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‘Weeklong Indoctrination of Your Students’: School District Breaks State Law With ‘Pride Week’ Events, Texas AG Says
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton told an Austin school district it is breaking state law by providing sex education to young students without parental consent at its “Pride Week” activities in a Tuesday letter. Paxton, a Republican, told the Austin Independent School District that its Pride Week events are in “violation” of state law, according… -
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Sanctions on Putin’s Russia: An Initial Assessment
Ongoing sanctions on Russia are taking a toll on its economy. Yet greater enforcement should follow to really cripple Russian President Vladimir Putin’s economic and financial Achilles’ heel. Since Russia’s unprovoked full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, a range of targeted sanctions have been rightfully piled against Putin’s economy. Damaging to the Russian… -
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We Hear You: Assessing Putin, Zelenskyy, and Biden
Editor's note: The Daily Signal's audience has thoughtful comments on the unfolding events in Ukraine. Here's a sampling from the mailbag at [email protected].—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: I am ashamed to be an American, and particularly ashamed of NATO ("What Could Be Next in Russia-Ukraine Conflict”). How can we watch what is happening in Ukraine… -
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Biden Owes Border Patrol Belated Apology Over Phony Charges of ‘Whipping’ Illegal Aliens
Lest anyone still thinks the Biden administration supports the U.S. Border Patrol, we have now passed the six-month mark since the administration called for an investigation of horse patrol agents engaging with Haitian migrants illegally entering the U.S. near Del Rio, Texas. The administration still hasn’t released the completed investigation report. After clearly making up… -
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GOP Governors Block Efforts to Keep Biological Men From Dominating Women’s Sports
Republican governors of Indiana and Utah vetoed legislation Monday and Tuesday, respectively, that would have barred males from competing in women’s sports. Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb spiked a bill passed by the state Legislature that would have banned biological males from competing in girls school sports, citing concerns about legal challenges the law may face in court in a… -
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False Flag Isn’t Russia’s Only Chemical Weapons Scenario
It’s very possible that Russia might use chemical weapons in a false flag operation in Ukraine, based on information the Biden administration has shared with the public on that frightening scenario. But a false flag operation isn’t the only option for Russia to use chemical weapons in Ukraine, potentially blaming a strike on any number… -
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The Real ‘Reset’ Is Coming
President Joe Biden believes the Ukraine war will mark the start of a “new world order.” In the middle of the COVID-19 global pandemic, Klaus Schwab and global elites likewise announced a “great reset.” Accordingly, the nations of the world would have to surrender their sovereignty to an international body of experts. It would enlighten… -
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Supreme Court Declines Religious Liberty Case, but 1 Justice Hints at Potential Outcome in Future Cases Like It
On Monday, the Supreme Court declined to hear the case of a religious organization claiming it had the right to refuse to hire individuals who did not share its religious beliefs. In denying the case on technical grounds, Justice Samuel Alito indicated that if it or a similar case came before the court in the… -
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The Left Strikes Again at Freedom of Speech in Akron, Ohio
Recently, the Akron Roundtable of Ohio invited me to give a presentation on the issue of election integrity as part of a recurring series it calls “Point/Counterpoint.” As I told the audience, the sponsors of the Roundtable, which includes the Kiwanis Club, the Greater Akron Chamber, and the Akron Beacon Journal, were to be applauded… -
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A Look at Judge Jackson’s Record on Unions
President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee, Ketanji Brown Jackson, has come under fire for her positions on child porn sentencing, court stacking, and immigration. Now David Osborne, CEO of Americans for Fair Treatment, tells “The Daily Signal Podcast” that Jackson has another controversial position: her views on labor. “Even taking Ketanji Brown Jackson at her… -
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Men Now Dominate Women’s Sports
Last week University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas, formerly William Thomas, became the first transgender athlete to win the NCAA title in the women’s 500-yard freestyle. During the award ceremony, Thomas towered over the biologically female runner-ups, including University of Virginia’s Emma Weyant, a silver medallist at the Tokyo Olympics who finished 1.75 seconds behind… -
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EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: ‘Pain Never Goes Away,’ Says Mother of Daughter Who Took Her Life After ‘Transitioning’ to a Boy
Abby Martinez lost custody of her daughter Yaeli to the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services because Martinez did not fully support her daughter “transitioning” to a boy. When she was 16, Yaeli moved out of her mother’s home and later changed her name to Andrew. Yaeli began taking cross-sex hormones but… -
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6 Takeaways From Day 3 of Judge Jackson’s Confirmation Hearing
On the third day of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Senate confirmation hearing to serve on the Supreme Court, the judge faced more questions about her rulings in child pornography cases as well as the First Amendment and other matters. On Feb. 25, President Joe Biden nominated Jackson, a judge on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals… -
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11 People and Outlets Censored by Twitter for Questioning Gender Ideology
Of the many topics the radical left has tried to make verboten, there is none more contentious than gender ideology. At the mere suggestion that a man cannot become a woman or that there are only two genders, the Twitter harpies take flight to seek and destroy their target. Twitter is all too happy to… -
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Clarence Thomas Didn’t Get the Ketanji Brown Jackson Media Puffery
The liberal media has treated the Supreme Court nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson as a glorious and historic occasion. Nobody needs to care about where she stands on things since she and the media share all the “correct opinions.” The Associated Press issued a story under this tweet: “For Black girls, the possibility of Ketanji… -
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‘Substantive Due Process’ Looms Large in Jackson Hearing
When Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., questioned Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson at her Supreme Court confirmation hearing on Tuesday afternoon, Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., proved they have something in common in addition to being members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Neither of them was in the hearing room. Yet that did not… -
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Clarence and Ginni Thomas, American Patriots
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is once again in the crosshairs of liberals. This has been going on since his confirmation hearings in 1991, when President George H.W. Bush had the temerity to nominate a black conservative to take the Supreme Court seat of Thurgood Marshall. Thomas’ confirmation hearings provided a laboratory showing how low… -
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The Consequences of Victimhood-Based Education Are Deadly
Last month’s attempted assassination of a Jewish politician in Louisville, Kentucky, by a Black Lives Matter activist has gone largely unreported by the press. The incident and the general reaction to it speaks volumes about the relationship between the U.S. and Israel. The shooter, Quintez Brown, was open about his views. In an op-ed, he… -
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What the Confirmation Hearing Told Us About Judge Jackson’s Judicial Philosophy
“I do not have a judicial philosophy, per se,” Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson told the Senate Judiciary Committee last year. This week, the committee held its hearing on her nomination to replace Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, and identifying her judicial philosophy and measuring it against how America’s Founders designed the judiciary is necessary for… -
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Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Denies Connection to CRT. Her Past Says Otherwise.
Under questioning from Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, at her Supreme Court hearing, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson ran away from critical race theory as fast as possible. Her record says otherwise, however. The candidate’s past embrace of some of critical race theory’s leading proponents is concerning, and shows that she has so far gotten off easy…