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When ‘Pants on Fire’ Fact Checks Are About Biden’s Pants
The so-called fact-checkers are energetic defenders of President Joe Biden—almost like they’re his siblings or his nephews. No cockeyed critique of Biden is silly enough for them to forgo the urgent need to “check.” They’re perpetually poised to pounce! PolitiFact gave us two examples on Feb. 10. Both were “Pants On Fire” warnings, but only… -
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Can States Stop Do-it-Yourself Abortion Pills?
The U.S. Supreme Court has thrown open the once impenetrable blockade on state abortion regulations with its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, and now the battle over do-it-yourself home abortions using abortion pills is heating up. Abortion pills are responsible for approximately 50% of American abortions… -
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Straights Need Not Apply: California Teachers Union Discriminates on Basis of Sexuality
The California Teachers Association offers a scholarship limited to LGBT students, though the Biden administration’s Title IX rule change prohibits sexuality-based discrimination. “Self-identified LGBTQ+” union members pursuing a career in public education can apply by May 31, 2023, for the LGBTQ+ Safety in Schools Program to receive a scholarship of up to $2,500,” the scholarship… -
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Foundation That Denied Grants to Organizations Because They Had White CEOs Changes Tune After Daily Signal Report
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation revised the eligibility for its three-year, $300,000 grant to advance “healthy food equity" after The Daily Signal reported on the program's stringent race-based limitations. Under the original rules, some organizations that employ a majority-nonwhite staff and have a majority-nonwhite board of directors were automatically disqualified from the grant because… -
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‘Page Not Found’: Teachers Union Won’t Explain Why It Discarded Presidents Day Curriculum
The National Education Association removed its resources on Presidents Day from its websites in 2020, according to a Daily Signal review of the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine. Three years later, the teachers union still has not updated the page. The resources, last saved on June 17, 2020, included lesson plans celebrating “the lives of George… -
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The Results Are in For Georgia’s ‘Jim Crow 2.0’ Election Integrity Bill: Raffensperger Breaks Them Down
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger argues that the strong midterm election turnout in 2022 vindicates his state’s 2021 election law from the smears that it represented “Jim Crow 2.0.” “We proved that Georgia does not have voter suppression. It’s easy to vote. It’s secure to vote,” Raffensperger, the state’s top election official, told… -
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EXCLUSIVE: St. Mary’s College Says Biological Sex Messaging Does ‘Not Align’ With Its Mission
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana, denied the foundation of a Turning Point USA chapter, according to an email from the dean of students, because Turning Point USA’s messaging on biological sex does “not align” with the Catholic college’s mission. Claire Bettag, a sophomore student from Chicago, pushed back… -
opinion
A Greater Paraguay-Taiwan Relationship Matters to America in Holding Back China
“Nowadays our countries are much more than friends; they are partners and strategic allies that share values and the same vision to create a peaceful, democratic, and sustainable world.” These are the succinct words of President Mario Abdo Benítez of the Republic of Paraguay, who is currently leading a delegation to Taiwan on a five-day… -
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Rush Remembered: Longtime Limbaugh Listener Looks Back on Second Anniversary of Talk Radio Titan’s Passing
Today, Feb. 17, marks the second anniversary of the death of talk radio legend Rush Limbaugh, who saved the AM dial from demise with his pioneering national conservative talk radio program. For more than 30 years, Limbaugh informed and entertained millions of fans with his keen political insights and irreverent humor that skewered the Left…. -
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‘Historic’: Board Member Reveals His Vision for New College of Florida Overhaul
New College of Florida needs a reorientation away from diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives back to its original mission as Florida’s premier liberal arts honors college, according to Matthew Spalding, dean of Hillsdale College’s Van Andel School of Government and a trustee of the Florida college. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, appointed Spalding to… -
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Supreme Court Cancels Arguments for Health Measure Limiting Illegal Immigration
The Supreme Court has removed arguments from its calendar for a highly anticipated case on Title 42, a COVID-19 public health measure allowing Border Patrol to quickly expel some illegal aliens. The case was going to be heard March 1. The Supreme Court announced Thursday that the case had been removed from its argument… -
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So-Called Inflation Reduction Act’s Bait-and-Switch: IRS to Crack Down on Waitresses’ Underreported Tips
It’s tax season, and the IRS has a new $80 billion slush fund at its disposal, thanks to the misnamed Inflation Reduction Act, which was signed into law in August. The White House and Treasury officials told us this infusion of cash was necessary to enable the IRS to go after rich tax evaders and… -
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2 Inconvenient Questions About San Francisco’s Crazy Slavery Reparations Scheme: Who Would Collect? Who Would Pay?
If you consider San Francisco mighty generous for proposing to pay black residents $5 million each in slavery reparations, then you are a coldhearted cheapskate. In fact, one local leader dismisses that hefty sum as “very minuscule.” “I don’t think you can put a figure to taking someone from their country, raping and pillaging their… -
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‘A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing’: Cybersecurity Expert Raises the Alarm About China’s Cyber Actors
FBI Director Christopher Wray is re-upping concerns over how “non-Chinese companies operating in China” are treated, specifically noting that “the Chinese government takes advantage of its laws and regulations to enable its stealing.” A Heritage Foundation expert highlighted these concerns, warning of China’s cyber actors as “a wolf in sheep’s clothing.” Wray zeroed in on… -
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Biden Proposal Puts Climate Agenda Above America’s Defense
Every few days, it seems the U.S. military shoots down another unexplained object drifting over our airspace—and at least one was a Chinese spy balloon. These incidents are also coming on the first anniversary of the war in Ukraine, the most destructive fighting in Europe since World War II. Surely, at this critical juncture, the… -
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Putin’s Spring Offensive, Russian ‘Reeducation’ Camps, and What’s Next for War in Ukraine
Next Friday will mark one year since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a war against Ukraine, a war that many anticipated would end in a matter of days after the invasion. Yet, Ukraine, with the support of America and its European allies, has succeeded in significantly weakening Russia and preventing its victory. For Putin, the… -
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Republican Lawmakers Visit Southern Border, Tell Mayorkas to ‘Do Your Damn Job’
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy visited the southern border Thursday, his fourth trip in two years. “I promise you this: The new majority in Congress, we’re going to fight to fix this problem,” McCarthy said of the border crisis during a press conference on Arizona’s border with Mexico. Freshman House Republicans Juan Ciscomani of… -
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Sen. Josh Hawley Calls on US to Arm Taiwan, Warns China ‘Would Prevail’ If It Invaded Taiwan Today
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., says the Chinese Communist Party is “on the march” and the U.S. is “not, at this moment, prepared to stop them.” “We didn’t stop them cheating on trade. We didn’t stop them stealing our industry. We didn’t stop them in Hong Kong, and now, if China invades Taiwan, they would prevail,” Hawley said at The… -
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Texas Universities Demand That Job Applicants Pledge Woke Allegiance
There never has been a better time to combat the publicly funded racist advocacy that has become prevalent in Texas universities. Entire departments at Texas Tech University and the University of Texas spend millions of taxpayer dollars each year on pseudoscientific nonsense—setting divisive standards that are stoking racial tension instead of easing it. One bill… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Mark Houck’s Family, Children Relive Harrowing FBI Encounter in Daily Signal Tell-All Documentary
KINTNERSVILLE, Pa.—Mark Houck’s children were startled awake by a loud banging on their door. The older girls looked out the window, saw flashing lights, and ran out to the landing to see what was going on. The little boys sat up in their beds, sleepy and startled. Mark Houck Jr. rushed to the stair railing…