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Liberal Prosecutors Say They Won’t Enforce Abortion Bans
Liberal prosecutors in red states have pledged to not enforce abortion bans that could be enacted in the likely event that the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade and allows states to restrict abortions. Several state and local attorneys general have made public commitments to decline prosecuting individuals who break abortion laws by providing or… -
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State Treasurer Warns Americans of Politicized Credit Scores
Are your financial investments being weaponized to undermine your political beliefs? Investment firms, banks, and many other companies have embraced environmental, social, and governance, also known as ESG—a politicized rating system that advances the left’s agenda. In Utah, Treasurer Marlo Oaks is fighting S&P Global Ratings, which adopted ESG to make decisions about the credit… -
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Football Coach Fired for Praying Hopes Supreme Court Allows Him to Thank God
Joe Kennedy was, in his own words, “a pretty bad kid.” So, when he was given the opportunity to coach football at the high school where he graduated, it felt like an opportunity for “penance … to pay back all the debt,” Kennedy says. He hoped to help prevent his players from falling into “the… -
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We Hear You: Securing Schools, Reforming Elections, and Rescuing America
Editor's note: This sampling of The Daily Signal's mailbag features letters about the Texas school massacre, election reform, and the general state of America. Don't forget to write to [email protected].—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: I truly appreciate Virginia Allen’s article on school safety summarizing Heritage Foundation visiting fellow Steve Bucci's well-informed, four-point plan to lessen… -
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Gov. Ron DeSantis Launches Governmentwide Effort to Ban Child Sex Changes
The Florida Department of Health urged the state’s board of medicine to establish standards of care in accordance with guidance strongly advising against child sex treatments in a Thursday letter. Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo pointed to a lack of evidence on the safety and efficacy of the procedures and urged the Florida Board of Medicine to… -
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Federal Agencies Celebrate Pride, Ignore Memorial Day
If you’re wondering where America’s heroes rank on President Joe Biden’s list of priorities, try below the rainbow flag. While federal agencies have been tripping over themselves to pledge allegiance to LGBT activism, two couldn’t be bothered to recognize the fallen troops who make our freedom possible. Despite a governmentwide tweet-fest over Pride Month, the… -
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Biden Administration Remains Complacent About Iran Despite Escalating Threats
The Biden administration’s dogged determination to revive the dangerously flawed nuclear deal with Iran has not been shaken by a series of attacks launched by Iran’s Islamist dictatorship against the U.S. and its allies. Far from it. The administration already would have rejoined the nuclear misdeal if not for Tehran’s insistence that Washington must also… -
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This Pride Month, Companies Should Skip the Rainbows
It’s Pride Month, meaning Americans are getting barraged by more rainbows than a unicorn convention. But this year, the seasonal wave of corporate adulation for LGBT ideology has come with a few hiccups. First is Amazon. While the company prides itself on being a good little woke pet to the radical left, it still found… -
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‘What Is a Woman’ Exposes Disturbing Transgender Agenda
“I’ve heard people say that there are no differences between male and female. Those people are idiots.” Thus begins Daily Wire host Matt Walsh’s new “What Is a Woman?” documentary, which highlights the left’s ever-growing reluctance and inability to define gender. Think that defining the qualities of men and women is easy for most people… -
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Out of Formula
Parents still struggle to find baby formula. The left and most media (sorry, same thing?) blame “corporate power run amok.” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says, “There might be a need for indictment!” They blame Abbott Laboratories, because it shut down a Similac plant. The Food and Drug Administration says unsanitary conditions led to deaths of… -
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DC Pregnancy Center Vandalized: ‘Jane Says Revenge’
The Capitol Hill Crisis Pregnancy Center, located just blocks away from the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., was vandalized sometime between late Thursday night and Friday morning. The center’s front door was splattered with red paint and the words “Jane Says Revenge” were spray-painted on the side of the building. “I got a phone call… -
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Blue Cities Shamefully Vow Not to Enforce Red State Pro-Life Laws If Roe Is Reversed
When states are red, but cities are blue, abortion battles begin anew. Fearful that the Supreme Court will overturn Roe v. Wade and send abortion policy back to the states, some pro-abortion officials in some progressive cities are preparing to draw it down to the local level. For instance, Austin, Texas, City Council member Chito… -
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The Fraud That Dare Not Speak Its Name
Dinesh D’Souza’s new documentary “2,000 Mules” raises serious questions about possible skullduggery in the 2020 election, involving absentee ballots across multiple states. But neither the liberal media, nor election officials, nor law enforcement seem to have much interest in investigating that potential wrongdoing. The reaction has largely boiled down to “nothing to see here!” or… -
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Sen. Marsha Blackburn Outlines GOP Alternative to ‘Biden’s Greatest Hits of Failures’
Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., joins this edition of “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss key questions and issues in our current politics. Blackburn, who was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2019 after 16 years in the House, articulates the major themes and principles that Republicans need to articulate as they head into the 2022… -
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UK Engages US Through State-Level Bilateral Trade
“We are ready to progress negotiations on [a free trade agreement] when the U.S. is ready to do so, but we weren’t going to sit still.” That unambiguous point—made by Ranil Jayawardena, the United Kingdom’s minister for international trade—reflects a forward-leaning, pragmatic trade-policy posture of post-Brexit Britain. Jayawardena underscored London’s intention to take a “twin-track… -
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The Missing Element in Debate About Guns
The heightened debate over gun violence following the massacre of 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, is leaving out one critical element. The debate starts at the wrong end. Isaac Newton’s Third Law of Thermodynamics states: “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.” While Newton’s laws… -
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Georgetown Law Reinstates Ilya Shapiro
Well, there it is. After four months of “investigation,” Georgetown law professor Ilya Shapiro has finally been reinstated. In case you haven’t been following Shapiro’s saga, here’s the rundown. Shapiro, a constitutional scholar who previously worked at the libertarian Cato Institute, was put on indefinite administrative leave in January for a tweet in which he… -
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No Excuse for Reserving DC Memorial Day Concert for Elites Only
The 2022 PBS National Memorial Day Concert took place outside the United States Capitol, but you probably weren’t there to witness it. While congressional VIPs and their guests were invited, the exclusive, nationally televised PBS event was closed to the public. Hundreds of armed Capitol Police officers patrolled the perimeter to protect the few people… -
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Raising Red Flags on Federal Red Flag Gun Laws
Tragedies like those recently suffered in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, cause many Americans to voice an understandable—if misguided—urge for politicians to “just do something.” Many of the laws for which they reflexively call—such as universal background checks and bans on so-called assault weapons—suffer from a host of constitutional and practical defects. They wouldn’t… -
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Right to Bear Arms Isn’t for Hunting, Nor Exclusively American
“Other than using firearms for sport shooting and hunting, there is no reason anyone in Canada should need guns in their everyday lives.” That’s what Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said at a press conference Monday when announcing a proposed law that would ban the sale of handguns in his country. The move followed the…