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Inside PragerU’s Pro-American Education Resource for K-12 Students
Leftist ideology is becoming more pervasive in schools across the country. To counter the trend, Prager University, an organization committed to furthering American values through digital media, has launched PragerU Resources for Educators and Parents, or PREP for short. The goal of PREP is to provide parents and teachers with creative resources to teach students… -
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We Hear You: Black Lives Matter Threatens Our Schools
Editor's note: Jarrett Stepman's commentary on a Black Lives Matter curriculum infiltrating public schools struck a chord with The Daily Signal's audience. Here's a sampling of the response. Remember to write us at [email protected].—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: I am concerned that the doctrine of Black Lives Matter in schools, described by Jarrett Stepman in… -
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Reporters Cool Heels for Biden Press Conference, More White House Access
After giving his first prime-time address Thursday night, President Joe Biden walked away, ignoring a question called out by a reporter. In one sense, turning away is symbolic of the Biden White House’s attitude toward the media. The president has gone longer than any other president in 100 years without holding a formal press conference. … -
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2 New States Required for Democrats to Keep Power, Data Expert Says
To remain in power in 2022 and beyond, Democrats must change the electoral system, redraw congressional maps, and “add as many states as we can,” a former campaign operative for President Barack Obama says. Such systemic changes, similar to what Democrats are trying to enact through a bill known as HR 1, are key, David… -
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The Many Ways Biden Has Kicked Culture Wars Into Overdrive
The Washington Post on March 7 published a column in which E.J. Dionne Jr. contended that President Joe Biden is “rolling back the politics of culture wars.” If you’ve read even a fraction of Biden’s executive orders, memoranda, and proclamations, Dionne’s assertion will strike you as bizarrely divorced from reality. If you expected Dionne, a… -
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Did COVID-19 Permanently Change Our View of Government Power?
Can the federal government ban evictions? Seems like a pretty straightforward question. But the answer touches on a deeper one, as yet unsettled: Will life after COVID-19 be normal? Consider what a federal judge said recently when he struck down a Centers for Disease Control ban on evictions, which the Trump administration instituted last year… -
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Big Tech Censors Conservative Comedians
It’s a situation so funny that a growing number of ostracized comics forgot to laugh: Conservative-leaning material, they say, is increasingly subject to arbitrary online censorship by Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and other social media giants—treatment that appears to have no other explanation except the targets’ bucking of leftist orthodoxy. Openly conservative stand-up Nick Di Paolo… -
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Biden’s General Amnesia Gets Spiked
At a March 8 White House event to announce the nomination of two female generals to lead U.S. military combatant commands, President Joe Biden seemed to forget the name of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and where Austin works. Since the theme of the president’s mental acuity is still associated with memes of former President Donald… -
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Liberals Use COVID-19 Crisis to Achieve Policy Goals
For some special interests, a fading coronavirus pandemic poses a problem, but not always an insurmountable one. Big Labor and its acolytes cite the virus as a compelling reason for doubling the minimum wage and forcing businesses to provide more paid sick leave, while the Biden administration is using the pandemic as part of its justification for… -
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Ryan Anderson Refutes Amazon: Book on Transgenderism Doesn’t Call LGBT Identity ‘Mental Illness’
Amazon defended its decision to remove a book about transgender issues from its platform, claiming it frames “LGBTQ+ identity as a mental illness,” an assertion sharply disputed by the author. Amazon sent a letter Thursday to Senate Republicans Marco Rubio of Florida, Mike Lee of Utah, Mike Braun of Indiana, and Josh Hawley of Missouri. The… -
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These Endless Public Health Mandates Threaten Americans’ Liberty
In his first prime-time speech as president, Joe Biden stated Thursday night that our nation is in “one of the darkest periods in American history” and “the only way to get our lives back, to get our economy on track, is to beat the virus.” This also was a common statement made during his campaign…. -
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Sen. Mike Lee Attempts to Restore Fundamental Fairness to Federal Criminal Laws
Before he retired in 2018, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, was a tireless champion for reforming criminal law. Now, it seems as though Republican Sen. Mike Lee, now the senior senator from Utah, is picking up where Hatch left off, by introducing the Mens Rea Reform Act of 2021, which is being co-sponsored by Sens. Rand… -
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Media Celebrates New ‘Trans Lit’ Novel
Our dominant media’s celebration of transgender people must inevitably include the distorted sounds of our tastemakers becoming transfixed by trans fiction. Exhibit A is a new novel titled “Detransition, Baby” by trans woman Torrey Peters. It’s published by One World, an imprint of Random House. “The mission of ONE WORLD,” its website says, “is to… -
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Biden Prepares to Strip College Students of Due Process Rights
It’s worth reminding people that if President Joe Biden were compelled to live by the standards he intends to institute for college students accused of sexual misconduct, he would be presumed guilty of rape, denied any legitimate opportunity to refute Tara Reade’s charges and tossed from office in disgrace. The New York Times reports this… -
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Critical Race Theory’s Anti-Semitism Problem
Critical race theory is a popular left-wing ideology that purports to explain the societal inequalities that prevent racial and ethnic minority groups from achieving social and economic success. While it presents itself as fighting prejudice, a closer look reveals that it is the driving force behind much of today’s left-wing anti-Semitism. The clearest example of… -
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12 More House Democrats Call for Cuomo’s Resignation Over Sexual Harassment Allegations
Major congressional Democrats from his state have called on New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign following details of a sixth allegation of sexual harassment or sexual assault against the governor. The majority of New York's Democratic congressional delegation called for Cuomo’s resignation in coinciding statements Friday morning. The lawmakers include House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler, House… -
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How Congress Exacerbated Union Pension Crisis Under Guise of Coronavirus Relief
By the time this column appears in print, Congress will have passed the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package. And that’s a shame. As its many critics have pointed out, only 9% of the bill actually goes toward fighting COVID-19. One of the bill’s many non-COVID-related provisions is an $86 billion unconditional cash giveaway to a… -
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Sen. Tom Cotton: Amazon’s Ban of Transgender Book Enforces Political Correctness
On the floor of the U.S. Senate, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., delivered an impassioned speech Tuesday that was critical of Amazon’s censorship of a book that expresses a widely held, commonsense view of gender. A lightly edited transcript follows. Most Americans know that there are two sexes, male and female, and that sex is rooted in… -
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5 Charts Show Why Congress Must Stop Adding to National Debt
President Joe Biden signed into law an enormous, debt-financed “stimulus” package on Thursday. This was the final step in a multi-month process to pass a heavily flawed piece of legislation. We might be tempted to hope that this will finally sate the left’s appetite for big government. After all, the size and scope of government… -
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HR 1 Would Allow Federal Micromanagement of State Elections, Ohio Secretary of State Says
The bill known as HR 1, or the For the People Act, should be called “the Federal Takeover of Elections Act,” Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose says. LaRose, who oversees Ohio’s elections, joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to explain why HR 1, a bill the political left touts as positive election reform, is an…