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Only Some Terrorist Takedowns Are Unifying
As he began his reliably liberal “Reliable Sources” newsletter on Aug. 1, CNN host Brian Stelter brought everyone’s attention to the inspiring way CBS host John Dickerson wrapped up the broadcast of President Joe Biden’s speech touting the takedown of al-Qaeda terrorist chief Ayman al-Zawahri. CBS offered a live shot of lower Manhattan. Stelter touted,… -
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4 Takeaways From Senate Panel’s Hearing on Gain-of-Function Research, COVID-19
Congress held its first hearing Wednesday investigating whether gain-of-function research financed by U.S. taxpayers could have led to the spread of COVID-19. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., chaired the hearing held by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs subcommittee on emerging threats and spending oversight. “Gain-of-function research has the potential to unleash a global pandemic… -
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Biden Executive Order on Abortion Travel Funding Appears to Violate Hyde Amendment
President Joe Biden signed an executive order Wednesday to authorize taxpayer-financed transportation for women seeking an abortion. Biden’s order directs the Department of Health and Human Services to consider using Medicaid dollars to pay expenses for pregnant women who live in states with pro-life laws when they travel to other states for an abortion. However,… -
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Excusing Illegal Immigration Comes Back to Bite Mayors of DC, NYC
As busloads of illegal immigrants sent by border states Texas and Arizona make their way to the nation’s capital, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is feeling overrun. Bowser on July 28 formally requested deployment of the National Guard to deal with the influx of illegal migrants as she claimed her city, the nation’s capital, was at a… -
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Manchin’s Reward for Backing Democrats’ Spending Bill Easily Could Be Thrown Out
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., sponsored Democrats' new spending bill shortly before party leaders promised to expedite permits for crucial energy infrastructure; however, the arrangement easily could fall apart as little protections exist to make permitting reform a reality. President Joe Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer promised Manchin that they… -
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After Pelosi’s Visit, It’s Time for US-Taiwan Free Trade Agreement
More than ever, it’s in the interest of the United States to pursue a bilateral free trade agreement with Taiwan. If House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is genuinely serious about what she said during her historic visit to Taiwan this week, urging the Biden administration to start negotiations on a U.S.-Taiwan free trade agreement would… -
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Pelosi’s Taiwan Trip: An Opportunity Lost
Rather than talking about the possible outcome and fallout of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, let’s roll up our sleeves and look at the opportunity lost to send a strong signal to Beijing. Pelosi’s stopover in Taiwan on her congressional jaunt to Asia generated no small amount of controversy and confusion. Of course,… -
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In Washington, Honesty Is Such a Lonely Word
A favorite game of politicians, when reality does not conform to the facts they want, is to simply redefine reality. Democrats want big government, a lot of spending and taxation, the former of which we are now paying for in inflation, so the new strategy of Democrats is to now claim that spending and taxes… -
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Utah School District Pulls Dozens of Books With Titles Such as ‘Gender Queer’
Utah’s largest school district has removed 52 books from its library for alleged inappropriate content and plans to investigate another 32, according to The Salt Lake Tribune. Alpine School District in northern Utah County is removing the books following an internal audit sparked by parental complaints, according to The Salt Lake Tribune. The school board will formally… -
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House’s Jan. 6 Committee Fails to Make Case Against Trump
Will Attorney General Merrick Garland prosecute Donald Trump for his actions on Jan. 6, 2021? That surely is the outcome fervently desired by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., who in effect run the House select committee on the Capitol riot. But the odds favoring such a dramatic result—despite all the… -
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Why Biden Hasn’t Scrapped Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy
The Biden administration has yet to scrap a key Trump-era border policy; the Supreme Court said it could do so and the reason could be because of the president’s political future, experts told The Daily Caller News Foundation. After months of attempts to stop the continuation of the “Remain in Mexico” policy, which is used… -
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Latest Federal Takeover of Elections Violates Law
Democrats haven’t stopped trying to take over elections, they just have new tactics to do so under voters’ noses. Employees throughout the federal government who are carrying out President Joe Biden’s executive order directing them to get involved in state elections are likely all violating the Anti-Deficiency Act, besides interfering in the election process and… -
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Washington Knows Best What Car You Should Drive: Electric Vehicles. Seriously?
“When politicians are out there saying, ‘Let’s get rid of all cars using gasoline,’ do they understand this?” Toyota President Akio Toyoda asked in 2020, referring to the profound consequences of politicians forcing a transition away from conventional vehicles. It’s a good question, and a proposal in the so-called Inflation Reduction Act being pushed through Congress… -
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Texas Democrat Gives Up on White House Talks to Solve Border Crisis
Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, has given up on having conversations with the White House about the border because top officials in the Biden administration are only interested in listening to “immigration activists,” he said in an exclusive interview. “I haven’t followed up with the White House … after months and months and months of talking… -
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UK Cracks Down While US Doubles Down on ‘Gender Affirming’ Care
American lawmakers need to follow the lead of another country and put the brakes on “gender affirming” procedures for children. Health officials in the United Kingdom are acknowledging the damage being done by pushing puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones onto children at exactly the same time as the Biden administration is demanding that education and… -
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Manchin-Schumer-Biden Taxes Would Hit Both Rich and Poor Americans
President Joe Biden promised on Thursday that the so-called Inflation Reduction Act wouldn’t raise taxes on Americans making less than $400,000 a year. But, in fact, the bill would increase taxes collected from the American people by more than half a trillion dollars, affecting both rich and poor alike. The massive tax and spending bill—negotiated… -
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Scott Walker on What Makes America’s Youth Tick
Much has been made of grabbing the coveted youth vote. America’s future lies in her young people, so theoretically, whoever influences the young now will be in a much better position to steer the country. But politicians often seem to look at young Americans as some sort of alien species. What do they like? What… -
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Kansas Voters Reject Removing ‘Right’ to Abortion From State Constitution
OVERLAND PARK, Kansas—The voters of Kansas have decided: Their state constitution does provide a right to abortion. “It’s a great day for Kansans,” state Sen. Dinah Sykes, a Democrat, told The Daily Signal after voters rejected a pro-life ballot question in results late Tuesday night. “I think we just need everyone who was… -
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Reflections on 40 Years as a Talk Show Host
This week marks my 40th year as a radio talk show host. I believe I have talked with — not to, with— more people than any living human being. Obviously, some people have talked to more people than I have. The Chinese head of state talks to more people in a one-minute address to his… -
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With Ground War Bogged Down, Ukraine Should Turn to Sea to Speed Russia’s Defeat
The war in the Donbas region between Russia and Ukraine is settling down to a series of small attacks and tenacious defenses. Deliveries of U.S. and allied military equipment are key but not in the quantities necessary to make them decisive. All this points to the conflict taking the form of a war of attrition….