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College Board Concedes to DeSantis on Woke African American Studies Course
The College Board will revise its Advanced Placement African American Studies course for high school students after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, rejected it as “indoctrination,” according to a Tuesday afternoon announcement. “Thanks to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ principled stand for education over identity politics, the College Board will be revising the course for the… -
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Vimeo Removes ‘Dead Name’ Documentary About Parents of ‘Transgender’ Kids for ‘Hateful Conduct’
The video platform Vimeo has removed a documentary about the struggles of parents who doubt the experimental transgender medical interventions that schools and doctors champion for their children, claiming that the documentary violates its policy prohibiting "discriminatory or hateful conduct." The documentary "Dead Name" tells the stories of three parents—identified only by first names—living in… -
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Hawley’s ‘PELOSI Act’ Would Outlaw Insider Trading for Congress
Lawmakers and their spouses would be prohibited from using privileged information to trade stocks under legislation introduced Tuesday by Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo. Hawley’s bill follows news last year that then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul Pelosi, traded between $1 million and $5 million worth of semiconductor stocks shortly before Congress allocated $52 million to… -
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New Gun Regulation Handicaps the Disabled
The Biden administration’s newly released regulations regarding “pistol-stabilizing braces” will instantly turn tens of thousands of law-abiding Americans into felons and create a national rifle registry. But the Biden administration and the media exaggerate the costs and ignore the benefits these braces produce. Few seem to realize that stabilizing braces for pistols were originally designed to allow wounded and disabled veterans… -
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At NPR, Republicans Are All ‘Hard’ or ‘Far’ Right, but No Democrats Are ‘Hard’ or ‘Far’ Left
My maxim on the media’s use of ideological labeling is: “The epic political battles of our time are between the ultraconservatives and the nonpartisans.” Journalists see Republicans as a whole as ultraconservative, or as a wholly owned subsidiary of the ultraconservatives. Journalists firmly on the left think of themselves as the sensible center, so their… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Georgia Police Officer Resigns After Being Put on Leave for Facebook Post on Traditional Marriage
A Georgia police officer has resigned after he was told by superiors that he could not share his personal religious views on social media. “If someone somewhere considers an opinion I have—that isn't a direct quotation from Scripture—to be offensive, then that would be a fireable offense,” Jacob Kersey, the former officer, told The Daily… -
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Why Special Counsel Should Expand Probe to Penn Biden Center’s China Ties
President Joe Biden has had a difficult time explaining the increasing number of classified documents found at his home and at the Penn Biden Center, a think tank in the nation’s capital established in coordination with the University of Pennsylvania. The National Legal and Policy Center, a government watchdog group, first flagged the fact that… -
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DOJ Indicts Radical Activists for Attacking Florida Pro-Life Facilities
Following attacks on over 78 pro-life groups across the nation, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has finally indicted two pro-abortion activists for attacking pro-life facilities in Florida. Twenty-seven-year-old Caleb Freestone and 23-year-old Amber Smith-Stewart “targeted pregnancy resource facilities and vandalized those facilities with spray-painted threats,” according to the DOJ. The threatening language that the two… -
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How Blue State Election Official Responds to DACA Recipient Proclaiming, ‘We Are Voting’
After a self-identified noncitizen told the Minnesota state legislators, “We are voting,” the state’s top election official insisted that noncitizen voting isn’t a problem. “Our office has no indication that noncitizen voting is a problem in Minnesota or nationally,” Cassondra Knudson, deputy communications director for Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon, told The Daily Signal… -
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Biden DOJ Behind Failure to Arrest Activists Illegally Protesting at Justices’ Homes, Experts Say
Authorities who allow activists to protest at the homes of the Supreme Court justices in violation of 18 U.S. Code 1507 are doing the bidding of President Joe Biden's Justice Department, legal and judicial experts told The Daily Signal. "The U.S. marshals report to the attorney general," Judicial Crisis Network President Carrie Severino said. "If… -
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Iowa Marks National School Choice Week by Enacting Students First Act
Jan. 22 to Jan. 28 is National School Choice Week, and what better way to highlight the fact that parents today have more choices for their children’s education than ever before than by celebrating Iowa’s Students First Act being signed into law on Tuesday? The year 2011 was deemed “the year of school choice” after… -
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Democrats Introduce Bill to Eliminate Federal Debt Limit
Legislation sponsored by House Democrats would eliminate limits on government spending not by raising the debt ceiling, but by repealing it. Introduced by Rep. Bill Foster, D-Ill., and co-sponsored by 42 other Democrats, the End the Threat of Default Act removes the $31.381 trillion limit set by Congress on how much the U.S. Treasury can borrow. The… -
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British ‘Single-Payer’ Health Care Program Is Cratering. That Should Be Wake-Up Call for US Liberals.
Rishi Sunak, the United Kingdom’s new prime minister, refuses to answer a simple question. He was asked three times whether he received private medical care or relied upon the National Health Service, the British version of “single-payer” government-run national health insurance. Sunak dismissed the question as “not really relevant.” But it is. The prime minister… -
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Indiana School Places Counselor Who Leaked Secret Transgender Policy on Leave
Following the exposure of a hidden “Gender Support Plan” and policy to conceal student transgender procedures from parents, the whistleblower, counselor Kathy McCord, has been placed on immediate and indefinite leave, and could be facing termination. McCord, a counselor at Pendleton Heights High School in the South Madison Community School Corporation in Indiana, confirmed documents… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Ted Cruz Files Key School Choice Bill That Would Be ‘Most Significant Reform’ Since GI Bill
FIRST ON DAILY SIGNAL: Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, commemorated National School Choice Week by filing two bills to advance school choice, one of which his staff said would be the most significant educational reform since the GI bill. “We need to provide students with a variety of educational options to fit their needs,” Cruz told… -
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American History Crisis: Most High Schoolers Flunked US Citizenship Test. They’re Now Adults.
Americans’ lack of historical knowledge is crippling the nation, says Timothy Goeglein, a senior official with the Christian group Focus on the Family. In his new book “Toward a More Perfect Union: The Moral and Cultural Case for Teaching the Great American Story,” Goeglein discusses a survey conducted among public high school students that revealed… -
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6 Failures of Biden’s Presidency in Year 2
Are you better off than you were two years ago? A number of reports on Saturday suggested that White House chief of staff Ron Klain will step down after the State of the Union address next month. So, it’s a good time to look back on the Biden presidency so far. Last year, just before… -
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Christian Facing Prosecution for Giving Testimony Warns: Authorities Target ‘ANY DISSENTING OPINION’ on LGBT Issues
A Christian charity worker in Malta faces prosecution for sharing his personal testimony about rejecting homosexual activity on the radio. Matthew Grech, 33, a trustee of the Christian nonprofit Core Issues Trust, will face trial on Feb. 3, 2023, at the Court of Magistrates in Valetta, along with the presenters of a media outlet, PMnews… -
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Joint Ford-China Electric Vehicle Battery Plant Contrary to American Interests
When Gov. Glenn Youngkin decided to remove the commonwealth of Virginia from competing with Michigan for an electric vehicle battery plant owned by Ford Motor Co. but operated by a Chinese industrial giant, he acted both in Virginia’s and America’s best interests. His decision displays strategic insight, choosing American interests over the Chinese game plan…. -
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DeSantis Exposes Marxist Slant of African American History Course, Demands Rewrite
It turns out that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was once again right to take a stand against woke ideology when he banned a course ostensibly devoted to African American studies. The White House—and NPR liberals shilling for it on the public dime—slammed him for it, but the course was indeed more Marxism masquerading as ethnic…