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‘What Green New Deal Looks Like’: Tucker Carlson on Sri Lanka’s Collapse
Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Monday suggested sending video clips of unrest in Sri Lanka to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., to show her the likely outcome of Green New Deal policies. “That is what the Green New Deal looks like in Sri Lanka,” Carlson said on “Tucker Carlson Tonight” after playing a clip of… -
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Don’t Count on Abortion Clinics to Help 10-Year-Old Sexual Abuse Victims
In recent remarks on abortion, President Joe Biden sought to pull on Americans’ heartstrings by telling the horrifying story of a pregnant 10-year-old. “Just last week, it was reported that a 10-year-old girl was a rape victim in Ohio—10 years old—and she was forced to have to travel out of the state, to Indiana, to… -
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‘We Are Not Tacos’: Hispanic Journalists Reprimand Jill Biden Over Use of Mexican ‘Stereotype’
An organization of Hispanic journalists blasted first lady Jill Biden after she claimed Hispanics were as “unique” as breakfast tacos during a Monday speech in San Antonio. “Using breakfast tacos to try to demonstrate the uniqueness of Latinos in San Antonio demonstrates a lack of cultural knowledge and sensitivity to the diversity of Latinos in the region,”… -
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Gascon Recall Effort Takes Big Step Forward in Los Angeles
This commentary is part of a series on the rogue prosecutors around the country who have been backed by liberal billionaires such as George Soros and Cari Tuna, and the threat those prosecutors pose to crime victims and others alike. Previous entries in the series have focused on the rogue prosecutor movement, focusing on prosecutors in Baltimore -
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How One Mom Is Fighting Against Big Education and for Free Speech
Free speech has been under attack for a long time on college campuses. Now more than ever, students and parents need tools to navigate the woke culture within education. “I think we see college administrators giving themselves huge powers because … they have these speech codes, where they ban 'hateful' speech, 'offensive' speech, and sure,… -
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No Fun Allowed! How the Left Became the Fun Police.
Back in the day, supposedly conservatives were the ones who cracked down on fun. The common knowledge went that liberals were focused on free expression and free speech, while the right tried to shut things down. The modern left has abandoned its old principles of free expression, however, and become infamous for scolding Americans on… -
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Biden Owes Border Patrol Agents Apology Over Phony Migrant Whipping Charges
Only in America, it seems, can Border Patrol agents be cleared of breaking any laws, but still be punished, while those entering the country illegally mostly escape punishment. President Joe Biden, then-press secretary Jen Psaki, and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas all rushed to judgment when they saw a video of Border Patrol agents in… -
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Team Biden Reveals Its Cynicism by Punishing Border Patrol Agents
Remember last year, when a few mounted Border Patrol agents were accused of “whipping” Haitian migrants at the southern border? The media and left-wing politicos and celebrities whipped activists into a frenzy, accusing the Border Patrol of cruelty and actions reminiscent of the days of slavery. When the story broke, President Joe Biden—a man known… -
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Cruz Demands Garland Explain Why He Hasn’t Stopped Illegal Protests Over Abortion Outside Justices’ Homes
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has demanded that Attorney General Merrick Garland attend a hearing Tuesday on abortion to explain why he refuses to enforce laws protecting Supreme Court justices from intimidation and to outline plans for protecting the justices in the future. Cruz sent a letter Thursday about Garland to Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., chairman of the… -
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Biden Considers Declaring Public Health Emergency to Help Secure Abortion Access
President Joe Biden is considering declaring a public health emergency to enshrine abortion rights, he told reporters Sunday. Biden has asked members of his administration to look into whether he has the authority to make such a declaration and what impact it may have, he said during a brief interview while pausing from a Sunday bike ride…. -
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General Suspended, Put Under Investigation After Responding to Jill Biden’s Tweet on Abortion
The U.S. Army suspended and is investigating Lt. Gen. Gary Volesky after he tweeted in response to first lady Jill Biden’s remarks about the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Volesky tweeted, “Glad to see you finally know what a woman is,” in response to the first lady’s June 24 tweet voicing her… -
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Law, ICE Are ‘Irrelevant’ to Biden Administration
President Joe Biden has been functionally abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement from his first day in office. A year and a half into his presidential term, Biden’s administration is getting bolder and more strategic, gutting ICE resources and funding, doing everything it can to stop immigration enforcement, and directing ICE lawyers to close tens of… -
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‘I’ve Never Seen Anything Like This’: Texas Sheriff Blasts Biden for Border Crisis
Sheriff Roy Boyd of Goliad County, Texas, joined other law enforcement officials from his state last week to raise alarm about the border crisis that’s wreaking havoc in America. These local officials, who confront the consequences daily, are now calling it an “invasion.” >>> ‘We’re Being Invaded,’ Local Texas Leaders Say as Border Crisis Worsens… -
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We Hear You: Abortion on Demand Ends in America
Editor's note: The Daily Signal's audience greeted the news of the Supreme Court's overruling of Roe v. Wade with both joy and new resolve. Here's a sampling from the mailbag at [email protected].—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: In 1980, I was 22, single, and pregnant. I was devastated. My doctor told me to have an abortion. He recommended a… -
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Biden Pops Champagne Corks Over Jobs Report While Forgetting to Mention 1 Fact
President Joe Biden touted Friday’s jobs report as “significant progress” in economic recovery, but he ignored the uneven unemployment rate, with conservative red states beating out liberal blue states in jobs growth. When it comes to beating a likely recession, red states are leading the charge, adding 341,000 jobs since February 2020. Blue states hemorrhaged… -
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New Book Exposes ‘Suppression, Deception, Snobbery, and Bias’ of Left-Wing Media
During my time in the White House press corps in 2001 and 2002, the press secretary was Ari Fleischer. He was the definition of mild-mannered and unflappable for President George W. Bush. But he would tell you the reporters were less confrontational back then. Their aggression has grown so dramatically that Fleischer wrote a new… -
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It’s Not ‘Minority Rule’; It’s the Point
One of the more popular complaints of the contemporary left is that the Constitution subverts “democracy” for “minority rule.” If the United States is really more divided than ever, we have even less reason to dispense with the mechanisms and institutions that diffuse power and constrain one side of the divide from lording over the… -
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An Unsecured Border Is a Mortal and Moral Hazard
It happened outside Brackettville, Texas, which sits about halfway between Uvalde and the border crossing at Del Rio. This was a shooting you probably did not hear about—in part, thankfully, because no one was hurt. A U.S. Border Patrol agent was on a road that runs out of Brackettville when he saw a Chevrolet Suburban… -
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Newsom’s Montana Vacation Stirs Scrutiny of California Travel Bans
California Gov. Gavin Newsom appeared caught off guard by a backlash against his vacation this week in Montana, one of 22 states subject to California’s ban on official travel based on those states’ “discriminatory laws” against the LGBTQ community. Newsom’s communications team quickly revved into gear after reports that the governor was spending his downtime… -
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Biden Administration Admits Border Patrol Never Whipped Anyone
U.S. Customs and Border Protection found that Border Patrol agents who many mistook to be “whipping” Haitian migrants at the border never whipped anyone, according to CBP Commissioner Chris Magnus. The September 2021 “whipping” incident took place in Del Rio, Texas, when Border Patrol agent on horseback attempted to push back dozens of Haitian migrants at the…