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Ex-NFL Star Shares How to Advance the Ball on Pro-Life Culture in Post-Roe America
Ben Watson, a former NFL tight end and Super Bowl champion with the New England Patriots, discussed his new book “The New Fight for Life: Roe, Race & A Pro-Life Commitment to Justice” and the importance of upholding the dignity of the human person in an event at The Heritage Foundation on Tuesday. Watson said…Elise McCue -
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The True Aim of Leftism
After a speech in Romania last week, I was asked a question by a young member of the audience that, remarkably, I don’t remember ever having been asked: What is leftism? The question seems so simple and so basic to understanding contemporary life that you would think it would be posed frequently—and if it weren’t,…Dennis Prager -
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Major League Baseball Is Latest Brand Humbled by Anti-‘Pride’ Outrage
It was a 15-0 shellacking Saturday, but what made the Los Angeles Dodgers even bigger losers in most fans’ eyes was how they handled Friday’s “Pride Night.” At a pitifully attended pre-game ceremony, the team raced to get a controversial award off its hands before people could come in and boo. While thousands protested outside the gates,…Suzanne Bowdey -
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Newt Gingrich’s New Book Reveals Behind the Scenes of 1994’s ‘Republican Revolution’
The Republican “Contract With America” is arguably one of the most influential political documents in recent history. In 1994, then-Reps. Newt Gingrich of Georgia and Dick Armey of Texas drafted the Contract With America, rallying Republicans around key policy priorities ahead of that year’s midterm elections. Gingrich credits the document with leading to Republicans’ historic…Virginia Allen -
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Society Suffers When Progressives Spurn Fatherhood, Marriage, and Family
Father’s Day is a good time to reflect on the importance of dads. It is also an opportunity to bring attention to how fatherhood, marriage, and family became divisive, partisan political issues to the progressive Left. As a candidate and president, Barack Obama talked often about the importance of fatherhood, marriage, and family. A speech…Delano Squires -
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No One Voted for Administrative Rule Constraining Every Aspect of Our Lives
The federal government has threatened to withhold Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s Health Insurance Program funds from a Catholic hospital in Oklahoma because the staff keeps one small candle burning in its chapel. It’s tiny, encased in glass, and kept far away from medical equipment, but the feds insist it’s a safety risk. It’s absurd, but not surprising. Absurdities are a feature of administrative rule. What is administrative rule? It’s a system of…GianCarlo Canaparo -
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Conservative CEO Will Give ‘Baby Bonus’ to Employees to Help Build Strong Families
As a response to woke corporations incentivizing employee abortions, one conservative CEO says he will offer his employees a $5,000 “baby bonus” to help sustain their families. PublicSq. Founder and CEO Michael Seifert believes “strong families make a strong nation.” But when the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last summer, he began…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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Aware It’s Losing Culture Wars, Left Tries a New Tactic
If you can’t get your way through popular opinion, it’s time to use governmental force to intimidate. New York Attorney General Letitia James is apparently not a fan of Target shifting its position on its “Pride Month” merchandise—which included a “tuck-friendly” swimsuit for men who want to wear women’s suits, an LGBT-themed onesie, and items…Katrina Trinko -
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Teen Accuses Doctors of Madly Rushing Her Into Child Gender Transition
Another detransitioner is suing Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Permanente Medical Group, and the doctors who pushed her along the path to hormonal and surgical transgender procedures. In a lawsuit filed June 14 in California's San Joaquin County Superior Court, Kayla Lovdahl and her attorneys with the Center for American Liberty are accusing medical professionals of fast-tracking…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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The Left Can’t Be Negotiated With. It Must Be Fought and Defeated.
My friend Lawrence W. Reed is one of Earth’s biggest optimists. The legendary free-market scholar recalls flipping his vehicle at age 26 on an icy Michigan road in February 1980. As he rolled over inside his Ford Fairmont, he smiled: “Hey, I’ll get a new car out of this!” Thus, his recent essay for the…Deroy Murdock -
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Addressing Fears of Fatherhood: ‘I Think I’m Messing Up My Kids’
Daniel Huerta says it’s not uncommon for fathers to tell him they’re worried that they’re “messing up” their kids. Huerta, vice president of parenting and youth at Focus on the Family, says many of the fathers he works with have “fears around the gender issues [and] sexuality issues” in today’s culture, and says dads “don’t…Virginia Allen -
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Mike Lee Warns Fox Will Alienate Loyal Audience by Promoting Woke Ideology
Republican Utah Sen. Mike Lee weighed in Thursday on Fox Corporation’s promotion of Pride Month, suggesting that Fox is imperiling itself by deliberately pushing away its loyal conservative audience. “Fox News has a lot of good talent and produces much-needed, conservative content,” Lee told The Daily Signal. “But if that network turns on its (currently…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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California Creates Baby-Selling Market Through ‘In Vitro Fertilization for All’
The latest trend to come from leftist lawmakers and the reproductive industry alike should shock everyone with a conscience: selling babies. For the sexual Left, children are no longer a gift received in marriage. Instead, they are a right that one may purchase based on the needs and desires of adults. A bill in California…Emma Waters -
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I Went to DC’s Pride Parade. Here Are 9 Things I Saw.
Warning: This report contains images and language that may offend some readers. Hundreds gathered Saturday at Dupont Circle in Washington to watch the city’s Capital Pride Parade, sponsored by Marriott International. The smell of marijuana hung in the air as hundreds of onlookers lounged on the grass and sidewalk, waiting for the parade to begin. …Gigi De La Torre -
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EXCLUSIVE: GOP Reps Condemn ‘Abhorrent’ SPLC Attack on Concerned Parents in House Resolution
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Republicans in the House of Representatives have filed a resolution defending parental rights groups such as Moms for Liberty after a leftist group branded them "extremist" and put them on a "hate map" alongside Ku Klux Klan chapters. The resolution, which Rep. Lisa McClain, R-Mich., filed Thursday, declares that "it is…Tyler O’Neil -
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Why Do Comey, McCabe, Clinton Continue to Get Total Prosecutorial Pass?
Walt Nauta is a 10-year veteran of the Navy and served as an aide to former President Donald Trump both in and out of office. Special counsel Jack Smith has now indicted him for allegedly “making false statements in interviews with the FBI.” The indictment’s subtext is that Nauta refused to cooperate with—and turn state’s…Victor Davis Hanson -
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Suarez for Prez: Miami Mayor Launches Bid for White House
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, a Republican, announced Thursday that he is running for president of the United States. “I have always been a runner. It’s the best place to charge my body and clear my mind. We lived right here in Miami. This is where my parents began their American dream,” Suarez said in a…Samantha Aschieris -
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Families Are Bulwark Against ‘Government Overreach,’ Mom and Parental Rights Activist Says
Nicole Neily, a mother of two, says she couldn’t believe it when she learned that a far-left group had branded her parental rights organization an “antigovernment extremist” group. Neily, president of Parents Defending Education, says her organization teaches parents how to “engage with the process to help schools” by showing them how to submit comments…Virginia Allen -
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With Order Making Maryland a Gender Transition Sanctuary, Governor Aids Sex Traffickers
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, a Democrat, issued an executive order Monday that makes the state a sanctuary for gender transition procedures on minors. Under the order, “all state agencies shall, to the fullest extent within their authority, take whatever action is necessary” to “protect people or entities in Maryland providing, receiving, assisting in providing or receiving, seeking,…Joshua Arnold -
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California Lawyer: Bill Would Make Parents Who Don’t ‘Affirm’ Trans Child’s New Gender Abusive
This is a lightly edited transcript of remarks Erin Friday made Tuesday during a hearing before the California Senate Judiciary Committee. Read below, or watch the video above. I am Erin Friday, lead of Our Duty, an attorney and a mother of a girl who used to believe that she was a boy. AB 957…Daily Signal Staff