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Sen. Paul Demands Fauci Resign for Refusing to Admit Agency Funded Gain-of-Function Research
Sen. Rand Paul assailed Dr. Anthony Fauci during a committee hearing Thursday, calling on the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to resign from his position after Fauci refused to admit that his agency funded gain-of-function research. “Until you accept responsibility, we’re not going to get anywhere close to trying to… -
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Consequences of Biden’s Botched Afghanistan Exit Just Got Much Worse for Young Girls
The consequences of President Joe Biden’s badly mishandled Afghanistan withdrawal are old news for the left-wing ruling class. Congressional leaders have moved onto the president’s so-called Build Back Better agenda, where they duke it out over how many billions of taxpayer dollars to spend on “tree equity.” (Is $2.5 billion enough?) Biden jetted off to… -
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New Bill Helps Trial Lawyers Instead of Victims of Sexual Assault and Harassment
The Senate Judiciary Committee will vote on legislation Thursday that purportedly delivers justice to Americans who have been victims of sexual harassment and assault in their workplaces. Everyone agrees that workplace sexual assault and harassment is abhorrent and should be swiftly dealt with. But the legislation under consideration in the Senate is a gross miscarriage… -
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Why Virginia Governor’s Election Matters for All Americans
Vice President Kamala Harris predicted that what happened in Virginia’s gubernatorial election would have significant implications for future elections. “Because, you see, what happens in Virginia will in large part determine what happens in 2022, 2024, and on,” Harris said while campaigning for Democratic candidate Terry McAuliffe, a former governor seeking a return to office…. -
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EXCLUSIVE: 26,000 Dead People Still Registered to Vote in Michigan, Lawsuit Alleges
Theresa Domasiewicz, a one-time resident still listed as a registered voter in Michigan, would be 108 years old if she were alive today. But she isn’t, having died in May 2000. Domasiewicz is among 25,975 dead people who remain on the state’s voting rolls, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in the U.S. District Court… -
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Lesson From Virginia Election: Education Can Be Winning Issue for Republicans
“I don’t think parents should be telling schools what they should teach.” That was the message parents in Virginia got from former Gov. Terry McAuliffe, who was seeking a comeback, in their 2021 gubernatorial election. As it turns out, parents thought otherwise. That’s a major takeaway in Republican businessman Glenn Youngkin’s victory this week over… -
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‘Don’t Mess With Our Kids’: Nikki Haley Celebrates GOP Wins, Warns Republicans Against Arrogance
Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley celebrated Republican electoral victories in Virginia on Wednesday, cautioning the GOP not to become arrogant, but rather to focus on the tasks at hand. “This is parents’ way of telling government: Don’t mess with our kids,” Haley said Wednesday at The Heritage Foundation as she delivered the annual Margaret Thatcher… -
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Virginia Election Outcome Was About Education. Here Are 4 Actions Youngkin Should Take to Address Parents’ Concerns.
Glenn Youngkin’s victory in the Virginia gubernatorial race is an indisputable vindication of the values-based case for school choice and parental empowerment. Voters had two clear and diametrically opposed paths from which to choose. One path labeled parents who were concerned about critical race theory being taught in the classroom as racists. It forced them… -
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Biden’s Climate Policy a Titanic Disaster in Waiting
Rather than spending trillions that we do not have and making promises that cannot be kept, Congress and the administration should focus on implementing policies that reduce regulatory barriers to energy innovation, streamline permitting and regulatory reviews, and promote pro-growth tax policy. President Joe Biden’s approval ratings are more underwater than the Titanic. With rising… -
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Under Biden’s Scheme, Taxes and Inflation Could Claim 100% of Some Capital Gains
A common misconception is that the U.S. federal corporate tax rate of 21% means that business owners keep 79 cents on the dollar. That, however, ignores the many layers of taxation they face. In fact, if President Joe Biden’s 5% to 8% “surcharge on high-income individuals” is enacted, after accounting for inflation, some investors could… -
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House Progressives Detach From Reality
Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., a left-wing “squad” member in the House, attacked Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., for his opposition to the multitrillion-dollar Build Back Better Act. Manchin is “anti-black, anti-child, anti-woman, and anti-immigrant,” according to Bush, because of his opposition to this mega-spending welfare bill. If Bush wants to identify politicians hurting blacks, children, women,… -
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New Book Explains ‘How the Left Changed the Way You Vote’
The 2020 election was unprecedented, what with the COVID-19 pandemic and controversy over expanded early and mail-in voting. “There were more lawsuits filed last year before the election trying to change the laws and the rules governing the election process than in any year in our entire history,” Hans von Spakovsky, a senior legal… -
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Too Close to Call in Razor-Thin New Jersey Governor’s Race
The New Jersey governor’s race between Gov. Phil Murphy, a Democrat fighting for a second term, and his Republican opponent Jack Ciattarelli was shockingly close in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Murphy came out to speak just before 12:30 a.m. as Ciattarelli held a lead of 50.1% to the governor’s 49.2.% with 80% of… -
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Meet the Parents Behind Youngkin’s Victory
Glenn Youngkin’s win in the Virginia gubernatorial race was driven by Virginia parents standing up against radical gender policies and critical race theory infiltrating public schools. On the eve of the election, The Daily Signal attended a Parents Matter rally in Loudoun County packed full of invigorated families. Parents tell us they voted for Youngkin… -
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Winsome Sears, Virginia’s Next Lieutenant Governor, Makes History as First Black Woman to Win Statewide
Republican Winsome Sears became the first black woman to be elected statewide in Virginia, narrowly winning the lieutenant governor’s race Tuesday as part of a Republican sweep of state offices. Sears, a former member of the Virginia House of Delegates, defeated Democrat Hala Ayala, a current House member. The polls in Virginia closed at 7… -
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Former NYPD Captain Eric Adams to Become NYC Mayor
In a campaign featuring two candidates with backgrounds in law enforcement, Democrat Eric Adams defeated Republican Curtis Sliwa on Tuesday to become the next mayor of New York City. The Associated Press called the race for Adams at 9:20 p.m., shortly after the polls closed. With 62% of the vote counted as of 10:42 p.m.,… -
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Republican Glenn Youngkin Wins Virginia Governor’s Race, Stunning Democrats
Former business executive Glenn Youngkin defeated Democrat Terry McAuliffe in the Virginia governor’s race Tuesday, becoming only the fourth Republican candidate to win the office in the past 40 years in what used to be a solidly red state. By 9:15 p.m., Youngkin appeared to be well on his way to thwarting McAuliffe’s attempt to… -
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American Media Companies Give Rise to Taliban’s Soft Power
The embarrassing withdrawal from Afghanistan has reminded America that the threat of a second 9/11 is real. For the past 20 years, American forces have engaged terrorist organizations within the Middle East to prevent them from organizing and refitting for attacks against the mainland of the United States. However, the Taliban is stronger than ever… -
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State Chapters of National School Boards Group Slam Letter to White House Depicting Parents as Domestic Terrorists
State members of the National School Boards Association slammed the organization following its letter addressed to President Joe Biden’s administration that compared parental concern at school board meetings to actions of “domestic terrorists,” according to emails obtained by Parents Defending Education through a public records request. Emails between Delaware, Florida, and Ohio school board officials… -
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Democrats May Regret Messing With America’s Moms
We’ve all heard the story about the panicked mom summoning superhuman strength to lift a car off her trapped child. I’m not sure if it’s ever really happened, but I am sure that any politician who interferes with a mother’s ability to raise her children with the values she sees fit is playing with fire….