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Fact Check: 4 Blatantly False Biden Administration Claims About Inflation and His ‘Build Back Better’ Boondoggle
The House on Friday passed a profoundly radical, multitrillion-dollar tax-and-spend package, with all but one Democrat in favor and all Republicans opposed. Though the bill has been given the innocuous-sounding name “Build Back Better,” it would cause tremendous long-term damage to our way of life. More immediately, it would pose a grave threat to our… -
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10 More Examples of Defensive Gun Use That Undercut New York’s Logic on Restrictive Firearms Laws
The Supreme Court heard arguments earlier this month in a major Second Amendment case challenging New York’s restrictive framework for approving concealed carry permits. During the arguments in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, New York Solicitor General Barbara Underwood defended the fact that officials more strictly apply the discretionary framework to… -
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What I Saw at the Kenosha Courthouse
KENOSHA, Wis.—The Daily Signal was on the scene at the courthouse here Thursday where a jury deliberated for a third day about the verdict for Kyle Rittenhouse, who is facing five felony charges. People stood around the courthouse—chanting, holding signs, and more. What it was like at the courthouse: A trial attendee shares what it… -
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6 Takeaways From Hearing for Biden’s Controversial Pick for Currency Chief
President Joe Biden’s nominee for comptroller of the currency spent much of her time Thursday before the Senate Banking Committee explaining what she really meant in past comments and writings. Cornell Law School professor Saule Omarova wrote in an October 2020 policy paper, titled “The People’s Ledger,” that the nation should “fully replace” private bank… -
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International Olympic Committee Says Biological Male Trans Athletes Should Not Have to Lower Testosterone to Compete in Women’s Events
The International Olympic Committee recommended that sports organizations allow biologically male, transgender athletes to compete in women’s sports without lowering their testosterone levels. The committee stated that no athlete should be excluded from competition based on unverified, alleged, or perceived unfair competitive advantage due to biological sex in a Tuesday report. The report says athletes should compete in… -
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Government Supports Would Grow to $76,400 per Poor Family
The House of Representatives is expected to vote this week on the partisan Build Back Better Act. This legislation, if enacted, would generate the largest increase in means-tested welfare spending in U.S. history. >>> Update: The House narrowly passed the $2 trillion social spending bill Nov. 19 by a vote of 220-213. The Senate will… -
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Migrants Are Setting Up Camps Across Mexico, Hoping to Be Allowed Into US
New migrant campsites have sprung up around Mexico throughout 2021 as migrants have grown uncertain of whether they’ll be able to remain in the U.S., The Associated Press reported Thursday. Camps are full of migrants, including many children and those who can’t apply for asylum in the U.S. because of Title 42 restrictions, who have to… -
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Here’s What You Need to Know About the Border Crisis in Poland
Thousands of illegal immigrants are attempting to enter Poland from Belarus, with violent clashes with border guards breaking out on Tuesday. To help understand what is happening at the Poland-Belarus border, The Daily Signal spoke with Alexis Mrachek, a research associate focusing on Russia and Eurasia at The Heritage Foundation. The Daily Signal: We are… -
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The Left’s Appalling Efforts to ‘Normalize’ Pedophilia
Some on the left have made a concerted effort of late to “normalize” pedophilia by twisting language and shifting concern from would-be victims to the pedophile himself. That’s a dangerous precedent everyone must understand and confront. In a Nov. 8 interview with the Prostasia Foundation, a San Francisco-based nonprofit organization purportedly dedicated to safeguarding kids,… -
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Kyle Rittenhouse’s Prosecutors Brought Forward a Weak Case for Political Purposes
Details matter, nowhere more so than in a criminal prosecution. And prosecutors, who must prove each element of each charge they file beyond a reasonable doubt—the highest burden known in American law—rightfully tend to get hung up on the details of their cases. A defendant could face decades in prison, or in some cases even… -
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Can the FBI Be Salvaged?
The Washington, D.C.-based FBI has lost all credibility as a disinterested investigatory agency. Now we learn from a whistleblower that the agency was allegedly investigating moms and dads worried about the teaching of critical race theory in their kids’ schools. In truth, since 2015, the FBI has been constantly in the news—and mostly in a… -
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Supreme Court Takes Up Challenges to Near Limitless Power of EPA
This term the Supreme Court will hear four consolidated cases challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s power to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. That question will impact all electricity consumers, but the cases may have larger implications for the ever-expanding reach of the administrative state. The lead case—West Virginia v. EPA—questions the constitutionality of… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Pro-Life Group Begs Lawmakers to Block Biden Administration From Stealthily Easing Access to ‘Death by Mail’ Abortion Drugs
A major pro-life group is asking lawmakers to stop President Joe Biden’s administration from stealthily easing Food and Drug Administration regulations on abortion pills. In a letter first obtained by The Daily Signal, Students for Life Action President Kristan Hawkins wrote that “an abortion crisis is developing in America through a radical shift in policy… -
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Meet a Candidate Who Won School Board Seat in Deep Blue Minnesota by Opposing Critical Race Theory
Minnesota’s largest school district has a new, conservative school board member. Matt Audette, a married father of two high school-age boys, won a seat representing his area after campaigning against critical race theory in schools. The Anoka-Hennepin School District, which includes suburbs of Minneapolis, comprises 34 schools and 37,880 students. Three of the six seats… -
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How ‘Red (Taylor’s Version)’ May Change Music Industry ‘Forever & Always’
Pop singer Taylor Swift is shaking up the music industry with her rerecorded version of “Red (Taylor’s Version).” The 11-time Grammy award-winning artist is rerecording her music in order to own the rights to her songs. Shamrock Capital Advisors, an investment firm in Los Angeles, currently owns the rights to Swift’s original albums. The original “Red”… -
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Legal Expert in Self-Defense Breaks Down Kyle Rittenhouse Trial
The murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, after eight days of testimony, has gone to a jury in Kenosha, Wisconsin, to arrive at verdicts in the highly publicized case. The jury, which finished its second day of deliberation Wednesday, was considering seven counts, including first-degree intentional homicide, first-degree reckless homicide, and attempted first-degree homicide. As Americans… -
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6 Takeaways From Mayorkas’ Shameful Senate Panel Testimony on Border Security
The Senate Judiciary Committee hearing this week on “Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security” was another subpar performance from DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, to say the least. What became clear during the hearing was the lack of transparency and leadership that is needed to tackle the biggest border security crisis the U.S. has ever… -
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$450,000 Is Apparently Not a Lot of Money to President Biden and His Minions
It is not often that I read news that leaves even me so dumbfounded that I need to fact check it. Even after my thorough fact check, I had to send the article to my production team to make sure I was not going crazy. Yes, the story in question was, in fact, true. What… -
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Media Coverage of Rittenhouse Trial Escalates Descent Into Mob Justice
America continues to be threatened by mob “justice.” The media coverage of the Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial in Wisconsin has been shameful, and only goes to highlight how much the presumption of innocence until proven guilty and the principle of blind justice are disintegrating. It should be no surprise, really. The left continues to lean… -
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The Road to Ruin Is Paved With Gimmicks
At this very moment, President Joe Biden and Congress are engaged in yet another round of budget gimmickry with your wallet in mind. Though congressional rules are usually dismissed as “inside baseball,” many of them are designed to safeguard Americans from abuses of government. Biden has talked about his “Build Back Better” tax-and-spend bill as…