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    Biden Response to Texas Shooting Typical of  ‘Lifetime Politician,’ Ben Carson Says
    President Joe Biden’s immediate response to the school shooting in Texas is typical of “someone who’s been a lifetime politician,” former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson says.   “Rather than emphasizing the terrible tragedy, what’s happened to those families, what’s happened to that whole community, how this is going to impact the lives of those…
    Virginia Allen
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    Calling Us Terrorists Wasn’t Enough: NSBA Wanted Military to Crack Down on Concerned Parents
    Parental rights in education is not domestic terrorism. Any organization that says otherwise should have no influence over public policy whatsoever. And yet, in a first draft of a letter to President Joe Biden, the National School Boards Association requested the Army National Guard and military police to monitor parents in school board meetings. Why?…
    Nicole Solas
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    Homeland Security’s Rebooted Disinformation Plan Is No Better Than the First
    Constitutionalists, free-speech lovers, and sane people alike cheered upon hearing the announcements that the Department of Homeland Security was disbanding its nascent Disinformation Governance Board and the board’s designated head, Nina Jankowicz, was resigning. The reasons why are obvious: The federal government has no business determining what is truth, it is nowhere near the mission…
    Lora Ries | James Carafano
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    Mayorkas’ ‘6 Pillars’ Border Security Plan Is Delusional
    As May 23 neared, when border agents’ Title 42 public health authority to quickly expel illegal aliens was due to expire, U.S. Customs and Border Protection already had seen predicted increased numbers of illegal aliens. Even the Biden administration admitted that “migration levels will increase.” Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas issued a 20-page memo April…
    Simon Hankinson
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    Psychologist Explains Long-Term Effects of Masking, Social Distancing on Kids
    A great deal of psychological development occurs in the early years of a child’s life. So, what happens when that development is interrupted by a global pandemic? How do things such as social distancing and mask-wearing affect our children long term?  “Part of the way that babies stimulate themselves when they are out in the…
    Virginia Allen
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    EXCLUSIVE: Alabama Republican’s Bill Would Ban Government From Forcing Racial Discrimination in Medicare 
    Rep. Gary Palmer, R-Ala., proposed a bill Thursday that would prohibit health care providers from adopting racially discriminatory policies in their practices at the behest of the federal government.  The legislation is necessary to prevent the Biden administration from using the government's Medicare and Medicaid programs to advance the left’s “anti-racist” doctrine, Palmer said in…
    Douglas Blair
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    Kansas Town Reverses Decision, Will Keep ‘In God We Trust’ on Police Cars
    The small city of Haven, Kansas, was bustling Monday evening as residents and journalists gathered for a City Council meeting. On May 3, council members hastily voted to remove the “In God We Trust” decals from police vehicles. But the residents responded to this move with great resistance. Mayor Adam Wright said he received more than 100 emails from…
    Family Research Council
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    With New Book, Pediatricians Try to Ensnare Kids in Gender Ideology  
    The radical left continues to target vulnerable children with its twisted view of gender identity and sexual orientation. Now, the left has the full-fledged support of the country’s largest association of pediatric doctors.  “You-ology: A Puberty Guide for EVERY Body” is a book released by the American Academy of Pediatrics aiming “to talk about puberty in…
    Douglas Blair
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    Military Recruiting Faces Its Biggest Challenge in Years
    Since the transition to an all-volunteer force in 1973, there have been years when the military services missed their recruiting goals. These include 1999, 2005, and 2018 when either the economy was booming or casualties in a conflict were perceived high. But according to military personnel officials at a Senate hearing last week, 2022 is…
    Thomas Spoehr
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    City in Kansas to Remove ‘In God We Trust’ From Police Cars
    Last week, during a City Council meeting in Haven, Kansas, council members voted on removing the “In God We Trust” decals from police vehicles. Council member Sandra Williams introduced the measure by emphasizing that she did not think the police department was the proper forum to be talking about God. After a brief discussion, Williams made a…
    Family Research Council
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    Biden’s Homeland Security Chief ‘Should Be Ashamed,’ Union Leader Says
    McALLEN, Texas—President Joe Biden and his homeland security chief have pushed policies that have made life easier for cartels smuggling drugs and illegal immigrants across the southern border, a top Border Patrol agent in Texas says.  Chris Cabrera, who is also spokesman for the National Border Patrol Council Local 3307, helps patrol the Rio Grande…
    Fred Lucas
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    ‘Social and Emotional Learning’ Programs Are No Substitute for Mothers
    Just as critical race theory and other leftist propaganda were injected into classrooms disguised as harmless curriculum, it is becoming clear that “social and emotional learning”—which claims to equip children with the ability to manage emotions, feel empathy for others, and maintain positive relationships—is being used to push a collectivist and social justice-laden agenda. But…
    Kimberly Ells
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    Why Homeland Security Chief Faces Impeachment for Biden’s Border Crisis
    The crisis at the southern border is likely to get worse because of the Biden administration’s mishandling, or abandonment, of enforcement tools to stop illegal immigration. Last week, The Daily Signal was on the ground in South Texas interviewing border security experts. One is Mike Salinas, a 34-year veteran of the Border Patrol who retired…
    Fred Lucas
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    Meet Biden’s New ‘Minister of Truth’ at DHS
    The woman tapped to head the Biden administration’s new “disinformation” board attached to the Department of Homeland Security has a history of peddling misinformation, extensive experience working with liberal organizations, and appears to have been the lead singer for a Harry Potter-themed band, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation has found. DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced on…
    Jennie Taer
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    6 Takeaways as House Republicans Accuse Homeland Security Chief of ‘Intentional’ Border Crisis
    House Republicans pressed Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for answers Thursday as every sign appeared to point to a rising surge of illegal immigrants trying to cross the southern border.  According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, agents last month logged over 221,000 “encounters” with illegal aliens along the border, a 33% jump from February.    …
    Virginia Allen
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    Supreme Court Greenlights Racial Admissions at Top US High School
    The Supreme Court declined to block a racial admissions policy at one of the nation’s top public high schools Monday. The court denied an emergency application to vacate a stay granted by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, which allowed a controversial Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology admissions process to continue….
    Kendall Tietz
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    American Library Association Picks Self-Proclaimed Marxist as President
    The world’s largest library association has selected a self-proclaimed “Marxist lesbian” to serve as its president. Emily Drabinski was selected as the 2023-2024 president of the American Library Association on April 13, according to a press release. She currently serves as the interim chief librarian at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. “I just cannot believe that…
    Kendall Tietz
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    Largest State Library Association to Host Drag Queens at Annual Conference
    Librarians across Texas on April 25 will be attending a conference hosted by the United States’ largest state library association, which is set to feature drag queens at its events. The Texas Library Association’s annual conference will include drag queens as “featured speakers,” according to the conference program. Justin Dwayne Lee Johnson, who goes by the stage…
    Kendall Tietz
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    Why Local Leaders Don’t Want This Prosecutor Making Their Towns a ‘Petri Dish for Social Experiments’
    LOS ANGELES—In the eyes of some Los Angeles County leaders, District Attorney George Gascon is guilty of creating an environment for crime to go unchecked.  “We have great concern about various prosecution policies that basically aren’t being enforced,” Joe Vinatieri, mayor of the city of Whittier about 20 miles southwest of Los Angeles, told The…
    Virginia Allen
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    In Ad Campaign, DC Police Union Slams Politicians Over Surge in Crime
    The D.C. Police Union blames local government policies for soaring crime rates and a decline in public safety in an ad campaign launched Wednesday. “The police union sought one legislative goal: protect the rights of police officers to collectively bargain like all unions in the public and private sectors. Labor officials from local unions stood…
    Laurel Duggan
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