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Over 200 Democrats Vote Against Condemning Attacks on Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers
Over 200 House Democrats voted Wednesday against condemning the slew of attacks on pro-life pregnancy centers that have occurred since the leak of the draft opinion indicating that the Supreme Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. H. Con. Res. 3 (expressing the sense of Congress condemning the recent attacks on pro-life facilities, groups, and churches)… -
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House Passes Bill Protecting Babies Born Alive in Botched Abortions
House Democrats almost unanimously voted Wednesday against a bill to protect babies who are born alive though botched abortions. The Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act passed 220 to 210. The legislation would amend Title 18 of the United States Code to “prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care… -
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Be It Resolved: Recommended Reading for 2023
Albeit a bit late, what with 2023 now well under way, we’ve compiled a list of some of The Heritage Foundation’s staff members’ favorite books (in no particular order) for you to consider for you and/or your family and friends to read in the new year. “Perfume: The Story of a Murderer” by Patrick Suskind… -
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Iowa Governor Leads on Ambitious School Choice Initiative
Iowa came very close to enacting an expansive education choice policy last year. This year, after supporting school choice advocates who successfully primaried incumbents from her own party opposed to reform, Gov. Kimberly Reynolds is determined to see her ambitious education agenda over the finish line. Her proposal is a package of reforms that includes… -
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Biden’s Bungled Border Promises
President Joe Biden’s trip Sunday to El Paso, Texas, was a sanitized, cheap photo-op designed to make him appear competent. What the three-hour visit actually showed was a man too small to meet a moment of national crisis. Perhaps that’s because the president is the one who caused it. However, Biden’s visit to the border… -
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders Moves to Cut Size of Government, Ban Critical Race Theory in Schools, Discard ‘Latinx’
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, a Republican, signed seven executive orders to decrease the size of her state's government, combat "indoctrination" and critical race theory in schools, and remove the term "Latinx" from government documents. During her inaugural address Tuesday, Sanders pledged to sign an executive order "preventing the political indoctrination of Arkansas' schoolchildren." "As… -
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Fact Check: Rep. Ayanna Pressley Claims Abortion Is ‘Out of Reach’ for US Minorities
Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., a member of the far-left “Squad,” celebrated the Biden administration’s unilateral decision to let retail pharmacies carry abortion pills—on the grounds that abortion has historically been “pushed out of reach” for minorities and the disabled. Pressley’s comments stand as a living testament that every fact can be inverted when touched by woke… -
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Social Media Gave Me the Idea ‘I Could Be a Boy.’ Chloe Cole’s Journey Into and Out of Transgenderism.
“Social media introduced this idea that I could be a boy,” Chloe Cole says. Cole began telling her friends and family that she was a boy when she was 12 years old after she was introduced to gender-identity ideology through social media. She started taking testosterone and puberty blockers at 13 and had a double… -
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South Dakota Has Never Placed a Male in a Women’s Prison, Gov. Noem Says in Response to Criticism of Trans Policy
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, a Republican, is considering changes to her Department of Corrections policy following criticism from conservatives, particularly National Review writer Nate Hochman. Earlier this month, Hochman claimed that "the Noem-appointed prisons director recently signed off on allowing inmates to transfer to prisons that match their 'gender identity' rather than biological sex—and… -
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‘Twitter Files’ Exposes How Pfizer Official Colluded With Big Tech to Censor Speech on COVID-19
The latest installment of the “Twitter Files” reveals a disturbing connection between Twitter and Dr. Scott Gottlieb, a Pfizer board member who used to head the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Gottlieb, FDA commissioner from May 2017 to April 2019, was a media darling during the COVID-19 pandemic, much like Dr. Anthony Fauci. Pfizer Inc…. -
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US Should Press Tokyo to Free Jailed Navy Lieutenant
U.S. and Japanese diplomatic and military leaders on Wednesday will meet for the annual “2+2” dialogue. Formally known as the U.S.-Japan Security Consultative Committee, the meeting brings together defense and diplomatic ministers and secretaries of the two countries. This year’s discussion is intended to focus on modernizing the alliance to meet 21st-century challenges, but the talks… -
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House Overwhelmingly Adopts Resolution to Establish China Select Committee
Across party lines, lawmakers overwhelmingly voted Tuesday in favor of creating a new select committee that will focus on investigating and countering the threat of the Chinese Communist Party. The resolution aimed at creating the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party—also known as the Select Committee… -
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DeSantis Wants to ‘Further Advance Protections for Innocent Life’
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican who signed a 15-week abortion ban into law last year, wants more protections for Florida's unborn babies. "The upcoming 2023 Florida legislative session starts in March, and we look forward to working with the Florida Legislature to further advance protections for innocent life," press secretary Bryan Griffin shared with… -
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House Republicans Call for Ban on Big Tech Private Funding of Election Administration
Some House Republicans are urging federal action to bar private money from bankrolling election administration after a Big Tech-aligned group that made controversial grants in 2020 is issuing another round of grants aimed at the 2024 elections. “Private money has no place in public election infrastructure,” Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., told The Daily Signal in… -
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Progressive Journalists Can’t Read a 3-Page Bill. Calling It ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill Is Easier
The Indianapolis Star has joined a long line of news outlets that find it easier to frame Florida’s Parental Rights in Education Act as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill than to read the three-page piece of legislation. The only daily newspaper in Indiana’s capital, also known as IndyStar, now claims that the Indiana Legislature is… -
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Forgery Cases Give Supreme Court Opportunity to Hold Unions Accountable for Shady Tactics
In its landmark Janus v. AFSCME ruling four years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a decades-old precedent that 22 left-leaning states used to justify forcing millions of public employees to join or fund a labor union against their wishes. Despite this decision, several unions have used legal action—and illegal actions—to try to prevent… -
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Elite University Department Bans Use of Word ‘Field,’ Claiming It’s Too Racist
The University of Southern California Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work will no longer use the word “field” in its curriculum or its practices as part of its anti-racist framework, according to an email reportedly sent Monday. The school reportedly stripped the word from use due to alleged ties to “anti-Black” and “anti-immigrant” rhetoric, according to the… -
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Numbers Don’t Lie: America’s Border Crisis Is Biden-Made
The Biden administration’s open-border policies and its refusal to fully enforce federal immigration laws have imposed huge costs on local communities across the country. Border states are groaning under the enormous cost of sheltering, feeding, educating, policing, and providing medical care for tens of thousands of illegal aliens. There are humanitarian costs, as well, paid by those… -
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DeSantis Tackles Divisive ‘Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion’ Programs on College Campuses
The average American university has more than 45 individuals with jobs devoted to promoting so-called diversity, equity, and inclusion. DEI programs push divisive identity politics as well as distorted narratives about American history. But Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration is once again leading on this issue, taking a first step in clamping down on these… -
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Times Square Attack Reminds Us That Terrorism Still Looms
While we’d all like to think that the threat of Islamist terrorism is but just a bad memory, the machete attack on police officers in New York City’s Times Square on New Year’s Eve is a stark reminder that the possibility still looms. On that evening, NYPD police said, a machete-wielding man identified as Trevor…