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4 Facts to Know About Democrat Election Lawyer Marc Elias
Lawyer Marc Elias has in some ways been the Democrats’ Forrest Gump of election controversies, showing up in the most high profile election cases of the past two decades. Elias’ involvement spans the improbable Senate victory of comedian Al Franken in 2008 to litigation both before and after the 2020 election. The lawyer’s reputation may… -
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As Supreme Court Hears Challenges to Abortion Law, Texas Senator Tells Why He Wrote Heartbeat Act
Texas state Sen. Bryan Hughes, author of one of the most controversial pieces of abortion legislation in decades, insisted Monday that his law is focused on protecting every “little baby” with a heartbeat. The Texas Republican stood steps away from the Supreme Court building as the nine justices heard oral arguments in challenges to Texas’… -
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Biden Justice Department Advances Voter Fraud Case in Philadelphia Begun Under Trump
A probe of voter fraud begun by the Trump administration’s Justice Department that ensnared a former House Democrat and former Philadelphia election officials has resulted in additional charges under the Biden administration. In October, acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams charged Marie Beren, a former staffer for Philadelphia City Council member Mark Squilla, on four… -
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Why Is Defense Authorization Bill Languishing in Senate?
The first 10 months of the Biden administration have brought us numerous indicators that national defense is not a priority for it—from a defense budget that fails to meet current challenges to continual expansion of nonmilitary tasks such as climate change and hitting diversity quotas to the debacle in Afghanistan. Now, Senate Democrats—seemingly taking their cues from… -
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Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in 2 Texas Heartbeat Act Cases. Here Are the Top Takeaways.
We are only a month into the Supreme Court’s 2021-22 term and abortion already appears to be this season’s defining topic. The court heard arguments in two cases on Monday related to the Texas Heartbeat Act, which bans most abortions after the fetal heartbeat is detected (which is usually about six weeks after conception). And… -
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9 Examples That Show Why Democrats’ Revised Spending Bill Is Still Awful
House Democrats unveiled an updated version of their social spending package on Oct. 28. Weighing in at 1,684 pages, and with trillions of dollars in taxing and spending, it is one of the largest legislative proposals in history. Progressives like Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., claim that the bill is a compromise. In reality, it is… -
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Philadelphia Charges Again Rebut ‘No Election Fraud’ Claims
Philadelphia has a long, unfortunate history of election fraud, so the latest federal criminal charges of election fraud against Marie Beren, a former staffer for City Council member Mark Squilla, are no surprise. They are probably also a disappointment to opponents of election reform who constantly claim there is no such thing as election fraud…. -
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Russia, China Leaders Total No-Shows at UN Climate Conference
The leaders of Russia and China plan to give the United Nations climate conference the cold shoulder despite being among the biggest emitters of greenhouse gases in the world. Russia and China, which account for about 35% of global greenhouse gas emissions, have largely backed out of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference in the U.K. where leaders… -
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Scott Walker’s Formula for Getting Young Americans to Reject Big-Government Socialism
As the former governor of Wisconsin, Scott Walker learned firsthand how to confront cancel culture. In 2012, he became the first governor in American history to survive a recall election. His economic recovery plan and budget reforms ultimately proved more popular with voters. Now, as president of the Young America’s Foundation, Walker is showing the… -
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Taxpayers Take School Board to Court for Trying to Silence Parents’ Criticism
Four taxpayers in Pennsylvania have decided enough is enough after footing the bill for a school board attorney who told them that the school system could limit their First Amendment rights. The taxpayers filed a free speech lawsuit in federal court that could set a precedent for invalidating policies that shield both school administrators and… -
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Healing the Family and Saving the Country
When I was 9 years old, my parents separated and then divorced. When I was 15, I announced to my mother that I no longer would go to church. Apparently, in doing so, I was living out a common phenomenon. As marriage declines, so does religious belief, John Van Epp and J.P. De Gance point… -
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US Joins Afghan Refugee Effort With Sponsors Accused of Terror Links
The State Department joined an initiative to welcome Afghan refugees to the United States that is sponsored by organizations supporting groups with possible ties to Palestinian terrorists, a review by The Daily Caller News Foundation found. Welcome.US is part of the Office of American Possibilities initiative, a project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, according to its website…. -
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Virginia Scholar Refuses to Cave to Pressure Over Tweet Criticizing Bisexual Superman
A scholar at a Virginia university is not backing down as students and faculty seek to get her fired for a tweet she posted criticizing DC Comics’ new bisexual Superman character. “Regrettably, this has all gone too far,” Sophia Nelson, scholar in residence at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia, says in an open… -
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Texas Heartbeat Act Again Before Supreme Court. Here’s What You Need to Know.
The Texas Heartbeat Act, known as SB 8, is once again up for consideration before the Supreme Court as a result of two consolidated cases. Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson and United States v. Texas—scheduled for oral arguments on Monday—will require the court to consider whether the federal government can sue to enforce the right… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Marsha Blackburn Calls for Attorney General’s Ouster for Targeting Parents
Attorney General Merrick Garland should resign or be fired or impeached for unleashing the FBI on public school parents, Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., told The Daily Signal in an interview. “We have all these problems with China that the FBI needs to be looking at,” Blackburn said in the interview Thursday. “We have problems at… -
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Virginia Parents Standing Up to Loudoun County School Board Should Inspire Parents Everywhere
Who should make decisions about how children should be educated? The obvious answer—consistent with American democratic values—is clear: parents. The alternative is unavoidably tyrannical. Indeed, the question of who our children fundamentally belong to has come to define our modern political divide. “I don’t think parents should be telling schools what they should teach,” said… -
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New York Times Slams YouTube for ‘Arbitrary’ Censorship of Left-Wing Channel
The New York Times published an article late Thursday castigating YouTube for removing the channel of British left-wing news channel Novara Media. The article, titled “How a Mistake by YouTube Shows Its Power Over Media,” criticized the tech platform’s “opaque and sometimes arbitrarily enforced” rules, describing the company as an information “gatekeeper.” Novara, a British news… -
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Schools Chief Complained That Sheriff Rejected Request to Monitor Parents as ‘Extraordinary’
A county schools superintendent in Virginia complained to the county sheriff’s office over its rejection of “extraordinary” security requests for school board meetings in August, documents reviewed by The Daily Caller News Foundation show. Loudoun County School Superintendent Scott Ziegler requested personnel, a K-9 sweep, and undercover presence from the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office, which… -
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3 Things to Know About Biden’s Trip to ‘Fantasy’ COP26 Climate Summit
Hundreds of world leaders, activists, and researchers are on their way to Glasgow, Scotland, for an annual summit on climate change. But Steven Groves, a Heritage Foundation research fellow, says the gathering is based on a “global fantasy.” The summit is the product of a “global fantasy that there can be a solution reached by… -
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Sen. Marsha Blackburn Aims to Help ‘Essential Workers’ Who Face Firing Under Biden Vaccine Mandates
Sen. Marsha Blackburn is standing behind essential workers who may be fired for standing up to President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandates, she told The Daily Signal. “It is so important that we give them the opportunity to have their choice,” the Tennessee Republican said Thursday in a phone interview. Blackburn has introduced legislation, dubbed the…