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We Hear You: Tolerance, Protest, and Our Founding Freedoms
Editor's note: A former Trump administration official's account of protesters' dogging his home and family drove The Daily Signal's audience to write, as did Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' remarks on the truths found in the Declaration of Independence. Be sure to send your comments on our coverage to [email protected].—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: I… -
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Biden Exempts Some Crimes by Illegal Immigrants as Basis for Deportation
Federal immigration officials no longer will view unlawful entry into the country as the sole basis for detaining and deporting illegal immigrants, under a new Biden administration policy. The policy will limit deportation to what immigraion officials call aggravated felons, such as violent gang members and others who commit violent crimes. Critics of President Joe… -
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Threatening Memo From Attorney General Merrick Garland to Parents Comes With Serious Conflict of Interest
Attorney General Merrick Garland issued a threatening memo on Monday calling on the FBI to address “violent threats against school officials and teachers.” It was an obvious shot at parents who oppose schools and school boards that promote woke ideology and critical race theory in classrooms that exploded this year. Somehow, the story gets even… -
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New Group Equips Parents With 7 Tools to Combat Wokeness in K-12 Education
It’s no secret that the far left has infiltrated higher education with its radical ideas. But now, woke ideology has come for K-12 classrooms across the country. “As parents, we send our kids to school to learn to think critically, to figure out how to solve problems, and to respectfully discuss and resolve differences of… -
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Americans Reject President Too Weak to Take On Radicals in His Own Party
President Joe Biden’s poll numbers are tanking, especially among independent voters. The American people do not like weak leaders, and they do not like the craziness that’s infiltrating their daily lives. Biden campaigned as someone who could bring the country together. Since taking office, he’s made no effort to do that. Instead, he has… -
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Biden Administration Tries to Use Intimidation to Silence Parents
Under a patina of impartiality, fact-checkers have long engaged in a uniquely dishonest genre of journalism, claiming mastery over truth and facts when, most often, they are merely editorializing on highly debatable contentions. Here, The Associated Press, once the most reliable straight-news source in the nation, claims that a viral tweet from critical race theory… -
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White House Fakery Defended by ‘Fact-Checkers’
When is a fake setting not a fake setting? When President Joe Biden sits in front of it. The “independent fact-checkers,” a phrase that in itself strains credulity, leaped to defend Biden after he received a COVID-19 booster shot in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Sept. 27. For political rookies, the EEOB is not… -
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Why Cronyism Is Antithetical to Capitalism and Free Enterprise
It makes no sense to say “crony capitalism.” Yet, it has become common jargon, often used when policymakers load up legislation such as the Democrats’ $3.5 trillion tax-and-spend bill with crony policies. Capitalism and our free enterprise system are concerned with individuals and businesses having the opportunity to compete on their own merits to achieve… -
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How Texas’ Heartbeat Act Still Protects Life After Judge Suspends Law
The Texas Heartbeat Act is still working to protect unborn babies, even after a federal judge enjoined the law on Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman issued a preliminary injunction on the pro-life measure, which prohibits abortion after a baby’s heartbeat is detected, which is usually at six weeks’ gestation. Under the suspension, Texas state… -
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Biden’s Taxes Hit Americans at the Top and Bottom
President Joe Biden claims the massive new government entitlements in his “Build Back Better” plan will be paid for by “corporations and those at the very top.” However, the taxes in the plan would hit low- and middle-income Americans with diminished savings, lost jobs, lower wages, higher prices, and more taxes. The House of Representatives… -
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House Republicans Call on Amazon to End Relationship With OnlyFans Over Child Pornography
Eight House Republicans sent a letter obtained by The Daily Caller News Foundation to Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky on Thursday, urging the cloud service provider to end its business relationship with OnlyFans over the presence of child pornography on the platform. The letter, signed by Reps. Lance Gooden, Blake Moore, Anthony Gonzalez, Randy… -
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‘Arrest Me!’: Mom Challenges Attorney General’s Call for Probing Threats to School Boards
Rhode Island mom Nicole Solas says she is just one of many parents “with legitimate concerns about our kids’ education.” Solas drew national attention earlier this year when her local school board in South Kingstown, Rhode Island, threatened to sue her over public record requests she made to learn what her local school district was… -
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Biden’s Vaccine Mandate Depends on OSHA Emergency Regulation. Here’s How That’s Fared in Court.
President Joe Biden is using what one court opinion called “the most dramatic weapon in OSHA’s enforcement arsenal” to back up his COVID-19 vaccine mandate for employers with 100 or more workers. But relying on this bureaucratic weapon could be a risky strategy in the face of litigation threats, since courts have struck down all… -
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How Constitutional Systems and Citizenship Perish
Only a little more than half of the current world’s 7 billion people are citizens of fully consensual governments. That lucky 50% alone enjoys constitutionally protected freedoms. Most are also Western. Or at least they reside in nations that have become “Westernized.” Migrants—regardless of their race, religion, or gender—almost always head for a Western nation…. -
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Attention LA County District Attorney: Where’s the Justice for Murder Victim Michelle Avan?
Michelle Avan, a Los Angeles bank executive, was tortured and beaten to death, allegedly by her ex-boyfriend. He faces murder and first-degree robbery charges that, without so-called special circumstances, would allow him, if convicted, to serve less than 10 years. But Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon refuses to permit any special circumstances charges… -
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Biden’s Justice Department Clueless That Censoring Parents Is Sure to End Badly
It sounds like hyperbole, but it’s true: A progressive education association wants parents attending school board meetings to be treated like terrorists. It has asked President Joe Biden to criminalize parent opposition to critical race theory and COVID-19 mandates, a burgeoning grassroots movement that has caught radicals by surprise. The move to suppress First Amendment rights came from the National School… -
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Why Did US Declassify Size of Its Nuclear Stockpile?
The State Department declassified the total number of nuclear warheads in the U.S. stockpile on Tuesday, the first time since 2017. According to the announcement, the U.S. has 3,750 total nuclear weapons—a decrease of 72 from 2017. To be clear, the U.S. does not deploy all 3,750 warheads on its delivery systems launched from air,… -
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What This Justice Department Official Said About Treating Parents as ‘Domestic Terrorists’
Two Senate Republicans tangled Wednesday with one of Attorney General Merrick Garland’s key deputies over her boss’ proposal to use federal anti-terrorism laws against parents who speak out against critical race theory, mask mandates, or other contested issues in their public school systems. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., asked Kristen Clarke, assistant attorney general for civil… -
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6 Big Moments as Senate Democrats Seek Federal Veto of State Election Laws
Democrats continue to push for passage of a bill giving the federal government veto power over state election laws, including those requiring voter ID and regular updates of voter registration rolls. “Photo ID laws are not on their face invalid,” an assistant attorney general testified Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee. “It really depends on…