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Lankford Vows to Block DOD Nominees Until Biden Admin Explains Why It Denied Military Religious Accommodations
Republican Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford has promised to block Department of Defense nominees until President Joe Biden’s administration explains the tens of thousands of religious accommodation requests it never granted or even answered. “This is not over,” Lankford told The Daily Signal on Monday evening during a press call. The senator emphasized that the Department… -
opinion
12 More Examples of Defensive Gun Use Show ‘Redeeming Social Value’ of Firearms
After mass public shootings in Colorado and Virginia last month, President Joe Biden appeared to call for a ban on all semiautomatic firearms. Biden told reporters: “The idea we still allow semiautomatic weapons to be purchased is sick. It’s just sick. It has no, no social redeeming value. Zero. None. Not a single, solitary rationale for it except… -
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Securities and Exchange Commission Case Could Take Down Administrative State’s ‘Home Court Advantage’
The Securities and Exchange Commission, the federal agency tasked with enforcing the nation’s securities laws, has been a foundational piece of the administrative state constructed by the Left over the past century. Over the past few years, however, the SEC has come under fire for potential abuses of power, particularly involving its use of administrative… -
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Average American Family Has Effectively Lost $7,100 Under Biden, Economist Says
An economist says the average American family has effectively lost more than $7,000 due to inflation and higher interest rates since President Joe Biden took office. The consumer price index, a key inflation measure, increased 0.1% in November, up 7.1% from November 2021, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday. The figure marks a slowdown… -
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What You Need to Know About Europe’s Energy Crisis This Winter
Colder temperatures are just around the corner in Europe as many people there brace for an energy crisis this winter. “Well, the latest is that temperatures are dropping in Europe, prices of electricity and other heating fuels have quadrupled, and it’s very difficult for people to afford these high prices,” says Diana Furchtgott-Roth, director of… -
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Sinema’s Quitting Democratic Party Raises Question: What Is ‘Extremism’?
Leaving aside any possible undeclared motives for leaving the Democratic Party and becoming an Independent, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona has said some things that have needed to be said for a long time. In an op-ed for The Arizona Republic, Sinema wrote, “Americans are told that we have only two choices—Democrat or Republican—and that… -
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Sam Brinton Out at Department of Energy After Alleged Bag Theft, Questions About ‘Conversion Therapy’ Story
The U.S. Department of Energy appears to have parted ways with Sam Brinton, the nonbinary Biden administration nuclear official who is facing charges for allegedly stealing two pieces of luggage at two separate airports. "Sam Brinton is no longer a DOE employee," a Department of Energy spokesperson told The Daily Signal in an email Monday afternoon. "By… -
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Senate Poised to Vote on Whether to Protect Charter Schools
The Senate is expected to vote this week on a resolution to “nullify the Biden administration’s new rules adding burdensome requirements” on charter schools in applying for federal grants. Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., and 21 co-sponsors introduced Joint Resolution 60 in September. The problem is that the Department of Education’s new requirements for Charter Schools… -
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Cross-Dressing Book Given to Pre-K Pupils Forces School District to Revamp Vetting Process
A school district that gave preschoolers a book on cross-dressing has changed its procedures for giving out books after news of the incident surfaced late last month. As first reported exclusively by The Lion and The Heartlander news sites, a 4-year-old preschooler in the Turner School District in Kansas City, Kansas, took home the book “Jacob’s New Dress.” It’s a… -
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Feminism in 2022: Silencing Women With Politically Incorrect Views
Chivalry isn’t dead, apparently. Although in 2022, chivalry means not holding a door open, but banishing women who refuse to hew to the fashionable ideology of the day from the presence of other women. In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, which overturned Roe v. Wade, major law firm Hogan Lovells hosted a… -
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House Can Sue to Block Biden’s Student Loan Bailout
In February, the Supreme Court will hear not one but two cases challenging President Joe Biden’s plan to cancel student loan debt. The most important question remains, however: Will the high court reach the question of whether Biden has the authority to cancel student debt? To most, it seems the court has only two options:… -
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Republicans Make Midterm Gains With an Unlikely Group: Young Americans
Republicans made gains in the midterm elections among voters under 30, a demographic that tends to lean heavily Democratic, according to The Associated Press. Young voters swung 53% for Democratic House candidates and 41% for Republican candidates, AP reported. The result marks a decline for Democrats from recent elections: In 2020, voters under 30 chose Joe… -
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Black Guns Matter
We know about Black Lives Matter. My new video is about a group called Black Guns Matter. Maj Toure, a Philadelphia high school dropout-turned-activist, tells me he started it after he got tired of hearing people endless chanting, “Black lives matter,” but saying nothing “when it’s time for black people to defend their lives.” Toure… -
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‘Children Are Such Judgment-Free Beings’: Drag Performer Touts White House Invite to Respect for Marriage Act Signing
When President Joe Biden signs the radical Respect for Marriage Act on Tuesday, at least one Drag Queen Story Hour performer will likely be in attendance. “To be a non binary drag artist invited to the White House is something I never imagined would happen,” Marti Cummings said in a Twitter post featuring an invitation… -
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Transportation Chief Buttigieg Uses Taxpayer-Funded Private Jets Despite Calling for Curbing Carbon Emissions
A Biden administration Cabinet member has taken at least 18 taxpayer-funded private jets since taking office despite a strong stance on curbing carbon emissions, according to a Monday release by Americans for Public Trust. Pete Buttigieg, the 19th secretary of transportation, has reportedly taken a minimum of 18 taxpayer-funded flights while using private jets managed by… -
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DOJ Official Admits Targeting Pro-Lifers Is Response to Overturn of Roe
The Justice Department has been targeting pro-life activists through the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act as a response to the overturn of Roe v. Wade, according to Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta. Gupta delivered remarks at the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division's 65th Anniversary earlier this month. The associate attorney general described the… -
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If Title 42 Ends, Biden’s Broken Border Will Only Get Worse
Open-borders activists may construe immigration laws to fit their agendas, but those who see the need for a secure border work to uphold those laws. One regulation that finds itself caught in partisan crosshairs is Title 42, a COVID-19 public health authority used to swiftly turn back migrants at the southern border that, if ended,… -
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Psychotherapist: I Warned About Sam Brinton, the Nonbinary Biden Official Now Arrested for Theft, but No One Listened
FIRST ON DAILY SIGNAL: A licensed psychtherapist who testified against laws banning so-called conversion therapy says he warned Americans about Sam Brinton, the non-binary Biden administration nuclear official who is facing charges for allegedly stealing two pieces of luggage at two separate airports. "My colleagues and I warned lawmakers in California and Massachusetts, and the… -
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The Chinese Communist Party’s Alleged Influence on College Campuses, Explained
As students head to college each semester, the influence of the Chinese Communist Party on their campus is an unlikely point of discussion. However, John Metz, the president of the Athenai Institute, said his group is “committed to removing the influence of the Chinese government and the Chinese Communist Party from U.S. college campuses.” Metz… -
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Unhappy New Year: CBO Forecasts Poor Economy, Soaring Deficits in 2023
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office on Nov. 29 released an analysis describing its “current view of the economy in 2023 and 2024 and the budgetary implications.” In short, everything looks bleaker than it did a little more than six months ago, when the CBO published its Budget and Economic Outlook report in May. In the…