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Ukraine’s Leader Visits White House 2 Years After Trump Asks Him for Probe of Biden
President Joe Biden met Wednesday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a central figure in the first impeachment of Biden’s predecessor, Donald Trump. Biden and Zelenskyy focused on security against Russian aggression, anti-corruption initiatives, and energy and climate goals, according to the White House. “We have to focus very much now on the security issues, which… -
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With Smarmy Interview, Reuters Enhances Aura of Antifa
Reporters like to imagine themselves as the nation’s most powerful defenders of democracy, and on occasion, project themselves as enforcers of political civility. If all that were true, then they might report critically on violent extremists of any ideological stripe who find their joy in bringing anarchy and disorder. Sadly, some violent extremists are more… -
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America Must Stand Up for Fundamental Rights of Afghan Women
With the world watching in horror, the hasty withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan resulted in the Taliban’s near complete control over Afghanistan’s population of 40 million. The Taliban is a brutal, repressive, Islamist regime that almost certainly will perpetuate severe human rights abuses against the Afghan population, making its return to power particularly catastrophic… -
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‘I Have 180 Days to Turn Them Into Revolutionaries’: Pro-Antifa Teacher Admits to Indoctrinating Students
A pro-Antifa California public school teacher touted his efforts to radicalize his students through political indoctrination in his classroom in a conversation captured on a video and released by Project Veritas. Gabriel Gipe is an AP government teacher at Inderkum High School in the Natomas Unified School District in Sacramento, California. He described himself as “probably… -
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America’s Slow Suicide
Greek mythology tells the tale of Erysichthon, the powerful king of Thessaly. The story goes that Erysichthon, seeking wood, ordered the trees in a sacred grove to be cut. When his workers refused, fearing divine retribution, he did it himself. For that, he was cursed. The curse placed upon Erysichthon was simple—unending hunger. In the… -
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3 Teachers Now Suing Virginia School System Over Transgender Pronouns
Students in one of the nation’s wealthiest suburbs returned to school Thursday even as three teachers were in court to challenge a school district policy forcing all teachers to refer to self-identified transgender students by their preferred pronouns. The Virginia Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a lower court ruling ordering the reinstatement of Byron Tanner… -
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North Carolina Report Highlights Indoctrination in Classrooms. Here Are 6 Stories From Parents and Faculty.
Is your child being indoctrinated by their school and teachers? This is what a report by North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, a Republican, tried to uncover. Robinson’s recently published “Indoctrination in North Carolina Public Education Report” highlighted incidents of both parents and teachers who believe that their school is foisting indoctrination on students or… -
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Afghanistan Pullout Deadline Is Here. What Happens Next?
After 20 years in Afghanistan, the Pentagon said the U.S. military completed its evacuation from Kabul by midnight local time, leaving behind a country under Taliban control. “It’s a sad geopolitical irony that the Taliban will control more of Afghanistan on Sept. 11, 2021, than it did on Sept. 11, 2001,” Luke Coffey, director… -
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America Deserves Answers on Botched Afghanistan Withdrawal
Viewing the chaos, death, and destruction accompanying the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, Americans have many unanswered questions. Cable news anchors repeatedly quiz their guests with questions such as, “Should the U.S. have abandoned Bagram Airfield in early July?” Others rightly ask, “How could the U.S. have come to be dependent on the Taliban for airport… -
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I Served in Afghanistan. Biden’s Withdrawal Was Dishonorable, and Now We Need to Take Action.
As I have watched chaos ensue following the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan, I have to say that these past few weeks have been a difficult time for me, as I’m sure it has been for others. As a veteran who served in Afghanistan, I can’t imagine a worse way to end this conflict. Most people… -
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US Intercepts Rockets Fired at Kabul Airport
The U.S. on Monday intercepted as many as five rockets launched at the airport in Kabul where evacuation efforts are ongoing. The White House said national security adviser Jake Sullivan and chief of staff Ron Klain briefed President Joe Biden on the attempted attack on the airport in Afghanistan's capital. Another official told Reuters that there were… -
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Judge Denies Mom Custody of Son Because She’s Unvaccinated
An Illinois mother says a judge stripped her of custody of her son earlier this month because she is not vaccinated against COVID-19. During a child support hearing Aug. 10, Cook County Judge James Shapiro asked Rebecca Firlit, 39, whether she is vaccinated. After learning that Firlit did not receive a vaccine, Shapiro barred her… -
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Imagine No Big Cities
Remember John Lennon’s silly song “Imagine”? Well, here’s my (much shorter) version. Imagine if some of the biggest cities in America seceded from their states. Imagine Illinois without Chicago, Pennsylvania without Philadelphia, California without Los Angeles or San Francisco, New York state without New York City, or Texas without Houston, Dallas, or San Antonio. Those… -
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How Society’s Search for Identity Spurred Sexual Revolution, Gender Ideology
Today, biological men who identify as women are celebrated. Young girls taking puberty blockers are hailed as brave. How did we arrive at this place in our culture? Carl Trueman, a professor of biblical and religious studies at Grove City College and author of “The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self,” says humanity’s search… -
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Climate Regulations Reach Critical Turning Point in Pennsylvania
If an independent panel votes down proposed regulations to limit carbon dioxide emissions in Pennsylvania, state lawmakers will have added leverage to prevent Gov. Tom Wolf from joining a multistate initiative to address climate change. However, if the panel approves the regulations in a meeting Wednesday, Wolf’s executive agencies likely would gain latitude to move… -
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The View From Omaha Beach
NORMANDY, France—I fulfilled a lifelong aspiration this past week by traveling with The Heritage Foundation to visit the Normandy beaches where, in 1944, tens of thousands of American servicemen braved the barrage of the relentless Nazi war machine to liberate Europe from tyranny. There are few moments in history when the fate of nations truly… -
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We Hear You: America’s Retreat From Afghanistan
Editor's note: The Biden administration's execution of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan provoked a variety of responses from The Daily Signal's audience, as illustrated by these examples in the mailbag at [email protected]., most of which arrived before news of the loss Thursday of 13 U.S. service members in Kabul.—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: While I… -
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Report: Wisconsin Lost Track of 82,000 Ballots in State Biden Won by 20,000
Wisconsin lost track of more than 82,000 mail-in ballots cast in the state in the November 2020 elections—more than four times the margin of difference separating the two presidential candidates in the state, according to a report by the nonprofit Public Interest Legal Foundation. The legal foundation, an election integrity watchdog group, released a research… -
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Taliban Takeover Bodes Return to Dark Ages for Afghan Women
The Taliban is trying to persuade the rest of the world that it will respect human rights, including women’s. But the women of Afghanistan aren’t buying this for a second, and neither should the rest of the world. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid recently warned women to stay inside their homes, saying, “We are worried our forces who… -
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Climate Change Report Isn’t a Blank Check for Green Policies
The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently published the first major installment of its Sixth Assessment Report. It’s a big deal, but it’s not the last word in climate science. Two more sections of the report will be published in the coming year. Taken together, they attempt to define the consensus, scientific view of…