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Gov. Youngkin Demands ‘Full Transparency and Accountability’ From FBI in Wake of ‘Radical-Traditional Catholic’ Memo
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Virginia's Republican governor, Glenn Youngkin, expressed shock at the FBI Richmond bureau's memo on "radical-traditional Catholic ideology" that cited the leftist Southern Poverty Law Center and demanded "full transparency and accountability" in the FBI's review of how the bureau compiled and published the internal report. The FBI memo urged agents to… -
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State Legislative Push for School Choice Gains Momentum Nationwide
Two years ago, 2021 was declared “The Year of Education Choice,” when 19 states enacted 32 new or expanded education choice policies. This year could be even bigger, as more states consider making choice policies available to all K-12 students. In 2021, West Virginia became the first state to enact a publicly funded education choice… -
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America’s Pop Culture Is Stagnating. Here’s Why That’s a Problem.
Americans seem to be stuck in a cultural rut. In 1981, a mere 16% of the most popular movies in the country were sequels, spinoffs, or remakes of other films. In 2019, that number shot up to 80%. Just this week, multiple outlets reported that Mattel’s Barney, the purple dinosaur from the 1990s, is getting… -
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Debunking Biden’s Malarkey: 7 Ways He Added $6 Trillion to Deficits
President Joe Biden has a long, well-documented history of telling tall tales. Accordingly, it was not a surprise that his State of the Union address Feb. 7 included many misleading and inaccurate claims. Although a group of experts dissected the speech in real time, one line in particular is worth rebutting at length: In the… -
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James Clapper Can’t Stop Lying
In an interview with The Washington Post’s “fact-checker,” former National Intelligence Director James Clapper contends that the news outlet Politico misled the public about a letter he and 50 other former intel officials signed during the 2020 presidential campaign, warning that the New York Post’s Hunter Biden laptop story could be Russian deception. “There was… -
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Americans Die When Merit No Longer Matters
A recent epidemic of airline near misses deserves both attention and reflection. In mid-December, a San Francisco-bound United Airlines Boeing 777-200 airliner suddenly dived just a little over a minute after taking off from Maui, Hawaii. The airliner lost more than half its altitude and came within 800 feet of crashing into the Pacific Ocean… -
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Sarah Sanders Shows Conservatives the Right Way to Communicate
In the 1968 presidential campaign, third-party candidate George Wallace, the once and future governor of Alabama, proclaimed: “There’s not a dime’s worth of difference between the Democrat and Republican parties.” That might or might not have been entirely true even back then, 55 years ago, but it’s certainly not true today in 2023. The political… -
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Despite What You Might Have Heard, Wildlife Populations Are Thriving
Third of three articles on wildlife trends in America With the incessant warnings of vanishing wildlife, it just might surprise you to learn that many animals in the U.S. are doing quite well. The population and range of most dramatically shrank by the beginning of the 20th century. We had converted forests to fields and fueled… -
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Tucker Carlson to Headline Heritage Foundation’s 50th Anniversary Gala
Fox News host Tucker Carlson will deliver the keynote address at The Heritage Foundation’s 50th anniversary gala, the conservative policy organization announced Thursday. The evening gala will take place April 21 at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. Carlson hosts Fox News’ flagship primetime cable news program, consistently drawing more… -
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America’s Outpost in Washington Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary
The Heritage Foundation celebrates its 50th anniversary Thursday, and Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts is reflecting on the leading conservative think tank’s success over the past five decades. “There are a lot of ways I would put that, but I think most succinctly it would be [that] Heritage has always been willing without fail to… -
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Clarence Thomas on Character and the 2 Great Heroes of His Life
Feb. 16 marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of The Heritage Foundation. For its 25th anniversary in 1998, Heritage published in book form a collection of essays, “Leadership for America: The Principles of Conservatism,” edited by Heritage founder Edwin J. Feulner. One of those essays is the transcript of a speech delivered 25 years… -
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Surfer Bethany Hamilton Vows She Won’t Compete Against Biological Men, Setting Example for Pro Athletes to Defend Women’s Sports
Few female athletes have the ear of America, much less the world, in the way Bethany Hamilton does. With more than 1 million followers on Twitter, 2 million on Instagram, and two movies telling her story, when Hamilton speaks, people listen, which is something Hamilton appears to have been counting on when sharing a recent… -
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Joe Biden Cares So Much About the Catholic Church, He Won’t Condemn the FBI Citing a Leftist Group Suggesting It’s a ‘Hate Group’
President Joe Biden, who attends a Roman Catholic church and identifies as Catholic despite his support for abortion and same-sex marriage, has remained silent after the FBI cited a left-wing smear factory that suggests the Roman Catholic Church holds pernicious views that might qualify it as a “hate group.” The Biden White House did not… -
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In California, Telling the Truth Is Illegal
Even if you’ve got the courage to speak up and say the emperor has no clothes, the state of California won’t let you. California’s Civil Rights Department is forcing burger chain Shake Shack to pay $20,000 to a former employee who alleges he faced “misgendering” in the workplace—aka fellow employees refusing to indulge an adult’s… -
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Impeaching Mayorkas: The House’s Duty
There’s growing momentum among the new Republican majority in the House of Representatives to pursue the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The secretary has repeatedly ignored the immigration laws he swore to uphold, deliberately instituted policies that have increased the flow of illegal immigrants, made false statements to Congress and misled the public… -
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Shocking Cost of the Illegal Immigration Crisis to Americans
As record numbers of illegal aliens continue to flood across our southern border, they are being dispersed into every congressional district in the country, making every state a border state. We’re told they’re merely coming to seek a better life. And while that’s true for many, why do open-borders advocates ignore the enormous toll on… -
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‘Heroes of Liberty’ Book Introduces Kids to Heroism of Clarence Thomas as Georgia State Senator Calls Him ‘Uncle Tom’
A new children's book tells the compelling story of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas from his early childhood to his Supreme Court confirmation and beyond. The book, titled “Clarence Thomas: A Justice For All,” emphasizes the virtues of resilience and hard work, presenting Thomas as a hero of the Constitution who triumphed over adversity from… -
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‘Truth Will Win Out’: Fox’s Hegseth Poses Classical Education as Cure for Public School Indoctrination
Parents should recognize classical education as an alternative to critical race theory-ridden public schools, says Pete Hegseth, “Fox and Friends” TV co-host and author of the 2022 book “Battle for the American Mind: Uprooting a Century of Miseducation.” In a conversation with the president of The Heritage Foundation, Kevin Roberts, on “The Kevin Roberts Show” podcast, Hegseth explained… -
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87% of Books Removed From Florida Schools Were Pornographic, Violent, Inappropriate, Data Shows
Editor’s note: Some of the images in this article are graphic. An overwhelming majority of books removed from Florida schools since the beginning of the academic year in September 2022 were pornographic, violent, or inappropriate for students’ grade levels, according to school district data submitted to the state’s Department of Education. Twenty-three out of 56… -
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Attack of the Balloons! Inflated Peril or Real-World Danger?
Balloongate, hullaballoon, blimpacolypse. Whatever you call it, America has been transfixed over the past two weeks by the bizarre spectacle of balloons (or other unidentified objects) entering U.S. airspace. It all started with the massive balloon launched by China and carrying a 2,000-pound, solar-powered box used to spy on sensitive military facilities across the country….