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The Death of Law and Order Is Destroying America
Unfortunately, history is repeating itself. Last summer, many of us watched in horror as rioting and looting took place in cities across the country. We saw police in Seattle abandon one of their precincts to a mob. We saw looters shoot dead a retired police officer trying to protect his friend’s store. And we saw nightly attacks on federal buildings in… -
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The Truth About Biden’s Infrastructure Legislation
While President Joe Biden’s administration doesn’t seem to need an excuse to spend money, two recurring arguments for his gigantic $2.3 trillion infrastructure proposal are that our roads and bridges are “crumbling” and that modernization would generate economic growth and jobs—hence its name, the American Jobs Plan. But none of this clever marketing makes any… -
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Planned Parenthood’s Denunciation of Founder Rings ‘Hollow’ to These Black Pro-Life Leaders
Black pro-life leaders condemned Planned Parenthood’s “hollow” denunciation of Margaret Sanger after Planned Parenthood President Alexis McGill Johnson distanced the organization from Sanger’s “association with white supremacist groups and eugenics.” Human Coalition vice president Benjamin Watson, a former NFL athlete, said Sunday that Planned Parenthood’s denunciation of its founder rang “hollow” in light of the organization’s current work…. -
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As a Boy, He Lived in Cuba. Here’s What Communism Was Like.
Rafael Diaz has experienced firsthand the oppression of a communist regime. Until the age of 9, he lived in Cuba under the rule of dictator Fidel Castro. From surprise searches of his home in the wee hours to an education laced with Marxist ideology, Diaz offers a vivid glimpse of the actual manifestations of an… -
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I Was a Black Teen in the ’60s. Don’t Believe Left’s Lies About ‘Jim Crow’ Election Reforms.
The right to vote is one of the most sacred rights that we as free citizens can exercise. Yet today, far too many Americans have lost trust in the fairness of our elections. That’s why we’ve made a commitment at The Heritage Foundation to work with state lawmakers across the country to make needed reforms… -
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Wisconsin City Clerks Weigh in on Green Bay Colleague Who Quit Job Over Outside Election Help
MADISON, Wis.—Former Green Bay City Clerk Kris Teske has been called a “superhero” for standing up against the pressures of city officials and outside election activists interfering in her office. Teske’s fellow municipal clerks also see the long-time public servant as a cautionary tale. “Before what happened in Green Bay, this wasn’t even a thought…. -
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Biden Administration Wants Schools to Teach Prejudice. Here’s What Parents Should Know.
President Joe Biden’s administration wants you to know your children are biased, and Washington has a plan to fix them. This week, the U.S. Department of Education announced that officials are preparing to use taxpayer money for K-12 schools to advocate the idea that America is systemically racist, and anyone who thinks differently, children included,… -
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Debunking the Left’s Big Lie on Election Integrity
It’s a sad, but inescapable fact: Today’s American left is incapable of honesty about elections. The lies are obvious, but the left’s control over all of the most powerful political, corporate, and cultural institutions provides a thick fabulist fog that obscures the truth Americans deserve to know. Perhaps the most abominable lie is the nationally… -
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Biden Team Reverses Trump’s Ban on Using Aborted Fetal Tissue for Taxpayer-Funded Research
President Joe Biden’s administration has reversed former President Donald Trump’s ban on using aborted fetal tissue for taxpayer-funded research. The National Institutes of Health announced Friday that “[the Department of Health and Human Services] is reversing its 2019 decision that all research applications for NIH grants and contracts proposing the use of human fetal tissue from… -
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Top US Nature Society Considers Renaming Birds Named After Slave Owners, Colonialists
A leading nature organization hosted a virtual roundtable discussion with several birding experts who proposed renaming birds named after slave owners and colonialists. The experts agreed that North American birds named after slave owners and colonialists should be renamed to make the U.S. and global bird watching community more inclusive during the event hosted by the American… -
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Why the Media Deserves a Failing Grade During Biden’s First 100 Days
President Joe Biden waited longer to hold his first press conference than any other president in the past 100 years. After waiting 64 days, the media had a chance on March 25 to ask the president about his agenda. Tim Murtaugh, communications director for President Donald Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign, was disappointed by what he… -
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We Hear You: Georgia Elections, Baseball, and Woke Corporations
Editor's note: The misrepresentation of Georgia's new election law by politicians and activists on the left is a serious matter to The Daily Signal's audience. Here's a sampling of your reaction from the mailbag at [email protected].—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: Thank you for the many well-researched and incisive articles covering the lies and hypocrisy in… -
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Read Rep. Jordan’s Exchange With Fauci Over When Mask-Wearing Will End
Editor’s note: In a hearing Thursday held by the House Coronavirus Crisis Subcommittee, Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, went back and forth with Anthony Fauci, director of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Read their full exchange on masks, social distancing, and more. Rep. Jim Jordan: Thank you, Mr. Chairman, Dr. Fauci, when is the… -
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The Russian Bounty Story Erodes
Last June, the Trump-hating reporters who always wanted to underline that then-President Donald Trump was almost traitorously soft on Russia banged a can about a New York Times story headlined “Russia Secretly Offered Afghan Militants Bounties to Kill U.S. Troops, Intelligence Says.” Now the liberal Daily Beast website is offering a jaw-dropping assessment: “It was… -
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4 Myths About the Election Integrity Law in Georgia
The Heritage Foundation released a fact check Friday of some of the most egregious lies being echoed by members of Congress, the media, Hollywood, and corporate America about the new election integrity reform in Georgia. These reforms are about one thing—making it easier for American citizens to vote, while making it harder to cheat. <<The… -
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My Friend Denny Stong Might Be Alive Today If He’d Been Granted a Concealed Carry Permit
Ten people, including a police officer, were killed last month in a mass shooting at the King Soopers supermarket in Boulder, Colorado. I was shocked to learn that one of the victims was Denny Stong, someone I knew well. Stong and I had recently connected through our mutual love of history. Our joint fascination with… -
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Kristen Clarke Is Unfit to Be in Government
Kristen Clarke, President Joe Biden’s nominee for assistant attorney general of the United States, once promoted racist pseudoscientific quackery, arguing that the human brain was structured in a way that makes black people superior to white people, and that “human mental processes” in the brain have chemicals that imbue one race with “superior physical and… -
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‘A Pure Political Ploy’: Sen. Rubio Accuses Democrats of Trying to Pack Courts for Their Own Agenda
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., criticized legislation introduced by Democratic members of Congress intended to add four justices to the Supreme Court. Rubio told Fox News Thursday that the bill is a “political ploy” that serves the Democratic Party’s political agenda. He added that issues with the court sprang up once the conservatives made up a… -
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Biden Administration’s Rank Partisanship Won’t Cancel Trump’s Vaccine Accomplishments
President Joe Biden has been taking a bit of a victory lap lately. He is telling the nation that we will have enough vaccine supply for every adult by the end of May and that his administration is on track to meet his stated goal of 100 million vaccinations in his first 100 days. According… -
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Far From Southern Border, Illegal Immigration Hurts Idaho, Lawmaker Says
Rep. Russ Fulcher, R-Idaho, isn’t from a southern border state, but he says illegal immigration still adversely affects the Gem State. “I mean, drug and sex trafficking impacts everyone,” Fulcher says. “And we’re feeling the effects of that,” he adds. “Our citizens, our taxpayers as well. We have to pay for services through federal taxes…