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ADL Attacks Crowdfunding Platform That’s Helping People in East Palestine
OXON HILL, Md.—Heather Wilson, co-founder of the crowdfunding platform GiveSendGo, told The Daily Signal that the Anti-Defamation League, a prominent Jewish legal advocacy group, smeared her organization. “The Anti-Defamation League defamed us [without] having any facts behind it,” Wilson said, emphasizing the word in an interview Thursday at the Conservative Political Action Conference. She said…Tyler O’Neil -
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Monumental Disappointments in Our Public Spaces
Monuments and memorials by nature long have stood, quite literally, in the public square. But within a few short years, radicalized Americans have turned on these taciturn forebears like Moses on the golden calf. The year 2020 witnessed great anguish on this subject among part of the U.S. population. Realizing that our nation was dotted…Paul Zepeda -
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Public Libraries Screw Up Black History Month
Another year, another Black History Month that ignored black American heroes in favor of stirring up racial division. Public libraries in Indianapolis; Chicago; New York City; Los Angeles; Seattle; Cincinnati; Washington, D.C.; Miami-Dade County; Memphis, and hundreds of other places around the country use February’s Black History Month as a progressive political soapbox rather than…Tony Kinnett -
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Toll of Border Crisis on States: Texas
As the border crisis rages, each state feels its own financial and human toll from the influx of illegal aliens who get help from the Biden administration to make their way into the interior of the United States and into every congressional district in the country. This is Part 2 in a series about the…Erin Dwinell -
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Is Biden White House Ignoring Iranian Nukes?
Despite Iran’s bad behavior at home and abroad (including its support for Russia’s war on Ukraine), the Biden administration seems blissfully unconcerned about the threat posed by the Islamist regime to our national security interests. Indeed, President Joe Biden himself called the cornerstone of U.S.-Iran policy—the Obama administration’s flawed Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action—“dead” in a video…Peter Brookes -
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7 Facts I Discovered During My Visit to East Palestine
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio—The Biden administration’s slow response to a Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern freight train derailment and subsequent ecological disaster will have long-range consequences for the residents of East Palestine and potential political consequences for the Democratic Party. I learned this during a visit to the town last week, where I also documented former President…Roman Jankowski -
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Wyoming LGBT Group Pays Protesters to Rally Against Bill to Bar Biological Males From Girls Sports
A Wyoming LGBT advocacy group offered to pay supporters to travel to Cheyenne to attend a rally Monday at the state Capitol on behalf of biological males being allowed to participate in girls and women’s sports. In a Facebook post, Wyoming Equality offered financial support, including for food, housing, and gas, for those interested in attending the group’s “Let…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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Want to Protect Life? Oppose Revival of the Equal Rights Amendment
Like the resilient undead, the Equal Rights Amendment is back. This time, the ERA has emerged from its grave in the form of a joint House and Senate resolution to remove the expiration date on the constitutional amendment. (Yes, the one that already expired in 1982.) The Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to hold its…Emma Waters -
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Equal Protection Project Aims to Stop Acts of Racism Committed in Name of ‘Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion’
“The remedy for racism never is more racism.” That’s the guiding principle behind a new initiative called the Equal Protection Project. Through education, investigation, and litigation, the Equal Protection Project is working to expose instances of racism in America, such as a school district in Rhode Island that announced it was holding an event for…Virginia Allen -
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Ohio Train Disaster Exposes Hollowness, Incompetence of Identity-Obsessed Ruling Class
The massive train derailment near East Palestine, Ohio, created one of the worst ecological disasters on U.S. soil in decades. On top of that, it exposed the looming, pervasive incompetence and callousness of the woke ruling class. A 50-car train operated by Norfolk Southern derailed Feb. 3 near the small town of East Palestine. It…Jarrett Stepman -
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Biden’s Misleading New Asylum Rule Is a Gimmick Atop a Shell Game
The Biden administration’s proposed new asylum rule, “Circumvention of Lawful Pathways,” is an erroneously named gimmick on top of a shell game to cover up bad optics on surging illegal immigration. The Left is wrong to complain about the rule, and the Right is wrong to praise it. President Joe Biden may be happy with…Lora Ries -
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Colorado School District Revises Transgender Student Policy in Face of Parent Opposition
A Colorado school district has agreed to stop concealing the transgender identity of students from parents unless it deems the child to be facing a "safety threat," according to documents obtained by The Daily Signal. The Cañon City school district hosted a Transgender Student Policy Work Group on Nov. 28, at which stakeholders decided schools can only…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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EXCLUSIVE: This Bill Would Eliminate Biden’s $27B Green ‘Slush Fund’
House Republicans want to roll back a $27 billion “green bank,” the largest grant program in the massive spending bill dubbed the Inflation Reduction Act and passed in August by the Democrat-controlled Congress. Rep. Gary Palmer, R-Ala., chairman of the Republican Policy Committee and a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee under the…Fred Lucas -
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Local Arizona Leaders Detail Reality of Border Crisis at Hearing Democrats Boycotted
The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing at the southern border Thursday focused on the effects of the border crisis on a local Arizona community. “The Biden Border Crisis,” marked the second hearing the committee held on the situation at the southern border this Congress. “It’s about time we told the truth. It’s about time we fix this problem,”…Virginia Allen -
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Gov. Youngkin’s Latest Event Undermines Nikole Hannah-Jones’ Attack
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, on Tuesday joined fourth graders at Fort Monroe outside Newport News, Virginia, hosting an event teaching about the history of the fort, where black slaves fled during the Civil War to become freemen at what became known as "Freedom's Fortress." The Youngkin event came two days after Nikole Hannah-Jones,…Tyler O’Neil -
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Indiana Democrats Can’t Read 2-Page Bill Banning Sexual Content in Grades K-3
You’ll never experience such a profound mixture of astonishment and disappointment until you observe hundreds of protesters converge on a statehouse to vehemently protest legislation they haven’t read. Indiana state lawmakers on Monday advanced a two-page bill that, similar to a new Florida law, would ban schools from incorporating lessons or themes with sexual content…Tony Kinnett -
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Female Leaders, Experts Warn That the Democrat-Led Equal Rights Amendment Will Harm Women
Female leaders and commentators are warning that the Equal Rights Amendment is a Trojan horse of left-wing ideological goals, masquerading under the banner of equal rights for women. Lawmakers will hold a hearing Tuesday, Feb. 28, on how Congress can "enshrine equality in our constitution" through the ERA. Advocates of the amendment have praised it…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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Education Today Pits Postmodern Anarchy vs. Civilizational Order. Florida Shows What Can Be Done About It.
There is no subject of greater importance—and controversy—today in America than that of education. And nowhere is the clash between civilizational order and postmodern anarchy on greater display than with New College of Florida, a tiny liberal arts college in Sarasota. The New York Times recently described the reaction of “students, parents, and faculty members” to Florida Gov. Ron…John A. Burtka IV -
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‘Grave Misuse of Taxpayer Funds’: Education Advocates Slam Virginia County for ‘Transfer of Wealth’ to Nikole Hannah-Jones
Education advocates slammed public institutions in Fairfax County, Virginia, for spending more than $30,000 to bring The New York Times Magazine’s Nikole Hannah-Jones, author of “The 1619 Project,” to speak at a Black History Month event. During the Feb. 19 speech at the McLean Community Center, Hannah-Jones promoted her book and the New York Times…Tyler O’Neil -
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Welcome to Modern Book Burning
In our brave new world, free of religion and intolerance, we don’t have inquisitors to root out heresy. No, we have Inclusion Ambassadors. According to The Daily Telegraph, new editions of children’s books by the late British author Roald Dahl, who authored classics such as “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and “James and the Giant…Jarrett Stepman