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6 of Democrats’ Arguments for Disqualifying Trump From Seeking Office Again
House prosecutors argued Wednesday that former President Donald Trump not only is responsible for the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol but was involved in a “premeditated” effort after he “ran out of nonviolent measures” to keep power. Day Two of Trump’s second Senate impeachment trial was the first full day for Democrats’ House impeachment… -
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In the Woke Revolution, Facts Are Irrelevant
Does the truth matter? Not if you’re the woke president of the San Francisco School Board, apparently. A revealing interview by The New Yorker with the San Francisco School Board president, 30-year-old Gabriela López, gave some insight into the mindset of a public school board that just decided that 44 of its schools needed to… -
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North Carolina College Hosts ‘White Caucus’ for Students to Talk About ‘Guilt,’ ‘Fragility’
The Elon University School of Education invited “white identifying” students to participate in a white caucus to discuss race without distressing people of color, according to an email first reported by Young America’s Foundation. The document said it was urgent for white-identifying students to attend the white caucus, scheduled to meet online Feb. 16, because… -
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Cotton, Rubio Blast Biden Over Decision on China’s Confucius Institutes at Colleges
Two Republican senators on Tuesday blasted President Joe Biden for withdrawing a proposed rule that would require U.S. schools to disclose their partnerships with Confucius Institutes, which some U.S. officials and lawmakers have alleged serve as front groups for the Chinese Communist Party. Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, both known as… -
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How Amnesty Causes Human Misery, Endangers Public Health
Mexican police officers were arrested last week and charged in the killing of more than a dozen Guatemalan migrants on the way to the United States. Their bodies were shot and burned near the U.S. border in a violence-riddled corridor frequently used by smugglers. Such tragedies are not uncommon. Mexican police particularly at the state… -
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George Shultz: A Centenarian’s 8 Decades of Service Remembered
Former Secretary of State George Shultz died Saturday at the impressive age of 100 at his home in Stanford, California, where he had been a distinguished fellow at the Hoover Institution since 1982. Shultz died on the birthday of the president, Ronald Reagan, with whom he left his greatest mark on history. The cause of death has… -
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We Shouldn’t Rinse and Repeat When It Comes to Costly Washing Machine Tariffs
Sunday was supposed to mark the end of a three-year rinse cycle for Americans, at least when it comes to higher prices for washing machines. But before leaving office, former President Donald Trump put washer tariffs on repeat for another two years. Americans have paid taxes of up to 50% on washers and their inputs… -
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The Right to Pass Down America’s Founding Values Is Worth Fighting For
Last month, the San Francisco School Board voted 6-1 to remove the names of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Paul Revere, and other historic American patriots from 44 schools. Beyond the names on buildings, what’s happening inside classrooms is also distressing. School systems are being urged to stop teaching about the founding of our country. Curriculums… -
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Andy Ngo Details ‘Antifa’s Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy’
In June of 2019, journalist Andy Ngo was attacked and beaten by Antifa. Ngo, the author of the new book “Unmasked: Inside Antifa’s Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy,” joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss the book, the agenda behind Antifa, the five months of Antifa riots in Portland during the summer of 2020, his… -
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6 Takeaways From Opening Arguments in Trump’s Senate Trial
The historic opening day of the first Senate impeachment trial of a former president was fiery and emotional in some moments. Democrat House managers and lawyers for former President Donald Trump primarily clashed over the constitutionality of trying a private citizen who was impeached seven days before his term as president expired. The House impeached… -
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Remembering the Gipper: Why the Memory of Ronald Reagan Is Still Relevant to Young People Today
Former President Ronald Reagan would have turned 110 last Saturday, and many Americans of all political stripes still reflect with nostalgia and pride on our memories of the president known as the Gipper. Many of the pieces commemorating Reagan’s milestone birthday focused on the political ramifications of Reagan’s presidency, but paid little attention to the… -
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‘Transition’ Treatment Harms Kids, Veteran Psychiatrist at UK Gender Clinic Says
Children “have been very seriously damaged” in receiving treatment at the United Kingdom’s premier gender identity facility, a former psychiatrist there says in a bombshell interview. Dr. David Bell faced disciplinary action after writing an internal report in 2018 raising concerns about procedures at The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, which operates the U.K.’s… -
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Biden OMB Nominee Neera Tanden Will Expand Left’s Power Through Big Government Bureaucracy
President Joe Biden’s pick for the director of the Office of Management and Budget, Neera Tanden, participated Tuesday in one of her two Senate committee hearings. If our senators fail to recognize and defend their duty to preserve democratic power for the American people and allow Tanden to hold this position, we can expect her… -
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Corruption in Putin’s Russia Thrives While Economic Freedom Dies
As Alexis Mrachek of The Heritage Foundation has reported, Russian protesters have taken to the streets in recent weeks to express widespread anger and frustration with ongoing corruption in their country. Coincident with Alexei Navalny’s arrest and conviction by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s police state on trumped-up charges, allies of the opposition leader released a… -
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Biden Firing Nearly All Trump-Appointed US Attorneys, but Keeping 2 Key Prosecutors in Place
President Joe Biden will ask nearly all Trump-appointed U.S. attorneys to tender their resignations as early as Tuesday, while allowing two federal prosecutors to continue their politically-charged investigations. According to CNN and other news outlets, Biden will ask for resignations of 55 of the 56 U.S. attorneys currently in office. David C. Weiss, the U.S…. -
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Springsteen’s Jeep Ad Highlights How Liberals Call for Unity Only When They’re Winning
Unfortunately for football fans, the political ads didn’t end when the election did. The millions of people who tuned into Super Bowl LV found that out the hard way, thanks to companies like Jeep—who tried to sell cars with condescending ads that tell the 74 million Americans who didn’t vote for Joe Biden that the… -
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GOP Attorneys General Set to Check Biden, Liberals
As President Joe Biden issued more than 40 executive actions with less than a month in office and Democrats took control of Congress, Republican attorneys general in the states appear poised to be the strongest check on overreach by the federal government. “Everything is fair game. We are going to defend the Constitution of the… -
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Spending in Latest COVID Bill Based on Feelings, Not Facts
The problem with free money is that it leads to an addiction much like an addiction to drugs. In the case of the $1.9 trillion “relief” bill that has no Republican support, Congress is the supplier, while those on the receiving end become increasingly addicted to government and less self-reliant. In my lifetime, the U.S…. -
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Cory Booker Wants to Replace Major College Football With Federally Controlled Pro Game
Two young men grow up in the same neighborhood and spend four years together at the same high school taking the same classes from the same teachers and playing on the same winning football team. Both are good students and dedicated, hardworking athletes. But one is a journeyman offensive lineman, while the other is an… -
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Petition Calls on San Francisco School Board to Focus on ‘Improving Schools, Not Renaming Them’
A petition being circulated online in San Francisco is demanding that the city’s Board of Education focus on “improving schools, NOT renaming them.” The petition calls on San Francisco’s school board to rescind its decision late last month to rename 44 schools in the city that bear the names of former presidents and other historical…