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What Latest Inflation Numbers Mean for Your Wallet
Americans have felt the effects of ballooning inflation as a direct result of government-mandated shutdowns of the economy. Prices on essential goods, including food and gas, have risen steadily over the past few months, leaving many wondering about the economic health of the nation. “This past year and a half, we also saw a very… -
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Virginia School Board Adopts Transgender Policy Amid Parents’ Protests
Loudoun County, Virginia, one of the wealthiest counties in the nation, will allow male students who identify as females to use girls’ restrooms and locker rooms at school. The policy also allows biological males to play on girls sports teams. The Loudoun County School Board voted 7-2 Wednesday night to adopt a transgender policy affirming students’… -
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Mom Rebels as Elementary School Creates ‘Black Classes’ to Segregate Children
A mother filed a federal complaint against her child’s Atlanta elementary school after students were reportedly separated into classes based on their race, her lawyer told The Daily Caller News Foundation. Kira Posey filed a complaint to the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights after learning her child and 11 other black students… -
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Judge Denies Motion by Giuliani, 2 Other Trump Allies to Dismiss Libel Lawsuits Over Voter Fraud Claims
A federal judge refused to dismiss defamation lawsuits filed by Dominion Voting Systems over election fraud claims made by former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, lawyer Sidney Powell, and My Pillow founder Mike Lindell. Judge Carl Nichols of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia criticized the arguments made by Giuliani, Powell, and Lindell in… -
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Team Biden Works at ‘Behest of Abortion Lobby’ in Defiance of Law, 84 GOP Legislators Say
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra violated federal law when they told the Justice Department to drop a lawsuit against a hospital that forced a nurse to assist an elective abortion, 84 Republican lawmakers say. In a letter Wednesday to the high-ranking Biden administration officials, first obtained by… -
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Leaked Video Shows Hundreds at Camp for COVID-19-Positive Illegal Immigrants
MISSION, Texas—Hundreds of illegal immigrants crowded here under a pavilion in a park where temporary tent facilities were set up to house those who tested positive for COVID-19 over the weekend, video provided to The Daily Caller News Foundation shows. The temporary facility was set up deep within Mission's Anzalduas Park and out of the… -
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Why Gen Z’s War on Thrift Shops Is Misguided
Gen Z-ers on TikTok declared a war on thrift shopping during the COVID-19 pandemic, claiming that middle- and upper-class people shopping at thrift stores contribute to gentrification and limit opportunities for lower-income individuals to buy affordable clothes. This argument is completely misguided. I know from personal experience. I have thrift shopped for as long as… -
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I’m a Teacher. Parents Should Know That School Districts Hide an Ideology of ‘Unlimited’ Gender.
As a former secondary school English teacher, I believe definitions are important. As a current special education teacher, I believe communication with parents is essential. And as a former school board member, I believe transparency to taxpayers, who fund public education, is obligatory. Unfortunately, authorities in public school districts in charge of pre-K through grade 12… -
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The Demise of Andrew Cuomo, Love Gov
This week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York resigned his office. It was a stunning turnabout for a man who had been proclaimed a hero of the republic by the entire media just last year, even as he presided over the worst COVID-19 spike in the United States and covered up the deaths of thousands… -
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Texas House Speaker Signs Arrest Warrants for Absent Democrats
Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan has signed civil arrest warrants for 52 House Democrats who are still absent from the state Capitol to avoid voting on an election reform bill. The Republican House speaker signed the warrants Tuesday night after a majority in the chamber voted for the measure, The Dallas Morning News reported. They were delivered… -
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States That Mandate Vaccine Passports Must Require Voter ID Too, Lawmakers Propose
Republican lawmakers on Thursday introduced the Vaccine Passport and Voter ID Harmonization Act, legislation that would require states mandating vaccine passports to also mandate voter ID requirements. The Daily Caller News Foundation first obtained the text of the bill, introduced by Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., in the Senate and Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., in the… -
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PayPal, Like-Minded Companies Don’t Want Conservatives’ Money
Conservatives, beware: Your money isn’t welcome here. PayPal, the payment processing company, recently announced it will partner with the Anti-Defamation League to identify “extremist” groups that will be denied service. In an ADL press release announcing the initiative, CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said: All of us, including in the private sector, have a critical role to… -
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Anti-Poverty Leaders to Biden: Child Allowance Cash Payments Won’t Give Low-Income Americans True Opportunity
The following is an open letter to policymakers from 18 leaders in family and anti-poverty studies, whose names are listed at the end. Policymakers who are concerned about low-income Americans should reject the Biden administration’s plan to make new unconditional cash payments permanent in the form of a child allowance. Policymakers should not support this ill-advised… -
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Sloppy Thinking About ‘Systemic Racism’
In a recently published blog, David French, a Christian conservative commentator, argues that “systemic racism” is real and that Christians have an obligation to cure it. This is true, he claims, even if they are not themselves intentionally racist, because they are inadvertently perpetuating the racism of their ancestors. Citing several Old Testament examples where… -
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Documentary Pulls Back Curtain on Transgender ‘Mission’
Children with gender dysphoria not only are being offered puberty blockers but surgery to remove or alter their body parts. No one, including doctors, “wants to be framed as a bigot,” says Jennifer Lahl, creator of the film “Trans Mission: What’s the Rush to Reassign Gender?” “That’s one of the reasons why doctors are feeling… -
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Bob Woodson’s New Book Reminds Us of Black Triumphs in American History
In response to The New York Times’ controversial 1619 Project, Bob Woodson, founder of the Woodson Center, launched an alternative, 1776 Unites. Woodson’s initiative includes a series of essays and a school curriculum that recount the facts and stories of America’s founding and black history. It is from these essays that inspiration came for Woodson’s… -
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Silenced! What’s Happening Now in Cuba?
Are they still protesting in Cuba? I don’t know. The Cuban government has shut off the Cuban people’s internet. The big demonstrations began four weeks ago, sparked, curiously, by a rap song. The key lyric is: “Freedom! No more Doctrine!” “Doctrine” refers to the “constant cycle of propaganda” from the government, explains Cuban emigre Alian… -
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‘Our Hands Are Completely Tied’: See Border Patrol Union Chief’s Take on Border Crisis
SIERRA VISTA, Arizona—The crisis at the border is unlike anything the country has seen before, the head of the Border Patrol’s labor union tells The Daily Signal. “This surge is bigger than we’ve ever seen before,” Brandon Judd, a Border Patrol agent who is president of the National Border Patrol Council, serving in that capacity… -
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Salon Owner Who Outed Maskless Pelosi Headlines ‘Save Our Paychecks’ Event
It’s been nearly a year since San Francisco salon owner Erica Kious lost her business after exposing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s violation of California’s COVID-19 lockdown rules to get her hair done. “I thought if I ever lost my business, I would lose it in an earthquake,” Kious said Tuesday, speaking at a salon in… -
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Why We Should Care That YouTube Has Silenced Sen. Rand Paul
Another day, another instance of a Big Tech company censoring content it doesn’t like. This time, YouTube—owned by Google—took down a video by Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., in which he discusses face masks and COVID-19. YouTube also banned Paul from its platform for a week. “We removed content from Senator Paul’s channel for including claims…