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British Think Tank Leader: ‘Good Social Policy Makes for Good Economic Policy’
We as a society need to assert that healthy families build human flourishing in every nation and culture, and we are not being honest with people when we don’t, said the CEO of what has been called the most influential free-market think tank in Britain. “There are some logical steps to what leads to human flourishing, and… -
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Study: Gender Reassignment Is No Cure for Mental Health Issues
People experiencing gender dysphoria cannot expect gender-reassignment interventions to solve other mental health issues, according to a large, Finnish study published last month in the journal European Psychiatry. People with gender dysphoria “present with many more common psychiatric needs” than the general population, the study reported, “even when medical GR [gender-reassignment] interventions are carried out.” Based on… -
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House Panel: FBI Singled Out ‘Pro-Life, Pro-Family’ Americans as ‘Potential Domestic Terrorists’
After 9/11, leftist journalists passionately exposed the New York City Police Department doing surveillance of mosques to try to prevent violent Muslim extremism. By contrast, they largely yawned when it was leaked in February that the FBI’s field office in Richmond, Virginia, discussed surveilling local Catholic churches to root out potential violent extremism from the… -
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Mind-Bogglingly Costly Green Boondoggles Leave Carbon, Temperatures Virtually Untouched
Through Dec. 12, the “Climate!” crowd is swarming COP28, Dubai’s carbophobia cavalcade. (COP28 refers to the 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, under way in the United Arab Emirates.) The fact that these global-warming alarmists are surrounded by Earth’s deepest pools of fossil fuels makes their Hajj infinitely ironic…. -
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She Was Close to Never Existing, but Her Mother’s Choice Changed That. Now, She’s Giving Back.
Heather Lawless came close to never existing on this earth. Due to her mother’s medical condition, Lawless’ mom was advised by her physicians and her family to have an abortion. “There was an abortion appointment made, and she didn’t show up to it,” Lawless said of her mom, adding, “She chose life for me, and… -
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4 Big Moments From Trump-Hannity Town Hall Event
Former President Donald Trump revealed his strategy to pay down the national debt without touching entitlements, the global consequences of President Joe Biden’s exit from Afghanistan and other issues Tuesday night. Trump had a live town hall with Fox News host Sean Hannity Tuesday night in Davenport, Iowa less than a month before the Iowa… -
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Supreme Court Case Has Democrats Salivating at Possibility of Green Light for Wealth Taxes
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a little case with potentially huge implications. The high court’s eventual decision in Moore v. USA could give a green light to Democrats in Congress and in state legislatures to enact taxes on unrealized gains, what liberals call “wealth taxes.” The Moore case doesn’t involve one of… -
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Pro-Life Senator Ends Holds on Most Military Promotions in His Fight Against Pentagon Pro-Abortion Policy
In a reversal in the Senate on Tuesday, Sen. Tommy Tuberville backed off his long-running pro-life fight. Tuberville, R-Ala., had been blocking hundreds of military promotions as a lever to challenge a Pentagon policy promoting abortion. On Tuesday, the Alabama lawmaker said he would free up most of the promotions to proceed after blocking them… -
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Why Do-It-Yourself Abortion Pills Are So Dangerous
The Biden administration continues removing safety measures for the distribution of do-it-yourself abortion pills, turning local pharmacies into abortion clinics. Meanwhile, the Food and Drug Administration is being sued for approving these dangerous drugs in the first place. After the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization struck down Roe v. Wade,… -
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Heritage Action President Calls on House Speaker to Prioritize Border Security in Spending Fight
Heritage Action for America President Kevin Roberts called on House Speaker Mike Johnson to prioritize securing the border and reject additional spending for Ukraine without a “plan that defines the end goal in Ukraine,” in a letter released Tuesday. A $106 billion supplemental spending bill proposed by the White House in October includes around $61… -
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Biden Admin’s Woke, Wasteful Infrastructure Add-Ons Inflate Costs
This holiday season, millions of American families are still struggling to make ends meet due to the ravages of inflation. The cost of basics, such as food and family homes, have spiked since January 2021, meaning that real wages have dropped by thousands of dollars per year. At a time when responsible adults are carefully… -
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4 Key Takeaways From FBI Director Chris Wray’s Senate Testimony
FBI Director Christopher Wray testified Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee, fielding topics from border security and China to the Hunter Biden investigation. Wray’s testimony came as the FBI faces continued scrutiny by a House investigation into “weaponized” government under the Biden administration. Here are key takeaways from Wray’s appearance. 1. ‘Hiding Behind the Skirts… -
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‘Have You Apologized?’ Congressman Grills DOJ Official About Targeting of Catholic Father Mark Houck
Republican Texas Rep. Chip Roy grilled the assistant attorney general for civil rights at the Department of Justice on Tuesday over the DOJ’s targeting of pro-life activists like Catholic father Mark Houck. Kristen Clarke, who oversees investigations into violations of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, came before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution… -
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Transgender Activist Threatened to Target Christian Girls in Bathrooms and Rape Them to Death
“Transgender” people pose no threat to girls in girls’ restrooms, they say. Gender ideology is not a threat to Christianity, they say. The rhetoric of “trans genocide” does not inspire hatred or violence, they say. One grand jury indictment debunks that entire narrative, however, and news about it appears to have gone under the radar…. -
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‘Are You Going to Fire These People or Not?’ Hawley Demands Answers on FBI Catholic Memo
FBI Director Chris Wray admitted to Sen. Josh Hawley that he has not fired anyone at the FBI’s Richmond office over the memo urging the FBI to investigate “radical traditional Catholics.” “You haven’t fired anybody,” Hawley, a Missouri Republican, said to Wray in a Senate hearing Tuesday. He pressed Wray on the FBI Richmond office’s… -
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America Must Confront China for Ramping Up Belligerence in South China Sea
Chinese leader Xi Jinping last week told the communist regime’s coast guard simply to enforce maritime law, but we all know what that really means—and it has nothing to do with upholding the rule of law on the high seas. Chinese vessels collided last month with a Philippine resupply boat and a Philippine coast guard… -
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STACKED DECK: The ‘Jan. 6 Jurisprudence’ About to Be Unleashed on Trump in DC
Defense attorneys have coined the term “January 6 Jurisprudence” to describe the treatment received by the more than 1,200 defendants arrested so far in connection with the events of Jan. 6, 2021. This carve-out legal system involves the unprecedented and possibly unlawful use of a corporate evidence-tampering statute; excessive prison sentences and indefinite periods of pretrial… -
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California Mom Urges Supreme Court Review After Child Lost to Suicide
A California mother who lost her daughter to suicide after transitioning and was removed from her custody for not supporting her gender identity filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case from another mother in Indiana facing the loss of custody for not supporting her daughter’s gender transition. Abigail Martinez… -
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Car Dealers Flash Stop Sign on Biden’s ‘Unrealistic’ Electric Vehicle Mandate
“Mr. President, it is time to tap the brakes on the unrealistic government electric vehicle mandate.” That’s the pointed message a whopping 3,882 automobile dealers from coast to coast sent in a joint open letter to President Joe Biden made public last week. We couldn’t have said it better—or more succinctly—ourselves. The auto dealers’ nine-paragraph letter explains—more… -
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‘Distraction From Our Core Mission’: Lockheed Martin Doesn’t Deny Flying Trans Flag in HQ Lobby
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: One of the leading global security and aerospace companies in the United States featured a prominent transgender flag in the lobby of its headquarters, according to a photo obtained by The Daily Signal. That photo, taken in mid-November during National Transgender Awareness Week, shows the lobby of Lockheed Martin’s corporate…