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opinion
Fentanyl: Too Dangerous to Trust Moscow With, but You Can Score Some in Middle School
The Commerce Department announced last week that from now on, the chemicals needed to make fentanyl can only be exported to Russia with a license. The Commerce Department considers them “potentially useful for Russia’s chemical and biological weapons production capabilities.” Meanwhile, also last week, a 13-year-old in Bakersfield, California, brought 150 fentanyl pills to his… -
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Republican Teenager Killed, News Media Yawn
A long time ago, when Air Supply and Toto were in heavy rotation on the radio, I was an 18-year-old Midwestern Republican kid in braces. So, I was especially outraged when news emerged from tiny McHenry, North Dakota, that 18-year-old Republican kid in braces Cayler Ellingson was run over and killed for his political views…. -
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Arizona Points the Way to Greater Education Freedom, Governor Says
It’s vitally important for America that states up their game in public education, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey said during an appearance on “The Kevin Roberts Show.” In an interview on Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts’ podcast, the two-term Republican governor began a discussion of education policy and school choice in Arizona by acknowledging the… -
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Ron DeSantis Found a Way to Finally Get People to Focus on America’s Open Border Catastrophe
What’s been happening at America’s southern border is so crazy and so out of control that it’s almost hard to comprehend. As with all national issues, the power of the corporate media to set the narrative for the massive (but shrinking) number of Americans who still rely on them exclusively to stay informed has also… -
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When California Elects an Unconstitutional, Right-Wing Gavin Newsom Wannabe
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who faces no real opposition for reelection in November, is on a rampage. The most recent unconstitutional legislation he signed includes an anti-First Amendment law requiring social media platforms “to publicly post their policies regarding hate speech, disinformation, harassment and extremism on their platforms,” according to The Hill. Newsom issued a… -
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Fact Check: ‘There Is No Such Thing as a Heartbeat at 6 Weeks,’ Says Stacey Abrams
Stacey Abrams, the Democratic candidate for governor of Georgia, denied that unborn children have a heartbeat at six weeks and that the ultrasound is part of a grand conspiracy to give men control over women’s bodies—statements that run contrary to well-established facts and medical standards of fetal development. The Claim Abrams hoped to establish that… -
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Martha’s Meltdown Model
Martha’s Vineyard has been all over the news. The tony resort community so loves aiding and comforting the undocumented immigrants who were flown in from Florida that it hugged them—for all of 48 hours. Oddly, the Left became unhinged when red-state governors— whose states the last two years were flooded with some 3 million people… -
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Litigation Could Change Election Procedures in Key Battleground State
Litigation in Pennsylvania could change election procedures in one of the most closely watched battleground states in the country. In 2020, Joe Biden won Pennsylvania by about 80,000 votes statewide, beating Donald Trump’s 2016 victory margin in the state by about 45,000 votes. This year, the seats of outgoing Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, and… -
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Rep. Trent Kelly Explains Threat China Poses to America
What kind of threat does China really pose to America? And is America ready to face that threat? In the areas of agriculture, cybersecurity, and economics, China threatens our nation, Rep. Trent Kelly, R-Miss., says. China has “infiltrated our universities. They’re buying our farmland. They’re stealing technology,” Kelly says. But China is not the only concern…. -
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Ernie Christian: An Evangelist for American Exceptionalism in All Its Forms
Washington, D.C., is a terrible place. It is a company town dominated by grasping, aggressive, trivial courtiers who spend their time thinking about the calculus of power, which destroys their ability to function as anything approximating a normal person. Everyone once in a while, though, the town and its exigencies call forth good people who… -
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Actually, America Is Too a Christian Nation
To say the founding of the United States reflects biblical Christianity is to state the obvious. The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution incorporated many fundamental precepts of the Reformation, and these precepts long have been recognized by American statesmen and jurists. From overt assertions that people are “endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable… -
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Here’s Why Thousands of Pennsylvanians Are Still Marching for Life
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Daily Signal joined around 5,000 pro-life activists gathered in Pennsylvania on Monday morning in the very first March for Life since Roe v. Wade was overturned. The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade has sent the power to decide abortion laws back to the states. And as many… -
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To Corporate Media, Some Criminals and Victims Are More Equal Than Others
It’s been said that paranoia isn’t pretty. That much is clear from a fatal hit-and-run in the early morning hours of Sunday involving a North Dakota man who admitted to hitting a teenager with his car, killing him. Shannon J. Brandt, 41, said he did it because he thought the teen was part of a… -
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Biden’s Food Conference Should Put People First, Not Environmental Extremism
The Biden administration should ensure the correct focus of a conference it will host next Wednesday on food-related issues such as nutrition and access to food. The primary focus of this food conference, especially when Americans are suffering through food prices not seen in over 40 years, should be on the importance of efficiently producing… -
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Congressmen, Conservative Groups Defend Eagle Forum From Justice Department’s ‘Chilling’ Subpoena
All six Republicans representing Alabama in the U.S. House signed on to a legal brief opposing the Justice Department’s broad subpoena of records from a small conservative group in their state, Eagle Forum of Alabama. The friend of the court brief, filed Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, also… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Hawley Calls on Google to Explain Why It Has ‘Throttled’ Crisis Pregnancy Centers
Sen. Josh Hawley is calling on Google to explain why it has reportedly “throttled” the online outreach of pro-life crisis pregnancy centers, expressing concerns that Google is “deliberately limiting pregnancy resource centers’ outreach efforts.” In a letter first obtained by The Daily Signal, Hawley, R-Mo., tells Google that the pregnancy research centers in his home… -
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‘Dilbert’ Fired by Some Comics Pages, but Critics of Corporate Wokeness Might Get Last Laugh
One of the best ways to fight cultural absurdity is to make fun of it. Scott Adams, creator of the comic strip “Dilbert,” has spent 33 years leaning into that philosophy—poking fun at the woke mob, the cancel culture, and the outlandish social policies of the Left. After all, G.K. Chesterton once said, “Humor can… -
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US Should Formally Recognize Taiwan, Former Undersecretary of State Says
Formally recognizing Taiwan would provide it with legitimacy and undermine the Chinese Communist Party’s assertion that the island nation across the Taiwan Strait was always part of China, says Keith Krach, a former undersecretary of state for economic growth, energy, and the environment. “[Russian President Vladimir] Putin’s road map toward war is instructive. Russia is… -
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George Soros Network Bankrolled Activist Group Suing DeSantis Over Martha’s Vineyard Flights
A nonprofit network that left-wing billionaire George Soros backs has bankrolled an activist group that is suing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and other officials over the state’s move to fly illegal migrants to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. The advocacy law firm Lawyers for Civil Rights filed the lawsuit Tuesday with Alianza Americas, an immigration nonprofit, on behalf of “Vineyard migrants and all similarly situated… -
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Planned Parenthood’s Overdue Annual Report Is Finally Out. Here’s What You Should Know.
Planned Parenthood’s 2020-2021 annual report is so late that some observers wondered whether it would release one at all. But after roughly nine months, the wait is over. For pro-life Americans, the numbers aren’t pretty. The medical and financial data reveal the abortion giant’s priorities. Spoiler alert: The number of abortions performed in one year is…