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    Mike Johnson Is a Good Father. The Left Hates Him for It.

    Corporate media journalists are still out for new House Speaker Mike Johnson’s, R-La., blood. This week’s contrived controversy is that Johnson took his teenage daughter to a “purity ball” in 2015. ABC News claims to have “unearthed” a German TV news segment featuring Johnson, his wife Kelly, and his daughter Hannah, who was 13 at the…
    Arielle Del Turco
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    WATCH: Parents Speak Out After Their Daughter Was Told To Sleep with a Boy Who Identified as a Girl

    DENVER—Parents Joe and Serena Wailes were shocked and horrified to discover that their 11-year-old daughter had been assigned to not only room with, but also share a bed with, a boy on her school trip. That boy identified as a transgender girl, the Wailes say, and his parents had allegedly told the school district that…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    Christmas Gifts: Newest Target of Climate Alarmists

    People need to realize the Left is using the alleged “existential” threat of global warming to wage war against liberty, against the Western world’s (not China’s) economy, and against joy. The automobile, that magnificent enhancement to human freedom and joy, is a target of the Left. The idea that individuals should be able to go…
    Dennis Prager
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    State Treasurers Push Back on SEC’s Rushed Pro-ESG Policy

    A letter from 21 state financial officials is urging the Securities and Exchange Commission to postpone a rule creating a new type of company designed for climate activists.  The state financial officers asked SEC Chairman Gary Gensler to extend the comment period from what they considered an unusually short 21 days to 60 days.  If…
    Fred Lucas
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    UN Pushes Sexual Rights and Gender Ideology to Attack Parents and Children

    As the United Nations celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights this month, the global body’s bureaucrats are reinterpreting the document and U.N. treaties in a manner that undermines the backbone of all societies—strong families. Progressive activists have captured the U.N. bureaucracy. And they are using it to advance a view…
    Grace Melton
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    Problematic Woman of the Year: Riley Gaines

    Time magazine named pop singer Taylor Swift its Person of the Year. There is a good economic argument to be made for why Swift deserves the title, which we discussed on a recent episode of the “Problematic Women” podcast.  Although Swift’s effect on the music industry and economy is unquestionable, her political rhetoric leaves much…
    Virginia Allen
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    For 20 Years, Pro-Life Home Has Served Mothers Who Are ‘Alone in the World’

    Home. For all of us, the word brings images to mind. Home is meant to be a place of comfort and safety, but for some women facing unplanned pregnancies, this isn’t the case. And that’s why St. Gianna and Pietro Molla Home in Warsaw, North Dakota, exists.  “There are so many people who really are alone…
    Virginia Allen
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    Saying ‘Gender Is Binary and Cannot Be Changed’ Got an Award-Winning California Teacher Fired. He’s Fighting Back.

    A gay fifth grade teacher in Glendale, California, is suing the Glendale Unified School District after he was suspended and then fired for condemning transgender ideology at a school board meeting in April. Ray Shelton, a 25-year veteran teacher, spoke at a Glendale Unified school board meeting amid concerns over the district’s promotion of LGBTQ+…
    Tony Kinnett
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    EXCLUSIVE: Only 3% of Soldiers Who Refused COVID Vaccine Rejoin Army

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—More and more Army soldiers are reenlisting after being discharged for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine, according to information shared exclusively with The Daily Signal. The increase comes after Congress repealed the Pentagon’s vaccine mandate and conservative lawmakers applied pressure to Defense Department leaders to be more welcoming of 8,400 service members…
    Robert B. Bluey
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    Well Done, Dean Nelson

    I still remember that fateful day in spring 2005. I was a junior at Liberty University desperately seeking to land a summer internship as part of my graduation requirements. I naively believed that being a religion major would make it easy for me to find a local church to extend an internship to me. It…
    Marcus Harris
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    Vimeo Cancels Conservative Group’s Account, Refuses Refund, After SPLC Attack

    The parental rights group Moms for America has faced public attacks, the deletion of its accounts, and threats after the far-left smear factory known as the Southern Poverty Law Center put the group on its “hate map” earlier this year. “I definitely attribute hateful messages, shadow-banning, and outright threats to Moms for America being on…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Enjoy the Ride

    The driverless car is here! Finally. Google has harnessed artificial intelligence to create a self-driving car it calls Waymo, standing for “Way Forward in Mobility.” Regulators in San Francisco and Phoenix legalized Waymo cars because the robo-cars drive better than people do. They’ve already driven millions of miles on public roads without any fatalities. Not…
    John Stossel
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    Alleged Child Sex Trafficking Survivor Wins Key Victory in Lawsuit Against Pornhub

    A woman suing Pornhub over its alleged distribution of her childhood sexual abuse material has won a significant victory in her lawsuit against the pornography website’s parent company. Judge Scott Coogler from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama certified a survivor of childhood sex trafficking and child sexual abuse material (CSAM)…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    Universities Symptom of Much Bigger Problem

    I have written in the past about the similarities of the stress and tensions in our country today to the stress and tensions that were taking place in the years before the Civil War. A free country will always have debate and differences of opinion. But that debate becomes dangerous and destructive when the differences…
    Star Parker
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    EXCLUSIVE: Shareholder Arrested After Remarks About Gates and Epstein Files SEC Complaint Against Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A government and corporate watchdog group filed a complaint Tuesday with the Securities and Exchange Commission against Berkshire Hathaway in connection with the arrest of the group’s chairman at a shareholder meeting for raising issues linking the names of Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, and Jeffrey Epstein. National Legal and Policy Center…
    Fred Lucas
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    Authoritarian? Conservatives Want to Restore the Constitution. The Left Can’t Handle It.

    The Constitution created three branches in the federal government: the legislature to make the laws, the executive branch to enforce the laws, and the judiciary to settle disputes about the laws. Yet the federal government we know and very much do not love doesn’t operate the way the Constitution says it should. Instead, unelected bureaucrats…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Are Hurricanes Really Getting Worse or Is That Really Just Climate Alarmists’ Hot Air?

    Climate alarmists, including President Joe Biden, have consistently said that America could look forward to worsening hurricanes and extreme weather, thanks to climate change. In fact, at COP28 in Dubai, there was talk about creating a fund to aid countries incurring damages from hurricanes due to climate change.    Don’t take the bait. Such inane…
    Joe D’Aleo
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    Inside the Federal Probe of Pitt’s Fetal Organ Harvesting Program

    A federal probe may reveal violations of law in the University of Pittsburgh’s testing of body parts from aborted babies, according to a pro-life organization monitoring the school’s program. The U.S. government began investigating the University of Pittsburgh’s protocols in its program to harvest fetal organs, documents released under the Freedom of Information Act reveal. …
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    The Need for Federal Legislation Requiring Age Verification for Porn Websites

    Nearly 80% of children between the ages of 12 and 17 have unintentionally come across pornography, and over 50% of them actively seek it out. Even among younger children—those between 9 and 11—37% have seen porn. Frequent exposure to pornography at a young age cultivates unhealthy views of sexuality and an inclination toward violent behavior….
    Annie Chestnut Tutor
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    Climate Activists Are Trying an ‘End Run Around Democracy,’ Conservative AG Warns

    The environmental, social, and governance movement is attempting an “end run around democracy” by forcing companies to adopt climate policies without passing any legislation, warns Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti. While ESG “is not entirely bad as a concept,” Skrmetti, a Republican, warns that a “sort of hardcore behind-the-scenes approach to ESG” involves inserting “really…
    Tyler O’Neil
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