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opinion
Why Many Conservatives Won’t Be With Their Children or Grandchildren This Christmas
There are probably hundreds of thousands of men and women who, because of political differences, maintain minimal or no contact with their parents and, even more cruelly, do not allow their parents to have any contact with their children—their parents’ grandchildren. Probably an unprecedented number of Americans with grown children will be alone this Christmas… -
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Remixed Defense Advisory Boards Reflect Partisan Shift
In early 2021, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin fired all the members of 42 separate defense advisory boards and suspended operation of the panels until the Pentagon could do a “zero-based” review. The Defense Department sponsors these advisory boards to provide the Pentagon advice on matters such as business operations, innovation, health care, retirement, and operation… -
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12 Woke Earmarks in Omnibus Spending Bill
Congressional leadership released a massive $1.85 trillion “omnibus” spending bill early Tuesday. This 4,155-page bill is filled with woke policies to advance the Left’s extreme agenda to remake America using your tax dollars. It is unprecedented for a lame-duck Congress to jam through an omnibus spending bill after the American people voted out the majority… -
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Court Rules Boys Can Continue Dominating Girls Sports in Connecticut
The United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit ruled in favor of two biological male athletes who competed in girls sports when it dismissed claims brought against the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference by four female track runners Friday. Soule v. Connecticut Association of Schools was first filed in 2019 after two biological male athletes, Andraya… -
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Inflation Takes a Bite Out of Christmas Cheer
Americans may want to light the fireplace more often this winter and cut back on the holiday festivities, according to new data from the Energy Information Administration and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Energy costs have remained consistently high for over a year, having risen over 13% since November 2021. So, American families can expect… -
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SPLC Targets Conservative Jewish Journalist, Suggesting He Supports White Nationalism
In the past two months, the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Hatewatch project has turned its ire to Josh Hammer, the opinion editor at Newsweek, suggesting he supports white nationalism and should be a pariah in polite society. In three articles featuring Hammer, the leftist SPLC repeatedly mentions white nationalism but omits the fact that Hammer… -
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EXCLUSIVE: 11 Conservative Groups Urge Kristi Noem to Condemn Transgender Health Summit, Launch Investigations
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Conservative leaders at 11 different national and state organizations sent a letter to South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem, commending her for terminating a state Health Department contract with a transgender activist group but also urging her to forcefully condemn the gender ideology at the center of an upcoming summit in… -
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Omnibus ‘No’ Vote Explains How Democrats Are Trying to Circumvent the Incoming Republican House
As the clock ticks toward the new year, Congress is racing to pass funding for the government for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1 “Well, I was a no vote last week. I think we need to be doing our work. It’s amazing to me that the Democrats have been in control of the… -
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Warning Shot: House Conservatives Threaten Revenge If GOP Senators Vote for Pelosi-Schumer Spending Bill
UPDATE: 11:21 a.m., Dec. 20—House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy promised to enforce the conservatives’ demands if elected speaker in the 118th Congress. Details below. A group of House conservatives is promising to oppose and stymie the legislative priorities of any Republican senator who votes in favor of the $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill this week…. -
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No Surprise: Republicans Won’t Hold Biden Accountable
In just two weeks, Republicans will control the U.S. House of Representatives. They’ll be able to conduct oversight of the Biden administration that’s badly needed after two years of unified Democrat government. And yet, even before House Republicans get the gavel, they are about to lose their leverage to hold the Biden administration accountable. Why?… -
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Conservative Legal Group: Government Employees in 4 States Assisting Left By Providing Voter Information
Government employees in four states are violating federal laws and assisting the Left by providing voter information, a conservative legal group argues in suing those states. The Thomas More Society alleges in its lawsuits against Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin that the Electronic Registration Information Center, also known as ERIC, shares voter information with at… -
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Ode to Unknown Soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery
On a brisk sunny day under the cerulean sky over our nation’s capital, we gathered Saturday to lay fresh Christmas wreaths on headstones at Arlington National Cemetery. I took my wife and four children, as I do each year, to honor and pay our respects to those who wore the uniform. But this year was… -
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Welfare Programs Based on Race and Gender Identity Demonstrate Where Institutional Wokeness Is Going
What happens in Oakland doesn’t stay in Oakland. In 2021, the California city announced a universal basic income program created specifically for so-called BIPOC, or black, Indigenous, and people of color. It was set to give $500 a month to 600 low-income families for 18 months in partnership with a nonprofit organization. Shortly after it… -
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Indiana School Board, Superintendent Refuse to Explain Secret Transgender Policy to Parents
The school board and superintendent of an Indiana school district refused to comment Monday on a recently uncovered transgender policy for students that keeps parents in the dark, nearly two weeks after a public meeting at which parents demanded that officials explain why they're hiding information. Concerned parents in Pendleton, Indiana, flocked to the Dec…. -
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BREAKING: Supreme Court Halts Expiration of Title 42
The Supreme Court on Monday halted the expiration of a Trump-era COVID-19 policy that has allowed Border Patrol to quickly expel illegal aliens from America. The policy, known as Title 42, was set to expire Wednesday. On Nov. 15, a United States District Court ordered that the policy be repealed by Dec. 21, but the Supreme Court has… -
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Republicans Can Thank the Federal Government’s Bungled Census for Their Razor-Thin House Majority
Republicans will soon take control of the House of Representatives, but with a margin so narrow it may prove difficult to achieve their legislative and oversight objectives. That margin might have been larger, were it not for egregious errors made by the U.S. Census Bureau in the 2020 census. Come January, House membership will consist… -
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EXCLUSIVE: South Dakota Health Secretary Out of a Job After Noem Discovers Transgender Group’s Contract
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem announced the retirement of her state health secretary, Joan Adam, days after the governor discovered that the state Health Department had contracted with a transgender activist group that will host a "gender summit" next month. Noem announced Adam's retirement Monday morning, four days after the… -
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6 Falsehoods From DHS’ Post-Title 42 Immigration Plan
A “tissue of lies” is defined by The Free Dictionary as “a number of false statements made to deliberately hide the truth.” Under this definition should be a copy of the Department of Homeland Security’s “Update on Southwest Border Security and Preparedness Ahead of Court-Ordered Lifting of Title 42.” In it, the Biden-Harris administration absolves… -
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Burying the Major Democrat Donor Angle in FTX Fiasco
The collapse of the cryptocurrency company FTX could be as massive a scandal for Democrats as the Democrats insisted the Enron debacle was for former President George W. Bush. The man who took over the wreckage of Enron is now in charge of managing the end of FTX. But our largest national media outlets are… -
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Celebrate Elon Musk, but Don’t Lose Sight of Big Tech’s Structural Problems
The story of Elon Musk’s acquisition, transformation, and public rehabilitation of Twitter is nothing short of remarkable. Here is that rarest of confluences: A right-leaning (or at least right-sympathetic) mega-billionaire privately acquires a disproportionately influential public company out of genuine public-spiritedness, perhaps even a hint of noblesse oblige, and an earnest commitment to preserving open…