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SEE WHAT THEY DID THERE: Senate Republicans Pretend to Fight for Life While Enabling Biden’s Abortion Policy
Republicans in the U.S. Senate voted to trick the American people Tuesday. The Senate voted on a motion to table an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act. Theoretically, if the vote had passed, Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, would have then proposed her own amendment dealing with pro-life policy, but the vote was never going… -
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Newsmax’s James Rosen Takes You Inside White House Press Briefing Room
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre doesn’t often call on James Rosen to ask questions at her briefings. But when Newsmax’s chief White House correspondent gets an opportunity, he makes the most of it. “If you can do it well, you can make news,” Rosen explains on “The Daily Signal Podcast.” The veteran reporter, who… -
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The True Antidote to the Rot in America’s Universities
American higher education is reeling from a litany of well-deserved scandals, most recently from the congressional hearing on antisemitism last week, which pulled back the curtain to reveal the world’s oldest hatred cloaked in the language of “diversity” and “inclusion.” Harvard President Claudine Gay’s hedging when asked to condemn antisemitism during the hearing and her… -
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Georgia Moves to Block Noncitizen Voting in State Constitution
Georgia’s top election official is pointing to the Biden administration’s failure to secure the southern border as a reason the state Legislature must act to prevent voting by foreign nationals in state elections. “With open borders, citizenship verification for voter registration is more important than ever,” Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a Republican, said… -
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House GOP Takes Next Step in Biden Impeachment Probe, as Democrats Dwell on Trump
As House Republicans pressed Tuesday to advance an impeachment inquiry targeting President Joe Biden, Democrats decided to rehash Donald Trump’s two impeachments. The House Rules Committee ultimately voted 9-4 along party lines to adopt and send a resolution to the full House floor formalizing an impeachment inquiry into alleged influence peddling by the president and… -
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Lawmakers Rebuff Zelenskyy’s Plea for More Ukraine Funding
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s visit to Washington, D.C., Tuesday failed to win over skeptical lawmakers, who are weary of sending more money abroad to fund a war effort that appears to have stalled. The high-profile visit marked a stark contrast to Zelenskyy’s glorified appearance last December, when he addressed a joint session of Congress. This… -
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Get Ready for ‘Unadorned Truth’ From Tucker Carlson
Just tell it like it is. It seems so simple, yet American media companies are failing miserably at their most basic duty: to truthfully report the news. This year’s Gallup survey, released in October, put trust in media at its lowest-ever rating since the polling began. Asked if they trust media, a record-high 39% of… -
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ACLU Teams With Conservative Religious Liberty Group to Sue DC Metro Over Ad Restrictions That Violate First Amendment
The American Civil Liberties Union joined with the conservative legal group First Liberty Institute on Monday to challenge the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s restrictions on advertising as First Amendment violations. The two groups filed a lawsuit on behalf of WallBuilder Presentations, an organization that raises awareness about the “moral, religious, and constitutional foundation on which America… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Vance Slams Irish Legislation Targeting Free Speech
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: Republican Ohio Sen. JD Vance sent a letter Tuesday to Irish Ambassador Geraldine Byrne Nason expressing strong concerns about legislation that would undermine Irish citizens’ freedom of speech. Vance’s letter, first obtained by The Daily Signal, references the Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022,… -
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Poll: 1 in 5 Mail-In Voters Admit Fraud in 2020 Election
About 1 in 5 mail-in voters in the 2020 election admit to engaging in some type of voting irregularity, a poll released Tuesday shows. The Rasmussen poll of 1,085 likely voters was sponsored by The Heartland Institute, a free-market think tank, from Nov. 30 to Dec. 6. The Heartland/Rasmussen poll found that 17% of mail-in… -
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Jimmy Carter Personally Experienced Voter Fraud. His First Election Was Stolen.
With the passing of Rosalynn Carter, former President Jimmy Carter lost his lifetime partner, and my deepest sympathies go out to him and his family. The former first lady’s death, however, reminded me of something relevant to election integrity that many Americans may not realize: Organized voter fraud in Jimmy Carter’s first run for office… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Missouri School District Assigns Roommates Based on Gender Identity Rather Than Biology
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: A Missouri school district’s procedure on overnight trips stipulates that students will be assigned to room with others of the sex they identify with, meaning that biological males who identify as female will be assigned to sleep in the same room as girls. Room assignments for field trips should be… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Florida School Punished for Allowing Boy in Girls’ Sports
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: A Florida high school has been fined and placed on administrative probation for violating the state’s bylaws by allowing a biologically male student to participate on a female sports team, The Daily Signal has learned. The move appears to be the first time that a public school has been punished… -
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What’s Driving Gen Z’s Poor Mental Health? Psychologist Breaks it Down
No generation struggles with mental health more than Generation Z, those born between 1997 and 2012. Only 41% of Gen Z respondents said they’re “thriving” in a Gallup and Walton Family Foundation poll released earlier this year and reported by CNN, but 60% of millennials surveyed said they were thriving when asked at the same… -
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Why Does GoFundMe and Just About Everyone Else Normalize Double Mastectomies?
How is it possible that a 19-year-old woman posts a fundraiser to pay a portion of her $60,000 health care costs to remove healthy breasts, and this is considered normal — even heroic? Why does GoFundMe allow someone to put up a plea like this? Why do “friends and family” salute this — rooting for… -
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House’s Jim Jordan Subpoenas 2 Top Asset Managers in Probe of Woke Investing
The House Judiciary Committee sent subpoenas to two asset managers Monday as a part of a probe alleging collusion over the adoption of left-wing environmental, social and governance goals, known as ESG. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the committee, sent subpoenas to Vanguard Group Inc. and Arjuna Capital ordering the companies to hand over… -
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Biden Becomes America’s Pinocchio-in-Chief
President Joe Biden’s economic performance is so indefensible that he has resorted to distorting his predecessor’s record, as if that will distract from the current economic malaise. It’s much like how Pinocchio, when caught doing wrong, lied about everyone around him to distract from his own failures and to blame others. But the average American… -
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Who Is Sara Biden? Joe’s In-Law Emerges as Central Figure in Foreign Cash Deals
Trouble has followed Sara Catherine Jones since she married into the Biden family almost three decades ago. Not long after her 1995 wedding to Jim Biden, she took a job with one of his brother Joe’s Senate donors, who later accused her of “fraud” and “unjust enrichment,” according to court records reviewed by RealClearInvestigations. In… -
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Tucker Carlson Blasts Corporate Media Lies, Launches New Video Subscription Service as Alternative
Tucker Carlson, a former top-rated cable TV host, launched his own media network Monday with a promise to “tell the truth about things that matter.” In the months following Fox News’ cancellation of his prime-time show “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” Carlson turned to Twitter—now X—to share interviews and other video content with his millions of followers…. -
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College Presidents Expose Moral Rot in Their Institutions
The presidents of Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, and MIT appeared before a House committee last Tuesday to answer for their shameful inaction in the face of antisemitic rhetoric and attacks on their campuses. Their craven responses were as noncommittal as their handlers obviously wanted, which served only to indict their institutions. Indeed, the whole nation has…