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PA Freedom Caucus Blocks Penn State Hospital Funding Over Trans Puberty Blockers Policy
Republicans in Pennsylvania’s Freedom Caucus have at least temporarily blocked a bill funneling taxpayer dollars to Penn State University following news that the university hospital is prescribing puberty blockers to children. House Bill 1456 failed to reach the needed two-thirds majority threshold Thursday that it required to pass the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. “The Pennsylvania… -
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Reading and Math Scores Plummet as Racial and Sexual Activism Replace Academics
As America’s public education system reports the worst literacy and math performance in decades, its schools dedicate increasingly immense portions of their time to lessons on the supposed virtues of racial and gender segregation. With only eight hours per day and 180 school days per year, one would think that everyone from the newest teacher’s… -
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Republicans Challenge ‘Dead Weight’ Tim Kaine as Youngkin’s Popularity Puts Virginia’s US Senate Race in Play
Republicans seem well positioned to win the U.S. Senate in 2024, since they have only 12 seats to defend compared to the Democrats’ 22. In Virginia, Republicans aim to unseat incumbent Senate Democrat Tim Kaine, slamming him as “dead weight” and noting the success of Gov. Glenn Youngkin, a Republican. “I think this race is… -
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A Court’s Correction: NC Justices Reinstate Voter ID Law After 2 Liberal Judges Get Boot
In a decision that did not get the attention it deserved, the newly reconstituted North Carolina Supreme Court recently reinstated, as the court said, one of “least restrictive voter identification laws in the United States.” Liberal judges on that court—two of whom are no longer there after losing their 2022 reelection attempts—had previously thrown out… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Will the Biden Admin Punish States for Protecting Kids From Trans Procedures? Banks Demands Answers
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., is demanding President Joe Biden's administration explain whether it will punish states banning transgender surgeries and procedures for children. During a June 13 House Committee on Education and the Workforce hearing, Banks pressed Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to address whether he supports the "restriction… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Heritage Foundation Sues Pentagon to Learn How Many Abortions It Has Paid For
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Heritage Foundation is suing the Defense Department for access to information regarding the Pentagon’s funding of abortions. Heritage on Thursday filed a lawsuit against the Pentagon to gain access to records regarding the number of abortions it has paid for. (The Daily Signal is the news outlet of The Heritage Foundation.) … -
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America Wakes Up to Woke
Wokeness was envisioned as a new reboot of the coalition of the oppressed. Those purportedly victimized by traditional America would find “intersectional” solidarity in their victimhood owing to the supposed sexism, racism, homophobia, transphobia, and other alleged American sins, past and present. The so-called white male heterosexual victimizing class was collectively to be held responsible… -
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Biden Administration Fails to Share Intel on COVID-19 Origins, but Independent Evidence Is Piling Up
The Biden administration has missed the June 18 statutory deadline for delivering U.S. intelligence information on the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic to Congress. Despite the missed deadline, the information about its origins is becoming clearer. This is due, in large part, to vigorous congressional oversight and the outstanding work of independent journalists in search… -
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Barack Obama, Ever the Racial Arsonist
One way to describe the philosophical and ideological divide between former President Barack Obama and Sen. Tim Scott is that the optimistic Scott views the glass that is America today as much more than half-full, while the ungrateful Obama still sees it as half-empty—or worse. Nearly six-and-a-half years after leaving the White House, Obama—appallingly, but… -
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AMC Cancels Showings of Film Highlighting Dangers of Transgender Surgeries
The release day was supposed to be Wednesday for the film “No Way Back: The Reality of Gender-Affirming Care.” This movie, a Deplorable Films production, showcases medical professionals and detransitioned individuals who have thoughts and experiences concerning the health complications of mutilating one’s body with gender-affirming surgery. However, AMC theaters across America canceled the premiere… -
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FAILING UPWARD: Teachers Union Leader Who Pushed COVID-19 Mandates Lands Homeland Security Role
Randi Weingarten, a major proponent of school lockdowns and COVID-19 restrictions, was appointed to the Homeland Security Academic Partnership Council on Wednesday. “Leaders of our academic institutions and campus life have a great deal to offer in helping us counter the evolving and emerging threats to the homeland,” Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas said… -
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How ‘Sound of Freedom’ Movie Can Be Disruptive Force to End Child Sex Slavery
Years ago, I started praying a simple prayer: “Lord, break my heart for what breaks yours. I want to weep over what you weep over and rejoice over what you rejoice over.” That prayer is not entirely original as the words are similar to the popular Christian song “Hosanna,” but over the years, the prayer… -
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How to Disrupt Media Groupthink: Train the Next Generation of Conservative Journalists
Ryan Wolfe got his start in journalism as a student at Wake Forest University and is now leading The Fund for American Studies’ new Center for Excellence in Journalism. With many Americans lacking trust in traditional media outlets, The Fund for American Studies is training the next generation of journalists to focus on honest reporting… -
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Tennessee’s Republican AG Exits Group Sponsored by Woke Companies
Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti has left an organization of state attorneys general that has accepted sponsorships from left-leaning companies and nonprofits, The Daily Signal has learned. The organization, called the Attorneys General Alliance, is holding its annual conference this week in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. The annual conference, running Monday through Thursday, was expected… -
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House Votes to Censure Rep. Adam Schiff
The U.S. House of Representatives voted Wednesday in favor of a resolution to censure Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., initially filed a privileged resolution on May 23 "to censure, condemn, and fine" the California Democrat $16 million "for his egregious abuse of the trust of the American people." Luna introduced a… -
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6 Takeaways From Special Counsel John Durham’s House Testimony on FBI’s Trump-Russia Probe
Special counsel John Durham testified to a House committee Wednesday about his lengthy investigation into the origins of the FBI’s Trump-Russia probe, aiming sharp retorts at two Democratic lawmakers who sought to detract from his findings. Last month, Durham released his report criticizing the FBI’s “Crossfire Hurricane” investigation of whether Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign… -
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Biden’s Energy Policies Strengthen China at America’s Expense
With U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s friendly weekend meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, questions arise as to why President Joe Biden is promoting costly energy policies that strengthen China at the expense of America. Although Biden on Tuesday called Xi a dictator, actions speak louder than words. Biden’s energy policies, which favor wind… -
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Riley Gaines Describes Sharing Locker Room With Lia Thomas
In testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday, a tearful Riley Gaines spoke passionately about competing against Lia Thomas, a biologically male swimmer who identified as female and competed in women’s swimming on the University of Pennsylvania team. Gaines, who won numerous races during her time swimming on the University of Kentucky’s women’s team, shared… -
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EXCLUSIVE: GOP Women Introduce National Women’s Sports Week Resolution
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: Female Republican lawmakers are backing girls fighting to preserve the integrity of women's sports by marking the observance of National Women's Sports Week. Republican Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst and Republican New York Rep. Claudia Tenney introduced a bicameral resolution this week to celebrate the contributions of individual female athletes and… -
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Pro-Life Women Celebrate First Anniversary of Post-Roe America
Pro-life women came together Tuesday to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade and the availability of abortion on demand and to honor pro-life women who served and defended expectant mothers in the past year. The webinar via Zoom was co-sponsored by Republican strategist and pollster Kellyanne Conway, a…