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Social Security’s Unfunded Obligations Getting Worse
Our Social Security program is running dry. Policymakers have no plan to fix it, and generations of Americans have been duped into believing it’s a good deal. Social Security was established to prevent older Americans from living in poverty once they’re unable to work, but the program’s unchecked expansions have made that outcome anything but… -
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What the Media, Politicians Get Wrong on Guns
In the aftermath of a series of horrible mass shootings across the country, there is a knee-jerk reaction to demonize gun owners and call for sweeping gun control legislation. But more often than not, those in the media and political classes calling for assault weapon bans and other gun control don’t understand the very things… -
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Biological Men Have Won 28 Women’s Sports Titles Since 2003
A biological male athlete who identifies as transgender as well as transgender activists recently stated grievances against sports-governing bodies like the NCAA for “regressing” from “efforts to create a safe and inclusive environment” for male athletes who identify as transgender. The complaints come despite an increasing number of girls’ and women’s sporting events being dominated by biological… -
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Authors of New Book Explain How Abortion Is ‘Tearing Us Apart’
Whether talking about the family, politics, or culture, abortion has created division and continues to do so, Ryan Anderson and Alexandra DeSanctis say. In a leaked draft opinion in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito wrote, “Far from bringing about a national settlement of the abortion issue,… -
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Sticks and Stones: Real World Consequences of Democrats’ Violent Rhetoric
Most people are familiar with the phrase “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” The incendiary rhetoric that has engulfed our political system has demonstrated that especially violent words can cause hurt, even death, to others. The most recent example is a California man who showed up last week… -
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Student Debt Cancellation ‘Not Fair’ to Taxpayers, Those Who Repaid Loans, Betsy DeVos Says
Roughly 45 million Americans owe a combined total of $1.7 trillion in student loan debt. If that were distributed evenly among the borrowers, each would owe close to $38,000. Over the past two years, the federal government has paused collection of student loan payments because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, some Americans contend the government… -
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What I Saw at ‘Blockade the Supreme Court’ Protest
As America awaits an imminent Supreme Court ruling in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization and the future of legalized abortion in America, a group of angry pro-abortion protesters made its way to Capitol Hill on Monday and attempted to “blockade” the court. A small group of demonstrators gathered Sunday night outside… -
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5 Things We Saw at DC’s Gay Pride Parade
The annual Capital Pride Parade returned to the nation’s capital Saturday for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, with thousands lining the streets to show support for those who aren’t heterosexual. The parade route, which stretched nearly 1.5 miles, was designed to “acknowledge the evolution of the LGBTQ+ neighborhoods in Washington, D.C., while respecting the origins and… -
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Churches, Pro-Life Organizations Attacked 41 Times in Past 6 Weeks
The Washington Stand has found that there have been at least 41 separate incidents of violent attacks against churches, pro-life organizations, and pro-life property across the country since the May 2 leak of a draft Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that indicated the overturning of Roe v. Wade. These attacks include arson,… -
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Parents’ Guide to Children’s Rights Aims to Save America’s Public Schools From CRT
“The most important battleground in the fight to save our American republic is the public schools.” So says Kimberly Hermann, general counsel at the Southeastern Legal Foundation, in the introduction to the foundation’s guide for parents, “Your Child’s Rights and What to Do About Them: A Parent’s Guide to Saving America’s Public Schools.” Hermann’s outlook… -
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Left-Wing Prosecutor Soft on Alien Drug Dealers So They Weren’t Deported
The recent recall of radically left-wing San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin by the city’s overwhelmingly Democrat voters was utterly justified by his total incompetence. Progressive social warriors like Boudin in San Francisco, George Gascon in Los Angeles, Larry Krasner in Philadelphia, and Kim Foxx in Chicago have done massive harm to their cities by… -
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Jan. 6 Committee Members Don’t Answer Whether They’d Hold Hearings on 2020 Riots
House members on the committee probing the Jan. 6 Capitol riot have not informed The Daily Caller News Foundation after multiple inquiries whether they will separately hold televised hearings on the nationwide unrest that occurred after George Floyd’s murder. The committee composed of Democratic and Republican members held a prime-time hearing Thursday featuring new footage and interviews… -
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America Has More Transgender Youth Than Ever, Study Says
Nearly half of the 1.6 million Americans who identify as transgender are teenagers or young adults, and some of the highest rates of youth transgenderism occur in blue states, according to a new study. The study, conducted by the University of California Los Angeles Williams Institute, found that transgenderism rates varied between states, with New York seeing… -
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Study Connects Jump in Youth Suicide With Transgender Treatments, Lack of Parental Consent
State policies that allow children to access so-called gender-affirming care without parental consent have created a significant increase in suicides, according to a new Heritage Foundation study. The Heritage study released Monday found that 2020 saw 1.6 more suicides per 100,000 residents ages 12 to 23 in states that allow minors access to puberty blockers… -
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Another ‘Big Lie’ About Trump: He ‘Mocked’ a Disabled Reporter
An August 2016 Bloomberg poll listed the top reason given by “likely voters” for disliking then-presidential candidate Donald Trump: He “mocked” a disabled reporter. About the poll, NBC wrote: Democrats have made sure the public has seen and heard about Trump’s extended riff over and over again. It has been played in ads created by… -
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Jimmy Kimmel’s Comedian Cuddle With Biden
President Joe Biden hasn’t granted an interview to a news outlet since Feb. 10. Some might energetically assert these four months of avoidance ended on June 8, when Biden sat down on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” But absolutely no one should consider this 24-minute sponge bath a news interview. It sounded more like a friendly… -
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Political Consultant Offers Advice for Reaching Black Voters (and Reveals Who’s Doing It Right)
Republicans have faced their share of challenges to connect with black Americans and persuade them to support GOP candidates. In the 2020 election, for example, black voters overwhelmingly backed Joe Biden over Donald Trump, 92% to 8%. But all hope isn't lost. Political consultant Raynard Jackson, who advises Republican candidates, says there are some political… -
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What I Saw at the March for Our Lives Protest
In the aftermath of a series of mass shootings across the country, a group of around a thousand people gathered Saturday in the shadow of the Washington Monument to protest and call for stricter federal gun control laws. The protest was organized by March for Our Lives, a group founded in the aftermath of the… -
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Conservatism and the American Future
On this Saturday edition of “The Daily Signal Podcast,” three guests join us to discuss fault lines and emerging issues within American conservatism regarding culture, economics, and how the decline of important institutions continues to roil our society. Our trio of commentators include Sam Gregg, research director at the Acton Institute; Arthur Milikh, executive director… -
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30 Years in Making, Museum Dedicated to Victims of Communism Opens in Washington
Remember these two numbers: 100 million and 1.5 billion. Those were the two numbers emphasized at the dedication on Wednesday of the new Victims of Communism Museum in Washington, D.C., which I was privileged to attend along with my family. An estimated 100 million is the number of human beings slaughtered, massacred, and killed by…