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opinion
Bud Light in a Hole, but Still Digging
More than three months later, the makers of Bud Light still don’t “get” it. And neither, apparently, does its transgender former “spokesmodel” Dylan Mulvaney. Anheuser-Busch is flailing—and mostly failing—in its efforts to win back Bud Light’s disgruntled, largely blue-collar customers repulsed by Mulvaney, a social media “influencer” whose transgender base comprises an estimated .003% of… -
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Social Media Censorship BACKFIRES: Biden Admin Flags Itself, Pro-Ukraine Accounts as Russian Disinformation, Docs Reveal
Using the power of the federal government to pressure Big Tech into censoring "disinformation" is a modern Pandora's box. Sure, the Biden administration may decrease the influence of its critics—in an astonishing violation of the First Amendment—but it also enables bad actors to weaponize this very tool against the U.S. government itself, in an utterly… -
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Fauci Prompted ‘Cover-Up’ to ‘Disprove’ COVID-19 Lab Leak Theory, House GOP Report Says
A new report by the House of Representatives' Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic alleges then-National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci prompted an effort to suppress the theory that the coronavirus emerged from a lab in Wuhan, China. Fauci on numerous occasions prompted researchers to author a paper intended to… -
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Sotomayor’s Staff Leaned on Colleges, Libraries to Buy Her Book Ahead of Speaking Gigs
Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s taxpayer-funded staff frequently pushed colleges and libraries to purchase her books ahead of speaking engagements, according to The Associated Press. Supreme Court staff often assisted with arranging speaking engagements designed to promote Sotomayor’s books, which have earned the justice a minimum of $3.7 million since she took her seat on the bench… -
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Law Banning ‘Gender Transition’ of Minors Sees Initial Win in Federal Court
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit ruled Saturday in favor of a Tennessee law protecting minors from “gender transition” surgeries and hormone treatments. The 2-1 decision reversed the district court’s statewide preliminary injunction. The decision both allows Tennessee’s law protecting minors to remain in effect while the lawsuit proceeds and signals that… -
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ORDER UPHELD: Judge Blocks Biden Admin’s ‘Orwellian’ Collusion With Big Tech to Suppress Free Speech
UPDATE July 11, 2023: Judge Terry Doughty in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana on Monday rejected the Biden administration's motion for a stay of his historic July 4 preliminary injunction preventing the administration from pressuring Big Tech to censor Americans. Two days after Doughty issued the injunction, the Biden administration… -
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How This Accountability Group Exposes Biden Admin’s Woke Policies
The Biden administration’s embrace of so-called diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives—or DEI—represents an effort to “create equality of outcomes rather than equality of opportunity,” an advocate of conservative reforms says. Tarren Bragdon, president and CEO of the Foundation for Government Accountability, says the Biden administration has taken actions to “use the power of the federal… -
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UN Report Castigates Religion for Stymieing the Sexual Orientation-Gender Identity Agenda
Victor Madrigal-Borloz, the United Nations’ independent “expert” on sexual orientation and gender identity, capped off “Pride Month” in June with his annual report to the Human Rights Council. The report addressed the conflicts between religious freedom and the rights of LGBTQ+ people to be “free from violence and discrimination.” Spoiler alert: Religious freedom loses. Madrigal-Borloz, a… -
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Fauci, Other NIH Officials May Have to Pay Back Year’s Salary
Dr. Anthony Fauci, once the highest-paid employee of the federal government, might have to pay back his salary for his final year at the National Institutes of Health, based on a congressional committee’s finding that he wasn’t legally appointed by the Biden administration. Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee announced Monday that they… -
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The Destructiveness of Black Lives Matter 10 Years Later
Next week marks a decade since Black Lives Matter began disrupting our lives. The media doesn’t mention the group much anymore, mainly to avoid embarrassing evidence of its corruption. But BLM has changed the nation in profound ways, perhaps permanently—and continues to do so. This transformation of America was deliberate. The nation’s newspapers robotically speak… -
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Bidens Do the Crimes, but Not the Time
The family that skates together stays together. The influence-peddling, money laundering, and foreign shakedowns encircling Hunter Biden, his uncle Jim, and The Big Guy in the Oval Office have received considerable attention, at least in the conservative media. But even Fox News addicts would be stunned by how many Bidens have T-boned into the law and… -
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State AGs Warn Target of ‘Concerns’ Over Pride Merch for Kids
A group of seven state attorneys general sent a letter to Target on Wednesday warning the retail giant that its Pride clothing line collection may be in violation of state child-protection laws. The letter comes in the wake of public outrage that swelled in May when it was discovered that Target began selling, among other controversial items, “tuck-friendly” swimwear… -
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Battle Between Crypto and SEC Far From Over
June proved to be a momentous month for the cryptocurrency industry, but not in a good way. With Sam Bankman-Fried’s fall from grace and his subsequent criminal indictment, the industry needed good news. After all, the founder and (supposed) crypto-golden boy of FTX Trading Ltd. had been working with Congress and regulators to establish a… -
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Liberals’ ‘Solutions’ for Illegal Immigration, Shoplifting Only Make Matters Worse
Samuel Johnson, father of the dictionary, called second marriages “the triumph of hope over experience.” That sounds like “progressive” policy on immigration and crime—and they get both wrong. The Biden administration wants increased and easier immigration. While most Americans support reasonable legal immigration, they reject unlimited numbers via open borders. Last year, a majority of… -
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How to Fix the FBI
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has become a serious threat to the liberties of the American people. There’s a growing sense of urgency, especially among conservatives in Congress, that the FBI must be brought under effective oversight and fundamentally reformed to end its weaponization and to resecure our most basic freedoms. Monday, The Heritage Foundation… -
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Who Is Lesley Wolf? ‘Obstructive’ Prosecutor in Biden Bribery Case, a Democrat Donor, Ignored IRS Whistleblowers
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, is giving the U.S Attorney’s Office in Delaware until July 21 to answer questions about why information about a “criminal bribery scheme” involving President Joe Biden wasn’t pursued in the federal investigation of his son, Hunter Biden. Grassley’s letter brings up Assistant U.S. Attorney for Delaware Lesley Wolf’s actions, based on… -
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Kayak and Canoe Business Files Lawsuit to Stop Gov. Greg Abbott’s Buoy Wall in Rio Grande
A lawsuit by a canoe and kayak business aims to sink Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s buoy barrier against illegal aliens in the Rio Grande at the nation’s southern border. Jessie Fuentes, owner of Epi’s Canoe & Kayak Team LLC, filed the lawsuit Friday, the same day that construction of the buoy barrier began. Fuentes claims… -
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Incomplete Design Before Construction Threatens Coast Guard’s Offshore Patrol Cutter Fleet
The Coast Guard is currently building a ship without a plan. The Coast Guard’s highest acquisition priority, the offshore patrol cutter program, has risk because construction is underway, but the plans for the ships are not finalized, according to a new Government Accountability Office report. That represents bad news for an already struggling program. The delay… -
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UK Ruling Should Encourage Americans to Stand Firm on LGBTQ Insanity
A legal ruling in the United Kingdom should inspire celebration and courage as well as spark cautious hope among Americans who hold traditional beliefs about gender and sexuality. Maya Forstater, the U.K. woman who lost her contract employment after tweeting so-called “gender-critical views” is set to receive a payout of 100,000 pounds—equivalent to $108,965—after a… -
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BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Nick Sandmann’s Attorney Joins Lawsuit Against SPLC
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Todd McMurtry, the lawyer who secured settlements from CNN, NBC Universal, and The Washington Post on behalf of Covington Catholic High School teen Nick Sandmann, has joined the legal team for D.A. King and the Dustin Inman Society, who are suing the Southern Poverty Law Center for defamation. “We’re proud of…