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EXCLUSIVE: Nevada’s Rejected Votes Exceeded Narrow Senate Margin in 2022, Watchdog Group Finds
Nevada rejected a higher number of mail-in ballots in the 2022 election than the final vote margin that decided a close Senate race last year, according to an analysis obtained by The Daily Signal. The Public Interest Legal Foundation, a conservative election watchdog group, found that 8,036 ballots were rejected. Democratic incumbent Sen. Catherine Cortez… -
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How 2 Texas Lawmakers Propose to Solve Problem of Ammo Shortage Amid Crime Surge
Two Republican state lawmakers in Texas propose establishing a Texas Ammunition Manufacturing Facility as an office within the state’s Department of Public Safety. Noting a shortage in the supply of ammunition and soaring prices amid growing crime, state Sen. Pete Flores sponsored a bill in the Texas Senate (SB 1851) and state Rep. Ellen Troxclair sponsored… -
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Associated Press Tells Journalists to Deny People Are Born With Biological Sex in New Guide Entry
Changes to The Associated Press style guide direct reporters to avoid mentioning biological sex in favor of the term “sex assigned at birth.” “Avoid references to a transgender person being born a boy or girl, or phrasing like birth gender,” reads a new entry to the guide, announced at the Society for Editing conference on March 23. “Sex (or gender) assigned… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Virginia School District Boots 14 Sexually Explicit Books to County Libraries
A Virginia school district’s new superintendent decided Wednesday to remove 14 sexually explicit books from school libraries and donate them to the county government’s public library system. The 14 “young adult” novels to be removed from libraries in Spotsylvania County Public Schools by order of Superintendent Mark Taylor, on the job since Nov. 1, include:… -
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JPMorgan Chase Must Allow Shareholders to Weigh in on Report Into Politically-Motivated ‘Debanking,’ SEC Rules
JPMorgan Chase & Co. must allow shareholders to vote on a resolution urging the company to investigate politically-motivated discrimination after Chase denied payments or canceled accounts in what critics call a discriminatory trend in banking. The Securities and Exchange Commission declined Chase's attempt to exclude a resolution on the issue from the company's proxy materials… -
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DOJ Discouraged Marshals From Arresting Illegal Protesters at Supreme Court Justices’ Homes, Senator Says
The Department of Justice appears to have discouraged the U.S. Marshals Service from arresting protesters illegally demonstrating at the homes of the Supreme Court justices, according to internal materials obtained by a United States senator. During a hearing Tuesday, Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., revealed training slides reportedly from a "whistleblower in DOJ who was concerned… -
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Transgender Shooter Reveals Perverse World of Leftist Ideology
The legacy media have a preset narrative machine when it comes to mass shootings. That narrative machine takes into account the identities of the shooter and the victims, and then churns out an explanation for the shooting. White shooter, black victims: systemic racism. Black shooter, white victims: alienation caused by systemic racism. Muslim shooter, gay… -
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Congresswoman Forces Flustered DC Officials to Address Aborted Baby Scandal
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., forced District of Columbia officials on Wednesday to address the abortion scandal the city has been ignoring for the past year. Luna pressed officials with questions about the five preemie-sized aborted babies recovered from Washington Surgi-Clinic, where Dr. Cesare Santangelo aborts babies in the Foggy Bottom neigbhorhood of D.C. The… -
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‘Shameful’: Alabama Supreme Court Justice, AG Slam SPLC for ‘Displays of Racial Bias’
The Alabama Supreme Court unanimously rejected the Southern Poverty Law Center's motion to remove a duly-appointed judge, and one of the justices condemned the center for "implicit accusations of racism" and "displays of racial bias." "Displays of racial bias would be shameful no matter the source, but they are especially troubling coming from a legal… -
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A Nation Committing Suicide
Historian Arnold Toynbee observed “an autopsy of history would show that all great nations commit suicide.” It’s hard not to think about this reading the results of the latest Wall Street Journal-NORC poll, appearing under the headline “America Pulls Back From Values That Once Defined It.” Only 38% of Americans now say patriotism is “very… -
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Why This Police Officer Made a Run for Office to Fight Crime
Justin Sparks has devoted his life to public service, although he never expected to find himself representing his St. Louis community in the Missouri House of Representatives. After spending his entire professional career in law enforcement, the St. Louis native felt a calling from the Lord and a desire to make a bigger impact. Last… -
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Capitol Police Misled Public About Manpower on Hand Before Riot, Former Lieutenant Says
U.S. Capitol Police Lt. Tarik Johnson expected a relatively easy day when he arrived at work at 7 a.m. on Jan. 6, 2021. Johnson, a 23-year veteran of the department, eventually found a completely unprepared police force and what he faults as poor leadership when rioters stormed the Capitol that afternoon in an apparent effort… -
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5 Takeaways From House Hearing on COVID-19 School Lockdowns
Federal and state officials—as well as teachers unions—should be held accountable for the consequences of school closures, lawmakers on the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic said Tuesday. “Long-term closing of schools proved to be harmful for students—their academic, mental, and social development, and overall success,” Chairman Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, said. “We need to… -
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Nashville Shooting, Professor Endorses Killing ‘Transphobes’: What’s Gone Wrong in America’s Soul?
Three massive news events Monday exposed the demons possessing America. The Wall Street Journal published a poll finding that the COVID-19 pandemic wrought a crisis of confidence in America, a rot in the soul of the nation. Back in 1998, Americans overwhelmingly rated these things as “very important”: patriotism (70%), religion (62%), and having children… -
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‘Your Refusal to Do Your Job Is Revolting,’ Sen. Cruz Tells DHS Secretary Mayorkas
Since President Joe Biden took office in January 2021, an estimated nearly 5 million illegal immigrants have crossed America’s borders. The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on Tuesday questioning Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas about the porous nature of American borders and grilling him on his job performance in general. Mayorkas has… -
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‘Death, Drugs, and Disorder’: 4 Takeaways From House Hearing on Growing Crisis at Northern Border
“The northern border is wide open,” Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., said during a House hearing Tuesday. Under President Joe Biden and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, a surge of illegal crossings has occurred at the southern border. At the same time, officials note a sharp increase in illegal crossings at the northern border, where drug… -
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Heritage Report Addresses How America Wins New Cold War With China
While appearing at a recent congressional hearing on China, former deputy national security adviser Matt Pottinger testified to what many in our political class have failed to acknowledge: Although America has long sought peace and cooperation with China, “it does us little good to repeat again and again that we aren’t seeking a new Cold… -
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18 State AGs Raise Alarm About ‘Dishonest and Divisive Track Record’ of Biden Judicial Nominee
The top law enforcement officials in 18 states sent U.S. Senate leaders a letter opposing the confirmation of Nancy Abudu, a Southern Poverty Law Center attorney whom President Joe Biden nominated to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. "I believe in an independent judiciary," Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador, a Republican and one of… -
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Maine Dad, Lawmaker Defend Education Transparency Through Public Records Requests
A bill in the Maine state Legislature would protect transparency in education after a state official accused parents of “hate speech” for making government public records requests. Introduced by state Rep. John Andrews, R-Paris, the bill would codify Maine’s version of the Freedom of Information Act, the Freedom of Access Act, and affirm that the requests… -
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Josh Hawley Calls for ‘Hate Crime’ Investigation Into Deadly School Shooting
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is calling for federal authorities to investigate the deadly Covenant School shooting as a federal hate crime. “Yesterday the nation witnessed the vicious murder of small schoolchildren in Nashville, Tennessee,” the senator wrote in a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. “It is commonplace to…