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‘We Love Killing Babies’: What I Saw at Women’s March Protest
Protests around the nation continue in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and return the issue of abortion to the American people. On Saturday, feminist organization Women’s March marched their way from a park to the fence in front of the White House, buffeted by rain all the while…. -
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Solving the Homelessness Problem in San Francisco
In this Saturday edition of “The Daily Signal Podcast,” Mary Theroux discusses her work to relieve the plight of the homeless in San Francisco by attempting to heal issues in their lives that led them to this condition. Theroux is board chairman and CEO of the Independent Institute, a libertarian think tank based in Oakland,… -
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‘Digital Babies’ and the Culture of Lifestyle Over a Culture of Life
“Could the future of parenthood be having virtual children in the metaverse?” An article featured in British newspaper The Guardian forecasts a world in which it is commonplace for young adults and would-be parents to opt toward raising “digital babies” over having real children of their own. Powered by virtual reality and artificial intelligence, these… -
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Los Angeles School District’s Racist Left Uses CRT to Hold Down Blacks
Those who argue that critical race theory is a conservative hallucination need look no further than Los Angeles to see that the right is right—yet again. The 600,000-student Los Angeles Unified School District is using taxpayer dollars to train government teachers and staff members to instruct boys and girls that meritocracy, success, and hard work… -
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Meet the Conservative Comic Artist Countering the Left Online
Scrolling through the sea of posts, pictures, and memes online can make conservatives feel like they’re outcasts. Endless screeds claiming anyone to the right of Mao is a bigoted and hateful person make up most of Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. But a growing cadre of conservative creatives is trying to make its mark online and… -
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For Left-Wing Lawmakers, Only ‘Choice’ Permitted Is Abortion
Are “pro-choice” policymakers really interested in women having choices? A new bill from Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., and Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., shows they aren’t. Their target? Life-affirming, community-based pregnancy resource centers. Why target them? The abortion industry and its allies in Congress accuse pregnancy resource centers of being “fake clinics” that “deceive” pregnant women… -
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Biden Calls Pro-Life Agenda ‘Extremist’ While Rolling Out Executive Order on Abortion
President Joe Biden signed an executive order Friday promoting abortion. “This is a moment, the moment, a moment to restore the rights that have been taken away from us and the moment to protect our nation from an extremist agenda,” Biden said, repeating himself as he spoke to the nation from the White House. … -
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Killing of Former Prime Minister Shocks Japan, but Shinzo Abe’s Legacy Lives On
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was fatally shot Friday at a campaign rally ahead of Japan’s elections Sunday for the upper house of its parliament. The event has shocked Japan, which has extremely tight gun control laws and one of the world’s lowest rates of gun violence. Abe, who was 67, was a towering… -
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Women Don’t Need Abortion to Be Equal and Empowered, Authors Say
“How tragic it is, for the past 49-and-a-half years, [Roe v. Wade] has built up an entire unjust social structure in which women’s equality means access to abortion,” says Ryan T. Anderson, co-author of a new book published just four days after the Supreme Court overturned its 1973 ruling legalizing abortion nationwide. Regnery Publishing released “Tearing Us Apart: How… -
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An Assassin Kills Japanese Leader Shinzo Abe. Here’s What You Need to Know.
Shinzo Abe, a former prime minister of Japan, was slain Friday by an assassin at a campaign event. Abe, who was 67, served two stints as the Asian island nation’s leader, leaving office in 2020, and his legacy loomed large over Japan. The longest-serving Japanese leader’s killing sent shock waves throughout the country and across… -
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Pro-Abortion Women’s March Aims for 1,000 Arrests at White House Rally
Activists with the feminist organization Women’s March plan to rally Saturday outside the White House. Their goal? To get arrested. An online document titled “Summer of Rage Toolkit – July 9th” explicitly says that the objective of the pro-abortion rally is to spur police to arrest participants. “While we welcome everyone to participate, the action will… -
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Ruling in West Virginia v. EPA Scores Win for Representative Government
Under the U.S. Constitution, only Congress possesses federal lawmaking power. But anyone familiar with the massive administrative state might question whether that’s true in practice. After all, federal agencies make a habit of acting as though there’s a special lawmaking power just for bureaucrats. On June 30, though, there was some good news on the… -
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A Hopeful UK Ruling Vindicates Woman Fired for Voicing Traditional Views on Gender
A new legal ruling in the United Kingdom should be a cause for celebration among Americans who hold traditional beliefs about gender and sexuality. An employment panel ruled Wednesday in favor of a researcher who lost her job at the London offices of an international think tank after writing on Twitter that human beings cannot… -
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How Pro-Abortion District Attorneys Aim to Derail Pro-Life Laws
In the wake of the Supreme Court striking down Roe v. Wade and returning the issue of abortion to the American people and their local elected representatives, a gaggle of leftist district attorneys said they won’t enforce laws enacted to protect the unborn. Some of those rogue district attorneys are from pro-life states and might… -
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Another Year, Another Bloody Summer
The surge in violent crime that began a few years ago continues. It will abate only when Americans demand and get action from local and national leaders. The crime numbers we’ve seen already this year highlight the problem. A serious upswing in violent crime often follows significant anti-police protests and less aggressive policing. Researchers call… -
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China’s Stars Dim for Investors
By strangling the Chinese economy and crushing human rights, President Xi Jinping is rapidly turning China into a bad gamble for Western investors and multinational corporations. China’s dictator has run into increasing, if carefully expressed, criticism from top-profile figures within the Chinese Communist Party—including Premier Li Keqiang—over Xi’s ideological struggle to promote state capitalism alongside… -
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Hershel ‘Woody’ Williams: A True American Hero
America just lost another hero from “the greatest generation.” Hershel “Woody” Williams, the last surviving World War II veteran awarded the Medal of Honor, died June 29. He was 98. Enlisting in the Marine Corps in 1943 at the age of 19, Williams was a demolition corporal when he and his Marine battalion landed on… -
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Why Boris Johnson Resigned and What It Means for Britain’s Future
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his resignation Thursday, saying his party had made it clear he should do so. “It is clearly now the will of the Parliamentary Conservative Party that there should be a new leader of that party, and therefore, a new prime minister,” Johnson told a crowd outside the prime minister’s… -
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What Explains the Disappearing American?
“Help wanted” and “Now hiring” signs are everywhere. Flights, construction projects, and health care services are delayed—or unavailable—due to labor shortages. Hourly and monthly wages spiral. There is a growing disequilibrium between the number of available jobs and the declining pool of workers needed to fill them. What’s going on? During the nearly two yearlong… -
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‘Hopeful Sign’: 72% Still Proud to Be American, Poll Finds
A new poll finds that patriotism is alive and well among most Americans, with nearly 3 in 4 saying they are proud of their country despite divisive domestic issues and the findings of other recent surveys. The poll results come amid nationwide controversy in recent months over issues such as record-high gas prices, mass shootings,…