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Indiana Democrats Can’t Read 2-Page Bill Banning Sexual Content in Grades K-3
You’ll never experience such a profound mixture of astonishment and disappointment until you observe hundreds of protesters converge on a statehouse to vehemently protest legislation they haven’t read. Indiana state lawmakers on Monday advanced a two-page bill that, similar to a new Florida law, would ban schools from incorporating lessons or themes with sexual content… -
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Vimeo Restores ‘Affirmation Generation’ Documentary Exposing Transgender Medical Scandal After Daily Signal Report
Following a report in The Daily Signal, the video platform Vimeo quietly restored the account hosting the documentary “Affirmation Generation,” a film exposing the medical scandal of experimental transgender interventions. "Vimeo quietly—without an email reply to my appeal as of Thursday a.m.—has reinstated our film on the original link," Vera Lindner, the film's producer, told The Daily… -
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Let’s Swap Racial Preferences for Ability, Skill in College Admissions
College admissions officers who use racial preferences when approving applications are “minimizing the very nature of what we send our children to postsecondary education for,” says Stephen Gilchrist, a member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. “I’m concerned that we have a lot of academically gifted students in this country who need to be… -
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Female Leaders, Experts Warn That the Democrat-Led Equal Rights Amendment Will Harm Women
Female leaders and commentators are warning that the Equal Rights Amendment is a Trojan horse of left-wing ideological goals, masquerading under the banner of equal rights for women. Lawmakers will hold a hearing Tuesday, Feb. 28, on how Congress can "enshrine equality in our constitution" through the ERA. Advocates of the amendment have praised it… -
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Education Today Pits Postmodern Anarchy vs. Civilizational Order. Florida Shows What Can Be Done About It.
There is no subject of greater importance—and controversy—today in America than that of education. And nowhere is the clash between civilizational order and postmodern anarchy on greater display than with New College of Florida, a tiny liberal arts college in Sarasota. The New York Times recently described the reaction of “students, parents, and faculty members” to Florida Gov. Ron… -
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National Archives Fires Security Officer Who Ordered Students to Remove Pro-Life Apparel
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: The National Archives and Records Administration says it has fired the security officer responsible for telling students that they could not wear pro-life apparel in the museum. On Jan. 20, 2023, the day the national March for Life took place in Washington, D.C., security officers at the National Archives ordered… -
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‘Grave Misuse of Taxpayer Funds’: Education Advocates Slam Virginia County for ‘Transfer of Wealth’ to Nikole Hannah-Jones
Education advocates slammed public institutions in Fairfax County, Virginia, for spending more than $30,000 to bring The New York Times Magazine’s Nikole Hannah-Jones, author of “The 1619 Project,” to speak at a Black History Month event. During the Feb. 19 speech at the McLean Community Center, Hannah-Jones promoted her book and the New York Times… -
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While ‘WWIII’ Trends on Twitter, God Moves on College Campuses
Russia is suspending the last nuclear arms treaty with America. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin are preparing to meet. North Korea is again testing its ballistic missiles. Ukraine has been at war with Russia for a year now. Meanwhile, “WWIII” was trending on Twitter earlier this week. The millennial generation, of… -
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‘Why We Have to Win This War’ Against the ‘Woke Army,’ According to Asra Nomani
Asra Nomani, author of “Woke Army: The Red-Green Alliance That Is Destroying America’s Freedom” and co-founder of Save Merit, is emphasizing the necessity of “winning this war against the woke army.” “It is not an exaggeration to say that the future of America depends on our winning this war against the woke army,” Nomani says…. -
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Vimeo Removes ‘Affirmation Generation’ Documentary Revealing the Medical Scandal of Transgenderism
The video platform Vimeo locked the account hosting the documentary "Affirmation Generation," a film exposing the medical scandal of experimental transgender interventions. "Our film represents that which is currently being silenced because it's unpopular with the tenets of the mainstream media," Joey Brite, the film's executive producer, told The Daily Signal in a statement Wednesday…. -
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Welcome to Modern Book Burning
In our brave new world, free of religion and intolerance, we don’t have inquisitors to root out heresy. No, we have Inclusion Ambassadors. According to The Daily Telegraph, new editions of children’s books by the late British author Roald Dahl, who authored classics such as “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and “James and the Giant… -
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California Gun Control Isn’t the Cure for What Ails Us. It Isn’t Even the Cure for California.
After every high-profile mass shooting, gun control advocates reflexively demand that we “just do something” about the problem. Invariably, that “something” means a very specific set of things, which can be summarized as a singular effort to impose California’s restrictive gun laws at the federal level. But did anyone bother asking whether California’s “cure” for… -
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I’m a Pro-Life Doctor. Here’s How We Win the Abortion Debate.
In last June’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. In response, pro-choice activists and lawmakers, aided and abetted by their media allies, began a campaign of misinformation. Americans are now hearing that without access to abortion, women are at risk of injury or death due to pregnancy… -
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Well-Intentioned AmeriCorps Now Rotten to Core After Falling to Woke Left
AmeriCorps, an independent federal agency that provides stipends for more than 5 million Americans who do volunteer work, misled the public on how much it spends in its grant program. A program launched under President George H.W. Bush, AmeriCorps was expanded under President Bill Clinton and officially became a corps under Bush’s son, President George W. Bush…. -
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‘Public Safety Not Something You Can Take for Granted,’ Says ‘Criminal (In)Justice’ Author
Crime is getting worse in America because of the eroding of the criminal justice system, says Rafael Mangual, author of the book “Criminal (In)Justice: What the Push for Decarceration and Depolicing Gets Wrong and Who It Hurts Most.” In a conversation with the president of The Heritage Foundation, Kevin Roberts, on “The Kevin Roberts Show”… -
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Ohio’s New Voting Laws Balance Secure Elections With Ballot Access
Republicans in the Ohio General Assembly closed out 2022 by passing an election reform bill covering photo ID requirements, ballot drop boxes, and mail-in ballots. In January, Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican, signed the bill into law. The result is a substantial improvement to the reliability of the state’s elections as measured by The Heritage… -
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America’s Missing Tourists: COVID-19, Crime, and Long Waits Abroad
Forty mayors from 18 states have signed a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken in which they beg the State Department to speed up issuing visas to tourists, whom they want to see back and spending in their towns from Austin, Texas, to Urbana, Illinois. All those missing visas cost the U.S. economy around… -
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DOJ Tried to Keep This Secret, but Judge Orders Disclosure of Documents
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger scored a victory over the Biden Justice Department when a federal judge ruled Tuesday that the law enforcement agency has to turn over secret communications with liberal interest groups targeting Georgia’s new election reform law. In 2021, the Georgia Legislature passed and Gov. Brian Kemp, a Republican, signed into… -
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DOJ Charges 8 More Pro-Lifers With Violating FACE Act
The Department of Justice has charged eight more pro-life activists with violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act. The latest charges stem from a August 2020 incident where pro-life activists Calvin Zastrow, Chester Gallagher, Heather Idoni, Caroline Davis, Joel Curry, Justin Phillips, Eva Edl, and Eva Zastrow allegedly blockaded the entrance to a… -
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Teachers Union Report Pushes Insurance Coverage of Abortions, Reimbursement for Out-of-State Travel
In a new report, America’s largest teachers union is encouraging educators to bargain for their health care coverage to include abortion. The National Education Association’s Feb. 14 report, “Bargaining and Advocacy in a Post Roe Environment,” advises teachers how to ask for insurance coverage for surgical and chemical abortions, including reimbursement for out-of-state abortion travel expenses. …