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‘NOT PEACEFUL’: Capitol Police Protect DNC Headquarters From Anti-Israel Protesters
A riot erupted at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night. Pro-Palestinian protesters gathered in front of the building, demanding a cease-fire in the conflict between Israel and Hamas. The protest turned violent as people from the crowd charged the door, and police got involved to break up the violence. Several… -
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The BorderLine: Will Biden Going Soft on Venezuelan Dictator Lead to Increase in Immigrants to US?
The BorderLine is a weekly Daily Signal feature examining everything from the unprecedented illegal immigration crisis at the border to immigration’s impact on cities and states throughout the land. We will also shed light on other critical border-related issues like human trafficking, drug smuggling, terrorism, and more. ——————————————————— The Biden administration announced a deal to ease economic sanctions… -
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I Watched Raw Footage From Hamas Attack on Israel. It Was the Most Graphic Thing I Have Ever Seen.
WARNING: Some of the descriptions and images below are graphic and disturbing. How quickly can I get to the bathroom if I need to throw up? I was shoulder to shoulder with men and women in suits, faith leaders who had come to the Embassy of Israel in Washington, D.C., for a screening of a… -
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Sen. Roger Marshall Explains Why He Believes Democrats Blocked Israel Aid Package
Every Senate Democrat voted in opposition to a stand-alone Israel aid package. The package, which passed in the House on Nov. 2, would have provided Israel with $14.3 billion and was set to pull funding from President Joe Biden’s IRS budget to do so. On Tuesday, Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., used a special motion to… -
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Appeals Court Forces Biden Admin to Sell Oil Leases in Gulf of Mexico
A federal appeals court ruled Monday night that the Biden administration must hold a large sale of offshore oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico without added ecological protections. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, a subagency of the Interior Department, must—within 37 days—hold "Lease Sale… -
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Europeans Rebel Against EU Food Nutrition Labeling
European Union institutions are known worldwide for a certain lack of accountability and inconsistent policymaking processes that are undertaken more on the sly than in a democratic matter. Alternatively, if a genuinely democratic decision has been made, it’s all too often ignored. Just as Americans often take issue with “the swamp” on Capitol Hill, so… -
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Hundreds of Thousands Flood DC to March for Israel
WASHINGTON—Hundreds of thousands of men and women flooded the nation's capital on Tuesday for the March for Israel and demanded the return of hostages captured by Hamas. According to estimates from the rally's organizers, the Jewish Federations of North America and the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, an estimated 290,000 people attended the… -
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Some of the Best Signs at DC March for Israel
Tens of thousands of demonstrators attended the March for Israel held Tuesday on the National Mall in Washington. Reporters for The Daily Signal and staffers from The Heritage Foundation were on the ground at the march and captured photos of some of the signs demonstrators carried. (The Daily Signal is the news outlet of The… -
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American College Students Chant Nazi-Inspired Slogan Against Israel
“There is only one solution: intifada revolution!” campus radicals chanted last week at Princeton University, Tufts University, the University of Maryland, and other collleges nationwide. If these students’ call for “one solution” to the “problem” of the Jewish state reminds you of Nazi Germany’s so-called Final Solution, there’s a reason for that: The chant was… -
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Biden Admin Removes Restrictions on China Purchasing American Technology That Could Be Used Against US
The Biden administration recently removed restrictions on 27 Chinese companies that prevented those companies from purchasing American technology that could potentially be turned against the U.S. A detailed examination by The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project reveals connections between several of these companies and the Chinese Communist Party’s surveillance and military programs. The U.S. Bureau of… -
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‘Heil Hitler’: Watch What Happened at March for Israel
A video captured by Dominick Buehler, a member of the Young Leaders Program in the Oversight Project at The Heritage Foundation, shows a horrific scene from Tuesday’s March for Israel: Buehler says the man repeatedly shouted, “F— Jews” and “F— white people” and also referred to the Jewish people “occupying” Palestine. “People were shocked,” Buehler… -
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‘Zero Appetite’ in Israel for Cease-Fire With Hamas, Embassy Official Says
Despite calls from the United Nations and others for a “humanitarian truce” between Israel and Hamas, Israeli Embassy official Eliav Benjamin says, “Nobody in Israel is talking about a cease-fire at this point.” Benjamin adds that there is “zero appetite for that.” Benjamin, deputy chief of mission at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, told… -
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Authorities in DC Preparing to Ensure Safety, Security at ‘March for Israel’
The Metropolitan Police Department of Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Capitol Police said they are taking proactive security measures to protect the March for Israel, a massive pro-Israel demonstration planned for Tuesday, The Daily Signal has learned. Both departments stressed, however, that they could not disclose specifics. The Metropolitan Police Department is working closely with… -
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Here’s Where AP, Reuters, NYT, and CNN Got Their Oct. 7 Hamas Photos and What It Says About Palestinian ‘Civilians’
How did The Associated Press, Reuters, The New York Times, and CNN obtain their photos of Hamas terrorists carrying out their horrific attack on Israel on Oct. 7? What does it reveal about the Gazan “civilians” that Hamas uses as human shields as Israel responded with military force? On Wednesday, a media watchdog called HonestReporting… -
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Mass Pro-Israel Rally to Take Place in Washington
Major Jewish organizations in the United States are organizing a pro-Israel rally to take place in Washington, D.C., next week to condemn the Hamas terror attacks on Israel and to call for the release of the hostages. Organized by the Jewish Federations of North America and the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations,… -
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15 Reasons Liberal US Jews Shouldn’t Be Shocked by Fellow Leftists’ Siding With Hamas
Left-wing American Jews feel betrayed by the Left. It’s a Left that remains anti-Israel even after the greatest single-day massacre of Jews since the Holocaust, and even though most Palestinians and their supporters explicitly call for the destruction of the Jewish state: “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.” Progressive American Jews… -
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Why the Left Hates Israel and America
This week, my organization, Center for Urban Renewal and Education, held an event in Michigan’s 12th Congressional District, the district of Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich. Forty Christian pastors—white, black, Hispanic—attended to speak out in support of Israel. We brought these Christian spokespersons into the backyard of one of the most aggressive voices in the U.S…. -
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House Votes to Censure Rashida Tlaib Over Anti-Israel Comments
Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan’s 12th District has been censured by the House of Representatives following a vote on Tuesday night. A privileged resolution to censure Tlaib was introduced on Monday by Republican Rep. Rich McCormick of Georgia following her repeated comments criticizing Israel for its response to terrorist attacks by Hamas on Oct. 7. After… -
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Are ‘MAGA’ Republicans Worse Than Hamas? Many on Far Left Appear to Think So
“MAGA and Christian Nationalism: Bigger threat to America than Hamas could ever be” was the original headline on a vicious article published at the left-wing website Salon.com on Thursday. The piece, written by Brian Karem, drew considerable attention on social media as many condemned the thesis and the tone of the piece. Karem was Playboy’s… -
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Donors’ Power of Purse Sends Loud Rebuke to Colleges’ Shameful Silence on Pro-Hamas Protests
Students from across the U.S. and Europe have taken to the streets to defend the indefensible or “contextualize” that which no context can justify; that is, mass killings and gang rape in the Holy Land on Oct. 7. Many of their elders now wonder how kids they raised to be civilized seem to be stumped…