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How This Pastor Resisted Government to Keep His Church Open During COVID-19
Churches, synagogues, and other places of worship faced extraordinary challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in liberal states such as California. Rob McCoy, senior pastor of Godspeak Calvary Chapel of Thousand Oaks in California, joins a bonus episode of “The Daily Signal Podcast” to talk about how he kept his church open during COVID-19 amid… -
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Biden Adopted Vague ‘30 by 30’ Conservation Plan From ‘Radical Environmental Groups,’ Nebraska Governor Says
President Joe Biden’s proposed plan to conserve 30% of America’s land by 2030 lacks needed details, Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts says. The Biden administration has not provided details on how it intends to accomplish the goal, but enough is known about Biden’s “30 by 30” conservation initiative to know that it won’t serve the best… -
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Texas Moves Detained Illegal Immigrants to Vacant State Prison
Texas law enforcement officials have received the first migrants arrested and charged with state offenses at a vacant state prison, a Department of Criminal Justice spokesperson says. Officials on Tuesday transferred the first three migrants from the Val Verde County Jail near Del Rio, Texas, to the Dolph Briscoe Unit in Dilley as part of… -
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Inflation Something to Worry About Now
Inflation has been accelerating this year, and it isn’t hard to see why. Government spending has been so overwhelming that even former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers, a Democrat, said recently: We are printing money. We are creating government bonds. We are borrowing on unprecedented scales. Those are things that surely create more of a… -
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Within Days of More Evictions, Only Fraction of Federal Rent Assistance Awarded
The Treasury Department has awarded a small fraction of the tens of billions of dollars Congress appropriated since January for rental assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic. The federal government has spent less than $3 billion of $46.6 billion given to the Emergency Rental Assistance program, the Treasury Department announced Wednesday. The U.S. doled out $1.49… -
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Federal Judge Blocks Arkansas Abortion Law as ‘Imminent Threat’ to Women
A federal judge has blocked a law that would have banned almost all abortions in Arkansas, calling it an “imminent threat” to women seeking abortions. District Court Judge Kristine Baker issued a preliminary injunction blocking authorities from enforcing the Arkansas Unborn Child Protection Act until she issues a final ruling, The Washington Post reported. The… -
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Canada Shows What Marxists Could Do to America
Imagine if President Joe Biden said he would cancel the Fourth of July to give the United States time to reflect on the sins of its past. There would be no fireworks and no festivities, just a solemn order to self-flagellate. If you happen to be from Canada, this is not a hypothetical scenario. It’s reality. In a statement on July 1, Canada Day, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said, “We as Canadians must be… -
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Americans Want Better Roads and Bridges More Than Untraditional Infrastructure, Poll Finds
Over 80% of Americans support proposals to fund the repairs of roads, bridges, ports, and drinking water pipes, but support for most other infrastructure issues is split sharply along party lines, new polling shows. President Joe Biden and a bipartisan Senate group compromised on a $973 billion infrastructure plan in June, but Democrats are working… -
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Biden Nominee Wins Only Democrats on Senate Panel Amid Tree-Spiking Scandal
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee split along party lines during a Thursday morning vote on President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Land Management. Democrats on the committee unanimously backed the nominee, Tracy Stone-Manning, in the face of fierce Republican opposition over her involvement in a 1989 ecoterrorism incident and her… -
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Some No-Cost Ways for Congress to Make Pentagon More Effective
It is easy to complain, much harder to offer solutions. Congress loves to criticize the Pentagon’s wastefulness, even though lawmakers create some waste by imposing overly prescriptive rules such as “use it or lose it.” The “use it or lose it” phenomenon occurs at the end of every fiscal year, when the Defense Department rushes… -
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As ‘Devout Catholic,’ Having 5 Kids Was Great, Pelosi Says, but ‘Poor Women’ Need Taxpayer-Funded Abortions
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that she was “blessed” to have five children “as a devout Catholic,” but “poor women” need taxpayer-funded abortion. On Capitol Hill, Pelosi also said falsely that Democrats have not blocked Republicans' attempts to ban taxpayer-funded abortions, before describing taxpayer-funded abortion as “an issue of health, as an issue of… -
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We Are Doctors. Here’s the Truth About Transgender Females’ Bodies and Athleticism.
When it was announced that Laurel Hubbard, a male athlete who identifies as female, was selected to represent New Zealand on the women’s weightlifting team in the upcoming Olympic Games in Tokyo, it was considered by some to be a victory for the transgender movement and “the power of inclusion.” Others consider it unfair to… -
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How Chinese ‘Corrosive Capital’ Influences Foreign Governments
It’s no secret that the Chinese Communist Party has been looking to increase Beijing’s influence throughout the world, and a worrisome development in recent years has been China’s ability to expand that influence into Central and Eastern Europe. A new report from the Central European Institute of Asian Studies—a global partner of the Center for… -
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Federal Judge Halts Arkansas Ban on Sex-Change Procedures for Minors
A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked the enforcement of a highly publicized Arkansas law banning sex-change procedures for minors. Arkansas’ Save Adolescents From Experimentation Act, otherwise known as the SAFE Act, prohibits physicians from performing sex-change procedures, such as using puberty blockers or doing “top” and “bottom” surgeries, on minors. U.S. District Judge Jay Moody… -
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COVID-19 Cases Jump by 55% in Week
Coronavirus cases are spiking in nearly every state, fueled by the spread of the highly contagious delta variant. The overwhelming majority of cases are appearing in Americans who are not vaccinated against the virus, with many of the highest increases coming in states where vaccination rates are the lowest. Cases nationwide are up 55% in… -
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Most Sailors Perceive ‘Crisis of Leadership and Culture’ in Navy, Congressional Report Says
A new congressional report on the U.S. Navy “found that a staggering 94% of sailors interviewed believe that the surface Navy suffers from a crisis of leadership and culture.” Increased administrative burdens (750 annual reports per ship, most of them useless) and training not related to combat have eaten into the time American sailors are able to devote… -
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Senate Republicans Block Debate of Biden Infrastructure Package
Senate Republicans rejected an effort Wednesday to begin debate on the bipartisan infrastructure deal endorsed by President Joe Biden, saying the vote came too early and the bill was not yet finalized. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer scheduled the procedural vote in an attempt to begin debate on the package, but after filing cloture on… -
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Congress, Biden Appear Determined to Undermine Military Justice System
After years of trying unsuccessfully, efforts by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand to upend the current military justice system now appear to have the support needed to succeed. The New York Democrat’s bill—euphemistically misnamed the Military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevention Act—would strip the authority from military commanders to enforce good order and discipline for those under… -
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In Louisiana, Legislators Fall Short of Saving Women’s Sports
Louisiana legislators fell heartbreakingly short of protecting girls and women in sports on Wednesday. In a 68-to-30 vote, the Louisiana House of Representatives narrowly missed the 70 votes needed to override Democrat Gov. John Bel Edwards’ veto of the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act, which would have protected female athletes from being forced to compete… -
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‘More and More Devastating’: Congresswoman Details Third Trip to Border
Rep. Lauren Boebert just returned from another fact-finding trip to the southern border. The Colorado Republican joins us today on “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss her trip, migrant children crossing the border that she ran into there, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s tally of the number of would-be illegal immigrants taken into custody…