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EXCLUSIVE: Cruz Demands Answers From Mayorkas Over Closure of Since-Reopened Railroad Crossings
Following a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas from Sen. Ted Cruz, Customs and Border Protection announced Friday that two railroad crossings in Texas border communities are reopening after temporarily being closed to allow personnel to help process illegal aliens. “Beginning December 22, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern, CBP’s Office of Field Operations will… -
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A Failing Grade for Harvard’s Claudine Gay
Anyone who listened to the college presidents defending calls for the genocide of Jews with condescending smirks in their Dec. 5 congressional testimony could see they were insufferably smug. But then we got evidence that Ivy League universities may not have selected the best and brightest to lead them. Consider Harvard President Claudine Gay, who evinced no ability… -
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Dissecting the Left’s Latest Smear of Clarence Thomas
Most Clarence Thomas hit pieces can’t stand up to perfunctory scrutiny. But the newest doesn’t even make any sense. In a new article with five names in the byline, anti-Supreme Court outfit ProPublica takes a decades-old offhand complaint that Thomas made about his salary and spins it into a nefarious conspiracy. In 2000, Thomas apparently… -
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Biblical Illustrations Woven Into Charles Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’
In many homes across the country, it’s not Christmas without sitting down to watch an adaptation of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.” But according to Hillsdale College professor of English Dwight Lindley, many of the film versions fail to relay the full, rich message Dickens sought to portray in the 1843 novel. “A Christmas Carol”… -
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Michigan Law to Register Prisoners So They Can Vote Upon Release
A new law in Michigan means that inmates leaving prison will be registered automatically to vote, among other election-related measures signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat. Michigan is one of 23 states that already allow those with felony convictions to reclaim their voting rights, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. However, under… -
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How Legacy Media Frame Debate as ‘Nonpartisans’ vs. the ‘Ultra-Right’
No one should trust our “mainstream media” in defining where the “center” of politics is from their perch on the left-wing fringes. No one should trust them to define who is “nonpartisan” and who is “independent.” The way they classify political actors is subtle, and yet blatantly unfair and unbalanced. Reporters describe the groups they… -
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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… -
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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… -
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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… -
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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… -
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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… -
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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… -
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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… -
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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+… -
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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… -
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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… -
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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… -
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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… -
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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)… -
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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…