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opinion
Latest Federal Takeover of Elections Violates Law
Democrats haven’t stopped trying to take over elections, they just have new tactics to do so under voters’ noses. Employees throughout the federal government who are carrying out President Joe Biden’s executive order directing them to get involved in state elections are likely all violating the Anti-Deficiency Act, besides interfering in the election process and… -
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Washington Knows Best What Car You Should Drive: Electric Vehicles. Seriously?
“When politicians are out there saying, ‘Let’s get rid of all cars using gasoline,’ do they understand this?” Toyota President Akio Toyoda asked in 2020, referring to the profound consequences of politicians forcing a transition away from conventional vehicles. It’s a good question, and a proposal in the so-called Inflation Reduction Act being pushed through Congress… -
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Texas Democrat Gives Up on White House Talks to Solve Border Crisis
Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, has given up on having conversations with the White House about the border because top officials in the Biden administration are only interested in listening to “immigration activists,” he said in an exclusive interview. “I haven’t followed up with the White House … after months and months and months of talking… -
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UK Cracks Down While US Doubles Down on ‘Gender Affirming’ Care
American lawmakers need to follow the lead of another country and put the brakes on “gender affirming” procedures for children. Health officials in the United Kingdom are acknowledging the damage being done by pushing puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones onto children at exactly the same time as the Biden administration is demanding that education and… -
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Manchin-Schumer-Biden Taxes Would Hit Both Rich and Poor Americans
President Joe Biden promised on Thursday that the so-called Inflation Reduction Act wouldn’t raise taxes on Americans making less than $400,000 a year. But, in fact, the bill would increase taxes collected from the American people by more than half a trillion dollars, affecting both rich and poor alike. The massive tax and spending bill—negotiated… -
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Scott Walker on What Makes America’s Youth Tick
Much has been made of grabbing the coveted youth vote. America’s future lies in her young people, so theoretically, whoever influences the young now will be in a much better position to steer the country. But politicians often seem to look at young Americans as some sort of alien species. What do they like? What… -
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Kansas Voters Reject Removing ‘Right’ to Abortion From State Constitution
OVERLAND PARK, Kansas—The voters of Kansas have decided: Their state constitution does provide a right to abortion. “It’s a great day for Kansans,” state Sen. Dinah Sykes, a Democrat, told The Daily Signal after voters rejected a pro-life ballot question in results late Tuesday night. “I think we just need everyone who was… -
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Reflections on 40 Years as a Talk Show Host
This week marks my 40th year as a radio talk show host. I believe I have talked with — not to, with— more people than any living human being. Obviously, some people have talked to more people than I have. The Chinese head of state talks to more people in a one-minute address to his… -
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With Ground War Bogged Down, Ukraine Should Turn to Sea to Speed Russia’s Defeat
The war in the Donbas region between Russia and Ukraine is settling down to a series of small attacks and tenacious defenses. Deliveries of U.S. and allied military equipment are key but not in the quantities necessary to make them decisive. All this points to the conflict taking the form of a war of attrition…. -
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CHIPS Act an Example of Misguided Public Policy, Heritage Foundation President Says
The conservative movement at its best focuses on the lives of real Americans, Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts said at the recent American Economic Forum in Washington. “We have to get out of the habit of spending so much and expecting modern monetary theory and/or inflation to pay down debt,” Roberts said, adding that the… -
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Pelosi Defies China’s Bluster, Heralds ‘Taiwan’s Vibrant Democracy’
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi defied the Communist Chinese government Tuesday by touching down in Taiwan for a visit. The California Democrat continued to win praise from Republican lawmakers, but an ambiguous response at best from the Biden administration, which has been skeptical of the trip. Pelosi issued a statement after her arrival saying that the… -
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Liberal ‘Dark Money’ Groups Target Election Integrity, House GOP Watchdogs Say
“Dark money” groups on the left that seek to control local election offices across the country could further undermine confidence in American elections, some House Republicans fear. “Let’s call this what it really is—a blatant attack on the security and integrity of the fairness and transparency of our elections,” Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., the co-chairwoman… -
opinion
Al-Qaeda’s Leader Is Dead. Now What?
President Joe Biden announced Monday that the United States had killed al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri in a drone strike over the weekend. Zawahri, who was an Egyptian doctor, replaced Osama bin Laden after he was shot and killed by U.S. Navy SEALS in May 2011. He was listed as the FBI’s “Most Wanted Terrorist” and… -
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Good Riddance: The Elimination of al-Qaeda’s Top Terrorist and the Troubling Questions It Raises
Ayman al-Zawahri, Osama bin Laden’s deputy and a mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks, has been killed in a U.S. drone strike. The good news is that one of the world’s most notorious terrorists is dead. The bad news is that, one year after the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, Zawahri’s presence in the capital of… -
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Tesla’s Battery Deals Highlight Chinese Dominance of Key Materials for Electric Vehicles
Tesla signed new contracts with two of its current Chinese battery material suppliers, Bloomberg reported on Sunday, highlighting the extent to which American electric vehicle manufacturers rely on China for critical minerals and materials. Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co. and CNGR Advanced Material Co. renewed pricing agreements to provide Tesla with supplies of ternary precursors, chemical… -
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Man Who Posed as Federal Agent Pleads Guilty in Scheme to Build Relationships With Secret Service
A Washington, D.C., man pleaded guilty Monday for charges related to a scheme where he allegedly bought off Secret Service agents, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s D.C. Office. Arian Taherzadeh, 40, was charged with federal conspiracy offense and two D.C. offenses of unlawful possession of a large-capacity ammunition feeding device and voyeurism, according to plea… -
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Cultural Critic James Lindsay Explains Rise of ‘Groomers’
Have you ever seen a teacher who is just a little too interested in getting kids to talk about their sexuality? Or a government bureaucrat seemingly obsessed with pushing LGBT ideology into schools? Then you’ve likely encountered what James Lindsay, a cultural commentator and frequent critic of LGBT activists, calls a “groomer.” Lindsay, 43, is… -
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‘Doonesbury’ Still Attacks Trump, Ignores Biden’s Many Gaffes, Policy Failures
July 20 marked a year and a half into the Biden administration, but you’d never know that from Garry Trudeau, the liberal hack political cartoonist behind the long-running, but highly overrated “Doonesbury” comic strip. Though former President Donald Trump has been out of the White House now for more than 18 months, he apparently still lives… -
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Why She Gave Her Baby Life After Being Raped at 14
Eve Nunez’s life was turned upside down in 1969, when she was raped. She was only 14. When Nunez became pregnant, a relative encouraged her to have an abortion, concerned that her pregnancy would bring shame to the family. Nunez chose life. “I had a grandma that passed away when I was 6,” Nunez says,… -
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Whoops! Department of Education Makes $300 Billion Accounting Mistake on Student Loans
What’s $300 billion between friends? A new report from the Government Accountability Office details a breathtaking discrepancy between what the federal government claimed the student loan program would generate, and what it actually costs taxpayers. As GAO explains: “Although the Department of Education originally estimated federal Direct Loans made in the last 25 years would…