider and Brig. Gen. Elizabeth Arledge are two of Biden’s Air Force nominees who have pushed woke policies… -
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‘Boom, Boom, You Pick’: Authorities Arrest Man Who Threatened GOP Congressman’s Wife, Daughters
Authorities have charged a man with intimidating and harassing a United States congressman after the man threatened the lives of Republican Indiana Rep. Jim Banks, his wife, and his daughters. "The safety of my family is my top priority," Banks said in a statement. "I’ve been instructed to refer all questions about the ongoing criminal… -
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The Pyramid of Far-Right Radicalization, Explained
The Biden administration is using a Department of Homeland Security anti-terrorism grant program to target Americans with conservative and Christian beliefs. It’s a shocking discovery that came to light in recent weeks thanks to the Media Research Center. The Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention Grant Program provided $352,000 to the PREVENTS-OH initiative at the University… -
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When Did Policing Americans’ Thoughts Become Part of Homeland Security?
I’ve had 24 jobs at last count, ranging from three hours delivering pizza for Domino’s to 23 years as a U.S. diplomat. Now, I finally can add the title of Senior “Far-Right” Fellow to my resume. Of course, that last part is a joke. So is “The Pyramid of Far-Right Radicalization,” a diagram displayed by… -
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Antifa Urged to Battle California Parents Over Elementary School’s LGBTQ+ ‘Pride Day’
After parents in Glendale, California, protested a scheduled “Pride Day” at their local elementary school, the Southern California chapter of the violent extremist group Antifa called for progressives to stand up to “hate groups” at a school board meeting Tuesday night. In late May, Glenoaks Elementary School planned and announced a “Pride Day” for students… -
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5 Things I Saw at DC Library’s Children’s Pride Parade
The Children’s Pride Parade held on a sunny Saturday by the D.C. Public Library drew fewer than 100 parents, children, and other adults in a metropolitan area of 5.5. million. As I found out, the parade celebrating “LGBTQ Pride” lasted no more than 10 minutes along the third of a mile from the District of… -
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‘Extremism’ in US Military: Stand-Down Was a Solution in Search of a Problem
Based on reports that more than 80 of the 700 defendants charged in the aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot had a military background, a popular narrative emerged that the military is riven with extremists. Gripped by the moment, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin reacted by ordering a one-day stand-down for the…