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    Gender Dysphoria Is About Confusion. So Is Its Latest Claim for Disability Status.

    Many individuals who underwent gender-transition procedures are now warning others against using puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgery. Despite these warnings and the solid empirical evidence demonstrating the harms of “gender-affirming care,” there are those who insist upon mislabeling the psychological issue of gender dysphoria as a physiological disability that requires physiological intervention. One of…
    Walt Heyer
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    What Climate Zealots Don’t Understand About EVs and Winter

    EAU CLAIRE, Wis.—Here in Wisconsin, where fewer than one-tenth of 1% of vehicles are fully electric, it’s rare to see an EV outside the city. That’s why the latest international climate conference, Conference of the Parties (COP28), which advocated widespread adoption of electric vehicles, should have Wisconsinites concerned. When the temperature drops below 40 degrees,…
    Andrew Weiss
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    Biden’s 4 Worst Wastes of 2023

    Americans are strongly dissatisfied with the direction of the country and the economy. According to Gallup, just 19% of the public is satisfied with how things are going, compared with 80% who aren’t. Incredibly, consumer sentiment is lower now than it was during the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020. It’s easy to see why. Inflation remains…
    David Ditch
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    ‘2 Things That Can’t Both Be True’: Tennessee AG Sues BlackRock Over ESG Deception

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti on Monday sued the investment company BlackRock for deceptive practices. “BlackRock has said two things that can’t both be true,” Skrmetti, a Republican, told The Daily Signal in an interview Monday. “The first is that they’re taking investors’ money and investing it purely for the purpose…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Not Just Ivy League: Public Universities Like GMU Also Must Answer for Moral Rot

    So far, almost all the critical focus on how university leaders have manifestly failed to address rampant antisemitism on their campuses has been aimed at selective, private universities. It was the presidents of Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, for example, who testified Dec. 5 to Congress on the issue and…
    Mike Gonzalez
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    This Moms for Liberty Leader Faced Trumped-Up Harassment Charges. Now, She’s Suing

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A Pennsylvania Moms for Liberty leader will file defamation lawsuits to restore her good name after she was falsely accused of harassment in what she calls an orchestrated smear campaign. Nicole Marie Prussman, chairwoman of the Monroe County, Pennsylvania, chapter of the parental rights group, received a citation for harassment in…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Boston ‘Electeds of Color Party’ Is Part of the Resegregation of America

    The tea party is out in Boston. The “Electeds of Color Party” is in. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s office sent out an email earlier this week announcing an “Electeds of Color Holiday Party” to the Boston City Council. Seven of the council’s 13 members are white, which apparently meant they weren’t welcome at the party….
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Boom Boom: Out Go the Lights!

    Ruling like the dictator whom he says Donald Trump aspires to be, President Joe Biden has decreed restrictions, if not prohibitions, on gas stoves, gas furnaces, gasoline-powered cars and trucks, and other products. Congress has passed no such laws for Biden to sign. Instead, he has acted unilaterally, as despots do. Emperor Biden further expects…
    Deroy Murdock
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    Start at Ellipse in DC to Visit America’s 7 Wealthiest Suburbs

    If you want to drive through the seven wealthiest counties in the United States, as measured by median household income, you will have to visit only two of the nation’s metropolitan areas. And it would be best to start your trip from the Ellipse in front of the White House. From there, drive six blocks…
    Terence Jeffrey
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    Solving America’s History and Civics Crisis

    History and civics education in America is languishing. A troubling number of Americans can’t even pass a U.S. citizenship test.  Pioneer Institute‘s recent poll findings on the topic are “pretty sobering,” explains Chris Sinacola, the organization’s director of communications and media relations.  The Pioneer Institute, a think tank based in Massachusetts, offers solutions for how schools…
    Virginia Allen
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    Conservative Women Shouldn’t Be Calendar Girls for a Beer Company. We Can Do Better.

    A brewery that aims its beer at conservative consumers recently announced it will sell a 2024 calendar featuring “real” women who happen to be conservative. Models for the calendar marketed by Conservative Dad’s Ultra Right beer include former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines, NRA spokeswoman Dana Loesch, businesswoman and former GOP congressional candidate Kimberly Klacik, and…
    Rachel del Guidice
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    Teacher Fired for Not Using Student’s Preferred Pronouns Wins Major Victory

    In a gratifying win for religious freedom and free speech, the Virginia Supreme Court concluded Thursday that embattled Virginia high school teacher Peter Vlaming, who had been fired over his refusal to use a student’s preferred pronouns because of his religious faith, was protected by the free exercise and free speech clauses of the Virginia…
    Sarah Parshall Perry
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    How Government Limits Our Choice in Low-Cost Automobiles

    It’s no secret that regulation hits the poorest Americans the hardest. Academic research has long demonstrated that environmental regulations impose a higher cost on low-income Americans than they do on the general population.  The phenomenon is most visible in the automobile sector, where the average price for a new car was $48,008. Even the least…
    Jack Spencer
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    A Renowned Science and Engineering Institute Loses Its Way Due to Woke Leadership, Imperiling Jewish Students

    As a 1981 graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, I have been appalled by the behavior of the president of the university, Sally Kornbluth, in the face of the antisemitism now infesting MIT, something that wasn’t there when I was a student. I echo all of the serious concerns raised by over 700 other…
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    Higher Ed Proves It’s All About Cultural Revolution

    Harvard is sticking by its woman and the University of Wisconsin turned down a mountain of money just to maintain commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. The actions of these two universities this week demonstrate the depth of the problem with higher education. Their commitment to ideology is stronger than their commitment to anything else….
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Tagging Evangelical Christians as a ‘Polarizing Extreme’

    In a previous epoch, Tim Alberta was a reporter for National Review, one of too many NR cubs who later joined the liberal-media zoo. Alberta is now at The Atlantic, one of America’s most intense producers of frothing leftist drivel. It seems like every leftist network has welcomed Alberta to trash conservative Christians through his…
    Tim Graham
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    The New Religion of the Left: Nihilism

    Nihilism is the religion of the Left. Anarchy is now at the core of the new Democratic Party. If the Left wished radically to alter the demography of the U.S., it could have expanded legal immigration through legislation or the courts. Instead, it simply erased the border and dynamited federal immigration law. By fiat, nihilists…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    Navy Needs Shipyards to Protect America, and Gulf Coast Provides Options

    China’s shipbuilding capacity dwarfs America’s. According to the Pentagon, the Chinese navy will have constructed 440 warships by 2040. Meanwhile, the U.S. Navy is unlikely to meet its goal of 355 ships as a result of the severe limitations of current shipyards. Today’s shipyards also are incapable of effectively maintaining the Navy’s current fleet. Existing…
    Wilson Beaver
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    The Not-So-Scary Truth About Climate Change

    United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry says it will take trillions of dollars to “solve” climate change. Then he says, “There is not enough money in any country in the world to actually solve this problem.” Kerry has little understanding of money or how it’s created. He’s a multimillionaire because he married…
    John Stossel
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    ‘Mistaken Strategy’: Conservative Women Slam Kellyanne Conway’s Push for GOP to Message on Contraception

    Conservative women are pushing back vehemently against the idea that Republicans must embrace pro-contraception messaging to win back the White House in 2024. Politico reported Wednesday morning that “Kellyanne Conway is going to Capitol Hill on Wednesday with a message for Republicans: Promote contraception or risk defeat in 2024.” Conway reportedly believes the Republican Party…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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