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Indiana Teacher ‘No Longer Employed’ After Sexually Charged Messages Unearthed
Following an exposé from The Daily Signal about sexually charged text messages sent to a high school student, Indiana teacher Ben Yoder is no longer employed by Hamilton Southeastern Intermediate School, according to the Hamilton Southeastern Schools district. Yoder, a 37-year-old teacher and LGBTQ+ advocate, taught at the school in Fishers, Indiana, for 11 years… -
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Oversight Chairman Slams Biden Over Millions of Dollars From China: What Did China Get in Return?
The chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability investigating President Joe Biden and his family says “there’s a pattern” of the family receiving millions of dollars from China and that he wonders what the country got in return, saying he doesn’t think “China would do that out of the goodness of their heart.”… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Majority of Women Who Got Abortions Were Pressured Into Them, Study Finds
FIRST IN DAILY SIGNAL: Over 60% of women who aborted their unborn baby reported high levels of pressure from other sources, a new peer-reviewed study from the Charlotte Lozier Institute found. And that same group of women also reported higher levels of mental health struggles and quality of life issues following the abortion. The study,… -
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Catholic Dad Prosecuted by Biden DOJ, Victim of ‘Radical Left’s Abuse of Power,’ to Attend State of the Union
Catholic pro-life activist and former Biden Department of Justice target Mark Houck will attend the State of the Union as Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Scott Perry’s guest on Tuesday night, Houck shared with The Daily Signal on Monday. “Mark Houck and his family are innocent victims of the radical Left’s reprehensible abuse of power, which systematically… -
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Why Chloe Cole Deserves the Jazz Jennings ‘Trans’ Treatment—and More
Chloe Cole is perhaps the most well-known detransitioner in America. Yet, despite a growing presence in conservative media, her public profile hardly compares to transgender activists such as reality TV personality Jazz Jennings. Unlike Jennings, you won’t find Chloe and her story featured on the cover of Variety magazine. She’s unlikely ever to be named… -
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Here’s What Grade Rep. Elise Stefanik Gives Biden After 2 Years as President
President Joe Biden on Tuesday night will deliver his second official State of the Union address since being sworn into office Jan. 20, 2021. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., the No. 3 House Republican, says the president doesn’t have anything to brag about in the speech to a joint session of Congress at the midpoint of… -
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10 Woke Offenders: These Companies Push Radical Left Agenda, Fire Conservative Staff
A new database can help conservative consumers identify which companies actively work to promote leftist ideology and, in some cases, fire conservatives. The 1792 Exchange, a nonprofit focused on the dangers of “woke capitalism” that urges companies to be neutral on ideological issues, last month released a database of over 1,000 companies. The database… -
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Did China Send Spy Balloons During Trump Presidency? FAA Isn’t Saying
The Federal Aviation Administration, the agency that monitors all air traffic in the United States, didn’t have an answer Monday to the question of whether Chinese spy balloons traversed American airspace during the Trump administration. The aviation agency said its cooperation with the Defense Department in restricting airspace where the balloon was shot down, however,… -
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‘Greatest Threat to Our Future Is Our National Debt,’ McCarthy Warns Before State of the Union
One day before President Joe Biden is set to address the nation during his State of the Union speech, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy warned that “the greatest threat to our future is our national debt.” McCarthy, R-Calif., told Americans during a speech Monday night: “Our national debt is high, too high. And the problem is getting… -
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National COVID-19 Emergency Will Soon End. States Need to Start Rolling Back Biden’s Medicaid, Food Stamp Expansions.
The official end of the COVID-19 emergency is near. That’s good news. It’s now up to the states to finish the job. The House of Representatives voted Feb. 1 on a joint resolution ending the national COVID-19 emergency and a bill to terminate the Department of Health and Human Services’ public health emergency declaration. At the… -
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4 Things to Know About Sarah Huckabee Sanders Ahead of Her State of the Union Response
A former White House press secretary, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, will deliver the Republican response to Democratic President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on Tuesday night. “She is a servant-leader of true determination and conviction,” House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said of Sanders in announcing the selection Thursday. “I’m thrilled Sarah will share her… -
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Police Launched ‘Hate Crime’ Probe Into Anglican Leader for Tweets Opposing Sexualization of Kids
A Church of England bishop reported an elected church leader to the police over his tweets condemning so-called queer theory and the sexualization of children. Last week, the head of the entire church also sent a letter seemingly threatening to remove the man from leadership over his remarks. "There’s a vocal minority that control the… -
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When Will California Realize Its Vote-by-Mail System Is a Total Disaster?
California’s secretary of state just issued data that show the 2022 election was a mess. Why? Because of voting by mail. Indeed, this was California’s first election that relied on the United States Postal Service to get the mission accomplished. In September 2021, Sacramento passed new legislation that said everyone registered to vote—dead or alive—is… -
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These 11 Examples of Defensive Gun Use Refute Notion of Second Amendment as ‘Suicide Pact’
After a series of mass public shootings rocked California last month despite its incredibly strict gun control laws, Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, blamed the Second Amendment, lamenting to a reporter that the right to keep and bear arms “is becoming a suicide pact.” Newsom’s anti-gun rhetoric came, ironically, during an interview in which he… -
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These 5 China Intelligence Failures Are Even More Dangerous Than the Chinese Spy Balloon
It might not have been a Sputnik moment, but Americans were unsettled to wake up to the news that a Chinese surveillance balloon was sailing overhead, violating U.S. airspace. Their concern deepened when they learned this wasn’t the first time. Beijing has used similar aerostats to surveil U.S. military installations in Guam and Hawaii and, possibly, strategic early warning sites in Canada. More shocking, still, was… -
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Within Ranks, Trust in Our Military Declines Amid Politicization of National Defense
Service members increasingly are concerned with the growing politicization of the U.S. military, recent polling shows. In October, The Heritage Foundation established an independent panel to address political practices or policies within the Pentagon that hinder the operational effectiveness of the armed forces. (The Daily Signal is Heritage’s multimedia news organization.) As part of its… -
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Asleep at the Wheel? ‘Little Evidence’ Biden Is Requiring Colleges to Report Foreign Cash, Betsy DeVos Says
Former Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos says “there’s little evidence to suggest” the Biden administration and the Education Department are enforcing the law on foreign funding for colleges and universities. “The colleges complained vociferously when we asked them to simply do what they were supposed to do under the law and report their funding,” DeVos told The Daily Signal in a… -
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Lessons From COVID-19: How Governments Abuse Public Health Crises to Gain and Maintain Power
Many COVID-19 restrictions and mandates have been rolled back, but the infrastructure remains in place, “ready and waiting for the next declared public health crisis,” Dr. Aaron Kheriaty says. Kheriaty, a psychiatrist who directs the Bioethics and American Democracy program at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, chose to speak out against the… -
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Pfizer Execs Must Come Clean on COVID-19 Viral ‘Mutation’ Experiments to Hill Committees
Dr. Jordon Trishton Walker, a director of research and development for the Pfizer Corp., recently became an overnight internet sensation. The reason: In a set of rambling remarks to an undercover Project Veritas reporter, Walker outlined how the company could mutate viruses in a lab and do so to create new vaccines, while speculating on… -
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AP Bans ‘Crisis Pregnancy Centers,’ Directs Journalists to Use Negative Term Instead
The Associated Press added an entry to its style guide directing journalists to put the term “crisis pregnancy center” in scare-quotes, and to use “anti-abortion center” instead, to convey that “the centers' general aim is to prevent abortions.” The AP added this entry between Nov. 20 and Nov. 27, 2022, according to The Daily Signal’s search…