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Senate Advances Judge Nominations of SPLC Attorney, Abortion Lawyer, Biden Pick Who Called Voter ID ‘Grounded in White Supremacy’
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee advanced 24 of President Joe Biden's nominees for federal judgeships Thursday, in a move that Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, described as an attempt to shield "the proverbial 'worst of the worst’" from "focused public scrutiny." “The Biden Administration is attempting to cram through all their most partisan, controversial nominees at… -
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Former Border Patrol Chief Opens Up About the Horrifying Power Cartels Wield Around the Rio Grande
Whether it’s a family or a single male, the drug cartels play a role in every illegal crossing into the U.S. at the southern border, former Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott says. “They’re either directly paying the cartels or the cartels are controlling their movements for another benefit, meaning to systematically overwhelm Border Patrol, create… -
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Whistleblower Pulls Back Curtain on Transgender ‘Treatments’ for Minors
How did we let our children get manipulated and mutilated like this? That’s going to be the question future generations ask about 2023, and the years preceding it, when doctors across America doled out hormones like they were Halloween candy and even in some cases removed minors’ functional body parts. Don’t take my word for… -
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Where Was Nuclear Proliferation in Biden’s Speech? Move Along, Nothing to See Here
The world is an increasingly dangerous place as we limp further into 2023. It is made only more so by the growth of nuclear weapons or technology in the hands of dangerous regimes such as Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran. Yet despite this frightening fact, President Joe Biden made no mention of nuclear proliferation problems… -
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Could Airbnb’s Ban on This Conservative Filmmaker’s Parents Be a Preview of Chinese-Style Social Credit System?
Woke corporations are seemingly testing the waters for a Chinese-style social credit system in the United States. On Tuesday, conservative filmmaker and journalist Lauren Southern wrote on Twitter that her parents had been banned from housing-rental provider Airbnb solely because of their connection to her. “My parents just got banned from Airbnb for being related… -
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5 Key Questions in Senate Panel’s Hearing on Chinese Spy Balloon
Questions flew Thursday as the Chinese spy balloon that floated last week above the U.S. was the subject of a hearing by a Senate subcommittee. U.S. officials revealed Feb. 2 that China’s surveillance balloon was flying over the country. Two days later, on Feb. 4, an American fighter jet fired one missile to shoot down the spy balloon… -
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Will Congress Finally Take Back Some Power and End Outdated Iraq War Authorizations?
A remarkable thing happened in Washington Thursday morning, especially given the vituperative atmosphere of politics today. Legislators introduced substantive legislation that is good policy, and a policy that The Heritage Foundation has been advocating for years. A large bipartisan group of 22 Senators introduced legislation to repeal the 1991 and 2002 Iraq Authorizations for the… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Conservatives Call on States to Close Loopholes Allowing Big Money to Bankroll Election Operations
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: Conservative organizations are calling for state legislatures to close loopholes regarding private funding of elections, after the same organization that distributed the Mark Zuckerberg election grants in 2020 issued a $2 million grant to a county in Georgia, one of two dozen states to ban private funding of election offices. “States… -
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Biden Had Little Time for Border Security in State of the Union Speech
One lousy minute—at most. That’s the time President Joe Biden devoted to the topic of border security and immigration in his State of the Union speech Tuesday. Those of us paid to analyze and write about it were hoping for more. After all, about 5 million people have attempted to illegally enter our country in… -
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BREAKING: FBI Rescinds Memo Citing Southern Poverty Law Center After Daily Signal Report
The Federal Bureau of Investigation rescinded a report on "radical-traditionalist Catholic ideology" on Thursday, one day after an FBI whistleblower published the document and The Daily Signal reached out to the FBI for comment. Former FBI agents condemned the document for citing the Southern Poverty Law Center, a left-wing smear factory infamous for branding mainstream… -
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Adios, ‘Latinx’: Hispanics Rightly Reject Left’s Contrived Gender-Neutral Label
One of the first things that Arkansas’ new governor, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, did upon taking office on Jan. 10 was to issue an executive order banning the use of the woke, made-up word “Latinx” in state government business and official documents. Then, on Feb. 1, taking their cue from Sanders, a Republican, five Hispanic Democratic… -
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Gov. Youngkin Condemns Black Lives Matter at School Push in Virginia Teachers Union: ‘This Will Not Be Tolerated’
Virginia Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s office said the Black Lives Matter at School toolkit released by a Virginia teachers union “will not be tolerated.” The Virginia Education Association’s Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action toolkit champions BLM’s 13 principles in the classroom. It uses kindergarten through 12th grade lesson plans made by the education… -
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Voting With Their Feet: People Leaving Illinois by Tens of Thousands
Lots of people complain. But when they’re really fed up, they “vote with their feet.” And by that metric, Illinois is one of the most unpopular states in the nation. The latest Census Bureau data show that the Land of Lincoln is hemorrhaging people at an astonishing rate—and public policy there is likely to blame. From July… -
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Cleared From DOJ Charges, Mark Houck and His Family Return to Abortion Clinic to Pray
Catholic father and pro-life activist Mark Houck, cleared of the Justice Department's charges against him, returned Thursday to pray at a Philadelphia Planned Parenthood. This time, he brought his whole family. "We went because this is what we do," Houck told The Daily Signal on Thursday morning. "It’s our mission to stand up for women,… -
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Archbishop of Canterbury Promises LGBT Activists to ‘Root Out’ Certain People From the Church of England
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the head of the Church of England, promised LGBT activists that he would "take action" against clergy and lay members of the church's General Synod who condemn homosexual activity. The leader of Christian Concern, a group representing a General Synod member whom Welby has threatened to remove, condemned the remarks… -
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ANOTHER ONE: Authorities Punish Catholic Priest for Silently Praying Outside Abortion Clinic
Authorities in the United Kingdom charged a Catholic priest with violating a censorship zone when he silently prayed outside an abortion clinic while holding a sign that said "praying for free speech." Father Sean Gough, a pro-life priest stationed in Wolverhampton, England, had also parked his car in the area near the abortion clinic, which… -
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Biden Administration’s ‘Stupidity Never Ends,’ Rep. Kat Cammack Says
The Biden administration recently announced it’s considering declaring a “public health emergency” on abortion in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ruling in June that overturned Roe v. Wade. “This stupidity never ends with this administration,” Rep. Kat Cammack, R-Fla., told The Daily Signal when asked about the possible… -
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Former Acting Defense Secretary Doesn’t Think China Would Have Flown Balloon Under Trump
U.S. officials revealed a week ago, on Feb. 2, that a Chinese surveillance balloon was flying over the country. Two days later, on Feb. 4, an American fighter jet shot down the spy balloon with a missile. Chris Miller, acting defense secretary under President Donald Trump, weighs in on the Biden administration’s decision to shoot… -
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6 Takeaways From House Hearing on Twitter’s Suppression of Hunter Biden Laptop Story
A key House committee put former Twitter executives on the record Wednesday about the suppression of the New York Post’s reporting on the Hunter Biden laptop story just weeks before the 2020 presidential election. “Twitter, under the leadership of our witnesses today, was a private company the federal government used to accomplish what it constitutionally… -
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4 Reasons Why Republicans Call for Impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas
Rep. Andy Biggs and a group of fellow Republican lawmakers say it’s time to impeach and remove Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over the crisis of illegal immigration at the southern border. “It’s clear Secretary Mayorkas has committed high crimes and misdemeanors,” Biggs, R-Ariz., recently said in a prepared statement calling for Mayorkas’ impeachment….