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Federal Judge Delivers Major Blow to Biden Administration in Pivotal Censorship Case
A federal judge ruled against the Biden administration’s efforts to dismiss a case involving online censorship Monday, saying that the states of Missouri and Louisiana had “plausibly alleged” First Amendment violations. United States District Judge Terry A. Doughty of the Western District of Louisiana denied the Biden administration’s motion to dismiss a suit brought on… -
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School Choice Primarily Benefits Students Who Weren’t Already in Private Schools
As school choice sweeps across the country, opponents are getting more desperate in their attempts to stem the tide. Like those who spring October surprises in presidential campaigns, aiming to derail candidates with false but confidently expressed last-minute accusations, opponents of school choice seek to undermine it with a falsehood just as state legislatures gather… -
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Sanders Adheres to Proletariat the New Left Long Ago Abandoned
Lt. Hiroo Onoda hid in a Philippine jungle for three decades after World War II, devotedly carrying out his soldierly duties until 1974, when he returned to an unrecognizable Tokyo. Likewise, Bernie Sanders carries a torch for the proletariat, long after the rest of the Left has dumped the worker for race and sexual categories…. -
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Democrats Deserve Plenty of Blame for Bank Crisis
The United States recently suffered the second-largest bank failure in the country’s history. The consensus view is that Silicon Valley Bank made a huge mistake by borrowing short term and then parking money in long-term bonds. When interest rates rose, assets lost value, and Silicon Valley Bank was put in a perilous position. President Joe… -
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EXCLUSIVE: FBI Devoted at Least 16,000 More Hours to Jan. 6 Riot Than to BLM Riots in DC
FBI agents worked about 16,000 more hours during the pay period of the Capitol riot of Jan. 6, 2021, than they did during the pay period of the 2020 riots that hit Washington, D.C. That’s according to documents obtained by The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project through the Freedom of Information Act. (The Daily Signal is… -
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‘It’s Happening Everywhere’: Lawmakers Push to Ban Secret Student Pronoun Changes, Keep Parents Involved
A U.S. lawmaker introduced legislation to Congress on Wednesday that would require schools to receive parental permission before a student changes their pronouns, a response to a lawsuit by a parent whose daughter allegedly began to secretly transition genders at a California school. The Prohibiting Parental Secrecy Policies in Schools Act, sponsored by Rep. Doug… -
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Liberal Media’s Cold, Calculating Language on Abortion
One way reporters are constantly telling us what they believe is inscribed in the words they use to describe matters of life and death, like abortion. Take this Associated Press introduction, for example, from Amarillo, Texas: A federal judge in Texas raised questions Wednesday about a Christian group’s effort to overturn the decades-old U.S. approval… -
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This Fits the Definition of ‘Domestic Terror,’ Pregnancy Care Center CEO Says After 2nd Attack
The leaders of the pregnancy help center CompassCare in Buffalo, New York, were concerned they might face another attack amid court proceedings over access to abortion pills. The Rev. Jim Harden, CompassCare CEO, contacted the FBI in February raising those concerns. He says the FBI failed to answer him. “I asked the FBI,” Harden said,… -
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Democrat Turns Basic Nature of Parenting Upside Down to Cater to Gender Ideology
Gender ideology is so pernicious, it turns the basic nature of parenting upside down. This week, Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, a Democrat, said it is a grown-up’s job to “listen” to a child’s self-declared identity and “believe” it. “When our children tell us who they are, it is our job as grown-ups to listen… -
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Trump Says He ‘WILL BE ARRESTED’ Next Week
Former President Donald Trump predicted Saturday morning that on Tuesday, authorities will arrest him in connection to the Manhattan district attorney's investigation. "NOW ILLEGAL LEAKS FROM A CORRUPT & HIGHLY POLITICAL MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEYS OFFICE, WHICH HAS ALLOWED NEW RECORDS TO BE SET IN VIOLENT CRIME & WHOSE LEADER IS FUNDED BY GEORGE SOROS, INDICATE… -
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Lawmakers Aim to Purge ‘Zuckerbucks’ From Electoral Landscape
As the Georgia General Assembly advances a bill to further restrict private money from bankrolling elections—as occurred with Facebook billionaire Mark Zuckerberg’s grants in the 2020 elections—congressional Republicans are reintroducing a similar measure. Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed a measure on March 8 to strengthen an existing ban on private dollars funding election administration in… -
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State Legislatures Crucial to Rescuing America, Heritage Foundation President Says
Americans need to get involved to rescue public education, strengthen families, and revive a culture of life, Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts says in an interview featured in the new episode of his podcast. It’s not too late to achieve a “golden era” in America rather than witness its “final chapter,” Roberts says. “The work of… -
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Why ‘Climate Alarmism’ Is Seen by Many in Developing World as Economic Threat
OXON HILL, Md.—The Earth is warming, and while many worry about the potential consequences of the change, it is not unprecedented or dangerous, and will be a net benefit for humanity, Vijay Jayaraj said. Numerous figures in the mainstream media have pushed “climate alarmism,” but Jayaraj, a research associate at the nonpartisan, nonprofit CO2 Coalition,… -
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Congress Killed Silicon Valley Bank
The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank has unified Americans with a shared anger. Everyone—left, right, and center—knows that something is wrong. Executives sold off millions of dollars of stock before the crash, the bank paid out bonuses as it was collapsing, and the Federal Reserve created a brand new program (once again, Washington, D.C., is deciding… -
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DEI Takes America’s Eyes Off Prize
Focus. That’s the one thing that too many American institutions cannot do these days. Companies, government agencies, and professional groups neglect their basic duties. Instead, they chase the shiny objects of “diversity, equity, and inclusion,” or DEI, and search relentlessly for racism under every rock. Yesterday’s managers have become today’s magpies. What could go wrong? Everything. … -
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Progressive College Recruits Students From DeSantis-Aligned Florida School; Board Member Slams ‘Political Indoctrination’
A board member at The New College of Florida where Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed new board members has responded to a progressive college’s active recruitment of students from New College. Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts, is publicly offering New College students the opportunity to transfer, offering to match tuition and transfer credits. “It’s incredibly important… -
opinion
Latest Border Encounter Numbers Expose Biden’s Ports of Entry Bait-and-Switch
As expected, the Biden administration has started using its port parole program shell game to feign “lawfulness” and distract from the true numbers of illegal aliens entering the U.S. each month. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Wednesday reported the lowest number of southwest land border encounters since January 2022. Taken at face value, that… -
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Will Teachers Unions’ Political Contributions Prevent School Choice in Pennsylvania?
A well-funded network of government unions stands in opposition to parents, students, and lawmakers eyeballing education reform in Pennsylvania. Until recently, they have cowed and cajoled elected officials into stalling some of the more audacious legislative initiatives. But in the aftermath of the COVID-19 shutdowns and a critical court ruling, the atmosphere may be ripe… -
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Implicit Racism Taints Abortion Advocates’ Call to Kill Unwanted Babies
The lawsuit challenging the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of abortion drugs is about more than a technical issue of administrative law. It also reveals a lot about how abortion advocates view their fellow human beings. In this case, Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA, medical associations argue that the FDA did not meet legal… -
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Male Athletes Say Men Competing in Women’s Sports Is ‘Lose-Lose’ Situation
Unafraid of backlash, retaliation, or cancellation, three accomplished male athletes are denouncing the discriminatory policies that allow males who identify as “transgender women" to compete in women’s sports. They say that biological differences in the sexes pose far too many competitive advantages for men and those policies blur the lines between male- and female-only spaces,…