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Here’s What You Need to Know About the Border Crisis in Poland
Thousands of illegal immigrants are attempting to enter Poland from Belarus, with violent clashes with border guards breaking out on Tuesday. To help understand what is happening at the Poland-Belarus border, The Daily Signal spoke with Alexis Mrachek, a research associate focusing on Russia and Eurasia at The Heritage Foundation. The Daily Signal: We are… -
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The Left’s Appalling Efforts to ‘Normalize’ Pedophilia
Some on the left have made a concerted effort of late to “normalize” pedophilia by twisting language and shifting concern from would-be victims to the pedophile himself. That’s a dangerous precedent everyone must understand and confront. In a Nov. 8 interview with the Prostasia Foundation, a San Francisco-based nonprofit organization purportedly dedicated to safeguarding kids,… -
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Kyle Rittenhouse’s Prosecutors Brought Forward a Weak Case for Political Purposes
Details matter, nowhere more so than in a criminal prosecution. And prosecutors, who must prove each element of each charge they file beyond a reasonable doubt—the highest burden known in American law—rightfully tend to get hung up on the details of their cases. A defendant could face decades in prison, or in some cases even… -
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Can the FBI Be Salvaged?
The Washington, D.C.-based FBI has lost all credibility as a disinterested investigatory agency. Now we learn from a whistleblower that the agency was allegedly investigating moms and dads worried about the teaching of critical race theory in their kids’ schools. In truth, since 2015, the FBI has been constantly in the news—and mostly in a… -
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Supreme Court Takes Up Challenges to Near Limitless Power of EPA
This term the Supreme Court will hear four consolidated cases challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s power to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. That question will impact all electricity consumers, but the cases may have larger implications for the ever-expanding reach of the administrative state. The lead case—West Virginia v. EPA—questions the constitutionality of… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Pro-Life Group Begs Lawmakers to Block Biden Administration From Stealthily Easing Access to ‘Death by Mail’ Abortion Drugs
A major pro-life group is asking lawmakers to stop President Joe Biden’s administration from stealthily easing Food and Drug Administration regulations on abortion pills. In a letter first obtained by The Daily Signal, Students for Life Action President Kristan Hawkins wrote that “an abortion crisis is developing in America through a radical shift in policy… -
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Meet a Candidate Who Won School Board Seat in Deep Blue Minnesota by Opposing Critical Race Theory
Minnesota’s largest school district has a new, conservative school board member. Matt Audette, a married father of two high school-age boys, won a seat representing his area after campaigning against critical race theory in schools. The Anoka-Hennepin School District, which includes suburbs of Minneapolis, comprises 34 schools and 37,880 students. Three of the six seats… -
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Legal Expert in Self-Defense Breaks Down Kyle Rittenhouse Trial
The murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, after eight days of testimony, has gone to a jury in Kenosha, Wisconsin, to arrive at verdicts in the highly publicized case. The jury, which finished its second day of deliberation Wednesday, was considering seven counts, including first-degree intentional homicide, first-degree reckless homicide, and attempted first-degree homicide. As Americans… -
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How ‘Red (Taylor’s Version)’ May Change Music Industry ‘Forever & Always’
Pop singer Taylor Swift is shaking up the music industry with her rerecorded version of “Red (Taylor’s Version).” The 11-time Grammy award-winning artist is rerecording her music in order to own the rights to her songs. Shamrock Capital Advisors, an investment firm in Los Angeles, currently owns the rights to Swift’s original albums. The original “Red”… -
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6 Takeaways From Mayorkas’ Shameful Senate Panel Testimony on Border Security
The Senate Judiciary Committee hearing this week on “Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security” was another subpar performance from DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, to say the least. What became clear during the hearing was the lack of transparency and leadership that is needed to tackle the biggest border security crisis the U.S. has ever… -
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$450,000 Is Apparently Not a Lot of Money to President Biden and His Minions
It is not often that I read news that leaves even me so dumbfounded that I need to fact check it. Even after my thorough fact check, I had to send the article to my production team to make sure I was not going crazy. Yes, the story in question was, in fact, true. What… -
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Media Coverage of Rittenhouse Trial Escalates Descent Into Mob Justice
America continues to be threatened by mob “justice.” The media coverage of the Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial in Wisconsin has been shameful, and only goes to highlight how much the presumption of innocence until proven guilty and the principle of blind justice are disintegrating. It should be no surprise, really. The left continues to lean… -
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The Road to Ruin Is Paved With Gimmicks
At this very moment, President Joe Biden and Congress are engaged in yet another round of budget gimmickry with your wallet in mind. Though congressional rules are usually dismissed as “inside baseball,” many of them are designed to safeguard Americans from abuses of government. Biden has talked about his “Build Back Better” tax-and-spend bill as… -
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White House’s Border Policies Bring Death and Misery
In the middle of heated political battles in Washington, D.C., it can become easy to forget the real, human toll that America’s porous border takes on United States citizens. The family of Francisco Javier Cuellar, however, is unlikely to ever forget. The 46-year-old Cuellar was killed in Jacksonville, Florida, last month, allegedly murdered by an… -
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Small-Business Owners Put Aside ‘Cancel’ Concerns to Fight Biden’s Vaccine Mandate
Despite the threat of getting “canceled” for speaking out, business owners across the country are publicly resisting the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate for private employers. “I'm aware that they could put us out of business,” Gary Rabine, founder of The Rabine Group in Illinois, told The Daily Signal. “But being canceled is nothing compared to… -
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Are Parents Being Tagged as ‘Domestic Terrorists’ by the FBI? Justice Department Needs to Show Its Cards
It is time for Attorney General Merrick Garland and the FBI to lay their cards on the table—and fast—or else they will find themselves enveloped in a burgeoning scandal that will further damage their already-teetering reputation and in a way that will do lasting damage to free speech. In a recent letter, Rep. Jim Jordan,… -
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How Do We ‘Build Back Better’ by Wasting Trillions?
As Democrats regroup to try to pass their $2 trillion Build Back Better Act, pressure grows for shining the light of fiscal responsibility on all this. Given President Joe Biden’s crashing approval ratings, there is some hint that the American people smell a rat. One sign of the smell of that rat is the alarming… -
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Homeschooling Is on the Rise. Here Are 4 Tips to Effectively Homeschool Your Children.
I wish I had been given more advice about homeschooling when I first started about eight years ago. I didn’t know the first thing about home education. I felt unsure and nervous. The weight of responsibility on my shoulders was nerve-racking. I can’t say homeschooling is easy, but it is rewarding. If you are thinking… -
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EXCLUSIVE: California Forces Transgender ‘Belief System’ on Female Prisoners Housed With Biological Males, Lawsuit Says
A lawsuit filed Wednesday by the Women’s Liberation Front accuses the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation of endangering women by housing biological males in women’s prisons. According to the lawsuit, a biological male sexually assaulted a female prisoner in Central California Women’s Facility after being housed there under state law. The prison’s response to… -
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Unproductive Xi-Biden Summit Sets Stage for Deeper Rift in US-Chinese Relations
Given the low expectations each side brought to the virtual summit between President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday, it is not surprising that little appears to have been achieved in the course of the three and a half hour meeting. No agreements were planned or emerged. Indeed, a number of topics…