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    PayPal Gives America an Eerie Glimpse Into a Totalitarian Future

    Our right to free expression is unquestionably the most significant of all of the liberties that we hold most dear. It is the foundation of every right that we enjoy as Americans and is the reason why society exists in its current form, as well as the reason why it will continue to evolve each…
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    Surprise! New York Times Discovers Biden’s a Liar—but Soft-Pedals It

    The New York Times is signaling that it’s not wild about Joe Biden running for president again. Suddenly, it announced his statements are routinely unfactual. He’s a habitual liar. Why is this discovery emerging now? The online headline of its Oct. 11 story was: “Biden, Storyteller in Chief, Spins Yarns That Often Unravel.” The subtitle:…
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    Warren’s Attacks on Pregnancy Resource Centers Are Uninformed, Cruel

    Imagine being a powerful U.S. senator and dedicating yourself to harassing community-based organizations that provide free material, medical, counseling, and other support to pregnant women in need. Imagine making this your priority in an environment where millions of women desire and depend on such help, and giving your tacit approval to a cadre of shadowy groups already inflicting destructive vandalism on those charities.  Imagine no more….
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    14 Ways Marijuana Harms Users

    As President Joe Biden pardoned a few thousand people convicted of marijuana possession on Oct. 6, he announced a process that could “expeditiously” remove all federal barriers to “medicinal” marijuana nationwide. Yet a voluminous and growing body of evidence proves that marijuana—especially marijuana containing high levels of THC—causes a host of psychological, physical, mental, and emotional harms, often to…
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    Tulsi Gabbard Didn’t Leave Democratic Party. The Party Left Her.

    “I can no longer remain in today’s Democratic Party.” That was the message former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, a now-former Hawaii Democrat, delivered Tuesday. Her message was clear: The Democratic Party has gone off the deep end of left-wing extremism. In a 30-minute video announcing the launch of her podcast and an accompanying essay on Substack,…
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    Texas Rancher Invites Biden to Visit Besieged Border and ‘See It for Yourself’ 

    DEL RIO, Texas—Bouncing along in an all-terrain vehicle, Laura Allen drove over cacti and dense shrubbery on her 16,000-acre ranch bordering Mexico. She had spotted a large group of vultures and wanted to know what had attracted their attention.  Scavenger birds gather around dead animals and dead humans, Allen told The Daily Signal, explaining that she is concerned…
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    Armed and Beltway-ish: More Bureaucrats Than Marines Authorized to Pack Heat

    When Congress authorized $80 billion this year to beef up Internal Revenue Service enforcement and staffing, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., invoked the language of war to warn that “Democrats’ new army of 87,000 IRS agents will be coming for you.” A video quickly went viral, racking up millions of views and purporting to…
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    Why Conservatism’s Most Important Value Is Liberty

    There are a number of reasons why many young people shy away from conservatism. The most obvious is that they have been exposed only to left-wing values—from elementary school through graduate school, in the movies, on television, on social media, and now even at Disneyland. Less obvious but equally significant is that they have never…
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    Surprised by ‘New’ Disney? Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Be

    As Disney World continues to celebrate its COVID-19-delayed 50th anniversary, criticism of the media and entertainment giant abounds. In addition to lamenting its new price-gouging strategy, Disney detractors cry that it’s gone woke, removing all “gendered greetings” from parks and vowing to dramatically increase LGBTQ characters. After the Florida Legislature earlier this year passed what…
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    A Venezuelan Man of Mystery Helps Tell Story of America’s Open Border

    EAGLE PASS, Texas—Meet Luis Antunez, your new neighbor from (probably) Venezuela. He’s a 40-year-old trader from Tucupita. Or a policeman from Puerto Carreno, or a criminal from Caracas. We may never know for sure. I found Antunez’s ID card the week before last on the banks of the Rio Grande here in Eagle Pass while…
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    One Woman’s Journey From White House to Launching a Makeup Brand Inspired by Women of the Bible

    After working in the Trump administration, Hope Harvard moved home to South Carolina unsure of what the future held. After a night of crying out to God for direction in her life, she awakened with the idea to start a makeup line inspired by the women of the Bible, and Hope Beauty was born.  Harvard…
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    ‘Bye B—-!’: What I Saw at the Women’s March

    Editor’s note: Videos and photos in this article contain adult language. Thousands of pro-abortion activists gathered in Washington, D.C. on Saturday to rally with the Women’s March following the overturn of Roe v. Wade. The Daily Signal spoke with many attendees about the post-Dobbs landscape, asking whether attendees support any restrictions on abortion. Most of…
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    Liberal Media Spin Rising Violent Crime as Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy

    Violent crime remains intolerably high, but the left wants you to think that perception is just a concoction of right-wing media. After more than a decade of violent crime decreases with just a few interludes, crime has shot back up to levels not seen since the early 1990s. When the left acknowledges this fact, it…
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    Harris’ Call for ‘Equity’ After Hurricane Wasn’t a Gaffe, But Natural Conclusion of Leftist Ideology

    Fresh off an embarrassing gaffe in South Korea, in which Vice President Kamala Harris praised the United States’ strong alliance with North Korea, she is at it again—albeit without gaffes but with a striking comment emblematic of our country’s divide over racial issues. At a Sept. 30 event organized by actress Priyanka Chopra, during which…
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    The Right to Arm Oneself Has Become More Important Than Ever

    The Second Amendment addressing the right of American citizens to bear arms is a touchy subject these days, but its effect on our daily lives cannot be overstated. Being able to protect ourselves in a world that is becoming more dangerous by the day is essential to survival. The right to arm oneself, whether the…
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    Gender Dysphoria Diagnoses for Children Soared 70% in 2021

    Childhood gender dysphoria diagnoses soared 70% from 2020 to 2021, according to medical records of 330 million Americans analyzed by Komodo Health Inc, Reuters reported Thursday. The findings reveal a massive uptick in gender dysphoria diagnoses for children aged 6 to 17, with at least 121,882 children receiving that diagnosis in the five years leading…
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    New California Law Forces Taxpayers to Pay for Union Members’ Dues

    California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, signed a bill last week forcing California taxpayers to pay up to $400 million of public and private employees’ union dues. This legally questionable, ethically adulterated move is yet another blow against beleaguered Californians. On its surface, the law, Assembly Bill 185, provides $400 million of taxpayers’ money to…
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    Democrats Nap Peacefully Through Border Crisis They Engineered

    Democrats are napping peacefully through the U.S.-Mexico “border” crisis that they engineered. Perhaps these data will snap them from their slumber: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security reports that the Mexican cartels’ income from smuggling illegal aliens into America has soared from $500 million in 2018 to $13 billion this year—up 2,500%. If these criminals merged into a corporation, their 2022 gross revenues would…
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    Restoring Trust in Institutions Is First Step to Pulling America Out of Tailspin

    The bad news for America keeps coming in, fast and heavy. The current and future challenges are lining up at a truly unprecedented rate. To say they look scary would be a huge understatement. America’s future is on the line. Unless the country starts healing, that future looks bleak. In the near term, on the…
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    Hurricane Myths

    Hurricane Ian is gone, but the media’s myths about hurricanes live on. Reporters say the federal government must direct disaster response, as if only the feds have the knowledge and money to do it. “Debate is already growing about how big federal aid must be,” says CNN. Why?! Don’t they know that government has no…
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