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Is There Still Hope for a Free Cuba?
Cuba’s communist regime has done almost everything in its power to put an end to pro-democracy protests there. Now, the movement for freedom is fighting to stay alive even as many of its leaders and others have been imprisoned. Last month, Cubans again tried to gather and protest the regime, but the government met the… -
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2 California Teachers Accused of Encouraging Student’s Clandestine Gender Transition
Two teachers in a California school district are accused of coaching a student into coming out as transgender behind the backs of the student’s parents, according to video footage circulating on social media. School staff reportedly changed the student’s name and pronouns and called Child Protective Services when the parents objected to the gender transition,… -
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Why Is the Left Suddenly Worried About End of Democracy?
What is behind recent pessimistic appraisals of democracy’s future, from Hillary Clinton, Adam Schiff, Brian Williams, and other elite intellectuals, media personalities, and politicians on the left? Some are warning about its possible erosion in 2024. Others predict democracy’s downturn as early 2022, with scary scenarios of “autocracy” and former President Donald Trump “coups.” To… -
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Mob’s Attack on J.K. Rowling Shows Why Conservatives Need to Stand Strong
The saying goes, “If you’re catching flak, you’re hitting the target.” No one has proved this more than author J.K. Rowling’s full-throated, no-holds-barred defense of two separate sexes. The London Times reported: “Police in Scotland confirmed that it would record rapes by offenders with a penis as carried out by a woman if they identified… -
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Lithuania, Key Baltic Ally of US, Stands Firm With Taiwan
During his visit to Washington in late November, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis pointed out that “the biggest lesson out of Lithuania is that economic coercion does not necessarily mean that the country needs to step away from independent foreign-policy decisions.” “Probably you’ll be threatened. You’ll be shouted at in the headlines in Chinese media,… -
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It’s Holiday Season. Time for Another COVID-19 Pandemic Panic?
The New York Times warns of rising hospitalizations from the delta variant, and The Atlantic opines that the omicron variant’s emergence augurs “the pandemic of the vaccinated.” Within hours of that variant’s discovery, President Joe Biden banned travel from several South African nations, and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a “disaster emergency.” She later… -
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Democrats Get Networks’ Softball Questions for Holidays
As Christmas approaches, the network “news” divisions have showered the Bidens with gifts. NBC late-night host Jimmy Fallon gave President Joe Biden a free platform for 16 minutes on Dec. 10, and hailed him as a “classy guy” who brought “class back” to the White House. Two days later, CBS reporter Rita Braver gushed for… -
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Team DeSantis Wages War on Liberal Media in the Wake of Trump
Christina Pushaw is not afraid to get down in the dirt with reporters who go after her boss. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ press secretary has repeatedly called out the press for “bad-faith coverage” and “skewed” or biased reporting, such as when the Associated Press implied in August that DeSantis was promoting monoclonal antibody treatment for… -
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Politics of Climate Change Twist Nation’s Tornado Tragedy
Some politicians and government officials can’t let a crisis go to waste. In the matter of the tornadoes that devastated parts of Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Missouri, restraint was called for, but went unanswered. Asked about the cause of such devastation, President Joe Biden said, “We all know everything is more intense when the… -
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What Are Putin’s Intentions in Ukraine?
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s troops continue to amass at Ukraine’s snowy border. A tense atmosphere permeates the cold. And one question is on many minds: Will Russia invade again? Alexis Mrachek, research associate for Russia and Eurasia at The Heritage Foundation, says she thinks it’s quite possible. (The Daily Signal is Heritage’s multimedia news organization.)… -
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Why It’s Always Winter in Communist Countries, but Never Christmas
In his classic work “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” C.S. Lewis paints a picture of Narnia under the rule of the White Witch as a place where it is “always winter, but never Christmas.” Lewis used the imagery to describe the world under the influence of sin and death, but the analogy also… -
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13 New York Counties Refuse to Enforce New Mask Mandate
A quarter of New York’s counties are refusing to enforce a new mask mandate imposed by Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul, The New York Post reported. Hochul ordered every indoor business in the state to either check vaccine status at the door or require masks, with fines of up to $10,000 per violation from Dec. 13 to… -
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Teachers Union Sues to Block New Hampshire Law Against Teaching Critical Race Theory
Anti-critical race theory legislation in New Hampshire is being challenged by teachers and parents in a complaint filed Monday in federal court. The New Hampshire affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers, along with three teachers and two parents of children in public schools, filed the complaint in U.S. District Court for New Hampshire. The defendants are… -
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6 More Items on Our Christmas National Defense Wish List
Last week, we presented the first half of The Heritage Foundation’s defense center’s Christmas wish list, which you can read here. (The Daily Signal is the multimedia news outlet of The Heritage Foundation.) We noted that as we get closer to the holidays and start to finalize the Christmas shopping and decorating for the parties,… -
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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen Falsely Advertises Build Back Better in Memo to Senate
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is carrying out a desperate, last-ditch effort to sell the increasingly unpopular Build Back Better Act before the year ends. Yellen sent a memo to the Senate Dec. 9 titled “Fiscal Responsibility and the Build Back Better Act.” She wanted to get ahead of major reports that delivered a one-two punch… -
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Elementary School Libraries Offer Gender Identity Book for Kids, Virginia School System Confirms
Loudoun County Public Schools keeps four copies of an ideological book on gender identity for little children in its elementary school libraries, the Virginia school system confirmed Wednesday to The Daily Signal. Written by “One Bad Mother” podcaster Theresa Thorn, the book “It Feels So Good to Be Yourself” describes the terms “sex assigned at… -
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‘Conservative Solutions’: Nikki Haley’s Christmas Gift to America
Nikki Haley, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, has served up a kind of Christmas present to the nation in the form of a new comprehensive policy book, issued by her organization Stand for America, presenting conservative solutions for our nation’s many challenges, domestic and foreign. Conservatives get a bad rap that they… -
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4 Referendum Questions Will Determine Taiwan’s Future
The Biden administration’s recent virtual Summit for Democracy may have been more of a photo op than a genuine attempt to show leadership. But by including Taiwan, it did highlight how much Taiwan matters to the international community. Taiwan has been unambiguous in its commitment to being a truly “responsible global stakeholder.” And despite Beijing’s… -
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South Dakota’s Noem Praised for Bill Banning Biological Males From Women’s Sports After Conservative Firestorm
Conservatives who criticized South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem for failing to certify a bill banning biological males from women’s sports are now praising the Republican for her draft “Fairness in Women’s Sports” legislation. The governor released draft text legislation Tuesday that would codify her executive orders mandating that only biological female athletes can participate on… -
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Here Are the Facts About Spikes in Crime That Sen. Dick Durbin Didn’t Want Me to Share
It’s no secret that Chicago, like many major U.S. cities, has suffered from an unprecedented spike in homicides and non-fatal shootings over the last two years. Despite seeing record low homicide rates between 2004 and 2015, Chicago residents are now experiencing violent crime at levels unseen in decades—including truly horrific surges in gun violence during…