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The Left’s Hypocrisy on Energy Policies
Democrats say they represent working Americans, but their energy policies tell another story. President Joe Biden’s environmental regulations are focused on slowing development of fossil fuels and promoting electrification, resulting in higher prices for electricity, cars, and gasoline. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, is holding hearings to support Biden’s efforts…. -
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Democratic AGs Urge Federal Government to Crack Down on Gas Stoves
Eleven Democratic attorneys general called on the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Monday to address “health hazards associated with gas stoves.” The group, led by Washington, D.C., Attorney General Brian Schwalb, sent a letter asking the CPSC to collect information and find “the best path forward” to limit harms allegedly caused by gas stoves, being mindful of… -
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The Inhumanity of Biden’s Border Policies
The situation at our southern border negatively affects the lives of illegal immigrants as well as U.S. citizens. Although residents of other countries always have faced challenges in their journey to become American citizens, the Biden administration’s policies have exacerbated human and drug trafficking. Migrants face several challenges on their trip to the U.S.-Mexico… -
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Smirnoff Drag Queen Partner Flashes Bystanders at Texas Capitol
After Bud Light’s “ill-fated marketing campaign” that featured a transgender woman, it appears that Smirnoff, a brand of vodka produced by the British company Diageo, has made a failed attempt to keep its partnership with Texan drag queen and transgender-identifying woman Maxine St. James LaQueene quiet. In September 2022, LaQueene expressed his excitement in joining Smirnoff’s “Show… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Republicans Demand Answers From NIH on Transgender Youth ‘Experiments’ Study That Left 2 Dead, Others Sterilized
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Fifteen Republicans in the U.S. House and Senate sent a letter to the National Institutes of Health Tuesday, demanding answers about a study on experimental medical interventions for youth who claim to identify as transgender. Two of the study participants committed suicide, 11 experienced suicidal ideation, and the drugs participants took… -
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What Cal Thomas Witnessed as a ‘Watchman’ in 50 Years of Reporting on America
Marking 50 years as a journalist and commentator, popular syndicated columnist Cal Thomas says America’s future is closely tied to the education of our children. “My hope, again, goes back to educating our children and grandchildren in ways that our parents and grandparents educated us,” Thomas says. “And if you don’t rescue the next generation,… -
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How Florida Rose From ‘Worst to First’ in Timely Election Results
Two decades ago, Florida was a national laughingstock after 36 days of recounts and litigation springing from the 2000 presidential election, which hung on results in the Sunshine State. Today, Florida is a national model, according to the Public Interest Legal Foundation, an election watchdog group. In November, Florida managed to call the federal and… -
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Investor Arrested After Criticizing Warren Buffett’s Funding for Bill Gates’ Woke Philanthropy and Ties to Jeffrey Epstein
The chairman of a corporate watchdog was removed from a shareholder meeting and arrested after questioning Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett’s support for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The ejected nonprofit leader’s criticism Saturday included Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates’ travel with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Pete Flaherty, chairman and CEO of the National… -
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The Squad Shamefully Tries to Inflame Another Summer of Riots
Reckless politicians and more than a few of their media allies are apparently eager to create another summer of riots. Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old homeless man, was killed last week on the New York subway F train by an active-duty, 24-year-old Marine who reportedly restrained him by the neck for several minutes. There are conflicting… -
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Gov. DeSantis Takes Action Against US’ ‘Greatest Geopolitical Threat’
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, signed three bills into law on Monday aimed at combating “the malign influence of the Chinese Communist Party” in the Sunshine State. “Florida is taking action to stand against the United States’ greatest geopolitical threat—the Chinese Communist Party,” DeSantis said in a statement. “I’m proud to sign this legislation… -
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The New Ugly Americans
The old cultural imperialism was supposedly greedy corporatism like Disneyland, McDonald’s, and Starbucks sprouting up worldwide to supplant local competitors. But these businesses spread because they appealed to free-will consumer demand abroad. They were not imposed top down. The U.S. presence in Afghanistan collapsed in August 2021 amid the greatest American military humiliation in modern… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Colorado Would Force Her to Create LGBTQ Wedding Websites. She’s Fighting Back.
Graphic designer Lori Smith believes that marriage should be between a man and a woman. She also wants to create wedding websites. Under Colorado's discrimination laws, if she were to create wedding websites, she would be compelled to do so for same-sex weddings. Represented by Alliance Defending Freedom, she has taken her case to the… -
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What We Know About Unaccompanied Children Arriving at Southern Border
A 10-year-old girl from Honduras arrived at the southern border unaccompanied by adults. She told Sheena Rodriguez that she hoped to stay in America, and wanted to “color and get to know my father.” The Honduras girl is like so many other unaccompanied alien children, says Rodriguez, founder and president of Alliance for a Safe… -
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What Are They Hiding? Pro-Transgender Groups Refuse to Hand Over Internal Documents Even as They Move to Oppose Florida’s Medicaid Rule
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A large number of pro-transgender medical interest groups have supported a legal challenge to Florida's rule barring use of Medicaid funds to pay for controversial transgender medical interventions, after most of the same organizations fought in court to hide documents that Florida says are relevant to the case. The American Academy… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Biden Bribery Allegation Could Mean Impeachment, Republican Policy Chair Says
Impeachment is the only recourse if a government whistleblower’s allegation that President Joe Biden was part of a bribery scheme is true, said Rep. Gary Palmer, R-Ala., chairman of the Republican Policy Committee. “You can’t prosecute a sitting president for crimes, so the only recourse—if this document exists, and we believe it does—is for the… -
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Tony the Bouncer at Club America: A Parable of Title 42 and Border Security
Immigration law is a maze of statute, regulation, and presidential whim. Explaining things like immigration parole, Title 42, and asylum is difficult. Here’s a parable to explain Title 42, a public health measure that enabled the quick removal of illegal immigrants, but that is set to expire. Imagine the hottest nightspot in town, Club America…. -
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Georgia, Arkansas Revive Old-School Teaching Method: Poetry Recitation. Here’s Why That’s a Good Thing.
In his rousing keynote address at The Heritage Foundation’s 50th anniversary gala last month, then-Fox News host Tucker Carlson offered an unexpected piece of advice: “Don’t throw away your hard-copy books.” Unlike digitized books, films, and albums that can be canceled, rewritten, or vanished altogether, physical copies are “the enduring repository that cannot be disappeared.”… -
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Beyond Fate: How America Can Fulfill Its Destiny and Illuminate the Path to a Better World
America is a land of prosperity; a shining beacon of light that illuminates an otherwise dark world wherever it lays its flag. It is a land built on the promise of freedom and liberty from the constraints of government, and on the fulfillment of one’s destiny. It is not a land built on one religion,… -
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Biden’s 1,500 Troops Sent to Southern Border Are a ‘Welcome Wagon,’ Retired Border Patrol Agent Says
“It’s a welcome wagon,” a retired Border Patrol agent says of the 1,500 active-duty troops the Biden administration is sending to the southern border ahead of the expiration of Title 42 on May 11. The troops will be helping with “non-law enforcement duties,” according to the Homeland Security Department, but Frank Lopez says that… -
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Is This Candle a Fire Hazard? Biden HHS Has Second Thoughts After Threatening Catholic Hospital
The Department of Health and Human Services has rescinded its effective demand that a Catholic hospital snuff out a candle it keeps burning in the chapel, a candle that HHS called a threat to hospital safety. "The game was simply not worth the candle for HHS," Lori Windham, vice president and senior counsel at Becket,…