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China’s Ongoing Persecution of Christians and the Case of Pastor Wang Yi
The political landscape in the U.S. has shifted since 2018, yet Pastor Wang Yi still languishes in a Chinese prison. He’s a fitting symbol of the many persecuted by Communist China for their religious faith. Yet few outside China know his name. Wang, founder of Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu, China, was arrested in… -
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Crowds Gather at Supreme Court at Prospect That Roe’s Days Are Numbered
It’s been nearly a full day since Politico published a bombshell report indicating the Supreme Court could strike down Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision legalizing abortion nationwide. Pro-abortion advocates continued to cluster outside the court to protest and give speeches denouncing the prospective ruling, which would be handed down late next month. Also present… -
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What to Know About Leaked Supreme Court Draft Opinion That Would Overturn Roe v. Wade
History on the right to life was made Monday night in more ways than one. Someone at the Supreme Court leaked to the press a draft version of a majority opinion in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The nearly 100-page opinion, drafted by Justice Samuel Alito, says at one point that… -
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Democrats Admit It’s Women Who Get Abortions After All
Democrats made an admission about what type of people can actually get abortions in the wake of a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion showing justices could potentially overturn Roe v. Wade. After many liberals pushed for gender-neutral terms surrounding pregnancy and abortion such as “birthing people” instead of “women,” prominent Democrats made statements appearing to suggest only women can get pregnant… -
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Biden’s Plan for ‘Climate Friendly’ Military Vehicles: Another Bad Idea for Defense
Earth Day often has provided presidents with a platform to propose drastic interventionist policies in the name of combating climate change. From spending billions of federal dollars on wildlife protection in swing states to pushing for adoption of the Paris Agreement on climate change, these policies are usually mere political grandstanding. Americans can only hope… -
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Florida Textbook Publishers Surrender to DeSantis, Scrub Woke Content
Textbook publishers are surrendering to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ demands that math instructional materials get in line with state standards, allowing more books to be added to the approved list, according to the Florida Department of Education. “Publishers are aligning their instructional materials to state standards and removing woke content allowing the department of education… -
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The Age of the Absurd
The West has gone through many eras—the so-called Dark Ages, the Renaissance, the Age of Reason, the Enlightenment, the Industrial Age, and the Post-Modern. The present era is the Age of the Absurd. In terms of the absurdities the cultural elites believe, and have convinced masses of people to believe, there has never been a… -
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Democrats Seize on Roe v. Wade Reports to Call for Court-Packing, Federal Abortion Laws
Top Democrat lawmakers called for Congress to enact pro-abortion legislation as well as pack the Supreme Court after a Monday evening leak reportedly revealed that the court will likely overturn Roe v. Wade. Following a report from Politico that a majority of justices had reportedly voted to overturn Roe v. Wade, Democrats called for court-packing and for the codification… -
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Liberals Cheer on Supreme Court Leaker Who Shattered Court Norms as ‘Hero’
Several prominent liberals took to social media to praise the anonymous individual who leaked the Supreme Court’s reported draft opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which appeared to show that the court intends to overturn Roe v. Wade. The unprecedented leak Monday night revealed that the majority of justices had reportedly agreed in a December vote… -
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What I Saw Outside Supreme Court After Report Roe v. Wade to Be Overturned
The Daily Signal’s Doug Blair rushed to the Supreme Court late Monday night, right after Politico reported Roe v. Wade was about to be overturned. “The Supreme Court has voted to strike down the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, according to an initial draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito circulated inside the court,” the outlet reported. In… -
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Propaganda, American Style
As with many things, propaganda can be used for good or for ill, depending on who dispenses it. During World War II, American propaganda was considered a necessary tool in the pursuit of victory in a moral cause. Germany and Japan had their own propaganda machines to advance an evil agenda. The Nazi propaganda effort… -
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Why Homeland Security Chief Faces Impeachment for Biden’s Border Crisis
The crisis at the southern border is likely to get worse because of the Biden administration’s mishandling, or abandonment, of enforcement tools to stop illegal immigration. Last week, The Daily Signal was on the ground in South Texas interviewing border security experts. One is Mike Salinas, a 34-year veteran of the Border Patrol who retired… -
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Unanimous Supreme Court Flies Flag for Free Speech in Case Against City of Boston
In a rare unanimous ruling on Monday, the Supreme Court secured a major victory for free speech. In the opinion in Shurtleff v. Boston, authored by retiring Justice Stephen Breyer, the court ruled that the city of Boston violated the Constitution when it prohibited a group from flying a Christian flag on a flagpole it… -
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Biden Takes Deserved Heat for ‘Disinformation’ Board and Its Politically Charged Director
President Joe Biden’s homeland security chief last week announced his agency’s new “Disinformation Governance Board” to tell Americans what is true and false. In a welcome development, the Biden administration is increasingly frustrated as many observers ridicule the move and refer to the board as an Orwellian “Ministry of Truth.” “The spread of disinformation can… -
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Mexican Cartels Use Social Media to Recruit Young Americans, Border Patrol Veteran Says
LOS EBANOS, Texas—Mexican smugglers increasingly are hiring American teens, often through social media platforms, as President Joe Biden’s border policies prove to be much less effective than his two immediate predecessors, a Border Patrol veteran says. “They tend to recruit a lot of the younger crowd, because they know that the young kids are going… -
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Amazon to Foot the Bill for Employees’ Abortion Tourism
Amazon will fund up to $4,000 in annual travel expenses for employees seeking abortions, according to a company spokesman, joining several other large corporations with similar policies. The company announced in an internal message that it will cover travel expenses for abortions when an employee cannot obtain one within 100 miles of their home and… -
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Blame Biden, Not Putin, for Rising Prices
How out of control is inflation? One measure says it all: Prices are now rising as fast in one month as they used to rise in a whole year when President Joe Biden took office. The measure of inflation that gets the most attention is the consumer price index, which estimates the prices consumers are… -
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‘You Can’t Get a Tattoo If You’re 12’: DeSantis Supports Ban on Child Sex-Change Operations
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he would support banning child sex-change operations in Florida in a Monday podcast interview on “The Truth With Lisa Boothe.” DeSantis, a Republican, said it was unhealthy to let children permanently alter their bodies through operations such as mastectomies and castration, and that there appeared to be an organized effort to push… -
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Congress Must Carefully Review Any Ukraine Spending Package
President Joe Biden has requested a $33 billion supplemental spending package to provide additional aid to Ukraine. These funds would follow the $13.6 billion appropriated in March as well as the $6.4 billion in security assistance provided since 2014. This proposed level of funding is significant. For context, $33 billion is about the same amount… -
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Meet Biden’s New ‘Minister of Truth’ at DHS
The woman tapped to head the Biden administration’s new “disinformation” board attached to the Department of Homeland Security has a history of peddling misinformation, extensive experience working with liberal organizations, and appears to have been the lead singer for a Harry Potter-themed band, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation has found. DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced on…