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Letting People ‘Self-Identify’ Gender on Government Documents Poses National Security and Fraud Risks: The BorderLine
The social media site Twitter now “identifies” as “X.” A different kind of “X” now marks the spot where radical gender ideology has trumped national security under the Biden administration. Over the past decade, encouraging people to be their “authentic selves” has left us with no clear and agreed upon terms for sex, gender, and… -
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Sen. Tuberville Calls Out Biden’s Defense Secretary for Alleged Violations of Federal Law
As Democratic senators attack Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth for alleged incompetence, Republicans are sounding the alarm on Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s repeated disappearances for medical treatment, which were allegedly in violation of federal law. Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., has been a vocal critic of Austin in recent days. On Friday, the Alabama senator called out… -
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More Americans Favor Ban on TikTok Than Oppose It, Poll Finds
More Americans favor than oppose the U.S. government banning TikTok, according to a new survey by pollster Scott Rasmussen. TikTok, the Chinese-owned viral social media app, which has come under suspicion of surveilling American citizens on behalf of the Chinese government, will be banned as of Sunday unless the company complies with a federal order… -
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‘Restore Law and Order’: Cotton Responds to Additional Biden Commutations
In the twilight of his tenure in office, President Joe Biden declared on Friday that he was commuting the sentences of 2,500 inmates incarcerated on drug offenses. This is in addition to the 1,500 commutations he gave out last month. The president noted that his most recent use of the pardon powers given to him by… -
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10 Senate Democrats Join Republicans to Advance Laken Riley Act
Ten Senate Democrats joined their Republican colleagues in a vote Friday to advance the Laken Riley Act, teeing the bill up for final passage in the Senate as early as next week. The Democrats who voted in favor of the bill include: Sens. Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly of Arizona; Jon Ossoff of Georgia;… -
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Supreme Court Rebuffs Free Speech Defense in Upholding TikTok Divestment
At least one branch of the federal government is not prepared to make way for TikTok. On Friday, a mere seven days after oral arguments in TikTok v. Garland, the Supreme Court in a per curiam opinion unanimously upheld the constitutionality of the divestment law against challenges that it violated the First Amendment. The court… -
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Biden’s Statement on the Equal Rights Amendment Is Straight From the Land of Make-Believe
With just days before leaving office, President Joe Biden has shared his personal belief that the Equal Rights Amendment is now part of the Constitution. This isn’t the first time that he’s been wrong on both the facts and the law, but, even as personal observations go, this one is particularly absurd. Here, for the… -
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Has Trump 2.0 Learned From Trump 1.0?
It’s hard to believe, but we’re finally here. Four years after all the Sturm und Drang that followed Donald Trump’s 2020 electoral loss to Joe Biden, the maestro of Mar-a-Lago is set to be inaugurated once more on Monday as president of the United States. And what an absolutely wild ride it has been. In… -
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Heritage Action Lobbies for Trump Nominees in Senate, Launching Ad Campaign and Petition
Advocacy organization Heritage Action for America is aggressively lobbying for the confirmation of Donald Trump’s nominees in the Senate, launching an ad campaign and a petition to urge senators to act. As part of this effort, Heritage Action will air a 30-second TV spot on Fox News Inauguration Day that highlights the shortcomings of the… -
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Trump’s First Battle: Bureaucratic Resistance
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—A recent survey of senior government employees revealed that 42% of them plan to work against the incoming Trump administration. According to Tyler O’Neil, managing editor of The Daily Signal, “A surprising number of federal government employees admit they are gearing up to act like a deep state, opposing the incoming second… -
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‘I Think We’re Going to Take a Lot of Hate,’ Border Czar Tom Homan Says Ahead of Trump’s Inauguration
President-elect Donald Trump is expected to sign a slew of executive order on his first day in office, including multiple that pertain to securing America’s southern border with Mexico. “I think people are going to be pleased with the executive orders he is going to sign,” Tom Homan, Trump’s border czar, told “The Daily Signal… -
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Justices Skeptical of Porn Websites’ First Amendment Claims in Age-Verification Challenge
Free speech online is “imperiled” by a Texas law requiring multinational pornography websites to verify that their users are at least 18 years old, the lawyer representing them at the Supreme Court said Wednesday. Most of the Supreme Court justices seemed skeptical, although the pornographers appeared to have found two zealous defenders on the bench…. -
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Israel Makes a Deal With the Actual Devil
Only hours after a possible ceasefire deal was announced between Israel and Hamas, Khalil al Hayya, chairman of the terrorist organization, declared victory, contending that the mass murder of Israeli civilians on Oct. 7, 2023, would “forever be a source of pride for our people.” Speaking from the safety of Qatar, Hayya didn’t express a… -
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Kristi Noem Makes Commitment to Border Patrol During Her Senate Confirmation Hearing
Department of Homeland Security Secretary-designate Kristi Noem told lawmakers Friday that she would prioritize border security and transparency within the federal government. “If confirmed as secretary, I will ensure that our exceptional, extraordinary Border Patrol agents have all the tools, resources, and support they need to carry out their mission effectively,” Noem told senators on… -
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The Alarming Rise in Assisted Suicide
Justin Trudeau’s days are numbered as prime minister of Canada, but his troubling legacy will live on. In 2016, Trudeau introduced physician-assisted suicide to our northern neighbors. Today, every 4 out of 100 deaths are at the hands of doctors, legally. Originally just for the terminally ill, in 2021, during the height of the COVID-19… -
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Consumers Unaware Allstate Is Tracking Their Driving Behaviors
In our modern age of camera-equipped cellphones and laptops, ubiquitous social media websites, and constant GPS tracking that everyone seems to use to go anywhere, you are not paranoid if you worry that Big Brother—the government—along with companies like Google and Facebook, are recording your every move. If the allegations made by Texas Attorney General… -
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Supreme Court Decides Chinese-Owned TikTok’s Fate
The Supreme Court unanimously decided that TikTok must divest from its Chinese-owned parent company, ByteDance. “There is no doubt that, for more than 170 million Americans, TikTok offers a distinctive and expansive outlet for expression, means of engagement, and source of community,” the opinion in TikTok v. Garland states. “But Congress has determined that divestiture… -
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Biden’s Bizarro World of Foreign Policy ‘Achievements’
Departing President Joe Biden offered a farewell brag this week to his State Department about how his tenure had improved America’s stature abroad. In his now accustomed weird mix of whispering and fiery shouting, Biden apparently felt he had to lie or mislead about almost every one of his “achievements.” Yet to the extent that… -
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‘I’ve Never Seen an Outgoing President [Show] Such Contempt for the Voters,’ Ted Cruz Says of Joe Biden
This is a lightly edited transcript of Tony Kinnett’s interview with Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. Tony Kinnett: Welcome back to “The Tony Kinnett Cast” here on The Daily Signal, nationally syndicated first on 93 WYBC. It’s a pleasure to be joined again by Sen. Ted Cruz, this time, not on the phone dashing from one… -
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The Insider Trading Game on Capitol Hill Must Stop
Members of Congress get a number of generous benefits from their positions. They earn $174,000 annually (nearly three times the salary of the average American), they are provided with a sizable per diem for lodging and meals during their travels across the nation and abroad, they have the best health insurance that money can buy,…