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Judge Allows Trump and Co-Defendants to Appeal Fani Willis Ruling
Judge Scott McAfee ruled Wednesday that former President Donald Trump and eight other co-defendants can seek review of his decision not to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. McAfee granted the certificate of immediate review sought by defendants, finding it “of such importance to the case that immediate review should be had.” The decision means defendants can appeal… -
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Democrats Push ‘Decency Agenda’ Focused on Porn for Kids
The term “Orwellian” is overused in modern political discourse. That’s because the authoritarian regime of George Orwell’s classic dystopian novel is an easy comparison for whatever thing the speaker wants to argue against in the political debate du jour. But sometimes the comparison is truly deserved—like when politicians seek to quell political discourse by torturing… -
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Nonprofit Caught on Video Handing Residency Papers to Man Without ID
A nonprofit organization dedicated to “assisting migrants with their paperwork and legal needs” in New York City has been caught on video illegally filling out residency documents for a man without procuring any form of identification from him. Video shot by Muckraker.com and obtained by The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project appears to show the nonprofit… -
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Data Shows Minority Voters Shifting Party Affiliation
New polling suggests the country is about to see a “racial realignment” in upcoming elections. A recent analysis shows a consistent downturn in the number of “nonwhites” who call themselves Democrats. John Burn-Murdoch is the chief data reporter for the Financial Times. His March 11 analysis shows that since 1960, there has been a steady… -
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Supreme Court Lets Texas Enforce Law Allowing Police to Arrest Illegal Immigrants
The Supreme Court allowed Texas’ law enabling local police to arrest illegal migrants to take effect Tuesday. After extending a pause on the law multiple times, the Supreme Court allowed Texas’ SB 4 to take effect Tuesday, declining the Biden administration’s effort to halt it while litigation continues. The Department of Justice first filed its lawsuit against Texas to… -
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Rubio to GOP: Don’t ‘Shy Away’ From Exposing Democratic Abortion Extremism
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Republican Florida Sen. Marco Rubio responded to GOP consultant Kellyanne Conway’s abortion advice by urging lawmakers to expose Democratic extremism. Last week, Conway urged Republicans to stop highlighting that their Democratic opponents support unfettered abortions of unborn babies, though Democratic Party leaders and most Democratic politicians have repeatedly refused to specify any protections for… -
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Egregious Examples of the Media Spinning Trump’s ‘Bloodbath’ Comment as Call for Violence
The legacy media is clipping and spinning Donald Trump’s comments where he stated that if he doesn’t get elected, the country’s going to experience a bloodbath, saying it’s a call to violence. The Context Trump spoke at a campaign rally Saturday for Senate candidate Bernie Moreno, in Vandalia, Ohio. At the event, he said: Now,… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Conservative Organizations Issue Recommendations on Regulating IVF
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Two leading conservative organizations are calling for the regulation of the in vitro fertilization industry amid media hysteria over a recent Alabama state Supreme Court ruling and Republican consternation over how to handle the issue. Following the Alabama court ruling in favor of protecting embryonic human life, Republicans on Capitol Hill… -
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Note to Ketanji Brown Jackson: The First Amendment Should ‘Hamstring’ the Government. That’s the Entire Point.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government strong-armed Big Tech companies into censoring as “disinformation” Americans’ true experiences while effectively mandating government propaganda, which itself turned out to be misinformation. The Supreme Court is currently considering whether that strategy violated the First Amendment. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson suggested during oral arguments Monday that… -
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DEI or DIE?: Medical Schools Are Infected With Wokeism, Putting Patients at Risk
America’s medical schools are sick with a political disease that’s putting left-wing activism over patient care. A heavy dose of reality is the only way to get them back on track. Recent reports and congressional hearings have shed light on the dark and discriminatory nature of “diversity, equity, and inclusion” regimes on college campuses. The capture… -
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‘I Wish I Could Have Been There’: Laken Riley’s Father Breaks Silence
The father of slain nursing student Laken Riley is speaking out about his daughter’s murder on the campus of the University of Georgia. “I wish I could have been there to protect her,” Jason Riley said in an exclusive interview with NBC News that aired Monday. Police say that an illegal alien from Venezuela… -
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Why Small Businesses Cheer as Judge Strikes Down ‘Transparency’ Law
Lawmakers snuck the Corporate Transparency Act into the 1,480-page National Defense Authorization Act in 2021. The measure is targeted squarely at small businesses with fewer than 20 employees or $5 million or less in gross receipts. Companies larger than this are exempt. The Corporate Transparency Act also exempts companies in many lines of business (banks,… -
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Israel as ‘Pariah’ Among the Nations
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., twice described Israel last week as a “pariah” among the world’s nations. “Israel cannot survive if it becomes a pariah,” Schumer said, adding later that the Israeli public “understands better than anybody that Israel cannot hope to succeed as a pariah opposed by the rest of the world.” For… -
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Bentley Pushes Back Ambitious All-Electric Goals
British luxury carmaker Bentley Motors is pushing back its plans to have an all-electric vehicle offering by 2030, following other top vehicle manufacturers, according to CNBC. Bentley had originally planned to transition all of its vehicle sales to EVs by 2030 but announced that it would be looking to delay that change by a couple… -
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Biden’s Proposed 15-Fold Price Hike to Drill on Federal Land Threatens US Energy Dominance
President Joe Biden attacks U.S. corporations for raising prices, but a new proposed regulation from the Bureau of Land Management would make it more difficult and expensive to produce oil and gas on federal lands, raising the price of American oil and gas—and increasing inflation. That’s why Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., has sponsored a bill… -
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Special Counsel’s Testimony Again Reveals Media Bias in Political Scandals
“Both sides furious” was one reporter’s summary when special counsel Robert Hur testified in a House hearing to explain his decision not to prosecute President Joe Biden for willfully retaining classified documents, not just from his vice-presidential years but from his Senate career. The network TV stories that night were the closest thing to “fair… -
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Supreme Court Weighs Government’s Power to Restrict Speech on Social Media
Those hoping for more open discourse on matters of national concern should not await the Supreme Court‘s decision in Murthy v. Missouri with much optimism. During Monday morning’s oral arguments in the case, the justices sounded unlikely to restrict the White House’s ability to control content moderation on social media platforms such as Facebook despite… -
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High School Male Pushes Females Out of High Jump Honors
A male high school student took 10th place in the girls’ high jump in a recent national indoor track meet in Boston, continuing a streak of elbowing out female athletes from placing in the event. Lizzy Cohen Bidwell, a Connecticut resident whose name at birth was Lucas, qualified for the national meet by taking first… -
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Why Is President Biden Helping Hamas?
President Joe Biden’s recent foreign policy moves are baffling. By any rational standard, they are undermining Israel and helping Hamas. When Biden was caught on an open microphone following his State of the Union address telling Democrat Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado that Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were “going to have a… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Biden Presides Over Record-Breaking 11 Embassy Evacuations
As a cannibalistic gang war rages through Haiti, President Joe Biden last week dispatched a Marine Corps special unit to protect the evacuation of nonemergency personnel as well as fellow Marines from the U.S. Embassy in the nation’s capital, Port-au-Prince. With that evacuation of the embassy in Haiti, the Biden administration has presided over more…