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opinion
Fact Check: What Politico, FEMA Chief Got Wrong as Florida’s DeSantis Prepared for Hurricane Ian
Politico this week inaccurately reported remarks by FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell about Florida’s response to Hurricane Ian, but she also appeared to be inaccurate in saying that she hasn’t ever acted politically during a natural disaster. Criswell, who runs the Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Biden administration, spoke Tuesday at a White House press… -
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40 Years Later, the Left Goes to Court in Dubious Bid to Resurrect, Ratify Bygone ERA
Under Article V of the Constitution, two-thirds of Congress can propose constitutional amendments and, after 50 years of trying, sent the Equal Rights Amendment to the states in March 1972 with a seven-year ratification deadline. Even after a disputed deadline extension, only 35 of the necessary 38 states had approved the ERA, and five of… -
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Never Let a Devastating Natural Disaster Go to Waste
Be prepared for Democrats to exploit the devastation of Hurricane Ian to peddle demodernization. And because there is no conclusive way for anyone to prove that global warming isn’t triggering every natural disaster—and because nature offers a continuous flow of these terrifying events and always will—the exploitation will never stop. The effort began in earnest… -
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New York Will Ban Gas Car Sales by 2035, Copying California
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, said Thursday that New York will follow California’s lead by banning the sale of gasoline-powered cars and light trucks by 2035. All passenger cars, pickup trucks, and SUVs sold in the state will have to be classified as “zero-emissions vehicles” by no later than 2035, according to a press release…. -
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How FTC v. Walmart Has Become Walmart v. Fourth Branch of Government
It looks like Walmart and the administrative state are going to court. The case has the potential, however, to affect not only Walmart, but also the entire federal bureaucracy. The Federal Trade Commission has sued the retail giant, seeking civil penalties in what Walmart is calling “an egregious instance of agency overreach” undertaken in spite… -
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Liberal Media Sycophants Still Shilling for Saint Anita Hill
Thirty-one years ago, a media-anointed secular saint named Anita Hill uncorked some sexual harassment charges against then-Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas that she could not substantiate. Thomas called it part of a “high-tech lynching.” But Hill, who became a millionaire author and a professor of “social policy, law, and women’s studies” at Brandeis University, has… -
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In Minnesota, 6 Counties Have Duplicate Names on Voter Rolls
Minnesota election officials are investigating six counties where duplicate names were found on voter registration lists—in one case reaching more than 300 duplicate names in a single county. The Public Interest Legal Foundation, an election watchdog group, said it found 515 duplicate names on voter registration lists across six Minnesota counties where it filed complaints. … -
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Radical Gender Ideology Gives Us a 10-Year-Old ‘Trans’ Fashion Model
A 10-year-old named Noella McMaher has become the youngest transgender model ever to open and close a runway show during New York Fashion Week. Noella was born a boy, but dresses in girls’ clothing. This is yet another example of an entire community—from this child’s parents, to the fashion industry, to LGBTQ organizations—pushing radical gender… -
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Rising Energy Prices Fuel Growing Angst Across Party Lines, Poll Finds
Economic data released recently reveals that the U.S. economy is still laboring under debilitating inflation. Rising prices for essential goods and services act as a drag on discretionary spending and will make our current recession all the more painful and long-lasting. Recent polling by TIPP/Insight provides useful insights into how Americans view the impact of… -
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Saving Our Schools: Retired Principal’s Own Example Shows Turnaround Is Possible
Among the most important aspects of our constitutional republic is education—specifically, how we teach our nation’s youngsters. Is it possible that we can save our country’s K-12 schools? The short answer is an unequivocal “no,” if we were to continue what is standard fare today. However, it doesn’t have to be that way, as I… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Pence Org, Conservative Coalition Demand DOJ Comms on ‘Violent Attacks Against Pro-Life Organizations’
Former Vice President Mike Pence’s Advancing American Freedom is leading a conservative coalition in demanding Justice Department records about the “ongoing attacks against pro-life organizations”—and whether the Justice Department is ignoring them. In a Freedom of Information Act request first obtained by The Daily Signal, Advancing American Freedom, Americans United for Life, Catholic Vote, Heritage… -
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How 1 Small European Study Changed Transgender Medicine in US
What is the basis for the current aggressive transgender treatment for kids? Dr. Miriam Grossman, a child psychiatrist and author, says it’s rooted in a study done of 55 children in the Netherlands who suffered from gender dysphoria, and were given puberty blockers. But there are problems with how American doctors are using that study,… -
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6 States Sue to Block Biden’s Student Loan ‘Forgiveness’ Scheme
Nebraska, Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, and South Carolina sued the Biden administration Thursday to block the president’s plan to “forgive” student loan debt. The lawsuit by the six states follows another one filed by the Pacific Legal Foundation on behalf of an individual borrower. President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness scheme is an illegal… -
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DC Council Bill Would Permit Noncitizen Voting in City Elections
The D.C. Council’s Judiciary and Public Safety Committee has approved a bill that would allow legal noncitizens to vote in city elections. The Local Resident Voting Rights Act of 2021 would permit “permanent residents of the United States” to vote in local elections, according to the measure. The committee released a report Tuesday, recommending its approval by the D.C…. -
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Arizona School Choice Foes’ Likely Failed Referendum Bid Stalls Law’s Implementation
A teachers union-backed interest group in Arizona is attempting to block a state education choice measure through a referendum campaign. The education savings account program, signed into law by Gov. Doug Ducey, a Republican, in July, would have taken effect Saturday. The law’s implementation is currently on hold. Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, the… -
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After Conservatives Threaten Funding, Oklahoma Hospital Puts the Brakes on Transgender Treatment for Kids
When Oklahoma leaders descended on the state Capitol Wednesday morning, there were plenty of things on their special session to-do list. But none got more attention than the bullseye Republicans are painting on the University of Oklahoma health system. Like a lot of states, the Sooners were horrified to learn that the OU Children’s Hospital… -
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Nowhere Left to Hide: Neither White House nor Common Man Can Evade Recession Data
Newly released data from the Commerce Department show what some people have been saying for months: The nation is in recession. Furthermore, the Biden administration’s cherry-picking of data has come back to bite it, with even its selected data points now being revised to indicate a recession. And while these numbers confirm the economy shrank… -
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‘Did He Just Shoot Me?’ 84-Year-Old Woman Shot While Canvassing on Abortion Speaks Out
Eighty-four-year-old Joan Jacobson never imagined she would be shot when she knocked on the door of a Michigan couple's home, hoping to convince them not to vote for a local pro-abortion ballot proposal. Sharon Harvey answered the door and quickly became "hostile, belligerent, and antagonistic" when she learned Jacobson's mission, according to David Kallman, Jacobson's… -
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US Needs to Renew Pacts With Pacific Island Nations as Bulwark Against China
Congress has a decision to make soon that will affect the nation’s ability to deter China and maintain the U.S. role in the Pacific. Without meaningful action to renew U.S. agreements with several Pacific Island nations, China will be positioned to gain greater leverage and influence across what was once an American lake. A year… -
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Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act Is a Strong Step Toward Big Tech Accountability
For too long, Big Tech companies have abused the government’s anemic enforcement of antitrust law to kill competition, cozy up to hostile foreign actors, and consolidate power at the expense of the American consumer and citizen. A three-part antitrust bill that heads to Congress for a vote this week can help provide a fix. The…