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As Homicide Rates Break Records, Black Lives Clearly Don’t Matter to BLM or to Soros-Backed Rogue Prosecutors
Grim news confronts Americans in the closing days of 2021: as they prepare to gather with loved ones around the Christmas tree, their fellow citizens are being gunned down in the inner city in ever increasing numbers. And the news is likely to get worse. That is because America’s leaders and talking heads refuse to… -
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What I’ve Learned Rescuing My Daughter From Her Transgender Fantasy
My daughter’s story is no longer novel. Stories like it are occurring in your state, your town, and perhaps even on your street. Gender dysphoria—the incongruence between the mind and the body—moves stealthily and quickly to invade girls and boys alike. But this isn’t a cautionary tale. It’s a warning. My daughter was an ultrafeminine… -
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Fauci Undermined Trump, Misled Americans on COVID; ‘I Was Stunned at What I Saw,’ Dr. Scott Atlas Says
Dr. Scott Atlas had a front-row seat at the White House as a member of President Donald Trump's Coronavirus Task Force. Now, he's telling all in a new book, "A Plague Upon Our House: My Fight at the Trump White House to Stop COVID from Destroying America." "The American people need to know the level… -
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We Hear You: Parents Must Fight to Save Public Schools
Editor's note: The Daily Signal's audience sounds like it's had enough with parents being marginalized or criminalized as the left seeks to transform public schools. Here's a sampling from the mailbag at [email protected].—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: It was appropriate for conservative congressmen such as Rep. Jim Jordan to grill Attorney General Merrick Garland during… -
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Wikipedia Threatens to Purge ‘Communist Mass Killings’ Page, Cites Anti-Communist Bias
“A spectre is haunting Europe—the specter of communism.” This is the preamble to Karl Marx’s “The Communist Manifesto,” a document responsible for inspiring some of the worst dictators in human history. Men like Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, and Pol Pot all used the words penned by Marx to justify acts of horrific violence. And Wikipedia… -
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Will New York Times, Washington Post Return Pulitzers for Misleading ‘Russia Collusion’ Stories?
In 2018, journalists from The New York Times and The Washington Post won a Pulitzer Prize in national reporting for their biased and inaccurate coverage of Russia’s alleged collaboration with the Trump campaign to interfere with the 2016 election, a claim we now know was a hoax. So, when are they going to return the prize? If… -
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Just Go Away, Brian Williams
Brian Williams, dismissed as “NBC Nightly News” anchor in 2015 for serial embellishment and lying, has decided to walk away from his MSNBC show “The 11th Hour.” CNN’s Brian Stelter, from a competing network, previewed the last show: “There’s no word on what the Thursday finale will entail, but here’s hoping for a sendoff befitting… -
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Scientists Take a Stand Against ‘Woke Math’
Saying two plus two equals four may now be problematic. One of the key aspects of the left-wing cultural revolution that’s taken over America’s most powerful institutions is how it injects its politics and ideology into literally everything. That includes science, and now math. Many states and school districts are embracing “woke math” for K-12… -
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Pro-Life Leaders React to High Court’s Procedural Ruling on Texas’ Heartbeat Law
Pro-life leaders anxiously awaiting decisions in major abortion cases reacted Friday to news that the Supreme Court had dismissed one challenge to Texas’ ban on abortions after an unborn baby has a heartbeat. “Today, the Supreme Court refused to strike down the lifesaving and democratically popular Texas heartbeat law,” said Live Action founder and President… -
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Inflation Hits Highest Level in 39 Years
The consumer price index increased 0.9% in November, bringing the key inflation indicator’s year-over-year increase to 6.8%, the highest figure in four decades. The index’s increase is the largest increase in four decades, up from October’s 6.2%, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report released Friday morning. Experts surveyed by CNBC projected inflation would increase 0.7% in… -
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The Unmitigated Gall of Ilhan Omar
Rep. Ilhan Omar is demanding that Congress censure a colleague over offensive remarks. That’s a real demand happening right now, and reporters write about her demands without peppering their prose with incredulous exclamation marks. House progressives, in fact, are reportedly planning to introduce a resolution that would strip Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., of committee assignments… -
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Pause Before You Give Congress Credit for Trying to Stop Slave Labor in China
American corporate and political leaders are more eager than ever to burnish their do-gooder credentials. Companies are taking stands on social issues more than ever before. Politicians also want to make sure the voters know they are socially just. It's no surprise, therefore, that each house of Congress has passed a bill to stop the… -
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Socialism Destroyed His Homeland. Here’s a Venezuelan’s Warning for America.
Venezuela used to be a thriving and prosperous Latin American nation. Its citizens enjoyed a high quality of life, and immigrants flocked there to better their situation. All of that changed abruptly when socialism took over the Venezuelan government. The once flourishing country quickly became an example for other nations as to what happens when… -
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Biden’s Bill Should Be Called ‘Build Beijing Back Better,’ Mike Pence Says
MANCHESTER, N.H. – “Keep your hands off the American people’s paychecks,” former Vice President Mike Pence warned President Joe Biden. “We want our freedom.” Pence made the remark to supporters Wednesday afternoon at Heritage Action for America’s “Save Our Paychecks” event in Manchester, New Hampshire. The former vice president heavily criticized the Biden administration’s sweeping… -
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How Parents’ Battle Over Critical Race Theory Swung Virginia’s Election for Youngkin
Education, some parents say, was the central issue that swung Virginia’s gubernatorial election to red. Republican candidate Glenn Youngkin defeated Democrat Terry McAuliffe in November to become Virginia’s next governor. Youngkin’s win was “an alarm bell for President [Joe] Biden and the Democrats heading into next year’s midterm elections,” ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos said. Youngkin’s… -
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A Different Perspective on Global Warming
We have grown accustomed to climate change being talked about in a certain way. Usually, it involves words and phrases like “dangerous,” “catastrophe,” “red zone,” and “one minute to midnight.” Equally dramatic are the policies proposed by many in Washington, D.C., to force a transition away from conventional energy to more politically preferred options. These… -
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The ‘Woke’ Got What They Wanted—And Then What?
The “woke” movement was giddy after Jan. 20, 2021. The left controlled both houses of Congress. President Joe Biden was drafted as the necessary veneer of 1980s Democratic normality to ram through an otherwise hard-left agenda. All the major cultural, financial, economic, entertainment, and media institutions had played various roles in seeing former President Donald… -
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New Zealand Moves to Make It Impossible for Next Generation to Smoke Cigarettes
New Zealand’s government proposed legislation that may eventually outlaw smoking for the country’s next generation, CNN reported. Should the proposed legislation become law, the legal age for buying tobacco, which is currently 18, would be raised progressively, CNN reported. Those who are aged 14 and under would reportedly never be allowed to legally buy it. “We want… -
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Afghan Refugee Who Served as Translator for US Army Killed in San Francisco Mugging
Ahmad Fawad Yusufi, an Afghan refugee who served the U.S. Army as a translator in Afghanistan, was shot and killed in San Francisco on Nov. 28. An Uber driver, Yusufi often traveled to the Bay Area from his home in Sacramento. The 31-year-old man was shot and killed during an attempted mugging while driving near… -
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Understanding the Left’s Plan to Codify Roe v. Wade Into Law
When the Supreme Court began hearing oral arguments last week in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, it kicked off the most important abortion case since Roe v. Wade—indeed, the court’s decision may even overturn Roe altogether. Pro-abortion advocates are now attempting to protect abortion through the legislative branch should Roe v. Wade be overturned….