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Why We Celebrate National First Responders Day: A Look at the Risks They Take for Us
Oct. 28 marks National First Responders Day. With so many challenges facing our families, communities, and nation, it could be easy to brush aside the significance of taking time to honor those who work tirelessly to keep us safe. However, it is more crucial than ever to take a moment to thank and honor these… -
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Emboldened Global Jihad Is Final Nail in Coffin of Mass Migration Delusion
The weeks since the Oct. 7 Hamas pogrom in Israel—in which the most Jews were slaughtered in a single day than at any time since World War II—have seen an astonishing rise in global Jew-hatred. One might have thought that the mass carnage and unspeakable barbarism of the Hamas Holocaust would instead galvanize a concerted… -
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Top 5 Reasons to Oppose Biden’s Request for Extra $106B
President Joe Biden last week asked Congress to provide $106 billion in emergency money to confront multiple crises around the world and at home. As Washington begins to debate the president’s request, here are the top five reasons for Congress to oppose it. 1. Inadequate Aid to Israel Biden cynically decided to include emergency aid… -
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SPLC Silent After Anti-Israel Vandals Strike Near Tree of Life Synagogue Ahead of Shooting Anniversary
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and the Anti-Defamation League condemned the anti-Israel vandalism in a Jewish community near the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh one day before the fifth anniversary of the horrific murder of 11 congregants. Yet the Southern Poverty Law Center, which bills itself as an expert on “hate groups” and antisemitism, has… -
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California School Tries to Keep 11-Year-Old Jewish Victims Quiet With Gag Order
A California school district forced four Jewish students to remain silent after they became targets of antisemitic harassment and now is misusing a federal law to prevent anyone from holding administrators accountable. The social media account Libs of TikTok posted a report Monday of a verbal attack on four 11-year-old Jewish students at a California… -
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Why Did Biden Choose Venezuela Over Canada for Oil?
The United States needs more heavy oil for a whole series of reasons. President Joe Biden could have chosen to have that oil come from a close friend and ally, environmentally conscious Canada, or from one of the world’s nastiest regimes, Nicolas Maduro’s Venezuela, which doesn’t give a toss about the environment. Which did he… -
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Polls Showing Support for Israel Hide Some Ugly Truths
According to a new Harvard/Harris poll, only the police and military are more respected than Israel. It’s heartening that Americans overwhelmingly support civilization over the Islamofascists of Gaza and Iran. Then again, “Palestinian Authority” gets 17% support, and Hamas has a 14% positive rating—which is to say 14% of your neighbors have taken the side… -
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Iowa Gov Rebuts ‘Book Ban’ Claim: ‘Nasty, Pornographic’ Materials ‘Should Never, Ever Be in a Classroom’
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds is pushing back against claims from some in the media that an education bill she signed into law back in late May involved banning books. Senate File 496 prohibited books with written and visual depictions of sex acts from school libraries. “If you’re a parent, and you think it’s important …… -
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DeSantis Reveals His Plan to Combat Threat of a ‘Global Dystopia’
If elected president, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says he has a plan to combat the threat the Chinese Communist Party poses to the U.S. and American democracy, a threat that he says represents no less than a “global dystopia.” “The threat posed by the CCP requires our primary focus and attention right now,” DeSantis said during a speech… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Elon Musk Challenged to Stand Against State Censorship
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: Alliance Defending Freedom International is calling on Elon Musk to take a stand against state censorship one year after he took over the "helm of X," formerly known as Twitter. In a letter first obtained by The Daily Signal, ADF International praises Musk for being a "global champion of free… -
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Exposing the COVID-19 Origins Deception
Remember when Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., accused Dr. Anthony Fauci of funding China’s Wuhan virus lab? Fauci replied, “Sen. Paul, you do not know what you’re talking about.” The media loved it. Vanity Fair smirked: “Fauci Once Again Forced to Basically Call Rand Paul a Sniveling Moron.” But now the magazine has changed its tune,… -
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7 Takeaways From Grassley’s Latest Findings on FBI Corruption in Biden Probe
Long before the House opened an impeachment inquiry targeting President Joe Biden, the FBI had been investigating potential influence peddling by the president and his family in China, Ukraine, and elsewhere, according to information released by Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa. In the newest wrinkle of an unfolding legal drama for the president’s family, Grassley, co-founder… -
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The Creepy All-Seeing Eye of ‘Geofencing’
As worshippers gathered at the Calvary Chapel in 2020, they were being watched from above. Satellites were locking in on cellphones owned by members of the nondenominational Protestant church in San Jose, California. Their location eventually worked its way to a private company, which then sold the information to the government of Santa Clara… -
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The Left Calls for Gun Control After Maine Mass Shooting. But Recent Events Show Why We Need Right to Bear Arms.
When evil is committed in this world, the Left creates victims, rather than empowering good people to stop it. On Wednesday, a mass shooter killed more people, 18, in Lewiston, Maine, than the entire number of people slain in the state in 2021. It was a horrific act of wanton murder. Thirteen others were injured…. -
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The Lancet’s Antisemitic Libel
Doctors were once thought of as highly educated and wise people whose opinions on a host of matters deserved deference. But the factually challenged and morally shallow reaction of leading figures in the medical profession to the mass slaughter, rape, and kidnapping of Israelis by Hamas, however, punctures this myth of sagacious doctors. A soon-to-be-released… -
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The BorderLine: Cities, States Can’t Continue to Shoulder Costs of Biden’s Deliberate Border Crisis
The BorderLine is a weekly Daily Signal feature examining everything from the unprecedented illegal immigration crisis at the border to immigration’s impact on cities and states throughout the land. We will also shed light on other critical border-related issues like human trafficking, drug smuggling, terrorism, and more. ———————————————————- “Will we have enough unicorn poop to pay for it,… -
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EXCLUSIVE: High School’s ‘Oppression and Privilege’ Slideshow Links to Teen Sex Ed Website
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Tenth-graders at a Missouri high school last week had to watch a slideshow on “oppression and privilege” that appears to violate state law by using information from a Planned Parenthood affiliate that lists abortion clinics on its website. The website of the Planned Parenthood affiliate tells teens about "porn literacy" and… -
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‘Are You Here to Pray for the Lives of Unborn Children?’ Cop Asks Woman Praying Silently
Silent prayer outside an abortion clinic is prohibited in certain areas of the United Kingdom—and pro-life activists who choose to pray in those areas have been repeatedly targeted by police. Footage released by Alliance Defending Freedom’s U.K. branch shows an officer, allegedly with the West Midlands Police, grilling pro-life activist Isabel Vaughan-Spruce about why she… -
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The Hamas Hostage Crisis: New Front in Iran’s Proxy War
The Palestinian terrorist group Hamas once again has launched a lethal campaign against Israel, its fifth major offensive and the most catastrophic since Hamas seized power in the Gaza Strip in 2007 following Israel’s withdrawal. Once again, Hamas has perpetrated a double war crime by hiding behind civilians in Gaza while savagely attacking civilians in… -
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Senators Cruz, Lee, Marshall, and Vance Propose Immediate Appropriation for Israel
Four Republican senators have introduced a bill to appropriate immediate assistance and aid to Israel. The stand-alone bill would ensure funding for Israel is not delayed by President Joe Biden’s competing priorities in the Ukraine war and would strip out “all aid to Gaza that could be funneled to Hamas terrorists,” according to a press…