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Amid DOJ Failure to Enforce Law, Supreme Court Requests More Help
The United States Supreme Court has asked Congress to increase funding to help protect the Supreme Court justices. The court’s budget request asks for $5,897,000 for the “expansion of protective activities” and a separate increase of $585,000 for new IT security positions in “cybersecurity, software development, and network engineering.” “This request would expand security activities…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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I Was Assaulted by Antifa at a Detrans Rally
SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Members and allies of the detransitioner community met in front of the California State Capitol here Friday ahead of Detrans Awareness Day. Attendees included notable detrans activists, such as Abel Garcia. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s California has become a hot spot in recent years for radical activists and politicians seeking to provide quick and unfettered…Tim Kennedy -
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Running Scared: Biden’s Desperate Move to Get Tough on Crime
The political landscape of America has been fraught with tension and division, but one issue that has transcended party lines and united citizens across the nation is the growing concern over crime. The recent announcement by President Joe Biden that he will take a firm stance against crime has come as a small glimmer of…Armstrong Williams -
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Biden Wants to Increase DOJ Civil Rights Division Budget by $62 Million
President Joe Biden’s proposed 2024 budget calls for investing huge sums of money into the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division—the same division disproportionately targeting pro-life activists with Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act charges as a response to the overturn of Roe v. Wade. The proposed budget increase is framed as reinvigorating federal civil…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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Biden Supports Republicans in Blocking DC Crime Bill
President Joe Biden announced he will not veto a resolution passed by the Republican-controlled House that overturns a new District of Columbia crime reform law, assuming the resolution passes in the Senate. The district is under federal jurisdiction, so Congress can overturn D.C. legislation. But this is the first time in 30 years that it…Star Parker -
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DC’s Radical Criminal Code ‘Reform’ Would Make City Even Less Safe. Congress Is Right to Rebuke It.
For many years, the District of Columbia “enjoyed” the dubious distinction of being the “Murder Capital of America.” Who can forget President George H.W. Bush appearing on national television in 1989 holding a bag of crack cocaine purchased steps from the White House? It was a dramatic way to highlight just how crime-ridden D.C.—and many other…Zack Smith -
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Nikki Haley ‘Primes’ CPAC Audience With Jabs at Don Lemon, Hunter Biden as Well as Joe Biden
OXON HILL, Md.—Nikki Haley made her pitch for a new generation of leadership in remarks Friday to conservatives gathered just outside the nation’s capital. This change is imperative for standing up to China and other enemies abroad, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said. “China thinks the American era has passed. So do…Fred Lucas -
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Crime-Ridden Chicago Term-Limits Failed Mayor Lori Lightfoot With Landslide Loss
A Democratic mayor in a big, blue city with escalating crime, civil dysfunction, and a crumbling economy lost an election Tuesday night. Can you guess what her excuse for defeat was? I’m sure you can guess. It was racism and sexism that brought down Chicago’s black, lesbian mayor—who won her initial election with more than…Jarrett Stepman -
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Hawley Presses Garland on FBI Memo Targeting Catholics: ‘How Many Informants Do You Have in Catholic Churches?’
Sen. Josh Hawley on Wednesday pressed Attorney General Merrick Garland on the FBI memo urging agents to probe the alleged nexus between racially motivated violent extremists and “radical-traditional Catholics." "How many informants do you have in Catholic churches across America?" Hawley, R-Mo., repeatedly asked during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. Garland responded that the FBI…Tyler O’Neil -
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Garland Suggests Justice Department Can’t Arrest Pro-Abortion Vandals Because They Firebomb Pregnancy Centers at Night
Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday offered a reason why the Department of Justice prosecutes pro-life protesters at abortion centers more than pro-abortion vandals who targeted pro-life pregnancy resource centers after the leak of the Supreme Court’s draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade last May. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, asked Garland about the case of…Tyler O’Neil -
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Garland Claims He Doesn’t Know If His Justice Department Charged Protesters Who Targeted Supreme Court Justices’ Homes
Attorney General Merrick Garland told Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, that he does not know whether the Department of Justice has brought any charges against protesters under the law banning “picketing or parading” outside a courthouse or judge’s home with the intent to interfere with a case. Lee asked Garland about the protests during a Senate…Tyler O’Neil -
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Rogue Prosecutor Steve Descano Drops Case Against Criminal Who Crashed Car Into Family’s Minivan
It was only a matter of time until reality caught up with rogue prosecutor Steve Descano, the commonwealth’s attorney in Fairfax County, Virginia, whose election was backed by liberal financier George Soros. We warned readers two years ago that Descano’s pro-criminal, anti-victim policies were going to destabilize the safety and security of Fairfax County,…Cully Stimson -
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Vimeo Restores ‘Affirmation Generation’ Documentary Exposing Transgender Medical Scandal After Daily Signal Report
Following a report in The Daily Signal, the video platform Vimeo quietly restored the account hosting the documentary “Affirmation Generation,” a film exposing the medical scandal of experimental transgender interventions. "Vimeo quietly—without an email reply to my appeal as of Thursday a.m.—has reinstated our film on the original link," Vera Lindner, the film's producer, told The Daily…Tyler O’Neil -
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Vimeo Removes ‘Affirmation Generation’ Documentary Revealing the Medical Scandal of Transgenderism
The video platform Vimeo locked the account hosting the documentary "Affirmation Generation," a film exposing the medical scandal of experimental transgender interventions. "Our film represents that which is currently being silenced because it's unpopular with the tenets of the mainstream media," Joey Brite, the film's executive producer, told The Daily Signal in a statement Wednesday….Tyler O’Neil -
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‘Public Safety Not Something You Can Take for Granted,’ Says ‘Criminal (In)Justice’ Author
Crime is getting worse in America because of the eroding of the criminal justice system, says Rafael Mangual, author of the book “Criminal (In)Justice: What the Push for Decarceration and Depolicing Gets Wrong and Who It Hurts Most.” In a conversation with the president of The Heritage Foundation, Kevin Roberts, on “The Kevin Roberts Show”…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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America’s Missing Tourists: COVID-19, Crime, and Long Waits Abroad
Forty mayors from 18 states have signed a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken in which they beg the State Department to speed up issuing visas to tourists, whom they want to see back and spending in their towns from Austin, Texas, to Urbana, Illinois. All those missing visas cost the U.S. economy around…Simon Hankinson -
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DOJ Tried to Keep This Secret, but Judge Orders Disclosure of Documents
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger scored a victory over the Biden Justice Department when a federal judge ruled Tuesday that the law enforcement agency has to turn over secret communications with liberal interest groups targeting Georgia’s new election reform law. In 2021, the Georgia Legislature passed and Gov. Brian Kemp, a Republican, signed into…Fred Lucas -
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DOJ Charges 8 More Pro-Lifers With Violating FACE Act
The Department of Justice has charged eight more pro-life activists with violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act. The latest charges stem from a August 2020 incident where pro-life activists Calvin Zastrow, Chester Gallagher, Heather Idoni, Caroline Davis, Joel Curry, Justin Phillips, Eva Edl, and Eva Zastrow allegedly blockaded the entrance to a…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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EXCLUSIVE: Mark Houck’s Family, Children Relive Harrowing FBI Encounter in Daily Signal Tell-All Documentary
KINTNERSVILLE, Pa.—Mark Houck’s children were startled awake by a loud banging on their door. The older girls looked out the window, saw flashing lights, and ran out to the landing to see what was going on. The little boys sat up in their beds, sleepy and startled. Mark Houck Jr. rushed to the stair railing…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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Gov. Youngkin Demands ‘Full Transparency and Accountability’ From FBI in Wake of ‘Radical-Traditional Catholic’ Memo
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Virginia's Republican governor, Glenn Youngkin, expressed shock at the FBI Richmond bureau's memo on "radical-traditional Catholic ideology" that cited the leftist Southern Poverty Law Center and demanded "full transparency and accountability" in the FBI's review of how the bureau compiled and published the internal report. The FBI memo urged agents to…Tyler O’Neil