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Tweet About Superman’s Bisexual Son Has Professor Fighting Against Cancel Culture
“What if Christian parents of children reading comic books don’t want their kids exposed to bisexual characters?” Sophia Nelson thought it was a reasonable question in the wake of DC Comics’ announcement that Superman’s son, Jon Kent, would have a pink-haired boyfriend in an upcoming comic. Nelson, a scholar-in-residence at Christopher Newport University in Virginia… -
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Federal Court Temporarily Blocks Biden’s Vaccine Mandate
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit temporarily halted the Biden administration’s rule requiring employers with over 100 workers to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations or implement weekly testing. In a ruling issued Saturday on a lawsuit filed by state attorneys general, the court ordered the vaccine mandate to be temporarily halted. The mandate was to be… -
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House Passes Infrastructure Bill as Democrats Pave Way for Huge Social Spending Package
The House passed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure spending bill late Friday night, advancing legislation held for ransom for months by Democrats’ left flank to ensure passage of a much more expensive social spending package. The House vote completed about 11:30 p.m. was 228-206, with 13 Republicans joining all but six Democrats in support of the… -
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Merrick Garland Abuses His Authority to Suppress Dissent
Why did Attorney General Merrick Garland form a law enforcement task force and threaten to use the FBI and several other divisions of the Department of Justice against parents protesting COVID-19 mandates and racist indoctrination in public schools? At a recent Senate oversight hearing, Garland insisted it was news reports of violence at school board meetings—and not… -
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House Republicans Vow to Fight Biden’s COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates
More than 20 House Republicans pushed back Friday against what they called President Joe Biden’s unconstitutional COVID-19 vaccine mandates. Led by Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Okla., a total of 22 GOP lawmakers assembled to tell reporters that they take issue with two vaccine mandates formally rolled out Thursday by the Biden administration. Hern and the other… -
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Ready, Aim, Fire: Left Fired Too Soon and Created Its Own Tet Offensive
The chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, Mao Zedong, wrote that there are three phases to an insurgency. While the ideas of one of the most brutal tyrants in history should be left in the ash heap of history, some of his teachings have been followed to a tee in some corners of this country…. -
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Virginia Attorney General-Elect Commits to Investigating Sexual Assaults in Loudoun Schools
Virginia’s Attorney General-elect Jason Miyares, a Republican, said during a press conference Thursday that he plans to investigate Loudoun County Public Schools and the recent sexual assaults that took place on its campuses. “Do you plan to investigate Loudoun County Public Schools and the recent sexual assaults that have happened there?” a journalist asked during the press… -
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As Biden Met With Pope, His DOJ Argued for Right to Abort Baby With Beating Heart
The activities of the Biden administration this past Friday featured two remarkable and profoundly contradictory events. In Rome, President Joe Biden met with Pope Francis. In Washington, his Justice Department filed a brief with the Supreme Court arguing there is a “right” to kill an unborn baby with a beating heart. What transpired in Washington… -
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Elections Show Conservatives, Not Leftists, Winning on Cultural Issues
President Joe Biden returned the morning of Nov. 3 to a nation that no longer supports him or his party. Virginia, which he carried 55% to 44% in 2020, has elected Republican Glenn Youngkin as governor, Republicans for lieutenant governor and attorney general, and recaptured a majority in the House of Delegates. Even more startlingly,… -
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Voters to Democrats: Drop Dead
No means no. From the White House to school boards across America, voters on Tuesday screamed at Democrats: “No!” to reckless spending, meddlesome bureaucrats, bear hugs for criminals, racial fetishism in classrooms and beyond, soaring energy prices, a monthly average of 179,779 illegal aliens invading the southern “border” on President Joe Biden’s watch, and much… -
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Abolishing Police Measure Fails in Minneapolis. Here’s What Voters Understand That Left-Wing Activists Don’t.
Common sense prevailed in Minneapolis on Tuesday. The city won’t replace police officers with social workers after all. Minneapolis’ ballot Question 2, which would have eliminated the city’s police department and replaced it with a “Department of Public Safety,” went down in flames. It lost by a wide margin—nearly 17,700 votes—despite the huge amount of… -
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4 Things to Know About Politically Connected, Activist BlackRock and Its China Investments
BlackRock Inc., the largest money management corporation not only in America but the world, has emerged as a big promoter of social and environmental investing and of sending billions of U.S. dollars to China. A consumer advocacy group asserts that New York-based BlackRock’s push for investing in “environmental, social, and governance” issues, known as ESG,… -
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Democrats Are Planning to Give Wealthy Taxpayers a Huge Windfall of Cash
The most recent version of the House’s reconciliation package includes a provision that would provide over $68,000 for each of the top 0.35% of tax filers in the U.S. and $45 for the bottom 81%. This provision is an increase in the amount of state and local taxes that individuals can deduct on their federal… -
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How Government Worker Unions Manipulate Municipal Elections
Liberal special interests have effective control of many municipal governments and government arms. The most notable case is school boards. The teachers union’s endorsement frequently determines the winner of school board races. The endorsed board members do the union’s bidding, as school closures and eternal mask mandates during the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrate. Liberal partisans see… -
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No, Universal Pre-K, Child Care Subsidies Won’t Pay for Themselves
As the two cars approach head-on in their game of profligate chicken, two early-childhood programs are secured in the passenger seats of both: universal, federally funded pre-K and massive new federal child care subsidies. Proposed federal spending on these two early-childhood programs add up to $400 billion through 2028, a large chunk of the newest… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Republicans Demand Answers From Garland on Reported $450,000 Payments to Illegal Aliens
Republican lawmakers are demanding answers from President Joe Biden’s administration on reported massive payments to be made to illegal immigrants, a letter first obtained by The Daily Signal shows. “Recent reports indicate that the Biden administration, as part of negotiations with a left-wing activist group, is considering paying $450,000 per person to aliens who entered… -
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Biggest Means-Tested Welfare Increase in US History Would Hurt, Not Help, Poor
Democrats are proposing the largest increase in means-tested welfare in U.S. history by far. The latest Democrat tax-and-spend reconciliation bill (also known as the Build Back Better bill), would increase means-tested welfare spending by $756 billion over the next five years. In addition, the Biden administration has used administrative action to increase permanently food stamp… -
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Massive Spending Bill Sends Your Tax Dollars to Corrupt Corporate Media
Editor’s note: Deadline reports, “Under the text of the [Build Back Better] bill released Wednesday, per Punchbowl News, employers would get a credit against employment taxes for local news journalists. It would provide a credit up to $25,000 to defray employment taxes in the first year, and $15,000 in the next four years, for each employee…. -
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White House Is Bypassing Usual Fiscal Review Process to Push Spending Bill Through. This Is Irresponsible.
The House of Representatives is charging ahead to pass a reckless tax and spending budget bill without even knowing how much it will cost the taxpayers and the American economy. Some members of Congress have demanded official cost estimates from the Congressional Budget Office and the Joint Committee on Taxation before considering this latest attempt… -
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Biden’s COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate ‘a Travesty,’ Sen. Ron Johnson Says
President Joe Biden has rolled out a COVID-19 vaccine mandate affecting about 80 million American workers. Biden is ordering all businesses and other organizations with 100 or more employees to make sure those employees either become vaccinated or are tested weekly for the disease. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., says he is outraged by what he…