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‘Red-Handed’ Author Peter Schweizer Reveals How China Captured America’s Elites
America’s elites are selling out their country to the Chinese Communist Party. Politicians, athletes, filmmakers, and others from the highest echelons of American society have apparently decided it is more profitable to kowtow to Beijing than it is to support their own country. So says Peter Schweizer, author of the new book “Red-Handed: How American… -
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Nixonian Political Dirty Tricks, the Sequel
“Dirty tricks” was a term used to describe the behavior of operatives within the Nixon administration to smear the reputations of opponents and undermine the appeal of certain politicians. Fifty years ago, these dirty tricks included a false allegation that Sen. Henry “Scoop” Jackson, D-Wash., had fathered an illegitimate child with a 17-year-old girl and… -
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Far Left Attempts to Dehumanize Pregnancy
A recent article in Ms. magazine describes pregnancy as more like a disease than a natural part of a woman’s life. The headline states: “Pregnancy and Childbirth Endanger Women’s Lives and Health: ‘Pregnancy Is Not a Benign Condition.’” Reading the piece, the message becomes clear—the abortion industry will say whatever it has to say to… -
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School Security Guards Block Mom From Board Meeting: ‘They Didn’t Want to Hear Our Voice’
A mom of four children in Prince William County, Virginia, says security guards blocked parents from entering Wednesday’s school board meeting and physically removed another mother from even entering the building. Merianne Jensen, whose Feb. 2 speech to the school board against mask mandates went viral, arrived an hour early to attend Wednesday’s meeting. But… -
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What This Reporter in Canada With Truckers Is Seeing
Nate Hochman is on the ground in Canada reporting on the unfolding situation with the “Freedom Convoy” protests. National Review’s Hochman joins this bonus episode of “The Daily Signal Podcast” to paint a picture of what’s really going on, regardless of what the corporate media says. Listen to the podcast below or read the lightly… -
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Democrats Lose Trust as Pandemic Fatigue Seeps Into Culture Wars, Poll Finds
Democrats are losing the culture wars in key areas, a Politico-Morning Consult poll released Wednesday found, due in part to pandemic fatigue and distrust in the federal government’s COVID-19 response. Although Democratic voters are still divided on the issue, the majority of voters are in favor of lifting mask mandates, the polling data shows. “Democratic… -
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A 40% Fatherless Nation?
In 1941, when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and the United States entered World War II, there were 2,515,427 babies born in this country. Of those babies, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 95,700—or 3.8%—were born to unmarried mothers. The traditional family led by a mother and father was a foundational fact… -
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This Religious Prosecution in Finland Could Be ‘Harbinger’ for Other Democracies
A court in Finland heard final arguments this week in the prosecution of a member of Parliament and a Lutheran bishop for expressing opposition to same-sex marriage. Charged under Finland’s “ethnic agitation law” are Päivi Räsänen, a member of Parliament who also is a medical doctor and former interior minister, and Lutheran Bishop Juhana Pohjola…. -
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5 Takeaways From Heritage Foundation Index of Economic Freedom
The 2022 Index of Economic Freedom—a cross-country study by The Heritage Foundation measuring the economic governance and entrepreneurial environments of 177 countries—went public Monday. The key message? Economic freedom matters more than ever. Heritage’s annual index has tracked economic freedom around the world since 1995. Nations committed to limited government and free enterprise score the… -
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EXCLUSIVE: National Advocacy Groups Sound Alarm, Call on Arizona Republicans to Oppose State LGBTQ Bill
National family and culture advocacy organizations are targeting an Arizona LGBTQ bill, warning state lawmakers that the legislation does not protect religious liberty and enshrines sexual orientation and gender identity into law as protected categories. “No Arizonan should be forced to live in a society that denies the biological differences of men and women,” says… -
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US-China Tensions and the Fight Over Semiconductor Supply Chains
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt production and distribution, Western countries must reassess the geostrategic risks of global supply chains. This is a prime opportunity for the United States to show leadership. Supply chains are increasingly at the center of the technological cold war between the U.S. and China—none more so than the semiconductor… -
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Even in San Francisco, Voters Fed Up With Woke Incompetence
San Francisco residents voted to recall three members of the city’s school board on Tuesday—School Board President Gabriela López, Vice President Faauuga Moliga, and Commissioner Alison Collins. The recall effort began in January 2021 after the school board voted to rename 44 schools in the area that honored various American historical figures, such as Abraham Lincoln and… -
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John Durham, Almost the Media’s Invisible Man
No one can ever claim that the notion of Trump-Russia collusion and the Mueller investigation were downplayed or ignored by the press. It was the opposite. The story was enormous and incessant. Rich Noyes of the Media Research Center found that from Jan. 20, 2017, through July 20, 2019, the evening newscasts at ABC, CBS,… -
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Canada Goes Tyrannical
This week, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the lightweight, unpopular elected leader of a country with a 93% vaccination rate for those over 60 and a total vaccination rate of 84%, announced that he would invoke the Emergencies Act in order to crack down on the Freedom Convoy—a group of protesters opposed to government vaccination… -
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Let Joe Rogan Speak
Joe Rogan is amazing. Five years ago, I left Fox to start Stossel TV. I left because I was frustrated by live TV. Guests talked so much, but said little. I now produce videos like the ones I used to do on “20/20.” I like having a month or more to do research and then… -
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The Republican Opportunity
The Virginia election of Republican Glenn Youngkin and Winsome Sears as governor and lieutenant governor, respectively, provides a great opportunity for the GOP if it will seize the moment and expand on it. Youngkin and Sears exploited the legitimate fear many parents have in Virginia and nationally over what their children are taught—and not taught—in… -
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COVID-19 and the Failure of America’s Major Religions
For two years, Americans have been partially or entirely deprived of fundamental freedoms—of assembly, speech, religious liberty, making a living, a child’s right to an education, access to early treatment for a potentially deadly virus, and more—for the first time in American history. That half of America, especially its elites, has either made peace with… -
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EXCLUSIVE: 15 Civics Education Programs, Ranked From Best to Worst
Any parent with school-age kids knows they’re probably not getting the civics education they need. Teachers lack proper training or are increasingly pressured to embrace “action civics.” A new study from the Pioneer Institute and the National Association of Scholars, provided exclusively to The Daily Signal, offers a detailed ranking of 15 civics education programs offered for… -
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Sen. Tom Cotton Wary of Chinese Spying on, DNA Tracking of American Olympians
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., says he is worried that some U.S. athletes competing in the Beijing Olympics could be exposed to long-term surveillance by China’s communist regime. “Our FBI had to recommend that our athletes take burner phones and devices,” Cotton said Tuesday in an interview with Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts on the latter’s… -
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What Corporate Media, Health ‘Experts’ Don’t Want You to Know About COVID-19 Mask Mandates
Masks have become a flashpoint in the global response to COVID-19. But what the corporate media doesn’t want you to know is: They don’t work. “I think it’s one of the most consistent things we can see across locations, is that there’s been really no impact from masking,” Ian Miller, the author of the new…