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opinion
Germans Are Getting Mugged by Reality of Green Energy
When one of us (Mackenzie Fries) visited Germany last month, she saw firsthand the cost of the nation’s environmental policies, and it was staggering. Germans continue to complain about the ever-increasing energy costs that result from those policies, a major source of discontent. The nation has been phasing out conventional fuels and phasing in less… -
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Cartels, Not US Government, Are ‘Choosing Who Enters This Country,’ Sen. Sinema Says
The Mexican cartels, not the U.S. government, are controlling aspects of the southern border, Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema says. “Right now, the United States government is not choosing who enters this country; the cartels are choosing that. That is dangerous,” Sinema said. The former Democratic senator, now an independent, toured the southern border Wednesday and… -
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Christians Must Take Children to Transgender Procedures or They Can’t Adopt, Oregon State Law Says
The state of Oregon refused to allow a Christian mother of five to adopt two children after she said her religion would not let her take a young minor to receive cross-hormone injections—a policy that could prevent up to 78% of Americans from adopting children. Requiring adoptive parents to facilitate transgender procedures acts as a form of… -
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Not Just Nashville: Attacks Against Churches Nearly Triple So Far in 2023, Report Finds
Last week’s mass murder of six people at a church-run Christian school constitutes 2023’s deadliest act of violence against churches, which have increased nearly three times this year compared to last year, a new report from Family Research Council finds. The number of anti-church attacks in 2022 had already tripled over four years, a previous report found. In all, assailants… -
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Missouri School Offered ‘Sweet Prize’ to Students for Reading Sexually Explicit Books
A Missouri high school offered prizes to students who read books featuring sexually explicit LGBT material, critical race theory, and transgender education. The high school librarian in the Webster Groves School District, located in the suburbs of St. Louis, encouraged students to check out books from her commonly banned book list to enter a raffle… -
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Our French Revolution
We are in a Jacobin revolution of the sort that in 1793-94 nearly destroyed France. And things are getting scary. The Democratic Party vanished sometime in 2020. It was absorbed by hard-left ideologues. They were bent on radically altering, or hijacking, existing institutions to force radical, equality-of-result agendas that otherwise do not earn majority support…. -
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Why Can’t Democrats Control Their Trump Derangement Syndrome?
One can trace former President Donald Trump’s indictment by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg back to the media/Democrat belief that Trump’s 2016 election was illegitimate. Sure, some, like Hillary Clinton, questioned former President Barack Obama’s birthplace. And, after the 2000 Bush v. Gore Supreme Court decision, some, for a time, groused and called George W…. -
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If ‘Trans Genocide’ Rhetoric Isn’t Stifled, Expect More Violence From Left
As states continue to pass laws protecting children from permanent genital mutilation at the hands of gender-obsessed cultists, radical transgender activists have begun touting a new slogan in an attempt to garner public sympathy: “Stop trans genocide.” Popular Twitch streamer Keffals released a video on YouTube, “Texas is Preparing for Genocide,” while another online leftist… -
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To Bring New Meaning to Easter, Consider Learning This Hebrew Word
The beauty of Easter is captured in part in the Hebrew “Dayenu,” meaning “It would have been enough.” On Sunday evening, I sat around a long, rectangular table with about 20 other Christians. We spanned more than 50 years in age from the youngest to the oldest, but we were all gathered to celebrate a… -
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‘Transsurrection’? Pro-Transgender Protesters Occupy 4 State Capitols
Last week, hundreds or thousands of left-wing protesters entered Capitol buildings in four separate states, disrupting legislative chambers holding session in at least two of them. In three out of four incidents, the protesters explicitly opposed legislation to defend children, families, and women from the harmful effects of transgender ideology; in the other incident, a… -
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Here’s FBI Glossary for Flagging ‘Violent Extremism’
The FBI uses a “glossary of terms” to look for online that could indicate someone is involved with “violent extremism,” according to documents obtained by The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project. The flagged terms include “redpilled,” first popularized by the 1999 film “The Matrix,” “based,” “looksmaxxing,” and the names “Chad” and “Stacey.” The FBI also flags… -
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A Wizard, a Witch, a Drag Queen, and a Child Stand By as Canadian Legislator Launches Drag Show Protection Bill
A Canadian politician has proposed a law allowing Ontario’s attorney general to criminalize “offensive remarks” within 100 meters of a drag show, including so-called drag queen story hours for children. If passed, the measure would create a football field-size “2SLGBTQIA+ community safety zone” around drag shows and other LGBT events in Ontario. Anyone who protests… -
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‘We Are Stronger When We Are Together,’ Taiwanese President Says About America
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen said on Wednesday that “we once again find ourselves in a world where democracy is under threat” while speaking in California with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. The two met at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library to discuss the mutual interests of the two democratic nations despite significant protests from China… -
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Parents Scrub Toilets So Their Kids Can Attend This Christian School
One Christian school in Texas provides such a great education opportunity for children that parents are cleaning toilets at the school to afford tuition. Braveheart Christian Academy in Arlington, Texas, provides children in preschool through sixth grade with an individualized approach to education and classroom sizes with a student-teacher ratio of 8 to 1. Administrators… -
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7 Ways to Counter Threat of Chinese Communist Party
The Chinese Communist Party is the greatest adversary of the United States, national security experts say. So, what can you do to counter its threat? Bryan Burack, a senior policy adviser focusing on China and the Indo-Pacific at The Heritage Foundation’s Asian Studies Center, appears in a new video to list seven things Americans can do… -
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Insider Pulls Back Curtain on Season 4 of Sensational Jesus Streaming Series
“They are truly family,” Katherine Warnock says of the cast members of “The Chosen.” The cast of the popular streaming series “The Chosen” is back on set to film Season Four, and “what you see on screen is truly authentic behind the camera as well,” says Warnock, vice president of original content for “The Chosen.”… -
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New DC Law Allowing Illegal Aliens to Vote Is ‘Absolutely Insane,’ Former Immigration Judge Says
Illegal aliens now are allowed to vote in local elections held in the nation’s capital. Under a new law, anyone who qualifies as a permanent resident of the District of Columbia can cast a vote in races for mayor, D.C. Council, attorney general, and neighborhood advisory boards, regardless of U.S. citizenship status. Now, the Immigration… -
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Supreme Court Tells Maine to Stop Religiously Discriminating. Maine Gets Creative, Does It Anyway.
Last term, in Carson v. Makin, the United States Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Maine could not prevent parents from using otherwise generally available state school choice funds at religious schools simply because those schools provided religious instruction. But the state is back at it again, discriminating against families and the religious schools they want to… -
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Maryland School District Reviewing Policies to See If Homework Is Racist, Negatively Impacts ‘Marginalized Communities’
Maryland’s largest school district is reviewing its homework policies through the lens of so-called anti-racism. Montgomery County Public Schools will reevaluate its homework policies, last updated in 1986, “with an antiracism lens” to determine how homework affects “social-emotional learning” and whether it negatively impacts “marginalized communities,” according to a Daily Signal review of a March… -
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Biden’s Homeland Security Department Still Engaging in Censorship
Though the Department of Homeland Security’s infamous Disinformation Governance Board was disbanded due to public pressure last year, it was immediately clear that the department’s already well-established so-called disinformation efforts would continue in less formal, but equally concerning ways. Enter Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, which has been increasingly involved in these efforts….