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Wikipedia Is Biased in Favor of Liberals, Study Finds
Wikipedia entries are more likely to paint public figures on the Right in a negative light than the Left, a Manhattan Institute study released Thursday found. The study analyzed the sentiments of 1,628 words that were used in reference to political topics and found that Wikipedia generally uses more negative terms in reference to right-leaning public figures,…Wallace White -
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The Democratic Subversion of Democracy
We have heard repeatedly during this election cycle that Donald Trump is a deep and abiding threat to democracy. That threat supposedly springs from Trump’s belief that he won the 2020 election, as well as his promotion of the specious legal theory that the vice president has the unilateral power to invalidate certified state electoral…Ben Shapiro -
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The Left’s War on Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers
Since the June 2022 leak of the draft Supreme Court opinion indicating Roe v. Wade would soon be overturned, pro-life pregnancy resource centers have been under attack from pro-abortion vandals. But now, the pregnancy resource centers face a newer enemy—state officials partnering with activists organizations to take them down. Teresa Larkin, vice chairman of the…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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Job Market Looks Good Only If You Ignore What’s Really Going On
The Biden administration has turned the U.S. labor market into a temporary employment agency for foreigners, leaving American workers behind, and the administration’s own data prove it. Yet instead of acknowledging this failure, the White house is taking victory laps on a few cherry-picked numbers. The May job report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics…EJ Antoni -
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Juneteenth and Why Jan. 1 Might Even Better Day to Celebrate End of Slavery, With Carol Swain
On June 19, 1865, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves in Galveston Bay, Texas learned they were free. In 2021, June 19 became a national holiday, and while Carol Swain says it might be more appropriate for Americans to celebrate the end of slavery on Jan. 1, the anniversary of the Emancipation…Virginia Allen -
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EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Paul Slams ‘Partisan’ DOJ for Refusal to Investigate Fauci
Sen. Rand Paul said Tuesday the Justice Department’s refusing his requests for a perjury investigation into former federal health official Dr. Anthony Fauci is proof of a two-tiered justice system following a Senate hearing on the origins of COVID-19. Paul, R-Ky., told The Daily Signal on Tuesday that it’s “disappointing” to see no action taken…Hudson Crozier -
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Dobbs Decision Anniversary, Juneteenth Aren’t Endpoints—They’re Waypoints
At the height of the Civil War, enslaved men, women, and children sat together in Watch Night services all over America as they eagerly waited for Lincoln’s measure, the Emancipation Proclamation, to go into effect on Jan. 1, 1863. Along with the enslaved were free blacks and abolitionists intent on grasping the freedom they had…Benjamin Watson -
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WWII-Era Germans vs. Palestinians: An Eye-Opening Historical Comparison
Immediately after the burnings, rapes, mutilations, and killings of Jews on Oct. 7, I was not alone in noting the one moral difference between Hamas and the Nazis: The Nazis tried to hide their crimes against the Jews from the German people (and the world) while Hamas proudly publicized their crimes against the Jews to…Dennis Prager -
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‘Shameful Propaganda’: Josh Hawley Accuses COVID-19 Scientist of Lying
Sen. Josh Hawley on Tuesday accused one of the scientists behind the assertion that the COVID-19 virus was not grown in a lab of “shameful propaganda” at an “Origins of COVID-19″ hearing. “You should have done better, and because you didn’t, people have suffered,” the Missouri Republican said to Robert Garry. Hawley said people have…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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Cruz Announces Bill to Crack Down on ‘Deepfake’ Revenge Porn
A bipartisan group of 13 senators unveiled legislation Tuesday to protect victims of digitally altered “revenge pornography.” Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., are sponsoring the Take It Down Act to crack down on the practice of using artificial intelligence tools to create so-called deepfake pornography depicting other people. “In recent years, we’ve…Jarrett Stepman -
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Biden’s Hypocrisy on Climate Change Painfully Obvious
President Joe Biden repeatedly has called climate change an “existential threat,” worse than nuclear weapons. Yet, Biden’s green energy mandates result in a greater U.S. demand for wind turbines, solar panels, and electric batteries from China, made by coal-fired power plants, increasing the emissions Biden criticizes at home. The United Nations Environment Programme estimates that in the absence of…Diana Furchtgott-Roth -
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EXCLUSIVE: Republicans Call for Commemoration of Historic Overturning of Roe v. Wade
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Republican senators are introducing a resolution on Tuesday to celebrate the second anniversary of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ruling, in which the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. The effort to commemorate Roe’s overturn is led by Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and joined by a number of other…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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Conservative Stalwart Morton Blackwell Prepares for 10th Term as Republican Committeeman
When the Republican National Convention kicks off in Milwaukee next month, conservative leader Morton Blackwell once again will be in the middle of the action. This year’s convention will mark Blackwell’s 16th consecutive appearance, dating to 1964. Upon the convention’s closing gavel, it also will be the beginning of his 10th term as Republican national…Robert B. Bluey -
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Don’t Let the Left Ruin Juneteenth’s True Meaning
This Wednesday, America will celebrate Juneteenth as a federal holiday for the fourth time. Yet the holiday, born out of bipartisanship, is becoming more divisive each year. The Left has co-opted Juneteenth to push for radical racial policies such as reparations and exclude most Americans from its celebration. As a result, many conservatives now oppose the…Kevin Roberts -
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Pro-Life Physicians Prepare to Counter Misleading Medicalization of Induced Abortions
After seven statewide wins in the past two years and not a single loss, pro-abortion activists are advancing constitutional amendments in another 13 states this year to block elected representatives from regulating abortion in any way. The pro-abortion activists are deploying the same winning strategy as last cycle: highlighting medical professionals who cast abortion as essential health…Dr. Christina Francis -
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Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Released Despite FBI Resistance
The 2023 Nashville Covenant School murders understandably received massive news coverage when they occurred. The fight over obtaining the murderer’s diary also received news attention. But when “nearly four dozen pages” of the murderer’s diary were finally released earlier this month, the mainstream media completely ignored it. It turns out that behind the scenes, the…John R Lott Jr. -
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Bush-Appointed Judge Blocks Biden’s New Title IX Rule in 6 More States
A Kentucky federal judge blocked the Biden administration Monday from implementing its Title IX expansion for LGBTQ+ students in six states. Bush-appointed U.S. District Judge Danny Reeves sided with Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman’s lawsuit against the United States Department of Education in blocking the Biden administration’s new Title IX rule in Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Virginia, and West…Jennifer Nuelle -
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Global Pushback Against the Greens
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has proclaimed fossil-fuel companies “godfathers of climate chaos,” but many Europeans, Africans, and Americans clearly disagree. They’ve shown recently what they think of the green agenda of costly renewables and instead support politicians who will let them keep their cars. In elections for the European Parliament, a good number of Europeans…Diana Furchtgott-Roth -
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Texas Doctor Faces Prison for Whistleblowing on Secret Child Gender Procedures
The Department of Justice is targeting a Texas whistleblower who exposed Texas Children’s Hospital secretly performing attempted gender-transition procedures on children. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas announced Monday that it had indicted 34-year-old Eithan Haim for “obtaining protected individual health information for patients that were not under his care and…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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Why Connections Are Good for the Brain and the Soul
“I cannot even imagine where I would be today, were it not for that handful of friends who have given me a heart full of joy. Let’s face it, friends make life a lot more fun.” So says well-known pastor and author Chuck Swindoll. That quote came to mind as I thought about a good…Timothy Goeglein