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    What Is the Freedom of Association and Will the Supreme Court Protect It?
    The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Monday in Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Rodriquez as well as a related case brought by the Thomas More Law Center, which challenge a California policy requiring nonprofits to disclose the names of their anonymous donors. The policy was initially created by then-state Attorney General Kamala Harris.  The…
    GianCarlo Canaparo
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    Regular Americans Aren’t Going to Fall for Left’s Cynical Politics of Racial Division
    The left and the right have been battling it out for months over who can freak out average Americans the most. Regular Americans were definitely not impressed by the photos of team QAnon in capes and horn helmets posing in the U.S. Capitol. Normal Americans may be mad at Washington, but they love our country…
    Neil Patel
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    Democrat Mayor Joins GOP, Says Former Party About ‘Socialist, Extremist Agenda’
    A Nevada mayor is leaving the Democrat Party and becoming Republican, saying his prior party has “embraced a socialist, extremist agenda.” “Like so many other Nevadans, I registered with the Democratic Party because Democrats seemed to be the party of the working class,” John Lee, mayor of North Las Vegas, writes on his website. “As…
    Steven Hall
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    The Pentagon Can’t Afford to Go Green at Warfighters’ Expense
    Can the Biden administration have its climate change cake and eat it, too? With a new goal of slashing greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, vast portions of the U.S. economy and the federal government would have to shrink emissions quickly. But pressed by the need to engage in great power competition, the Department of Defense…
    Maiya Clark | Ryan Williams
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    EXCLUSIVE: California Warns BLM Co-Founder’s Nonprofit Over Late Financial Filings
    California officials have issued three warnings to a nonprofit group started by Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors that it has failed to file required financial disclosures. In September and again in February and March, the California Attorney General’s Office notified Cullors’ organization, Dignity and Power Now, that it was delinquent in filing the financial…
    Fred Lucas
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    South America Has an Opportunity to Choose Freedom Instead of More Failed Socialist Regimes
    The world witnessed two presidential elections in South America on April 11. One of them gave the victory to Guillermo Lasso, now president-elect of Ecuador. In Peru, an election that featured a total of 18 candidates is now going into a runoff election between Keiko Fujimori and Pedro Castillo. Both of these elections will have…
    Carlos Ron
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    Teacher Turns Student Questions About ‘Saving Private Ryan’ Into Annual Veterans Tribute
    Harrison Kessel was in eighth grade when he interviewed World War II veteran John Eloff. Kessel was a shy boy who liked history but was intimidated at the prospect of asking a combat veteran to divulge his war stories.  “I was terrified,” Kessel, now a college student, says in a video as he recounts the…
    Virginia Allen
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    2 Students Who Grew Up in Venezuela Warn About Danger of Socialism
    Venezuela once had a vibrant middle class, despite flaws in governance. However, as two students who grew up in Venezuela explained in a Heritage Foundation webinar, embracing the socialist regimes of Hugo Chavez and Nicolas Maduro eventually led to utter ruin for all but that country’s elite. Not only was Venezuela impoverished as a whole,…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    ‘Faucian Bargain’ Does What Media Failed to Do by Examining Influence of Anthony Fauci
    The following is an excerpt from “Faucian Bargain: The Most Powerful and Dangerous Bureaucrat in American History” by Steve Deace and Todd Erzen, published by Post Hill Press. Experts have expertise you and I don’t have, but they’re not necessarily wiser, nor are they any less sinful. Experts are also wrong all the time, because…
    Steve Deace and Todd Erzen
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    Biden Administration’s Social Cost of Carbon and ‘Intergenerational Equity’ Policies Inefficient, Unfair
    Immediately after his inauguration, President Joe Biden issued an executive order reviving the social cost of carbon and the interagency working group tasked with making the social cost of carbon estimates. One of the primary policy tools for imposing climate regulations on the energy sector, the social cost of carbon supposedly measures the cost of…
    David Kreutzer
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    Tucker Carlson Spars With Arkansas Governor on ‘Chemical Castration’ of Minors
    Arkansas just did something historic: It’s become the first state in the nation to enact the Save Adolescents From Experimentation (SAFE) Act. This much-maligned bill does three things: It protects minors from puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and/or masculinization or feminization surgery (all of which have permanent, life-long effects) until they are adults and can make…
    Quena González
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    ‘Goal Is to Protect Children,’ Lead Sponsor of Arkansas’ Transgender Bill Says
    Arkansas has just become the first state in the country to pass legislation protecting minors from being prescribed puberty blockers or gender-hormone treatments, or from receiving gender-change surgery. Arkansas state Rep. Robin Lundstrum, the lead sponsor for the bill, joins the “Problematic Women” podcast to explain why the passage of the legislation is a victory…
    Virginia Allen | Lauren Evans
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    Arkansas Law Lets Kids Be Kids
    American law, including state law in Arkansas, has a long history of protecting children from themselves and others. The nation’s adults recognize that children are typically incapable of assessing long-term consequences of their actions, weighing risks and benefits, having fully formed identities and understanding of themselves, or even processing information needed to make critical decisions….
    Autumn Leva
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    He Lived Under Socialism in Venezuela. That’s Why He’ll Never Support It.
    Andres Guilarte is a university student who lived in Venezuela under a democratically elected socialist regime. Guilarte says food shortages were a daily occurrence. Venezuelans also endure massive blackouts, political persecution, and a lack of access to health care due to the socialist government. Guilarte joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to share his experiences of…
    Rachel del Guidice
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    EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon Promotes Radical Resources to Kill ‘Extremism in Ranks’
    The Defense Department is promoting reading resources on opposing “systemic racism” that include radical authors as part of a program to combat extremism within the ranks of the military.   In a virtual meeting for “all hands” last month, the agenda—obtained by The Daily Signal—counted the scandal-plagued Southern Poverty Law Center as a credible resource alongside…
    Fred Lucas
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    Green Bay Official Warned Boss She Wouldn’t Break Law in Election
    MADISON, Wis.—Kris Teske was forced to put up with a lot of outside meddling in the weeks and months leading up to November’s presidential election. But as an election official, the frustrated city clerk of Green Bay, Wisconsin, made it clear to her superior that she would not break the law, according to new emails…
    M.D. Kittle
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    Baltimore’s Rogue Prosecutor Mosby Facing 3 Probes of Official Duties, Travel, Gifts
    It’s been a lousy spring for Marilyn Mosby, Baltimore’s rogue prosecutor. First, the IRS placed a tax lien for $45,000 on her house for three years of unpaid taxes.  Second, Baltimore’s Office of the Inspector General conducted a wide-ranging investigation into her activist-sponsored travel, accounting irregularities, and unorthodox gift-acceptance practices, and issued a written report…
    Cully Stimson | Zack Smith
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    1 in 3 Americans Are Watching Less Sports. Blame ‘Social Justice’ Preaching.
    When former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick first took a knee during the national anthem in 2016, something snapped in the cultural landscape. The act proved to be a flash point, sharply dividing Americans along two distinct battle lines. One side defended Kaepernick as a hero, bravely standing against a racist system oppressing minorities. The other viewed the act as a form of disrespect toward the country…
    Douglas Blair
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    Arkansas Bill Would Bar Doctors From Transgender Drug, Surgical ‘Experimentation’ on Minors
    Just a week after Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed bills protecting women’s sports and medical conscience protections from being forced to bend to progressive gender ideology, he now has the chance to sign yet another pro-science bill that would protect children from harmful surgical and hormonal interventions on their bodies in the name of “gender…
    Jared Eckert
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    Pentagon Makes Unforced Error in New Policy on Transgender Service Members
    The Pentagon released a new policy Wednesday describing how the military will now conduct gender transitions for service members currently serving. The policy describes the medical, logistical, and administrative processes involved to switch gender identities. It follows quickly on the heels of President Joe Biden’s executive order that he signed on the fifth day of…
    Thomas Spoehr
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