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opinion
Documentary Pulls Back Curtain on Transgender ‘Mission’
Children with gender dysphoria not only are being offered puberty blockers but surgery to remove or alter their body parts. No one, including doctors, “wants to be framed as a bigot,” says Jennifer Lahl, creator of the film “Trans Mission: What’s the Rush to Reassign Gender?” “That’s one of the reasons why doctors are feeling… -
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Bob Woodson’s New Book Reminds Us of Black Triumphs in American History
In response to The New York Times’ controversial 1619 Project, Bob Woodson, founder of the Woodson Center, launched an alternative, 1776 Unites. Woodson’s initiative includes a series of essays and a school curriculum that recount the facts and stories of America’s founding and black history. It is from these essays that inspiration came for Woodson’s… -
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Silenced! What’s Happening Now in Cuba?
Are they still protesting in Cuba? I don’t know. The Cuban government has shut off the Cuban people’s internet. The big demonstrations began four weeks ago, sparked, curiously, by a rap song. The key lyric is: “Freedom! No more Doctrine!” “Doctrine” refers to the “constant cycle of propaganda” from the government, explains Cuban emigre Alian… -
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‘Our Hands Are Completely Tied’: See Border Patrol Union Chief’s Take on Border Crisis
SIERRA VISTA, Arizona—The crisis at the border is unlike anything the country has seen before, the head of the Border Patrol’s labor union tells The Daily Signal. “This surge is bigger than we’ve ever seen before,” Brandon Judd, a Border Patrol agent who is president of the National Border Patrol Council, serving in that capacity… -
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Salon Owner Who Outed Maskless Pelosi Headlines ‘Save Our Paychecks’ Event
It’s been nearly a year since San Francisco salon owner Erica Kious lost her business after exposing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s violation of California’s COVID-19 lockdown rules to get her hair done. “I thought if I ever lost my business, I would lose it in an earthquake,” Kious said Tuesday, speaking at a salon in… -
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Why We Should Care That YouTube Has Silenced Sen. Rand Paul
Another day, another instance of a Big Tech company censoring content it doesn’t like. This time, YouTube—owned by Google—took down a video by Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., in which he discusses face masks and COVID-19. YouTube also banned Paul from its platform for a week. “We removed content from Senator Paul’s channel for including claims… -
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What My College President Gets Wrong About Critical Race Theory
Critical race theory, the enemy of free thought, undermines American exceptionalism. Many institutions have embraced teaching this ideology, blind to just how toxic it is. As a student at the College of the Holy Cross, I know this all too well. My college’s president, Vincent Rougeau, publicly diminished the psychological harm critical race theory poses… -
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George Gascon’s Sinking Poll Numbers
If George Gascon, the rogue district attorney for Los Angeles County, had Scooby-Doo as a dog, he would be hearing “ruh roh” around the house a lot these days. That’s because Gascon’s radical policies are infecting the electorate, and they don’t like it. That’s why there is a recall effort to boot him from office,… -
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Bloated $1.1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill Neither Reasonable nor Centrist
The bipartisan group of senators that just passed a $1.1 trillion federal infrastructure bill is attempting to sell it as a reasonable, centrist compromise. Yet it is neither reasonable nor centrist. If approved by the House of Representatives, the bill would immensely expand the size and power of the federal government, waste hundreds of billions… -
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Who Should Teach Your Pre-K Toddler, You or Biden and Pelosi?
“Universal pre-K, I love that because it’s children learning, parents earning,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said at an April 29 press conference. That was the day after President Joe Biden had presented Congress with his euphemistically titled “American Families Plan,” which calls “for free universal pre-school for all three- and four-year-olds.” Pelosi’s professed “love” for… -
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11 Notable Topics in Senate Vote-a-Rama on Spending $3.5 Trillion
In forcing through a $3.5 trillion spending bill that includes portions of the Green New Deal and lays the groundwork to grant amnesty to illegal immigrants, Senate Democrats killed numerous Republican amendments that would promote energy independence, reopen classrooms, and rein in the IRS. The massive spending bill passed on a 50-49 vote along party… -
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Cuomo’s Resignation Is Not Enough. He Must Be Held Accountable.
New York has a long and storied history of corrupt, immoral, and even downright stupid politicians. From the glory days of Tammany Hall, when the Democratic machine was operating as little more than an organized crime syndicate, all the way through to the general sleaziness of Eliot Spitzer and Anthony Weiner, New Yorkers have really… -
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Meet Chesa Boudin, the Rogue Prosecutor Wreaking Havoc in San Francisco
This commentary is another in a series on 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. In November 2019, after winning his race to serve as the district attorney of San Francisco,… -
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Chris Cuomo Should Resign
Color me shocked that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo knuckled under to demands he resign after a devastating report detailing his sexual harassment of 11 women. But it was not quite as shocking as reading a Washington Post report that CNN’s top star Chris Cuomo was still moonlighting (or daylighting) as one of his top… -
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Storytelling, Comedy Hallmarks of Pro-American Kids TV Show
A high quality children’s TV series that teaches children concepts such as economic freedom and personal responsibility didn’t exist a year ago. But now, “Tuttle Twins” is redefining pro-American entertainment for children. The TV version of “Tuttle Twins” is inspired by the beloved book series of the same name by Connor Boyack. The TV series… -
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Cancel Culture, Wokeness Will Destroy Our Country
The enabling tool of what we call “cancel culture” or “wokeness” is language. People are put in categories to which names are assigned, and that supposedly captures who they are and what should be done with them politically. Unfortunately, the whole business of racial identification and categorization is not about advancing the quality of the… -
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9 Things You Need to Know About the Budget Resolution’s Reckless Tax and Spending Spree
After passing a $1.1 trillion infrastructure spending bill on a bipartisan basis—which is filled with liberal spending priorities—the Senate will now consider a budget resolution that, if enacted, will clear a path to implement a massive progressive agenda. This resolution would reshape the American economy and permanently expand government control over many aspects of peoples’… -
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Second Federal Court Blocks Biden Mandate Forcing Doctors to Perform Trans Surgeries
A federal court has blocked President Joe Biden’s mandate that would require doctors to perform transgender surgeries against their consciences. Judge Reed O’Connor of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Wichita Falls Division, granted “a permanent injunction” to the Christian plaintiffs “to be exempt from the government’s requirement to perform abortions and… -
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Mississippi Abortion Law Gives Supreme Court Opening to Overturn Roe v. Wade
At least one case slated to be heard in the Supreme Court’s next term promises to be very controversial: Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health. In Dobbs, the Supreme Court must answer a question it has never addressed; namely, whether all pre-viability prohibitions on elective abortions are unconstitutional. And Mississippi has just submitted its first arguments to the court on why… -
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6 Troubling Leftist Wins in $1.1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill
The Senate passed a 2,702-page long infrastructure bill Tuesday that contains a whopping $1.1 trillion in spending. The bill will now move to the House of Representatives, which will consider it in September. Following months of negotiations, 19 Republicans and all 50 Democrats supported the package. The 19 Republicans include Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of…