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    ‘No Evidence’ McConnell Suffered Stroke or Seizure in Latest Freeze, Doctor Says

    Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell did not suffer a stroke or seizure after his latest freeze in public, according to a doctor’s note released by his office on Tuesday and shared with the Daily Caller News Foundation. McConnell, R-Ky., 81, froze during a press conference in Kentucky on Aug. 30 and was unable to continue…
    Arjun Singh
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    FBI Greatly Undercounts Active-Shooting Incidents Stopped by Armed Citizens

    Americans are constantly debating policing and gun control. But to discuss these issues, we have to depend on government crime data. Unfortunately, politics has infected the data handling of agencies such as the FBI and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Last year, the CDC became the center of controversy when it removed its…
    John R Lott Jr.
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    From One Unapologetic Media Hoax to the Next

    Joe Biden lied repeatedly when he claimed he knew nothing of his son Hunter’s influence-peddling businesses. The president further prevaricated that he had no involvement in Hunter’s various shakedown schemes. Yet, the media continued to misinform by serially ignoring these facts. Had journalists just been honest and independent, then-candidate Joe Biden might have lost a…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    Yes, Washington Is a Gerontocracy. And It’s Our Fault.

    For the second time in recent months, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell froze in the middle of a press conference, staring off in silence before being saved by an aide. The episode was widely covered by the establishment media—and fairly so, considering his position and power. It would be nice, and ethical, if the same…
    David Harsanyi
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    NEVER AGAIN: No Return to Arbitrary COVID-19 Lockdown State

    Never again. That should be the unflinching answer to the growing calls in some circles to bring back mask mandates and lockdowns amid the current COVID-19 variant wave. Don’t think there aren’t some circles that aren’t deeply invested in returning to the medical lockdown state. President Joe Biden has requested additional funding for a new…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    COVID-19 ORIGINS: Experts Consulted by Fauci Suddenly Changed Their Minds

    More revelations concerning the initial responses of top officials at the National Institutes of Health about the origins of COVID-19, which killed an estimated 1.1 million Americans, keep dripping out of the federal bureaucracy. Top officials’ initial narrative hardened into a stubborn insistence on natural origins for COVID-19. However, most leading virologists consulted by Anthony…
    Robert Moffit
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    What Big Labor Doesn’t Want You to Know This Labor Day

    This Labor Day, the Biden administration and Big Labor will no doubt tout the alleged successes of President Joe Biden’s “whole of government” push to increase unionization in the workplace and unions’ modest successes in breaking into a few big corporations. But those stories will also leave a lot out. They’ll leave out the side…
    Rachel Greszler
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    ‘The Labor Market Is Weakening,’ Head of Job Creators Network Says of August Jobs Report 

    The U.S. unemployment rate increased in August, reaching the highest number since February 2022, according to a Bureau of Labor Statistics report released Friday. "There’s no question about it now: The labor market is weakening," Alfredo Ortiz, chief executive officer and president of the Job Creators Network, said in a statement. "August marks the third…
    Samantha Aschieris
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    Democrats Are Shoving a Religion Down Students’ Throats and Seeking to Keep Parents in the Dark

    This week, the top law enforcement officer in America’s most populous state took a school district to court for the alleged crime of notifying parents when their kids claim to identify as transgender. That school district has gone out of its way to promote mental health and suicide prevention, and it has resources devoted to…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Biden’s MIA Presidency

    The basement campaign turned into the vacation-home presidency for President Joe Biden. Typically, a president’s vacation schedule is little more than a partisan football. Almost every modern president has been criticized by opponents for spending too much time away from the White House. It’s generally not a big deal. Being the commander in chief is…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    In the Last Days of Summer, Government Comes for the Ice Cream Trucks

    This Labor Day, people all over the country will be savoring the last days of summer with ice cream. But some New York City politicians want to eliminate even that small sweet treat. What does New York have against ice cream? Already home to crazy ice cream rules that prohibit folks from enjoying the summertime…
    Jack Spencer
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    DC-Area Local Governments to Federal Employees: Get Back to Work

    Amid reports that COVID-19 is rising again, and additional lockdowns could be returning, local governments in the heavily blue-leaning cities and counties surrounding Washington, D.C., chided federal agencies for allowing employees to ditch the office. Local government employees for the District of Columbia, as well as suburbs in Northern Virginia and Southern Maryland, have mostly…
    Fred Lucas
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    Team Youngkin Addresses Future COVID-19 Restrictions: ‘In Virginia You Get to Choose’

    Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin won’t be mandating that Americans mask up or lock down to fight the COVID-19 pandemic any time soon, The Daily Signal has learned. Some schools, hospitals, and businesses have begun encouraging Americans to wear masks again amid a rise in COVID-19 cases throughout the country, sparking fears that lawmakers will once…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    Is a Worker Revolt Brewing After Michigan Repeals Its Right-to-Work Law?

    This Labor Day, Michigan union bosses have much to celebrate. Rank-and-file employees? Not as much. Earlier this year, Michigan became a pioneer in regressivity by becoming the first state in 58 years to repeal a right-to-work law, forcing employees in union workplaces to join the unions as a condition of keeping their jobs. The impending…
    Russ Brown
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    How Bidenomics Wrecked America’s Housing Market

    All around the nation can be found the detritus of “Bidenomics,” especially in America’s broken housing market. Countless families are struggling just to find somewhere affordable to live, with the American dream of homeownership all but snuffed out for much of the middle class. The only way to solve this problem is to reverse the…
    EJ Antoni
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    ‘No Lockdown Ever Again’: 2024 Candidates Push Back Against Future COVID-19 Lockdowns, Mandates

    Amid growing fears that Americans could face more COVID-19 lockdowns or mandates, Republican candidates vying for the 2024 presidential nomination say they are firmly against such restrictive measures. “No mask mandates,” candidate Vivek Ramaswamy told The Daily Signal on Thursday. “No vaccine mandates. No lockdown ever again.” Gov. Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas reminded The Daily…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    The Crisis in Liberal Cities: The Tug of War Between Ideals and Realities

    America’s cities have always been the melting pots of change and progress. Historically, they have welcomed migrants and refugees with open arms, offering them a chance at the American dream. However, as recent events have unfolded, there’s a palpable tension in some of the country’s most liberal cities caused by the very policies that made…
    Armstrong Williams
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    Control Versus Choice

    COVID-19 cases are up. Hospitalizations climbed 24% last week. But the media make everything seem scarier than it is. The headline “Up 24%!” comes after dramatic lows in COVID-19 cases. Hospitalizations are still less than half what they were when President Joe Biden said, “The pandemic is over.”   Yet the shallow media keep pounding…
    John Stossel
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    Confessions of a Conservative Harvard Graduate

    It did not take long after Anna Low arrived at Harvard University before she became aware of the fact that she was the only conservative in her program. “We actually had to fill out a political ideology survey—it was, of course, anonymous—and the intention behind that, I think, was to show that this program is…
    Virginia Allen
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    Why Young Americans Are Not Taught About Evil

    Most of our schools teach almost nothing of importance, and nothing is more important than the study of good and evil. In the United States today, nearly all schools, from elementary through graduate, concentrate on teaching about racism, sexism, preferred pronouns, homophobia, transphobia, LGBTQIA+, climate change, diversity, equity, inclusiveness and white guilt. In other words,…
    Dennis Prager
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