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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…. -
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Biden Was Right: Children Aren’t ‘Baggage.’ He Should Tell That to Advocates of Commercial Surrogacy
President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address got one thing right on Tuesday night: Children are not “baggage.” Of course, the context was a complaint about airline companies’ hidden fees that limit a family’s ability to travel. “Baggage fees are bad enough. Airlines can’t just treat your child like a piece of baggage,” the… -
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China Surpasses US in Nuclear Missile Launchers; US Unprepared to Deter Growing Threat
As China engages in a rapid nuclear buildup as part of its strategy to achieve global dominance, the Pentagon has announced that the communist nation has surpassed the U.S. in the number of intercontinental ballistic missile launchers it has. The U.S. nuclear force was designed over a decade ago to deter primarily Russia, not both… -
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Satan Is So Hot Right Now
This week, the Grammys were held in Los Angeles. They featured a star-studded cavalcade of singers who can’t sing, songsters who require a team of dozens to write their songs, and dancers who can’t dance. They also featured a full-on satanic ritual onstage, starring used-to-be-just-a-gay-dude-then-genderqueer-now-gender-nonbinary singer Sam Smith and transgender female (translation: biological male) Kim… -
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Unions Are Stealing Dues Through Forgery. The Supreme Court Must Step In.
The Supreme Court recently declined to hear a case involving a union forging public employees’ signatures on union membership cards so it could collect dues from them. A federal court has ruled that the employees have no redress. If the ruling is allowed to stand, could public employees elsewhere be forced to pay dues to… -
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Claremont Institute Heads to Florida, Lauding DeSantis Leadership as ‘Template for Any Red State in America’
The Claremont Institute is expanding its state activities to Florida, praising Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for providing "the first template for any red state in America" through his leadership. DeSantis met with Claremont Institute President Ryan Williams on Wednesday in the Florida state Capitol, where the conservative leaders announced that Claremont's new activities will… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Indiana Lawmakers Fight Back Against Schools’ Hidden Transgender Policies
At least four school districts in Indiana have flooded their communities with controversy in the past year by pushing radical transgender agendas. Now, state lawmakers are fighting back to clearly outline and protect parental rights. Indiana state Rep. Jake Teshka and state Sen. Jeff Raatz, both Republicans, have introduced two bills that would forbid any… -
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Which Does Secretary of State Blinken Think Is Worse: Chinese Uyghur Genocide or Spy Balloon?
Secretary of State Antony Blinken—who was planning to leave last Friday on a trip to the People’s Republic of China—gave an address Jan. 30 at the International Religious Freedom Summit, where he happened to mention that the Chinese leaders he was preparing to visit were at that moment engaging in genocide. “This past November,” said… -
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Texas to Ban Use of Chinese-Owned TikTok by State Workers
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has announced that state agencies will ban the popular, Chinese-owned social media app TikTok on both state-issued and personal devices used by state employees. “The security risks associated with the use of TikTok on devices used to conduct the important business of our state must not be underestimated or ignored,” Abbott,… -
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Government Should Prioritize Protecting Religious Liberty in the Workplace
As corporate America becomes more progressive and less tolerant of religious beliefs and practices, the federal agency tasked with enforcing laws that protect the rights of employees seems less inclined lately toward protecting the rights of those who are religious. Last month, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission released a draft Strategic Enforcement Plan, or SEP,… -
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WHISTLEBLOWER DOCS: FBI Cites Southern Poverty Law Center in Report on ‘Radical-Traditionalist Catholic Ideology’
According to an explosive document newly uncovered by a Federal Bureau of Investigation whistleblower, the FBI's Richmond office repeatedly cited the far-left smear factory the Southern Poverty Law Center in an intelligence bulletin, violating longstanding FBI guidelines on the SPLC's credibility. "We got briefings that SPLC was not legitimate when I was at Quantico," Kyle… -
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Florida Shows How Americans Can Fight Back Effectively Against Woke Institutional Power
Americans need to curtail the power of the radicals who control higher education. Perhaps now we have a blueprint to really turn things around. On top of entirely changing the leadership of the New College of Florida, rooting out critical race theory and gender ideology in K-12 schools, and pressuring the College Board into revising…