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opinion
If ‘Trans Genocide’ Rhetoric Isn’t Stifled, Expect More Violence From Left
As states continue to pass laws protecting children from permanent genital mutilation at the hands of gender-obsessed cultists, radical transgender activists have begun touting a new slogan in an attempt to garner public sympathy: “Stop trans genocide.” Popular Twitch streamer Keffals released a video on YouTube, “Texas is Preparing for Genocide,” while another online leftist… -
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To Bring New Meaning to Easter, Consider Learning This Hebrew Word
The beauty of Easter is captured in part in the Hebrew “Dayenu,” meaning “It would have been enough.” On Sunday evening, I sat around a long, rectangular table with about 20 other Christians. We spanned more than 50 years in age from the youngest to the oldest, but we were all gathered to celebrate a… -
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‘Transsurrection’? Pro-Transgender Protesters Occupy 4 State Capitols
Last week, hundreds or thousands of left-wing protesters entered Capitol buildings in four separate states, disrupting legislative chambers holding session in at least two of them. In three out of four incidents, the protesters explicitly opposed legislation to defend children, families, and women from the harmful effects of transgender ideology; in the other incident, a… -
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Here’s FBI Glossary for Flagging ‘Violent Extremism’
The FBI uses a “glossary of terms” to look for online that could indicate someone is involved with “violent extremism,” according to documents obtained by The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project. The flagged terms include “redpilled,” first popularized by the 1999 film “The Matrix,” “based,” “looksmaxxing,” and the names “Chad” and “Stacey.” The FBI also flags… -
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A Wizard, a Witch, a Drag Queen, and a Child Stand By as Canadian Legislator Launches Drag Show Protection Bill
A Canadian politician has proposed a law allowing Ontario’s attorney general to criminalize “offensive remarks” within 100 meters of a drag show, including so-called drag queen story hours for children. If passed, the measure would create a football field-size “2SLGBTQIA+ community safety zone” around drag shows and other LGBT events in Ontario. Anyone who protests… -
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‘We Are Stronger When We Are Together,’ Taiwanese President Says About America
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen said on Wednesday that “we once again find ourselves in a world where democracy is under threat” while speaking in California with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. The two met at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library to discuss the mutual interests of the two democratic nations despite significant protests from China… -
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Parents Scrub Toilets So Their Kids Can Attend This Christian School
One Christian school in Texas provides such a great education opportunity for children that parents are cleaning toilets at the school to afford tuition. Braveheart Christian Academy in Arlington, Texas, provides children in preschool through sixth grade with an individualized approach to education and classroom sizes with a student-teacher ratio of 8 to 1. Administrators… -
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7 Ways to Counter Threat of Chinese Communist Party
The Chinese Communist Party is the greatest adversary of the United States, national security experts say. So, what can you do to counter its threat? Bryan Burack, a senior policy adviser focusing on China and the Indo-Pacific at The Heritage Foundation’s Asian Studies Center, appears in a new video to list seven things Americans can do… -
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Insider Pulls Back Curtain on Season 4 of Sensational Jesus Streaming Series
“They are truly family,” Katherine Warnock says of the cast members of “The Chosen.” The cast of the popular streaming series “The Chosen” is back on set to film Season Four, and “what you see on screen is truly authentic behind the camera as well,” says Warnock, vice president of original content for “The Chosen.”… -
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New DC Law Allowing Illegal Aliens to Vote Is ‘Absolutely Insane,’ Former Immigration Judge Says
Illegal aliens now are allowed to vote in local elections held in the nation’s capital. Under a new law, anyone who qualifies as a permanent resident of the District of Columbia can cast a vote in races for mayor, D.C. Council, attorney general, and neighborhood advisory boards, regardless of U.S. citizenship status. Now, the Immigration… -
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Supreme Court Tells Maine to Stop Religiously Discriminating. Maine Gets Creative, Does It Anyway.
Last term, in Carson v. Makin, the United States Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Maine could not prevent parents from using otherwise generally available state school choice funds at religious schools simply because those schools provided religious instruction. But the state is back at it again, discriminating against families and the religious schools they want to… -
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Maryland School District Reviewing Policies to See If Homework Is Racist, Negatively Impacts ‘Marginalized Communities’
Maryland’s largest school district is reviewing its homework policies through the lens of so-called anti-racism. Montgomery County Public Schools will reevaluate its homework policies, last updated in 1986, “with an antiracism lens” to determine how homework affects “social-emotional learning” and whether it negatively impacts “marginalized communities,” according to a Daily Signal review of a March… -
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Biden’s Homeland Security Department Still Engaging in Censorship
Though the Department of Homeland Security’s infamous Disinformation Governance Board was disbanded due to public pressure last year, it was immediately clear that the department’s already well-established so-called disinformation efforts would continue in less formal, but equally concerning ways. Enter Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, which has been increasingly involved in these efforts…. -
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At CBS News, Kid Gloves for Fetterman, Brass Knuckles for Greene
CBS News offered a perfectly awful contrast on its Palm Sunday news shows. On “Sunday Morning,” Jane Pauley puffed and polished Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa. In the evening on “60 Minutes,” Lesley Stahl assaulted Trump-adoring Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga. The Pauley interview lasted almost 10 minutes and was perfectly pitched to relaunch Fetterman as… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Heritage Leads Fight Against Biden ‘Conservatives Need Not Apply’ Hiring Rule
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Biden administration is considering a regulation that would enable bureaucrats to screen out conservatives during the vetting process. Forty-one people representing 35 organizations wrote a letter opposing the rule in a public comment exclusively provided first to The Daily Signal. "This regulation twists proven hiring requirements into vague standards that… -
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Rabbi Explains History, Power of Passover
Passover begins with a Seder meal to “remember what our ancestors went through,” Rabbi Pinchas Taylor says. “You do physical actions and experience physical tastes and motions and whatnot to … not only tell over the story, but reexperience the story as it took place,” says Taylor, author of the books “Pillars of Faith” and… -
opinion
Source of Our Freedom Is Our Creator, Not Government
It is a unique and special time now because Christians, Jews, and Muslims all are engaged in major holidays of religious contemplation and renewal: Christians with Holy Week and Easter, Jews with Passover, and Muslims with Ramadan. We’re talking billions around the world. So, although in our time there has been a retreat in various… -
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Trump: ‘Justice System Has Become Lawless’
Former President Donald Trump delivered stinging remarks condemning not just the New York case where he was arraigned Tuesday afternoon, but all of the investigations targeting him. “I never thought anything like this could ever happen in America,” Trump said early in the speech Tuesday night from his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida to an audience… -
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Unsealed Trump Indictment Previews a Case That Puts Us in Uncharted Territory
Former President Donald Trump was arraigned Tuesday on a 34-count indictment accusing him of falsifying business records in the first degree. Trump pleaded not guilty to the felony indictment in a courtroom at Manhattan Criminal Court. The indictment, which had been sealed until the arraignment, is a typical state court charging document, containing little more… -
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SPLC to Face the Music for ‘Hate Group’ Defamation as Lawsuit Clears Major Hurdle
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Southern Poverty Law Center routinely brands mainstream conservative and Christian organizations "hate groups," placing them on a map with chapters of the Ku Klux Klan, but most lawsuits aiming to hold the SPLC accountable for this alleged defamation have failed. On Friday, however, a federal judge denied the SPLC's motion…