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opinion
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Gets a Postage Stamp; Why Doesn’t Antonin Scalia?
The opening of this year’s Supreme Court term on the first Monday of October will mark the release of a new Forever stamp featuring the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. While it may not be surprising that the United States Postal Service will be serving up a bouquet to the Left, it’s still regrettable that while it’s been three years since Ginsburg’s death, it’s been nearly eight since… -
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Devon Archer’s Testimony Raises Question: Did Hunter Biden Lie in His Own Memoir?
In a raft of glowing reviews, Hunter Biden’s 2019 memoir “Beautiful Things” was celebrated as an “unflinchingly honest” (Entertainment Weekly), “confession and an act of contrition” (The Guardian) that was “candid” and “doesn’t hold back details” (The New York Times) of his substance abuse and broken relationships. While describing the book as an “unvarnished confessional,” The… -
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Voter Registration ‘Charities’: An Overlooked, Hyperpartisan Scandal
“Nonprofit voter registration” doesn’t sound interesting. Yet nonprofit voter registration, or the use of tax-exempt charitable organizations to conduct and fund voter-registration drives, is one of the most important and underreported political scandals of our time. Nonprofit voter registration, and the get-out-the-vote activities that usually accompany it, have become the heart of a billion-dollar industry… -
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Chinese Communist Party’s Influence ‘Rampant in America’s Classrooms,’ GOP Congressman Says
The influence of the Chinese Communist Party “is rampant in America’s classrooms,” Rep. Aaron Bean, R-Fla., said Tuesday during a hearing on Capitol Hill. “Over 500 K-12 schools across the United States have allowed the CCP to establish itself in their halls under the guise of Confucius Classrooms,” Bean, chairman of the House Education Committee’s… -
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Pennsylvania Governor Launches ‘Automatic Voter Registration’ Plan Ahead of 2024
Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro announced Tuesday that he will implement “automatic voter registration” ahead of the 2024 election. The governor rolled out his plan on National Voter Registration Day to “streamline” the voter-registration process, which he argues will “save taxpayers time and money,” according to an announcement video. Shapiro’s plan will automatically enroll Pennsylvanians in the… -
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San Francisco on Track for Record Drug Overdoses as Opioid Epidemic Grips City
Health officials in San Francisco said Monday the number of people dying from drug overdoses is on its way to a record high, according to Fox KTVU 2 News. There were 84 deaths from drug overdoses in August, which puts San Francisco on the path to setting a record-high number of overdose deaths for the year,… -
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Pro-Life Group Describes Tremendous Growth, Success Post-Roe: ‘It’s Easier to Recruit People’
When Roe v. Wade was finally overturned—a victory that pro-life advocates had been striving toward for decades—40 Days for Life President Shawn Carney expected that his organization would probably shrink considerably. But he was underestimating the impact that the monumental June 2022 Supreme Court decision would have on the American public, he said in an… -
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‘FBI Does Not Exist to Harass Law-Abiding Americans,’ 8 Senators Remind Wray
U.S. senators on the Intelligence Committee are demanding the nation’s top law enforcement agency explain why it was targeting Catholics. Eight members of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence published a letter last week to FBI Director Christopher Wray, giving him until Sept. 29 to explain how the Richmond, Virginia, field office crafted a memo detailing plans… -
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5 Cases to Watch in Supreme Court’s 2023-24 Term
School isn’t the only thing back in session this fall. The Supreme Court will resume hearing cases when its new term begins Oct. 2. So, what’s on the docket? If you’d like an in-depth analysis of the cases the high court will hear this term, watch The Heritage Foundation’s annual Supreme Court Preview on Wednesday… -
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Disney’s Un-Midas Touch Ruins ‘Star Wars,’ Marvel, Even Disney Itself
My former college professor Victor Davis Hanson often refers to the Left’s “un-Midas touch,” a magical curse by which everything it touches turns to dross. Growing up in the 1990s and 2000s, I didn’t realize how good I had it until Disney decided to ruin my childhood. I grew up watching three amazing mega-franchises: the… -
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‘Society Must Be Rooted in the Truth’: DeSantis Unveils Religious Liberty Agenda
As president of the United States, Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will rely on God, empower parents, protect religious liberty, and stand up to the government and corporate forces waging a war on Christians, the governor told the 2023 Pray Vote Stand Summit on Friday night. “I don’t know how you could be a leader… -
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EXCLUSIVE: As Pro-Lifers Face Jail Time on DOJ Charges, GOP Moves to Repeal FACE Act
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL — As pro-life activists face prison time brought on by Department of Justices charges, Republican members of Congress are introducing legislation targeting the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act. Republican Texas Rep. Chip Roy introduced a bill Tuesday to repeal the FACE Act, which "prohibits threats of force,… -
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Indictment of Hunter Biden Is ‘a Smokescreen,’ Oversight Project Director Says
Special counsel David Weiss’ indictment of President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, is “a smokescreen,” according to Mike Howell, director of the Oversight Project, the watchdog arm of The Heritage Foundation. (The Daily Signal is the news outlet of Heritage.) Howell says the three drug-related gun charges against the younger Biden “are the smallest things… -
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Dressing Down an Unserious Senate
Axios reported Sunday that “Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., quietly has directed the Senate’s Sergeant at Arms to no longer enforce the chamber’s informal dress code for its members.” “Senators are able to choose what they wear on the Senate floor. I will continue to wear a suit,” Schumer said. The reporting frames the… -
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Trump Promises to Pardon Pro-Life Advocates Jailed by Biden
Former President Donald Trump has promised he will pardon or commute the sentences of sidewalk counselors, pro-life advocates, and “every political prisoner who’s been unjustly persecuted by the Biden administration” on the first day he returns to office, he told the 2023 Pray Vote Stand Summit on Friday. Trump also vowed he would prohibit transgender procedures for… -
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Pence Outlines Plan to ‘Rebuild American Family’
As Mike Pence addressed the Pray Vote Stand Summit on Friday in the nation’s capital, the former vice president appeared to be a long-shot candidate for president, according to the latest Fox News primary poll, which found him tied for fifth place with the support of 3% of respondents. In a speech that zeroed in on painting… -
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Top Pro-Life Leaders Slam Trump for Calling Heartbeat Protections for Unborn ‘Terrible’
Former President Donald Trump is drawing fire from pro-life leaders for describing Florida’s heartbeat protections for the unborn as “terrible.” “I think what he did is a terrible thing and a terrible mistake,” Trump told NBC’s new “Meet the Press” host, Kristen Welker, in an interview that aired Sunday. The former president was referring to… -
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Heritage Foundation Backs House Deal on Continuing Resolution With Spending Cuts, Border Security
The Heritage Foundation on Monday threw its support behind a spending agreement reached as a compromise among House Republicans. The budget deal was reached between leaders of the conservative House Freedom Caucus and the Republican Main Street Caucus, a group of House members that describe themselves as pragmatic conservatives. “The proposal cuts spending and seeks… -
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Biden DOJ Punishes Elderly Pro-Life Women for Trying to Stop Abortions; Both Face Jail Time
A federal jury convicted three pro-life activists on Friday for trying to stop abortions from taking place at a Washington, D.C., abortion facility. A jury convicted Jonathan Darnel (41), Jean Marshall (73), and Joan Bell (74) of a felony conspiracy against rights and a violation of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act…. -
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Biden Admin’s Latest Political Target: Christopher Rufo
The weaponization of the federal government against President Joe Biden’s political opponents and anyone fighting “woke” orthodoxy is going at such dizzying speed that it’s hard to keep pace. Now, the authorities are investigating Christopher Rufo, a conservative commentator who is on the board of the New College of Florida, for—among other crimes—refusing to address someone as…