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opinion
Biden Virtue Signaling on Keystone XL Pipeline Can Actually Harm Environment
On the campaign trail, then-presidential candidate Joe Biden promised to kill the Keystone XL pipeline, which would transport 830,000 barrels of crude oil each day from Alberta, Canada, to Nebraska, a pledge met with elation from environmental activists across the globe. So no one was surprised when, on his first day in office, Biden followed… -
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Advancing Economic Freedom Matters More Than Ever, 2021 Index Shows
The year 2020 was extraordinary for the global economy, with slowing growth and economic turmoil caused and exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which engulfed the entire world. In the midst of the health crisis, perhaps not so unexpectedly, our free-market system was questioned yet again by some as a root cause of systemic economic woes… -
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Angry at Trump, Liberals Propose Unconstitutional Bill to Punish Him
Democrats have twice impeached Donald Trump in the House and twice failed to convict him in the Senate. They’re angry about failing, and double angry about failing twice. That’s understandable. Nobody likes to fail. But they’ve now fallen into the trap of letting their anger get the better of their reason and their oaths to uphold… -
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Biden’s Sanctuary Policies Leave No Safe Haven for Victims, Federal Agents
On his first day in the Oval Office, President Joe Biden signed a record 17 executive orders, many of them voiding commonsense policies enacted during the Trump administration. One of the worst—and most dangerous—was his “Revision of Civil Immigration Enforcement Policies and Priorities.” A more apt title would be “Providing Sanctuary for Criminal Aliens.” Biden’s short order revoked former President Donald… -
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Chicago Public Schools Teachers Paid $2.3 Billion Even Though They Refused Classroom Teaching
For the first time since March 2020, 20,927 full-time teachers in the Chicago Public Schools system may be headed into Chicago classrooms, after approximately 13,000 Chicago Teachers Union members voted to go back. In 2020, Chicago taxpayers spent $2.3 billion on teacher payroll, while 347,476 enrolled Chicago Public Schools schoolchildren logged on from home. That’s an average annual teacher compensation package… -
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In First National Interview, Harris Has Cozy Heart-to-Heart With Al Sharpton
Liberals have spent the last five years fulminating about how former President Donald Trump reserved the bulk of his national TV interviews for Fox News. They fiercely protested the protective bubble Trump received from Sean Hannity or Jeanine Pirro. So what did they say when Vice President Kamala Harris granted her first national interview as… -
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Everyone Is Essential
Politicians have too much power over our lives. Many used the pandemic as another excuse to take more. Early on, politicians declared that they would decide who was “essential.” Everyone else was told to stay home. Much of the economy stopped. Millions were laid off. Then politicians relaxed the rules for industries that they deemed… -
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Sen. Marsha Blackburn Fears What Women Stand to Lose If Equality Act Becomes Law
The implications of congressional Democrats’ proposed Equality Act are “tremendously disappointing,” Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., says. The House of Representatives already has passed the legislation, which faces what many Congress-watchers believe will be a closely fought battle in the Senate. The Equality Act would make “gender identity” and “sexual orientation” protected classes under federal civil… -
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Rep. Devin Nunes Confronts Biden White House’s ‘Extreme Left-Wing Agenda’
Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., a favorite of conservatives for his past leadership of the House Intelligence Committee, joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to share his perspective on the Biden administration so far. For Nunes, “a big concern” is “this whole idea that we’re going to bring the country together.” He’s “never seen the country so divided”… -
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House Democrats Vote to Nullify, Nationalize State Election Laws
Voter ID laws and most other election integrity measures in the states would be nearly wiped out under a sweeping bill passed late Wednesday night by House Democrats that also makes felons eligible to vote while expanding Election Day registration and the controversial practice known as ballot harvesting. The House voted 220-210 along party lines to… -
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Here Are Some Books the Woke Left Would Replace Dr. Seuss With
As you likely have heard, the latest casualty of cancel culture is Dr. Seuss. And because nature abhors a vacuum, the woke left has a list of books as ready replacements it would prefer that children read instead. The late children’s author Dr. Seuss, aka Theodor Seuss Geisel, has come under fire for drawing a… -
opinion
Number of Illegal Border Crossings Now 6 Times What Obama Team Considered ‘Crisis’
There is a catastrophic crisis that could add another quarter of a million to the population of illegal aliens in this country in less than a year. According to former officials in the Obama administration, the standard for a border crisis was 1,000 attempted crossings a day. Who was on the team that set that… -
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Biden Administration Locks Twitter Account for Alerts on Criminal Aliens
The Twitter account for Immigration and Customs Enforcement alerts—which notified the public about criminal illegal immigrants—has been locked by the Biden administration. In a statement to The Daily Signal, Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., said that the locking of the ICE Alerts Twitter account, which appeared to have occurred on Tuesday, is bad news for the… -
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In 1 Chart, How Much the Rich Pay in Taxes
Sen. Elizabeth Warren released a new version of her wealth tax this week, and despite the Massachusetts Democrat’s messaging that the scheme would only impose a small fee on the wealthiest Americans, it’s actually a radical idea that, as I’ve written before, “would hurt the poorest and more vulnerable working-class Americans, and fuel the ever-increasing… -
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When Lies Matter More Than Facts
This week, The New York Times ran a long piece re-reporting a supposed race scandal from Smith College. The scandal, originally reported in midsummer 2018, featured a black student, Oumou Kanoute, who claimed that she was racially profiled while eating in a dormitory lounge. She suggested in a Facebook post that she was confronted by… -
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Supreme Court Hears First Case Regarding Voting Laws Since Election
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments about Arizona’s election laws Tuesday, marking the first time the justices were presented with a case on voting laws since the 2020 election. The twin cases were brought before the court in order to resolve whether the laws violated Section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which bans voting procedures… -
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Why Technology Is Both Gift and Challenge to Think Tanks
Jim McGann, director of the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program at the University of Pennsylvania, once thought technology would lead to the downfall of many think tanks. Now, he says, it’s apparent that technology is one of the most powerful tools available to research institutions. “I thought … technology would be what would make… -
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Better Foster Care System Would Cut ‘Economic Inequity,’ Child Welfare Veteran Says
The nation would reduce “economic inequity” and “race inequity” if the federal government focused more on helping foster care children find a permanent family and create a life where they don’t rely on the government, a former health and human services official in the Trump administration says. “We would move kids so they’re not spending… -
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Future of Women’s Sports Stands Trial
The future of women’s sports is on trial in Connecticut. “No girl should have to settle into her starting blocks, knowing that no matter how hard you work, you don’t have a fair shot at victory,” track athlete Chelsea Mitchell said. “That’s the situation I faced over and over again throughout my high school career.”… -
opinion
Election Integrity Is a National Imperative
After an election marked by significant voting irregularities and numerous instances of officials setting aside state election law, I share the concerns of millions of Americans about the integrity of the 2020 election. That’s why when I was serving as presiding officer at the joint session of Congress certifying the Electoral College results, I pledged…