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New Study Shows Transgender Players Have Advantage in Women’s Sports
One of the very first things Joe Biden promised to do as president is abolish girls sports. It’s a ludicrous thing to make a priority, but the former Obama vice president insists—like most liberals—that “transgender equality is the civil rights issue of our time.” It’s the fair thing to do, Biden argues. But is it? New research… -
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Don’t Enshrine Our Election Problems in Law
The right to vote is one of the most sacred rights that we as citizens can exercise. We select the individuals who will lead us and the policies we will live under in our daily lives. Yet the system is broken. Growing up as a black teen during the 1960s, I knew of the tremendous… -
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Trump’s Policy Achievements Strong Foundation for Conservative Future
The Congressional Budget Office now projects that economic recovery in 2021 will be faster than it predicted last July. It projects that the economy will be back to its pre-pandemic levels by mid-2021. This very good news reflects the fact that the economic turndown was not as severe as the federal agency had expected, and… -
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For Female Athlete, Biden’s Transgender Executive Order Is ‘Heartbreaking’
Under the guise of protecting all children, President Joe Biden created immediate controversy when he issued an executive order Jan. 20 directing federal agencies in effect to interpret existing anti-discrimination laws such that females no longer receive the umbrella of protection Title IX has long provided. That means women’s sports (along with their locker rooms) and other activities would… -
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Schools Have Responsibility to Let Biological Males in Girls Sports If They’re Trans, Biden Pick for Education Secretary Says
President Joe Biden’s pick for Education Department secretary said Wednesday that schools have a responsibility to let biological males participate in girls sports if they identify as transgender. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., questioned Miguel Cardona, the current Connecticut education commissioner, Wednesday on whether Cardona supports “boys running in girls track meets.” “If confirmed, it’s my… -
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The Inequality of ‘Equity’
President Joe Biden took office pledging a return to unity and decency. A new era of good feelings is at hand, we were informed by both his administration and its sycophants in the media. A new world—a world of “equity”—is at hand. Equity, you see, is the word of the day. Not equality—that would be… -
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The Great Wall of Washington
According to President Joe Biden, Democrats were supposed to be building bridges—not walls. Tell that to his party’s leaders, who are actually considering a plan to add a permanent, razor wire fence around the Capitol complex. Despite major pushback from both parties, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., have told reporters… -
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Sen. Mike Lee Explains Why the Senate Has the Filibuster and Why It Would Be a Mistake to Abolish It
Now that Democrats have President Joe Biden in the White House and narrow majorities in both houses of Congress, some on the left argue that it’s time to get rid of the Senate filibuster. The Senate filibuster rule often slows down legislation and makes it so that 60 votes are required to pass bills, rather… -
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The Pro-Life Generation Does Not Have One Face, but Many
Two years ago, I sat with my husband in an Urgent Care patient room, waiting for the doctor to prescribe me something to help relieve my flu-like symptoms. After a quick test, the doctor returned with a serious look on his face. He said, “We’ve looked at the results and you’re actually pregnant.” I was… -
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Time Is Ours to Win War on Government Waste
In the last 20 years, our country’s national debt has exploded. In 2001, when George W. Bush took office, the national debt was $5.8 trillion. It took around 225 years—booms, busts, depressions, wars, etc.—to amass that much national debt. In just eight years, Bush and a compliant Congress doubled the number to $11.7 trillion. In Barack Obama’s two terms,… -
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Montana Lawmaker Outlines Troubling Implications of Biden’s Executive Actions
Freshman Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., has entered the House with a bold plan to develop America’s natural resources and push back on the agenda of the far left. Rosendale joined “The Daily Signal Podcast” during a recent trip to the U.S.- Mexico border to discuss why he ran for Congress, his former service in the… -
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Defunding Police Isn’t Answer, Say Black Mothers of Slain Children
Lorrain Taylor lost her twin sons to gun violence in Oakland, California, in 2000. They were just 22 years old and working their way through college when they were killed. “We are here to say, ‘No, no more senseless violence,’” Taylor said at the launch Friday of Voices of Black Mothers United, an initiative of… -
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Trump Lawyers Counter Democrats With These 4 Impeachment Arguments
Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers have fired back against House Democrats’ charge that he incited an insurrection. Two Trump lawyers, David Schoen and Bruce Castor, filed a 14-page counterbrief Tuesday, the same day Democrats’ impeachment managers made an 80-page filing. The Trump brief denies that calling for supporters to “fight” is inciting a riot. It… -
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9 Election Reforms States Can Implement to Prevent Mistakes and Voter Fraud
Election fraud is real. The Heritage Foundation’s Election Fraud Database, which has chronicled more than 1,300 cases of election fraud, proves that election fraud does occur in American elections. Errors and omissions by election officials and careless, shoddy election practices and procedures or lack of training can also cause and have caused problems for voters… -
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Democrats’ 4 Top Arguments for Trump Impeachment Trial
House Democrats prosecuting former President Donald Trump released a memorandum Tuesday laying out key points against Trump, the first president to face an impeachment trial in the Senate after leaving office. The House impeached Trump for the second time seven days before the end of his four-year term, accusing him of “incitement to insurrection” before… -
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Here’s How GOP’s Stimulus Package Compares to Biden’s
Ten Senate Republicans released a $618 billion counterproposal to President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package hours before they met on Monday evening in hopes of finding some common ground, but the two proposals have far more differences than similarities. The $618 billion package only slightly resembles Biden’s, whose proposal is three times as large and includes bigger… -
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A Welcome New Chapter for Israel-Kosovo Relationship
Israel and Kosovo made history Monday by officially establishing full diplomatic relations. Signing the groundbreaking agreement, Israel’s Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi highlighted the “warm and friendly relationship” between Israel and Kosovo, a Muslim-majority country in the Balkans. With the diplomatic tie formally knotted, Kosovo will become the first Muslim-majority country to have its embassy in… -
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‘Completely Over Moon’: Here’s How Planned Parenthood Hopes to Work With Biden Administration
Planned Parenthood plans to push “bold agenda items” under the Biden administration, Planned Parenthood President Alexis McGill Johnson said in an interview. “We should be pushing bold agenda items in the name of building back better,” McGill Johnson told Business Insider, borrowing President Joe Biden’s campaign slogan. “We are engaging in the policy side, on the… -
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My Trip to Vietnam Reconfirmed My Hatred of Communism
Ten years ago, I wrote a column reflecting on my reactions to visiting Vietnam. Given the lack of revulsion to, and even flirtation with, communism (or its more mildly named version, socialism) among many young Americans, it is worth revisiting. It was difficult to control my emotions—specifically, my anger—during my visit to Vietnam. The more… -
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3 Reasons Puerto Rico Is Far From Ready for Statehood
Puerto Rico has long been stuck in limbo between becoming the 51st state and remaining an unincorporated U.S. territory. But now, with Democrats in control of Congress and the White House, the issue of Puerto Rican statehood is back on the table. But it’s a tough argument to make that the Caribbean island should become…