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opinion
Public Pressure on Corporate Sponsors Succeeds in Getting ‘Drag Kids’ Performance Canceled
Organizers of the Sept. 9-11 Boise Pride Festival canceled a “Drag Kids” performance after public pressure prompted multiple sponsors to pull their support. The event advertised drag performances by children “from ages 11-18,” which conservative sleuther Christopher Rufo uncovered on the Tuesday before the event. The Boise Pride Festival was presented by Albertsons (a Safeway-affiliated grocery chain). Its sponsors included Fred… -
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Free Speech May Improve Your Mental Health, Psychologist Says
In a world of “safe spaces” and politically correct speech, clinical psychologist Chloe Carmichael says she believes that society needs more free speech, not less. Free speech can help individuals grow and learn as they explore and debate ideas with others, Carmichael says, adding that it even improves anxiety and depression. “I think that stopping… -
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China Is at Taiwan’s Door and America Isn’t Ready
Already rocked by the war in Ukraine, the world uneasily looks toward Asia and the Chinese Communist Party. The authoritarian state has cast its gaze toward the small island of Taiwan and dreams of conquest. America inevitably will be drawn into any potential conflict between China and Taiwan, but author and defense expert Elbridge Colby… -
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DOJ Subpoenas Conservative Group for Documents in Alabama Transgender Case
The Justice Department is pursuing a conservative group’s documents going back five years as part of a lawsuit challenging an Alabama law that prohibits sex change treatments for minors. The group, Eagle Forum of Alabama, had been a public supporter of the state’s Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act. The organization filed a motion in… -
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Biden’s Ever-Shifting Position on COVID-19 ‘Emergency,’ Exploited Purely for Political Gain
Is COVID-19 still an emergency? If you want a straight answer, don’t ask President Joe Biden. His answer changes as it suits his political agenda. COVID-19 infections and deaths are low, vaccination rates are high, and treatments are widely available. In other words, we’re in a much different place than we were in March 2020,… -
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Smearing Your Opponents Is No Way to Run a Republic
Name-calling on the internet is nothing new. Enduring attacks based on biased or discredited sources is so common online it’s practically the price of admission for anyone seeking to contribute to the free market of ideas. So trolls and hecklers are hard to avoid. But when reputable sources and institutions mimic their tactics, we have… -
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The Queen’s Reach
London—Watching BBC and Sky News coverage of the death of Queen Elizabeth II, one is struck by the adjectives used by reporters, commentators, and people interviewed outside Balmoral Castle and Buckingham Palace: sense of duty, virtue, integrity, service. What astounds is that these and other character traits the late queen exhibited were once considered normal… -
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Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Exposed for ‘Ministry of Truth’ Dirty Work
The Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is supposed to be a government entity that “works with partners to defend against today’s threats and collaborates to build a more secure and resilient infrastructure for the future.” Lately, however, it has instead been in the business of censoring information on private social media… -
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DeSantis Touts Florida’s Successes, Paints Stark Contrast With Blue States
AVENTURA, Florida—Florida has become a “refuge of sanity in a world gone mad.” That was the assessment of Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., in remarks Saturday evening at the third National Conservatism Conference here in this city north of Miami. DeSantis’ speech focused on the core theme of how Florida has become a bastion of liberty—a… -
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New Founding Builds a Commercial and Cultural Network to Fight Wokeness
Woke corporations are increasingly embracing the left’s political agenda and taking aim at the values we as conservatives cherish. So what can we do about it? Matt Peterson is cofounder of New Founding, president of New Founding Media, and host of “The Matthew Peterson Show.” He’s fighting back against woke corporations and joins “The Daily… -
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DeSantis: Purpose of Education Is to Educate, Not ‘Indoctrinate’ Kids
ORLANDO, Florida—Gov. Ron DeSantis spoke about how important it was for parents to reclaim their rights in education, especially following the COVID-19 pandemic. “We’ve seen over the last few years in our country how important policy is, both good and very bad,” DeSantis said at a Heritage Foundation event Friday in Orlando. “There may be no… -
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California Dream Could Become a Nightmare
“Well, they’re out there a-having fun In that warm California sun.” —1964 song by The Rivieras California has become an example of what a state looks like when it is controlled by a single party—in this case Democrats—who are trying to impose a green energy secular religion on their people. State officials have banned the… -
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Biden Education Department Declines to Explain 160,000 ‘Missing’ Public Comments on Redefining ‘Sex’ in Title IX
As the clock ticks down on the public comment period for the Department of Education’s proposed rule change to Title IX, inconsistencies have emerged on the total number of comments already submitted. Politico reported Tuesday that the Regulations.gov website tracking the total number of publicly submitted comments had logged over 349,000 comments. But by Friday, three days… -
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The 5 Most Unserious Things Biden Said in His Gun Control Speech
President Joe Biden recently gave a speech in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, touting his “Safer America Plan” and a gun control bill he had signed into law. For many American gun owners, these speeches on preventing gun violence so obviously have become stump speeches for gun control that they no longer tune in, unable to bear cringey… -
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Senator on Democrats’ Same-Sex Marriage Bill: ‘We Have to Fight Back on This’
Passing a bill enshrining same-sex marriage in national law would put the existence of religious nonprofit ministries at risk and send “a pretty strong message that religious beliefs don’t matter,” a Republican senator has said. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., vowed Wednesday to bring a bill decreeing that all 50 states must recognize same-sex marriages to… -
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California Legislature Passes Bill Giving State Custody of Out-of-State Minors Seeking Trans Surgeries
On Aug. 31, the California state Senate passed a bill that would allow courts in California to take custody of minors from out of state who come to the Golden State seeking gender transition surgeries and cross-sex hormones, even if these actions go against the wishes of the minors’ parents. Legal experts and children’s advocates warn that… -
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Karine Jean-Pierre’s ‘Election Denier’ Double Standard
The central hypocrisy of President Joe Biden’s indictment of the “MAGA Republicans”—as well as the Nancy Pelosi-picked panel on Jan. 6—is all the evidence of liberals and Democrats being “election deniers.” Democracy is crumbling when Republicans question election results, but everything Democrats say and do should be categorized as exercises in idealism. In Tuesday’s Biden… -
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New Disease Erases Democrats’ Memories of Their Post-2016 Attack on Democracy
Strategic amnesia is a new syndrome that lets Democrats forget their being guilty of the same behavior for which they demonize Republicans—especially when the GOP is innocent as charged. Strategic amnesia is, essentially, what happens as psychological projection ripens over time. Strategic-Amnesiac-in-Chief Joe Biden embodied this neurosis during the Snarl Heard ’Round the World—his corrosive,… -
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Reflections on Calm Before Storm of 9/11—and Peace of Providence After
Sept. 11, 2001, dawned in Washington as the most beautiful day of that year and one of the most beautiful days I have ever experienced. I left my home in Northern Virginia early that morning. The route to the White House was always inspiring because of its historic evocation along the way—driving around the Lincoln… -
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After 5 Red States Passed ‘Voter Suppression’ Bills, Voting Turnout Boomed
A left-leaning New York think tank sounded a familiar warning about Arizona’s “voter suppression bills” being “dangerously close to becoming law.” The Brennan Center for Justice added in a press release that Arizona was “taking center stage in the relentless effort to rein in voter participation in the name of ‘election security.’” Pending bills, the…