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What Democrats Are Trying to Pass Before Their House Majority Ends
Democrats are in a mad scramble to push through unpopular legislation before the clock strikes midnight on the 117th Congress. The lame-duck session is the period between November’s congressional elections and the convening of the new 118th Congress on Jan. 3. With some Republican help, Democrats in the Senate passed the so-called Respect for Marriage Act,… -
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Returning to Pre-Trump ‘Dead Consensus’ GOP Would Be Big Mistake
In the aftermath of the Republican Party’s recent midterm elections debacle, Right-liberal sharks are circling. These devoted acolytes of what a prominent 2019 First Things manifesto called the American Right’s “dead consensus” think they see blood in the water. Indeed, the “dead consensus” Praetorian Guard has apparently decided that now is the time for a… -
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Far-Left Protesters Disrupt Pro-Life Banquet for DC Pregnancy Center Attacked by Vandals
Organized far-left protesters repeatedly disrupted a pro-life banquet on Thursday hosted by a pregnancy resource center that was vandalized with pro-abortion sentiments this summer. The incident is part of an ongoing effort by leftist protesters to pressure and intimidate pro-life advocates who offer women alternatives to abortion. Since the May leak of the draft opinion… -
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If You Really Wanted to Destroy US, You’d Do These 10 Things
First, you would surrender our prior energy independence. Reduce new gas and oil leases on federal lands to the lowest levels of any president in history. Cut back production at precisely the time the world is emerging from a two-year lockdown with pent-up consumer demand. Make war on coal and nuclear power. Drain the Strategic… -
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Amid Rise in Number of Gender-Confused Children in Maryland Schools, Parents Need Bill of Rights
If Maryland parents and lawmakers don’t act now, special-interest groups and radical gender activists will get what they want—namely, parents being removed from decision-making about their children’s education and well-being. In the past two years, Maryland’s largest public school district, Montgomery County, saw a purported 582% increase in students self-reporting as identifying as “gender nonconforming”… -
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Lila Rose Shares Why Abortion Supporters Want a Culture of Consequence-Free Sex
Live Action Founder and President Lila Rose started her undercover work as a teenager, posing as an underage victim of sexual abuse seeking an abortion — but with a camcorder hidden in her blouse to document her conversations with Planned Parenthood workers. Her undercover videos captured the attention of the nation, if not the world, prompting… -
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What George Will and Karl Rove Get Wrong About Populist Conservatism
Are modern conservatives just unthinking rubes who want to be angry? That was the tenor of a discussion Wednesday on the “future of conservatism” featuring former George W. Bush strategist Karl Rove and columnist George Will, who announced that he’d left the Republican Party in 2016. The event was sponsored in part by the Lyndon… -
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Democrats’ ‘Jim Crow 2.0’ Myth Debunked Again in Georgia Runoff
For James Newton, an African American voter in Atlanta, early voting is a tough sell. “I always vote on Election Day. I like the excitement of it,” Newton told The Daily Signal after voting at a church on Election Day in November. “For me, it’s like showing up to a ballgame. You want all the… -
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4 Charts Expose Feds’ Hypocrisy: Cracking Down on Taxpayers While Own Improper Payments Go Unchecked
The Inflation Reduction Act gives the IRS an additional $80 billion to hire 87,000 more agents with the hope of bringing in about $200 billion in additional tax revenues over the next 10 years. But in 2021 alone, the federal government spent $279 billion of taxpayers' money on improper payments. This glaring double standard—cracking down… -
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Conservatives in Congress Press Biden to Support Protesters in China
Conservative members of Congress are expressing support for protesters across China following last week’s deadly apartment fire in the Xinjiang region. “The Chinese Communist Party’s ‘zero-COVID’ policy is not about stopping the spread of COVID-19—it’s another excuse to expand their authority over every aspect of their people’s lives,” Rep. Mark Green, R-Tenn., told The Daily… -
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Supreme Court Justices Question Biden Administration’s Reckless Border Policy
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a lawsuit filed by Texas and Louisiana over Biden administration guidelines that severely restricted the Department of Homeland Security’s enforcement of federal immigration law against illegal aliens. Twenty other states supported Texas and Louisiana with amicus briefs, ranging from Arizona to Florida and West Virginia to Wyoming. The… -
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China Is Abusing Apple. So, Why Is the Left More Worried About Musk’s Twitter?
This week, the Chinese government activated its vast censorship apparatus to prevent dissemination of news regarding thousands of citizens taking to the streets to protest the Chinese Communist Party’s “zero-COVID” lockdowns. China has developed the world’s most sophisticated and invasive surveillance scheme: According to The Wall Street Journal, police have been dispersing to the sites… -
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‘I Don’t Trust BlackRock’s Ability to Deliver’: Florida’s CFO to Divest $2B in Investments
Another state on Thursday announced that it would begin divesting its assets currently managed by investment giant BlackRock, accusing it of “[leaning] heavily into Environmental, Social, and Governance standards.” “As Florida’s chief financial officer, it’s my responsibility to get the best returns possible for taxpayers. The more effective we are in investing dollars to generate… -
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Republicans Off to Rocky Start as Wasteful Washington Spending Makes a Comeback
“Everyone knew that wasteful Washington spending would spur inflation.” —House GOP Commitment to America, September 2022 For a party that campaigned relentlessly against Bidenflation this year, you’d think Republicans might use their new power in Washington to make it a priority to curtail wasteful government spending. Think again. Earmarks are the very symbol of “wasteful Washington spending.”… -
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The Media vs. Free Speech on Twitter
Anyone who thinks the First Amendment is best represented by the “news” media isn’t paying attention to the way they wage war on freedom of speech for the conservative “rabble” on social media platforms. Imagine if the media had attacked new media owners Jeff Bezos or David Zaslav with the kind of venom that they’re… -
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A Hard Winter Looms for Americans’ Energy Bills and Wallets. Blame Biden.
This is going to be a hard winter for your wallet. President Joe Biden’s war on American energy has not reached its peak. Gas prices remain high, and the Biden administration has no workable plan to reduce them. The rise in energy prices is visible every time Americans fill up their vehicles. In November, the… -
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Iranian Arms Sales to Moscow Benefit Tehran, Too
Press reports suggest that Iran—in addition to already providing armed drones to Russia—is in the process of transferring short-range ballistic missiles, such as its Fateh and Zolfaghar systems, to support Moscow’s unjust war in Ukraine. If true, that’s deeply troubling. Those expected Iranian ballistic missile transfers to the Kremlin would allow Russia to continue its… -
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Megyn Kelly Bashes Balenciaga for Quitting Twitter Over Elon Musk While Exploiting Kids for Profit
The fashion brand Balenciaga quit Twitter less than a month after entrepreneur Elon Musk took charge of the social media platform. The company has yet to say why it left Twitter, but some saw the brand’s decision as a political statement over the “free speech” direction in which Musk says he is taking Twitter. While… -
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‘The Truth Will Shine’: Tiananmen Square Survivor Has Message for Chinese Protesters
More than 30 years ago, ordinary residents of China protested in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, where authorities reacted by killing an estimated 10,000 or more. Sean Lin, who traveled to Beijing to attend those protests in 1989, recalls them as “a historical moment in [China’s] modern history.” Lin, a former Army microbiologist, is now an assistant… -
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China’s ‘Zero-COVID’ Repression Is What Happens When You Give All Power to the Scientific-Technocratic Elite
China’s “zero-COVID” folly is reaching a boiling point. Many in Western media once praised China’s response to the pandemic, which began in the city of Wuhan. That’s looking absurd now as the nation plunges into dysfunction and chaos. Not only has COVID-19 infection escalated dramatically in China, but the Communist government’s entire model of dealing…