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opinion
Government Deceit
“Experts” were confident that they knew what America should do about COVID-19. They were wrong about so much. Officials pushed masks, including useless cloth ones. Dr. Anthony Fauci said, “Don’t wear masks”—then, “Do wear them.” Some states closed playgrounds and banned motorboats and Jet Skis. Towns in New York banned using leaf-blowers. California pointlessly closed… -
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Supreme Court Puts Its Name on Ethics Code It’s Used All Along
Today, the Left is complaining about the very judicial independence that was among the reasons that America declared independence from England. Most Supreme Court justices today take the Constitution as it is, refusing to make one up to promote certain political interests. The Left responds by smearing those justices as “unethical” and trying to intimidate… -
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Mayorkas Set for Return to Hot Seat for Hearing on Threats at Border
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is expected to face a barrage of questions regarding the security threats at America’s southern border at another hearing on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. Mayorkas is set to testify before the House Homeland Security Committee at a hearing on “Worldwide Threats to the Homeland.” The homeland security chief recently testified… -
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Hundreds of Thousands Flood DC to March for Israel
WASHINGTON—Hundreds of thousands of men and women flooded the nation's capital on Tuesday for the March for Israel and demanded the return of hostages captured by Hamas. According to estimates from the rally's organizers, the Jewish Federations of North America and the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, an estimated 290,000 people attended the… -
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Biden’s ‘War on Fossil Fuels’ Out of Step With Geopolitical Realities, Energy Policy Analysts Say
With the Russia-Ukraine war and the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel underscoring the urgent need for renewed U.S. oil and gas development, now would be a good time for President Joe Biden to rethink his opposition to fossil fuels, an energy and environmental policy analyst says. “These events give President Biden the perfect opportunity to… -
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House Passes Bill Keeping Spending at Current Levels Through Early 2024
The House voted to pass a spending bill to keep the government running at current levels through early 2024—with no new funding for border security, Israel, or Ukraine. The continuing resolution, which passed 336 to 95, also has no spending cuts. Ninety-three Republicans and two Democrats voted against the bill, while one Republican and two… -
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Some of the Best Signs at DC March for Israel
Tens of thousands of demonstrators attended the March for Israel held Tuesday on the National Mall in Washington. Reporters for The Daily Signal and staffers from The Heritage Foundation were on the ground at the march and captured photos of some of the signs demonstrators carried. (The Daily Signal is the news outlet of The… -
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American College Students Chant Nazi-Inspired Slogan Against Israel
“There is only one solution: intifada revolution!” campus radicals chanted last week at Princeton University, Tufts University, the University of Maryland, and other collleges nationwide. If these students’ call for “one solution” to the “problem” of the Jewish state reminds you of Nazi Germany’s so-called Final Solution, there’s a reason for that: The chant was… -
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Biden Admin Removes Restrictions on China Purchasing American Technology That Could Be Used Against US
The Biden administration recently removed restrictions on 27 Chinese companies that prevented those companies from purchasing American technology that could potentially be turned against the U.S. A detailed examination by The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project reveals connections between several of these companies and the Chinese Communist Party’s surveillance and military programs. The U.S. Bureau of… -
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‘Heil Hitler’: Watch What Happened at March for Israel
A video captured by Dominick Buehler, a member of the Young Leaders Program in the Oversight Project at The Heritage Foundation, shows a horrific scene from Tuesday’s March for Israel: Buehler says the man repeatedly shouted, “F— Jews” and “F— white people” and also referred to the Jewish people “occupying” Palestine. “People were shocked,” Buehler… -
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The Woke Left Thrives Because of the West’s Crisis of Meaning
What’s happened in the West since Hamas terrorists’ savage Oct. 7 attacks on Israel has been an eye-opener for many. Vast, pro-Hamas protests have become commonplace in our cities. In London, pro-Hamas protesters openly praised Hitler. In New York, anti-Israel mobs attacked and vandalized Grand Central Station and tore down American and Israeli flags near… -
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The Islamophobia Lie
This past month has seen the worst attack on Jews since the Holocaust. It has also seen the worst global spike in antisemitism since the Holocaust. According to Reuters, “In countries where figures are available from police or civil society groups, including the United States, Britain, France, Germany and South Africa, the pattern is clear:… -
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Told You: The Left’s Hate Crime Double Standard Has Consequences
As mobs extolling diversity, equity, and inclusion violently attack Jewish and white students at K-12 schools and on college campuses across the nation, I regretfully write: Told you so. In 2021, when I was still the science coordinator for Indianapolis Public Schools, then the largest public school in Indiana, I had seen the eerie effects… -
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Migrant Encounters at the Southern Border Remain at Record Levels in October
Federal authorities recorded 240,988 migrant encounters at the southern border in October, sustaining record highs seen under the Biden administration, according to Customs and Border Protection data released Tuesday. The number of encounters along the southern border in September totaled 269,735, marking the highest month on record. CBP recorded 232,963 and 183,479 encounters in August and July,… -
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‘It Isn’t a Crime to Tweet a Bible Verse,’ Finnish Politician Says After Court Dismisses Charges Against Her
An appeals court has dismissed “hate speech” charges against a member of Finland’s parliament who posted a tweet citing Bible verses. The Helsinki Court of Appeals, based in Finland’s capital city, unanimously cleared Päivi Räsänen, a member of the Finnish parliament and the country’s former interior minister, and Bishop Juhana Pohjola, of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland,… -
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The Little Box That Could Change America
In my long life, I have never personally experienced antisemitism in America. I was raised by Jewish parents who believed that the best place Jews ever lived (other than in their own country in the Holy Land) was the United States of America. When the most prominent Jew of the 20th century, Rabbi Menachem Schneerson,… -
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Why Teaching Youth About Intellectual Property Principles Is Essential to Civilization’s Advancement
Nineteenth-century American writer and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” But in our globally connected environment where competition is fierce and the opportunities for others to steal innovation are rife, how can we empower the next generation… -
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Moms for Liberty Co-Founder Has a Message for Teacher’s Union Boss Mocking Parental Rights
Moms for Liberty co-founder Tiffany Justice laid out her strategy for the “David and Goliath” struggle to win school board elections in the face of the teachers unions’ stranglehold, following another historic election cycle in which the 3-year-old organization racked up 50 wins, but fell short in many other races. “We got 50 people elected… -
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‘You Have Broken Your Promise’: 27 Senate Republicans Demand Lloyd Austin Drop Abortion Policy
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Twenty-seven Senate Republicans sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin Monday, demanding that he rescind an abortion travel policy that they claim violates U.S. law by circumventing Congress. Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., has vocally opposed this policy. "You have broken your promise to the American people not to politicize… -
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The True Face of the United Nations
The precursor to the United Nations was conceptualized by President Woodrow Wilson, who feverishly traveled around Europe calling for “the making of peace” as well as “the creation of a League of Nations” to accomplish that objective. This came on the heels of World War I and, for his tireless efforts, Wilson was awarded the…