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I Confronted a Reporter Over Her Biased Coverage of a Black Man’s Death Following His Arrest
A black man from Washington, D.C., named Keenan Anderson resisted arrest while visiting Los Angeles. To subdue him, Los Angeles police officers tased him several times. He later died of cardiac arrest at a hospital. He was also a cousin of Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors. NPR wrote: “According to the accompanying police statement,… -
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47 of the Best Signs From the First Post-Roe March for Life
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Daily Signal reporters and staffers from The Heritage Foundation are on the ground for the 50th annual March for Life, and they're sending in some of the best signs from the first march to take place since the Supreme Court overturned its infamous 1973 Roe v. Wade decision last June. (The Daily Signal… -
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Sports Media in Hysterics Over Provorov Citing Religion for Refusal to Skate in LGBT Jersey
Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Ivan Provorov refused to take a pregame skate Tuesday night in the team’s LGBTQ+ warmup jersey, citing his preference “to stay true to myself and my religion,” which is Russian Orthodox. “I respect everyone. I respect everybody’s choices,” said the only player who refused to participate in Pride Night. You can imagine… -
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US Intel Community Investigated Trump Docs for National Security Risk, but Is Silent on Biden Classified Information
Weeks after the FBI raid at Mar-a-Lago, the U.S. intelligence community announced it would do an assessment of the risk to national security posed by former President Donald Trump maintaining records at his private home. No similar announcement has been forthcoming about the classified information stored at President Joe Biden’s private home in Delaware and… -
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Intolerant Sports Journalists on Thin Ice in Assailing NHL Star’s Refusal to Wear ‘Pride’ Jersey
The “progressives” really cannot tolerate dissent, and especially when it comes to their LGBTQ ideology. Expressing solidarity with “gay pride” is not optional. Athletes who refuse to share in the solidarity should be punished, and teams that won’t punish them should be fined. On Tuesday, NHL Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Ivan Provorov infuriated sports journalists when… -
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What’s Really Going On With the Phony Trump/Biden Document Scandal
Even by Washington standards, all the fake posturing and hypocrisy over the Trump/Biden classified documents scandals is reaching new heights. The Donald Trump era, which we are still in by many measures, has shattered many norms. Some of it has been healthy. A lot has not. The vigor by which the Left and some of… -
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On Illegal Immigration, Mexico Isn’t Really America’s Amigo
Left-wing Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador recently praised a visiting President Joe Biden: “Just imagine: There are 40 million Mexicans in the United States. Forty million who were born here in Mexico, [or] who are the children of people who were born in Mexico.” Why wouldn’t Lopez Obrador be delighted? Since Biden took office… -
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Woke Diversity and Equity Programs Have Failed; We Don’t Need More of Them in Our Schools
School districts across the country have established diversity, equity, and inclusion, or DEI, offices to reduce discrimination, and the federal Department of Education regularly touts the value of DEI programs to quell bias. Yet nationwide, school officials reported a “record number” of discrimination complaints last year. How can this be? In truth, studies show that… -
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50th Annual March for Life Takes Place in Washington, DC
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The 50th annual March for Life is taking place Friday in the nation’s capital, the very first annual march to occur since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Organizers at the March for Life celebrated the overturn of Roe but reminded marchers that “the necessary work to build a culture of life in… -
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Amazon Retires Amazon Smile, Won’t Say If Replacement Programs Will Continue to Systematically Exclude Conservatives
Amazon will retire its charity platform, Amazon Smile, and the Big Tech company aims to replace some of that effort with other charitable programs, but it declined to comment on whether it will continue to systematically exclude conservative and Christian groups from its charitable efforts. The company announced Wednesday that it will "wind down" Amazon… -
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Abortion ‘Fight Is Far From Over,’ Pro-Life Activist Says
Today, Jan. 20, marks the first March for Life in Washington since the Supreme Court overturned its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision last June. The Rev. Dean Nelson, executive director of Human Coalition Action, shares what he thinks is next for the pro-life movement. “I think that the key strategy moving forward is, really, for a unified national… -
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EXCLUSIVE: GOP Lawmakers Take Aim at College Campuses Distributing Abortion Drugs
Republican lawmakers are introducing pro-life legislation ahead of the March for Life aimed at protecting babies with Down syndrome and stopping college campuses from distributing abortion pills to students. Introduced by Republican Texas Rep. Chip Roy in the House and Republican Montana Sen. Steve Daines in the Senate, the Protecting Life on College Campus Act… -
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Babies and Mothers Go to Congress, Share How Pregnancy Resource Centers Helped Them in Time of Need
Babies and toddlers are not a common sight in the U.S. Senate. But, on Thursday, one day before the 50th March for Life, moms and little ones arrived on Capitol Hill to explain how pro-life pregnancy resource centers and maternity homes helped them in their time of greatest need. “Had I not come in contact… -
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Federal Court Bars Men From Women’s Sports. Is Reality Making a Comeback?
All sports fans love a good comeback story. Countless books and movies portray the underdog’s determination to overcome the odds, the naysayers, and previous defeats to return to the glory of victory. If a victory in federal court is any indication, women’s sports—and moreover, biological reality—might be this year’s comeback kids. A federal judge recently… -
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Mike Pence: Pro-Life Americans Aren’t Tied to a ‘Particular Candidate’
WASHINGTON—Former Vice President Mike Pence took a hard stance against former President Donald Trump's claim that pro-life voters cost the GOP the 2022 midterm elections. "I strongly disagree," he said of Trump's remarks in a Thursday interview with The Daily Signal, "and I believe that the facts speak for themselves." The former vice president argued… -
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Memo to John Kerry: Advancing Economic Freedom Is True Key to Saving Planet
During his remarks Tuesday at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, John Kerry, President Joe Biden’s climate envoy, rather absurdly declared that “it’s so almost extraterrestrial to think about saving the planet.” Indeed, Kerry’s assertion sounds so alien, particularly considering the reality of how China, the world’s top polluter, has avoided paying for… -
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UK Army Veteran Fined for Silent Prayer Near Abortion Facility: ‘What Is the Nature of Your Prayer Today?’ Cops Ask
English authorities accosted a British army veteran as he prayed silently in front of an abortion facility in Bournemouth in November, later issuing the man a 100-pound fine (about $123.65). Adam Smith-Connor, the veteran who prayed, told authorities he was praying and was aware that the area around the abortion facility is governed by a… -
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Supreme Court Announces Result of Investigation Into Dobbs Leak
The United States Supreme Court announced in an investigative report on Thursday that it has not yet found the leaker of the draft opinion indicating that Roe v. Wade would be overturned. Authorities investigating the leak have, to date, "been unable to identify a person responsible by a preponderance of the evidence," the report says…. -
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Poll: Majority of Americans Support Protecting the Unborn, Limiting Abortion to Early in Pregnancy
Almost 70% of Americans support limiting abortion to the first three months of pregnancy, a survey by the Knights of Columbus-Marist Poll released Wednesday revealed. Sixty percent of the survey’s respondents said they oppose using tax dollars for abortion services domestically, while 78% oppose funding abortion services abroad. “Nearly 7 in 10 Americans believe abortion… -
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Left-Leaning Group Funnels Millions Into Yet Another Election Office Ahead of 2024
The left-leaning organization known for distributing Mark Zuckerberg-funded election grants in the 2020 election will be giving $3 million to Clark County, Nevada, for the 2024 election. The U.S. Alliance for Election Excellence, a project of the Center for Tech and Civic Life, is directing the money to Clark County, which includes Las Vegas, in…