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Podcast: Trump, Red States, and Criminal Justice Reform
The Heritage Foundation’s John-Michael Seibler joins us to discuss President Donald Trump’s reference to criminal justice reform in the State of the Union speech—and tell us how Texas slashed the number of prisoners, while lowering crime. Plus: MSNBC turns on “Fire and Fury” author Michael Wolff, and a statue of Columbus is kicked out of…Katrina Trinko -
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Trump’s Conservative Approach to Criminal Justice Reform
Criminal justice reform throughout the nation could be a major policy success story in 2018. So it was encouraging to see President Donald Trump commit to prison reform in his State of the Union address on Tuesday. “As America regains its strength,” the president said, “this opportunity must be extended to all citizens. That is…Brooke Rollins -
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Trump Mulls Release of Secret Memo on FBI Actions in Russia Probe
President Donald Trump must decide whether to make public a classified memo on potential FBI abuse of a government surveillance law in pursuing allegations against him. Republicans on the House intelligence committee voted to release the document over the objections of Democrats. “Voting to release this memo was the right decision,” Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C.,…Rachel del Guidice -
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Human Trafficking Is a $150B Industry, Experts Share How to Shut It Down
The federal government has dedicated much attention to address human trafficking since President Bill Clinton signed an anti-human trafficking bill in 2000, yet 18 years later, it continues to affect millions of people worldwide. The key to improving the fight against human trafficking efforts involves lawmakers, nongovernmental organizations, and human rights advocates, experts said at…Kyle Perisic -
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Mother of Girl Killed by MS-13 Gang Will Attend State of the Union Address
Evelyn Rodriguez, whose daughter was killed by a notorious gang, was invited to attend President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday. In September 2016, Rodriguez’s daughter, Kayla Cuevas, was killed by members of MS-13 in Brentwood, New York. MS-13 is a violent, transnational gang founded in Los Angeles by El Salvadoran refugees….Chrissy Clark -
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The Brand Memorandum: The Justice Department Reaffirms Its Commitment to the Rule of Law
It is common for agencies to issue a variety of document—generically termed “guidance documents”—to inform the public how the agency interprets the law. That is all well and good. There are a bazillion statutes and regulations–to steal a phrase, “they outnumber the grains of sand on the beach.” Anything that agencies can do to help…Paul J. Larkin -
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More Than 500 Criminal Ex-DACA Recipients ‘At Large,’ Says Immigration Expert
More than 500 people who were removed from the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, their benefits “revoked due to criminal and/or gang involvement apparently are still living in the country and at large,” says the Center for Immigration Studies’ Jessica Vaughn in a blog post. The nonprofit Center for Immigration Studies used statistics that…Kyle Perisic -
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This Junk-Science Approach to Sexual Assault Cases Would Trample on Rights of the Accused
A group of bipartisan congressmen have introduced a bill in the House of Representatives that would award monetary grants to law enforcement and related agencies that use so-called “trauma-informed investigation” for handling cases of sexual violence and stalking. The money distributed under H.R. 4720 would directly fund training programs that instruct relevant personnel on a…Amy Swearer -
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Homeschooling Is Not a Crime
It’s elementary. Education control freaks will use any excuse to crack down on competition. With 2 million K-12 students now educated at home (including our 9th-grade son), the temptation to exploit the most marginal cases of alleged child abuse by homeschoolers has proven irresistible to statist politicians and government apologists. Take the case of David…Michelle Malkin -
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Trump Administration Pledges to Get to Bottom of Missing FBI Texts
President Donald Trump raised questions Tuesday about the five months of missing messages between two FBI employees who were involved in the Hillary Clinton email investigation. The FBI agent Peter Strzok and FBI lawyer Lisa Page were found to have previously exchanged emails in 2016 about “an insurance policy” in case Trump won the presidential…Fred Lucas -
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Trump Goes After FBI for Losing Partisan Agents’ Text Messages
President Donald Trump drew attention to the FBI’s recent disclosure that it “failed to preserve” text messages exchanged between anti-Trump agents Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, calling the development “one of the biggest stories in a long time” in a Tuesday morning tweet. In one of the biggest stories in a long time, the FBI…Jack Crowe -
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Lawmakers Seek Release of Secret Memo on FBI, Anti-Trump Dossier
Some lawmakers are calling on the House intelligence committee to release a classified memo they say contains information on the FBI’s handling of a controversial anti-Trump dossier, as well as about related abuse of the government surveillance law known as FISA. “This has to been seen,” Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, said Sunday of the four-page…Rachel del Guidice -
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DOJ Backs Effort to Repeal California Law Requiring Pro-Lifers to Promote Abortion
The Department of Justice filed an amicus (or “friend-of-the-court”) brief at the Supreme Court, urging the justices to overturn a California law requiring pro-life crisis pregnancy centers to post information about state-funded abortions. The Supreme Court has agreed to review the law in November. The law, called the Reproductive FACT Act, requires crisis pregnancy clinics to post…Kevin Daley -
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This Bird Regulation Might Have Made You a Criminal. Not Anymore.
If you live someplace with a window, own a cat, or drive a car, then a recent change to a federal regulatory policy should come as a welcome relief. On Dec. 22, the Interior Department’s Office of the Solicitor published a memorandum (Memorandum M-37050) stating that it interprets a federal criminal law against “taking” or…John-Michael Seibler -
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Podcast: Worried About FBI, Dossier, 2 Conservative Lawmakers Suggest Sessions Step Down
On today’s podcast, we discuss how Reps. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., and Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, suggested in an op-ed in the Washington Examiner today it might be time for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign, due to his inability to stop leaks to the media as well as the FBI’s lack of cooperation with a congressional…Katrina Trinko -
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Conservative Lawmaker Demands Answers to These 18 Questions About Russia, FBI
One member of Congress says “the American people deserve answers” to 18 questions he has regarding Russia and the FBI. “We’d like for the FBI and the [Justice Department] to turn over the documents that Chairman [Devin] Nunes has requested, give the documents to Congress that we requested, that’s first and foremost,” Rep. Jim Jordan,…Rachel del Guidice -
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Court Ruling Allows Consumers, Not Bureaucrats, To Regulate ‘Scandalous’ Trademarks
Should federal bureaucrats be able to reject trademarks for brand names that they consider “immoral” or “scandalous”? On Dec. 15, in In re Erik Brunetti, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said “no,” ruling that the First Amendment leaves consumers to decide which brands are too offensive to buy—without help from lawyers in…John-Michael Seibler -
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New York Attorney General Has Filed 100 Acts of Resistance Against Trump
The New York attorney general has transformed his office into a bastion of the resistance movement by taking 100 legal or administrative actions against the Trump administration this year. Eric Schneiderman’s legal team sued the Federal Communications Commission over its rollback of net neutrality regulations, challenged each successive version of the travel ban in court,…Jack Crowe -
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Group Advises Those ‘Fed Up With the Liberal Assault on … Decency’ to Boycott Target
You may not know what to buy for your family, but we know where to buy! #AnywhereButTARGET is the holiday rallying cry of our friends at 2nd Vote, who want to keep the heat on the retailer for its radical agenda. “Fed up with the liberal assault on common sense and decency in our schools and workplaces?” they…Tony Perkins -
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Must-See Moments: Text Messages Prove Bias and Corruption in FBI
The Daily Signal’s Facebook Live show “Top 10” features the top news stories of the week—many of which have gone either misreported or underreported by the mainstream media. This week, text messages revealed that FBI investigators who were part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s team sent each other derogatory text messages about Donald Trump during…Daily Signal Staff