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Jewish Leaders Condemn ‘Antisemitic’ New York Times Article for ‘Whitewashing’ a ‘Pogrom’
Jewish leaders, speaking to The Daily Signal, condemned a New York Times article for having “whitewashed” a “pogrom.” As Republican gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin met with rabbis in New York City’s Orthodox community, promising support for yeshivas (Jewish schools) and racking up endorsements, America’s newspaper of record published an article explaining “How the Hasidic Jewish… -
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The Real Dispute at Heart of Affirmative Action Cases Now Before High Court
“Can a court be blind to what must be necessarily known to every intelligent person in the state?” So wrote Judge Lorenzo Sawyer 136 years ago in a case challenging a San Francisco licensing ordinance regulating laundry businesses. The ordinance made no mention of race. Instead, it purported to be about safety, but everyone knew… -
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Doctor Compares Crisis Pregnancy Centers to ‘Terrorists’ During Democrat-Led Hearing
A University of Pennsylvania doctor appeared to compare crisis pregnancy centers to “terrorists” during a Friday hearing, accusing these pro-life centers of harming and targeting mothers. Courtney Schreiber, chief of the Division of Family Planning at the University of Pennsylvania and a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the Perelman School of Medicine, spoke Friday… -
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Entertainment Industry, Social Media Normalize Transgender Content That Could Harm Kids
Editor’s note: This article has been corrected and updated. An earlier version of this article misidentified some YouTubers as transgender who are not. This article has also been updated to clarify the timing of the Taylor Swift video. Our society loves to consume entertainment in all its forms. Whether it’s streaming films and TV shows… -
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How Many Minors Who Take Puberty Blockers Pursue Further Treatment? What a New Study Shows
As a study from the Netherlands revealed that the vast majority of minors who took puberty-blocking drugs continued taking treatments to advance gender transition, another highly publicized study purporting to show improved mental health outcomes for minors who undergo transition treatments now has been “appended.” A study out of a gender clinic in Amsterdam, published in October,… -
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Twitter Bans Conservatives, Including Heritage Foundation Expert, One Week Before Midterm Elections
Twitter suspended conservative accounts just over one week before the midterm elections, including the account of a Heritage Foundation scholar and the leader of a conservative nonprofit. Jake Denton, a research associate at Heritage's Tech Policy Center, found himself suspended on Twitter at 11:10 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 29, 10 days before the 2022 midterm… -
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2 States That Should Be Able to Sue Over Biden’s Student Loan Bailout
President Joe Biden’s student loan bailout is illegal. That’s not a hard call, but before a court can consider the merits of Biden’s scheme, a plaintiff must have what the law refers to as “standing.” Standing is a doctrine that says that a court doesn’t have jurisdiction to hear a case unless the plaintiff has… -
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Marxists’ ‘Race Struggle’ May Be About to Implode
Sometime about half a century ago, the Marxist Left, determined to force a revolution, came up with what it thought was a fail-proof strategy: Get minorities to believe they are victims, a people oppressed by U.S. society, and they will gladly enlist in the campaign to transform society’s culture completely. This followed the failure of Marxists… -
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A Disturbing Movement Picks Up Steam on Left
Voting has long been one of the privileges of American citizenship, but perhaps not for much longer. Left-wing activists are going all-in with their demands to let noncitizens vote, and Washington, D.C., just took up the charge. The D.C. City Council advanced a bill to let anyone vote in local elections, regardless of citizenship and… -
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Abortion Clinic Moves Across a State Line. It Isn’t Getting a Warm Welcome.
A small city in Virginia is taking action to protect the unborn and restrict abortion there. The five members of the Bristol, Virginia, City Council voted unanimously Tuesday in favor of a resolution that would prevent new abortion clinics from entering the city and place restrictions on the current clinic. The pro-life resolution is… -
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The Silent Majority Opposes Transgender Activism in Schools, Supports Parents’ Rights
Americans are waking up to the threat of transgender activism in schools. While President Joe Biden tries to tie school lunch money to transgender policies and California Gov. Gavin Newsom threatens to remove kids from their parents if the parents refuse to treat their boys like girls or vice versa, Americans know that schools should… -
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Liberal Groups Aligned With Arabella Advisors Spend Over $1M to Support School Choice Attacks in Pennsylvania
Liberal groups aligned with the Washington consulting firm Arabella Advisors have spent over $1 million to support attacks on school choice in Pennsylvania, joining public employee unions that have pumped tens of thousands of dollars into targeting charter schools. An organization called Education Voters of Pennsylvania has published a series of articles and reports critical… -
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The Great Reset, Explained
Just a few months after the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the world and prompted governments to impose draconian lockdowns, a group of global elites introduced what is known as the Global Reset. Championed by the World Economic Forum—host of the posh Davos, Switzerland, meeting for the jet-setting crowd—ideas connected to the Great Reset were embraced… -
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House-Passed ‘Right to Contraception’ Bill Creates Problems, Doesn’t Solve Them
The Left has pushed a radical pro-abortion agenda across the country ever since the Supreme Court’s June 24 decision to correct a grave error by overturning Roe v. Wade and abortion on demand. In the states, the Left has responded to the high court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization by promoting taxpayer-funded… -
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China Poses ‘Most Comprehensive and Serious Challenge’ to America, New Defense Strategy Says
The Pentagon identifies China as the No. 1 threat to U.S. national security in the latest version of the National Defense Strategy, released just days after the leader of the communist regime secured a third five-year term. “The key theme … is the need to sustain and strengthen U.S. deterrence with the People’s Republic of… -
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‘Where Is Nancy?’: Suspect Identified in Attack on Paul Pelosi
An intruder was trying to find House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., early Friday morning when he assaulted her husband, Paul, in their San Francisco home, a source told CNN. The attacker, identified by San Francisco police as David DePape, 42, has been charged with multiple crimes, including attempted homicide, assault with a deadly weapon, and… -
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Why a Connected Life Via Marriage, Family Is a Happier Life
My colleague Jim Daly, president of Focus on the Family, wrote the following in his book “Marriage Done Right: One Man, One Woman”: “[Marriage] is a sacred union of a man and a woman that confers myriad benefits on the spouses, their children, and society at large—benefits that cannot be replicated by any other relationship.”… -
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Hungary Leads Way in Defense of Conservative Values, Culture
Although in many countries around the world, liberal political views are dominant, some nations in Eastern Europe have notably resisted the left-wing ideology. One of the most criticized among the latter is Hungary. The Hungarian government stands for national sovereignty and conservative values among the world’s nations. In a Heritage Foundation event on Monday, “Promoting… -
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Including Noncitizens in Census Devalues Votes of Citizens, Unjustly Alters House Representation
You may have missed it, but a recent Census Bureau report revealed that the bureau made significant errors in the most recent census, overcounting the population of eight states and undercounting the population of six states. As a result, the citizens in undercounted states, such as Florida, did not receive all of the congressional representation to which… -
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White House Sticks to ‘Voter Suppression’ Claim in Georgia, Despite Soaring Early Turnout
Georgia election laws supposedly were so restrictive that, in January, President Joe Biden traveled to Atlanta with a stark warning. “Jim Crow 2.0 is about two insidious things—voter suppression and election subversion,” Biden said. “That’s not hyperbole. That’s a fact.” However, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced Thursday that 1.13 million Georgians already had…