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Southern Baptist Convention Narrowly Avoids Eliminating Branch Accused of Wokeness
The Southern Baptist Convention held its annual conference this week, and delegates narrowly voted against eliminating the public policy arm, which has been accused of advancing left-wing ideology. Delegates, which the SBC calls “messengers,” gathered in Dallas, Texas from June 8-11 for the annual meeting. The effort to abolish the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission… -
opinion
Corporate Sponsors Are Pulling Back From Pride
LGBTQ advocates have long allied themselves with diversity, equity and inclusion groups. Yet DEI’s legal troubles are causing some corporate sponsors to end their support for Pride activities. Soon, Pride advocates may have legal problems of their own. That’s bad for Pride organizers, but it’s good for parents because rulings could spell out protections for… -
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Parental Rights Group Seeks Title IX Probe of YMCA Over Transgenders in Locker Rooms
A parents’ rights group is asking the Trump administration to investigate the YMCA for possible violations of federal law for allowing men who identify as women into women’s locker rooms and, in several instances, allowing them to expose their naked bodies to women and girls. “I write to file a formal complaint against the YMCA… -
opinion
Why ‘Original Sin’ Is a Must-Read
In reading “Original Sin,” the blockbuster book by journalists Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson, I vividly remembered covering then-candidate Joe Biden when he came to my hometown in April 2019 to begin his run for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination. As someone who covered Biden for decades because he frequently visited the state in which… -
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A Tribute to My Father—and Good Fathers Everywhere
I'm one of the lucky sons. One of the blessed sons. Because I not only had a father, but a good one. He provided for us and put a roof over our heads and food on the table. And he expected things of us. But he did so much more. He got married right after… -
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Satirizing Democrats Isn’t as Easy as You Might Think, Babylon Bee CEO Says
The political Left is unlikely to stop giving the Babylon Bee, a satirical news site, fodder to write headlines, according to its CEO. “That’s probably the least of our worries,” Seth Dillon told The Daily Signal. But writing jokes about the things leftist politicians say and do can be a “challenge,” he concedes. “Imagine… -
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Father’s Day: Passing on the Mantle of Love
Father’s Day is celebrated a month after Mother’s Day. The formal establishment of a day to celebrate and honor our dads, however, lagged behind Mother’s Day for far more than a month. President Richard Nixon made Father’s Day a federal holiday in 1972, a whopping 58 years after Mother’s Day was made into a holiday… -
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Endangered NPR Never Stops Ripping Conservatives
So the House Republicans voted to end taxpayer funding for Public Broadcasting Service and National Public Radio. NPR CEO Katherine Maher has repeatedly claimed, in the face of avalanches of evidence, that she has never witnessed any bias at NPR. That’s beyond ridiculous. You can find it, day after day, hour on the hour. This… -
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Democrats Engage in the Political Messaging Equivalent of Suicide-by-Cop
What do you call it when a Hispanic Democrat like Sen. Alex Padilla plays the victim after harassing federal law enforcement? We’ve seen two examples of this apparently orchestrated charade in the last week, and I suspect we haven’t seen the last of it. The Left has capitalized on both cases, accusing the feds of… -
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Suspect Identified in Apparent ‘Assassination’ of Former Minnesota House Speaker
A man posing as a police officer shot and killed former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband. Police identified Vance Boelter, 57, as the suspect, the Associated Press reported. Boelter remains at large, though police have taken possession of his car, which had been altered to make it appear like a police vehicle…. -
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Greta Thunberg, Useful Idiot for Hamas
Professional leftist Greta Thunberg was brought to Israel this week after the “selfie yacht” she was traveling on attempted to break through a naval blockade of Gaza. Her boat, the “Madleen,” was part of a flotilla pretending to deliver aid to alleviate an imaginary famine. The 22-year-old was given food and shelter and sent home… -
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Trump’s Counterrevolution: 4 Stars Driving Change Against DEI
President Donald Trump clearly made it a mission in his second go-around in the White House to make larger institutional changes to the way the federal government does business. He clearly intended not only to make the government more efficient, but to change institutional power structures that embolden the permanent bureaucracy. Some of those efforts,… -
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Los Angeles Riots May Encourage Illegal Immigrants to Self-Deport
“How’m I doin’?” the late New York Mayor Ed Koch used to ask constituents on his travels through the city. President Donald Trump, in the opinion of most Americans, is doin’ pretty well. His job approval, which jutted downward after he announced his “Liberation Day” tariffs on April 2, has recovered and hovers just below… -
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How Trump’s Veterans Affairs Secretary Fights ‘Lies, Innuendo, Rumors’ from Democrats
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins is setting straight the left-wing story that President Donald Trump’s cuts to “waste, fraud, and abuse” will harm veterans. “That’s all I’ve been doing for a little over four and a half months now is fighting lies, innuendo, rumors from the hill and other parts of the press, saying… -
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Desperate Democrats ISO ‘Liberal Joe Rogan’
Seven months after a stinging loss to President Donald Trump, who used podcast appearances and internet virality in his campaign to his advantage, Democrats are still working on a digital strategy to regain political power. Throughout the campaign, Trump was able to score a number of major podcast interviews on shows such as "The Joe… -
opinion
Happy 250th Birthday to the US Army!
Today, the nation pauses to honor and join the U.S. Army’s 250th Birthday Celebration Festivities here in the nation’s capital include an Army Birthday Festival on the National Mall, a fireworks display along the Potomac, and, of course, a Grand Military Parade along Constitution Avenue. The Army birthday celebration kicks off more than a year… -
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Let California Collapse—and Let the Rest of America Learn
California has long prided itself on being a symbol of progressive governance, a supposed beacon of tolerance, opportunity, and inclusivity. But behind the glittering curtain of Hollywood dreams and Silicon Valley innovation lies a troubling reality—a self-inflicted crisis stemming from policies that defy economic logic and common sense. As California grapples with an unprecedented immigration… -
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If UK Wants Peace in Middle East, It ‘Would Sanction the Leaders of Qatar,’ Ex-Israeli Spokesman Says
The United Kingdom should sanction Qatar, not Israeli leaders, a former spokesman for the Israeli government says. “I think if the U.K. wanted to use its sanctions power to promote peace in the Middle East, they would sanction the leaders of Qatar,” Eylon Levy told The Daily Signal after the U.K.’s sanctioning of Israeli… -
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Did LA Riots Help Put Trump and Musk on Track Toward Reconciliation?
The riots against enforcement of federal immigration laws that began in Los Angeles more than a week ago have led to vandalism, destruction of property, and assaults on law enforcement officers. But one of the results of the riots their instigators surely did not intend was the creation of common ground between Elon Musk and… -
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Big Tech Employee Says It’s ‘Absolutely Ridiculous’ He Has to Blacklist Conservative Group Over SPLC Label
A tech employee voiced opposition to his company's policy against doing business with a nonprofit on the Southern Poverty Law Center's "hate map," calling the policy "absolutely ridiculous." Now, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is investigating the Big Tech firm that acquired the employee's company, claiming the firm "systematically deplatforms conservatives." "It is outrageous that the…