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opinion
Documentary TV Series on Transgender Kids Creates False Narrative
“Transkids,” a documentary television miniseries featuring four transgender teenagers, is available for streaming via video on demand after airing in Israel last year. The subject of a celebratory piece in The Times of Israel, the five-part TV documentary apparently aims to make a phenomenon that affects precious few into an acceptable, even noble, mainstream pursuit. … -
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The Consequences of a Federal Bailout for the States
As lawmakers debate over a bailout for the states, Jonathan Williams, the chief economist and executive vice president of policy at the American Legislative Exchange Council, has a warning for states. “Strings that come with these federal dollars oftentimes outlive the federal dollars, as we’ve found out with the last time we had a bailout… -
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Trump Says He Might Bring ‘Exonerated’ Michael Flynn Back Into Administration
President Donald Trump said Thursday he was open to bringing his first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, back into the administration, amid new information casting a shadow of impropriety over the FBI’s case against the retired lieutenant general. “I would certainly consider it. Yeah, I would,” Trump said at a White House press conference Thursday…. -
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Text Messages Reveal Peter Strzok Intervened in FBI’s Planned Closure of Michael Flynn Investigation
Former FBI counterintelligence official Peter Strzok intervened at the last minute in early 2017 to stop the bureau from closing an investigation into Michael Flynn, the incoming national security adviser, according to government files unsealed Thursday. The FBI was investigating Flynn and several other Trump campaign associates at the time for possible links to Russia… -
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How COVID-19 Is Affecting the Nation’s Meat Supply
Many Americans are rightfully concerned about the status of the country’s meat supply during the COVID-19 pandemic. Unfortunately, there are no simple answers to help address those concerns, and the situation is constantly changing. The following is a Q&A regarding the current status of the meat (including poultry) supply and provides a few recommendations that… -
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28 Million Reasons Not to Trust a Mail-In Election
“No idea.” That was the only answer state and local officials had. When a federal elections commission started asking questions, not one person had any explanation for the 28.3 million mail-in ballots that have gone missing since 2012. As far as they’re concerned, 1 in 5 absentee votes just vanished. No one knows if it’s fraud, system… -
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US Intelligence Community Confirms It’s Examining Whether Coronavirus Accidentally Leaked From Wuhan Lab
The U.S. intelligence community is seriously examining the possibility that the novel coronavirus could have entered the human population in Wuhan due to a laboratory accident, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence confirmed in a statement Thursday. “The [intelligence community] will continue to rigorously examine emerging information and intelligence to determine whether the… -
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The Missing Pieces of Trump’s Coronavirus Recovery
America’s initial response to the coronavirus pandemic rightly prioritized good public health policy. Now, Washington is focusing on getting Americans safely back to work. The aim is to preserve livelihoods as well as lives. However, the plan put forward so far is missing some key pieces, parts that need to be added to ensure the safety, prosperity, and freedom of Americans long into the future. While the White House has been steering… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Trump Denies COVID-19 Funds to Planned Parenthood
The Trump administration has acted to ensure that no funds from the new Paycheck Protection Program, set up to assist small businesses battered by COVID-19, will go to Planned Parenthood. “President Trump is committed to ensuring Paycheck Protection Program money is used for saving jobs at small businesses, not getting the government into the business… -
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Why Full Business Expensing Is Vital for Post-COVID-19 Economic Recovery
An idea gaining bipartisan traction in Congress would help fix the damaging taxation of new investments set to kick in amid America’s eventual economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Now is the time for lawmakers to make full expensing permanent and extend similar treatment to factories and retail space. Full expensing lets businesses deduct spending… -
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Lessons to Learn From COVID-19
We’re seeing now what efforts against COVID-19 were supposed to produce: a flattening of the growth curve of new fatalities. The growth rate of fatalities is dropping. We entered the dark tunnel, and now we are on the way out. Rays of light are shining in. We will survive. But will we learn? It appears… -
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10 Steps America Should Take Now to Respond to the China Challenge
The growing chorus to “punish” China for how it has handled the COVID-19 crisis is understandable and justifiable. We need to be smart about how we do this, building up American strength even as we hold China accountable. If the challenge of our era is a multidecade great-power competition with China, the United States can… -
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Why Are Millennials Leaving the Left? This Author Has Answers
Why did some millennials vote for Barack Obama in 2012 and Donald Trump in 2016? Jonathan Jakubowski, author of “Bellwether Blues: A Conservative Awakening of the Millennial Soul,” joins The Daily Signal Podcast to discuss. “There’s a lot of reasons that motivated these millennials to change their votes over the course of time,” says Jakubowski…. -
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Problematic Women: Lessons of Hope From a Woman Who Has Spent Decades as a Quadriplegic
After spending more than 50 years in a wheelchair as a quadriplegic, Joni Eareckson Tada is still sharing a message of life and hope with the world. At the age of 17, Eareckson Tada took a dive into shallow water, breaking her neck and leaving her unable to move her lower body or her hands…. -
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European Countries Scramble to Recoup Ukrainian Workers
KYIV, Ukraine—About 200 Ukrainian farm workers boarded a chartered aircraft Thursday bound for Finland. The flight was one of the few to leave Ukraine that day—as part of a national lockdown to stop the spread of the coronavirus, the country’s airspace has been shut down to nearly all air travel for several weeks. In the… -
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Leading CEO on Coronavirus Recovery Panel Wary of Government Power Grab
John Allison sees similarities between the response to the coronavirus pandemic and the financial crisis of 2008, when he was the CEO of BB&T Corp., a leading holding company. “The financial crisis was brought about largely from government policies and regulation, and a number of large companies that took real economic risk,” Allison says in… -
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What to Expect as 12 States Begin to Reopen After COVID-19 Shutdown
Come Friday in Texas, the nation’s second-largest economy, businesses such as restaurants and retail stores will be open again, but at a 25% occupancy rate. After that, public health officials will reevaluate the data and decide whether to allow a 50% occupancy rate. The Lone Star State is among nine states where governors’ stay-at-home orders… -
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Government Should Stop Promoting Unemployment During COVID-19
American prosperity always has relied on the fact that we are the most productive people in human history. Unfortunately, some short-term Band-Aids for the widespread economic distress caused by the coronavirus lockdowns may have substantial negative effects that make it harder for Americans to get back on their feet. While much of what is in… -
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Volunteers Who Step Up in Face of COVID-19 Embody Spirit of America
The spirit of resilience, leadership, and community is woven into the fabric of American society, and it’s often displayed when we’re going through, or responding to, a national tragedy. It’s been no different with respect to addressing the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, has brought many new challenges to our… -
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Trump Suggests He May Withhold Bailout Funds From States With Sanctuary Cities
President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that he may withhold federal bailout funds from states with cities that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration authorities. Trump was asked at a White House event with business leaders about the idea of another round of stimulus money for U.S. taxpayers. The president said he liked the concept of…