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Best Part of Federal Judge’s Ruling Against Abortion Pill Comes Down to 2 Words
A federal judge ruled late last week that the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of an at-home abortion pill over two decades ago was improper and didn’t consider all of the pill’s risks to patients. He also did what many in his profession have failed to do: recognize the humanity of the child in the… -
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Indictment of Trump Loosed an Imprudent Political Genie That Can’t Be Put Back in Bottle
The Roman historian Suetonius described Julius Caesar as timid and noncommittal as he initially approached the Rubicon River—a shallow and narrow waterway that, at the time, demarcated the boundary between Cisalpine Gaul and Italy proper—in January of 49 B.C. In fact, the historian ultimately attributed Caesar’s decision to cross the waterway, precipitating a four-year civil… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Doctors Expose Just How Experimental ‘Gender-Affirming Care’ Truly Is in Florida Medicaid Case
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Psychiatrists, endocrinologists, neurologists, and other doctors testified in support of a Florida health agency's rule preventing Medicaid from funding various forms of "gender-affirming care," such as "puberty-blockers," cross-sex hormones, and transgender surgeries. "Patients suffering from gender dysphoria or related issues have a right to be protected from experimental, potentially harmful treatments… -
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‘Deeply Perverse’: California School Board ‘Turns Education on its Head’ in Transgender Vote; Faces Lawsuit
Another public school system has voted to hide mental health information about students from their parents. This time, however, parents are fighting back. The Center for American Liberty has filed suit against the superintendent and school board members of the Chico Unified School District in Northern California on behalf of Chico parent Aurora Regino. At… -
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Trump Indictment Shows Bragg’s Idea of ‘Equal Justice Under Law’ Is a Farce
It’s official: America is a Third World country. Don’t let the industrial prowess and atomic weapons fool you. Haiti and Honduras have nothing on the U.S. regarding a legal system that the ruling party hurls like a harpoon at its opponents and holsters on behalf of its friends. Masons should chisel quotation marks around the… -
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No One Is Above the Law? Give Me a Break
Lock Donald Trump up, or don’t lock him up, but don’t tell me that “no one is above the law.” It’s one of the most ludicrous fantasies peddled by the Left. Plenty of people are “above the law.” James Clapper, who lied under oath to Congress about spying on the American people, is above the… -
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Jane’s Revenge ‘Will Be Held Accountable’ for Attacks on Pro-Life Centers, Lawyer Says
The attorney general of Florida, together with a religious liberty legal group, is suing Jane’s Revenge for targeting and attacking pro-life pregnancy resource centers. “If you use violence to injure or intimidate … pregnancy care centers across the country, you will be held accountable,” says Jeremy Dys, special counsel for litigation and communications at First… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Detransitioners Back Florida Medicaid Rule Amid LGBT Legal Challenge
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Three "detransitioners"—men who underwent surgeries in pursuit of a female gender identity but later rejected that identity—filed a legal brief supporting a Florida health agency's rule preventing Medicaid from reimbursing for transgender medical interventions. Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration finalized the rule in August 2022, declaring that Medicaid would not… -
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California Bill Would Require Schools to Notify Parents If a Child Wants to Change Gender Identity
A California bill would require teachers, counselors, and any other employee of a school to notify parents within three days in the event their child requests to be called by a name normally used by the opposite sex or different personal pronouns, or begins using a bathroom or locker room designated for the opposite sex…. -
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Media Watchdog Group Holds Stanford Law School Accountable After Students, Associate Dean Heckle Conservative Judge
Judge Kyle Duncan, a conservative on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, arrived on the Stanford Law School campus on March 9. He was there to deliver remarks to students at an event hosted by the campus Federalist Society group, but Duncan never had the opportunity to deliver his talk. Upon entering the lecture… -
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The Left’s Lightbulb Ban: Welcome to the Age of Unlightenment
According to an essay by historian Matthew White, the Enlightenment was the great “Age of Reason” where exploration, individualism, tolerance, and scientific endeavors helped create the modern world. Well, it was nice while it lasted. Welcome to the Unlightenment. As reported by Fox News, the regressive Left’s war on the Enlightenment and its concomitant Industrial… -
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Trump Isn’t Only One Facing Double Standards of Justice
It’s not just Donald Trump who is experiencing two standards of justice in America these days. In a monologue last week, Tucker Carlson highlighted other examples of a judicial double standard. He referred to the case of Douglass Mackey, who posted a satirical meme about voting by text message and is now facing up to… -
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In California, Parents May Soon Effectively Lose Custody of Kids 12 and Older
In California, “stranger danger” may be about to acquire a whole new meaning. Forget warning kids. It’s the parents in California who will need to be terrified of strangers if a new bill passes. Snuck into AB 665, legislation ostensibly about extending mental health care to lower-income California youths, is a provision that effectively would… -
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How the COVID-19 Pandemic Affected Church Attendance Habits
Will the churches be full this Easter? Or did the COVID-19 pandemic, and the long time of closed churches, usher in a new era? The data doesn’t suggest churches will be bursting at the seams, crowds of people squashed into pews and latecomers leaning against walls. Twenty percent of Americans say they attend religious services… -
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The Crowdfunded Christian Film That Outpunched ‘Creed III’ at Box Office
On Palm Sunday weekend, heading into Holy Week, a Christian film about Abraham’s sacrificing Isaac in Genesis 22 outpunched “Creed III” and “Shazam! Fury of the Gods” at the box office, coming in a respectable third behind “Dungeons & Dragons” and “John Wick: Chapter 4.” “His Only Son” raked in $5.5 million in its opening… -
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Lawsuit Targets Ohio Amendment That Would Enshrine Abortion in State Constitution
Pro-life activists in Ohio are working to prevent approval of a ballot question that would enshrine abortion in the Buckeye State’s Constitution. Cincinnati Right to Life members Margaret DeBlase and John Giroux filed a lawsuit with the state's highest court to prevent the proposed constitutional amendment from appearing on the ballot in November, arguing that… -
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House Seeks Testimony From Teachers Union Chief Weingarten on School Closures During COVID-19
A House investigative panel wants to hear from Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, about her role in keeping schools closed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, invited Weingarten on Tuesday to testify at a hearing scheduled… -
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10 Disturbing Responses by LGBTQ+ Activists After the Nashville School Shooting
In the 10 days since a transgender individual shot and killed three children and three adults at a Christian elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee, many LGBTQ+ advocacy groups and progressives have posted insensitive or disturbing images online or stormed state capitols and statehouses. These activists also threaten to retaliate against those they claim are taking away… -
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Florida’s Election Crimes Unit a National Model, Watchdog Says
Florida’s new office targeting election crimes is a model for the rest of the country, based on its transparency and capacity to restore trust in elections, a new report from a watchdog group says. Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, last year signed a bill creating the Office of Election Crimes and Security. The Foundation for… -
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‘Price Comes Down … Scores Go Up,’ Scott Says of Effects of Competition on Education ‘Monopoly’
Education is a local and state issue, not a federal matter, Sen. Tim Scott says. In a wide-ranging conversation Wednesday with Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts on “The Kevin Roberts Show” podcast, the South Carolina Republican discussed the government’s problematic near-monopoly on education, why taxes should be lowered, and how to have joy in all circumstances, among other…