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By Dodging School Bathrooms Case, Supreme Court Cements Earlier Win for Transgender Rights
In a heartbreaking move for conservative court watchers, on Monday the Supreme Court denied a petition to review the case of Gavin Grimm v. Gloucester County School Board—an appeal from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals over a biological girl’s access to the boy’s bathroom in one Virginia school district. In so doing, it… -
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Democrats’ Double-Cross Wrecks Bloated Infrastructure Deal
The White House held a press conference on June 24 to announce a bipartisan infrastructure deal. It was going to be an easy win for the left, with more money, power, and control for Washington. Instead, President Joe Biden, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., all decided that this… -
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Exclusive: Rep. Ted Budd Introduces Amendment to Nix Over 1,400 Earmarks From Transportation Bill
A North Carolina congressman is introducing an amendment to remove all earmarks from a transportation spending bill slated for a House vote this week. “Taxpayers across the country are getting their first look at what Washington is like in the new earmark era,” Rep. Ted Budd, R-N.C., said in a statement to The Daily Signal. … -
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Fact-Checking the Fact-Checkers: What Anti-Critical Race Theory Legislation Actually Does
After the House of Representatives voted 415-14 to make Juneteenth a national holiday, New York Times national political reporter Astead Herndon tweeted, “its kinda amazing: juneteenth is gonna be a federal holiday for reasons teachers won’t be allowed to explain to their students out of fear critical race theory backlash.” Herndon’s claim is outrageously false,… -
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RightForge Offers Internet Solutions With a Promise to Protect Your Free Expression
Growing up in Silicon Valley, Martin Avila taught himself how to be a computer programmer and started a website development company when he was in high school. Even then, his politics didn’t mesh with the dominant far-left ideas of California’s tech hub. Today, he’s offering customers an an alternative in the marketplace of internet services—from… -
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China’s Secrecy Affects US
The COVID-19 pandemic illustrates why a lack of knowledge about China’s problems can become the world’s problems, says Rep. Steve Chabot, regarding one of the world’s most powerful, yet also most secretive and oppressive regimes. “No one fully understands what is happening in China. On the one hand, China seems to be an unstoppable juggernaut… -
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Blackouts Loom in California as Electricity Prices Are ‘Absolutely Exploding’
Two inexorable energy trends are underway in California: soaring electricity prices and ever-worsening reliability—and both trends bode ill for the state’s low- and middle-income consumers. Last week, the state’s grid operator, the California Independent System Operator, issued a “flex alert” that asked the state’s consumers to reduce their power use “to reduce stress on the grid and avoid power… -
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Why Illegal Immigrants Are Being Released Without Court Dates
Under circumstances at the southern border created by Biden administration actions, the contentious “catch and release” of illegal immigrants has become a bit more complicated, as the Border Patrol is now releasing thousands of illegal aliens into the country without a court date. Generally, after apprehension, it’s the Border Patrol that processes the illegal border… -
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The Crusade to Destroy Jack Phillips Continues
I’ve been writing about Colorado cakemaker Jack Phillips’ fight against cultural authoritarians for a long time. This past March, I noted that Phillips would probably be badgered into the grave. And this week, Denver District Judge A. Bruce Jones again found that the state could compel speech, claiming that Phillips had acted unlawfully when refusing… -
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Scalise Calls on Pelosi to Hold Hearings on Origins of COVID-19
House Minority Whip Steve Scalise is accusing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of not being honest about China over the origins of the coronavirus. “Today, we are here with the [GOP] Doctors Caucus to talk about something we’ve been calling on for a long time, and that is demanding actual accountability and demanding that Speaker Pelosi… -
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Biden Administration Is Skewing Carbon Numbers to Push Regulations
The social cost of carbon is a climate economics construct used to quantify the damages associated with carbon dioxide emissions. The Biden administration wants to use the social cost of carbon in public policy to justify its regulatory agenda. The administration recently invited the public to comment on the Interagency Working Group’s interim technical support document… -
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Tough Questions About Electric Vehicles Unasked, Unanswered by Green Left
“We need plug-in hybrids!” a young leftie once chirped at me after I addressed students on his college campus. “OK,” I asked. “When you go home and plug your car into the electric socket in the garage, where do you think that electricity comes from?” He stood there in silence for a couple of seconds,… -
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This Site Is Trying to Bring ‘Snark Brevity’ Into Media
How can the culture of the current news cycle—never-ending and never positive—be tempered? Jonathan Grella, the founder of JAG Public Affairs and Daily Malarkey, has some ideas. “We really think that there is a place in the market for ‘snark brevity,’ as we call it. Like Axios coined the phrase ‘smart brevity,’ and we do… -
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Where Is Harris’ Concern for ‘Root Cause’ of Urban Homicide?
Vice President Kamala Harris just returned from Guatemala where she discussed the “root cause” of the post-election “surge” of “migrants” to our southern border. Harris said, “People leave home … because they don’t have opportunities there to fulfill their basic needs like feeding their children or keeping a roof over their head, or they’re fleeing… -
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Ban Jeff Bezos From Earth?
One of the most curious things about America is how many of our most celebrated billionaires sound like socialists. Bill Gates and Warren Buffett love talking about how more and more of their wealth should be taxed. Jeff Bezos bought The Washington Post, enabling it to wage relentless war on the Republicans. That’s why it… -
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Rep. Rashida Tlaib Says Opposition to Critical Race Theory Is ‘Rooted in Racism’
Rep. Rashida Tlaib said Thursday that opposition to critical race theory is “rooted in racism.” “Opposition to critical race theory is obviously rooted in racism and has just become the newest dog whistle for racists,” the Michigan Democrat tweeted Thursday, referring to a video in which Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark A. Milley… -
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The Systemic Con Behind Wokeism
There are lots of reasons why wokeism spread like wildfire once America lost its collective mind during the pandemic, quarantine, self-induced recession, and rioting of 2020. Wokeism was never really about racism, sexism, or other isms. For some, it illustrated a psychological pathology of projection: transferring one’s own prejudices onto others in order to alleviate… -
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Economic Freedom Would Be Fastest Route to COVID-19 Recovery for Spain
Spain has been on an economic roller-coaster ride throughout the past decade. Economic freedom for the European Union’s fourth-largest economy has improved remarkably over the past few years. Now, however, in trying to spur economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, Spain may be pushing economic freedom to the sidelines. As documented by The Heritage Foundation’s… -
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Homicides Have Skyrocketed in These 6 Democratic Cities. Black People Are Disproportionately the Victims, Data Shows.
The number of homicides in six major cities across the country has increased compared to last year, disproportionately affecting black people, according to crime data. Black people have represented a massive share of murder victims in six major cities through the first six months of 2021 compared to last year, which itself saw a large crime… -
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The Movement Against Critical Race Theory Is Deeply Necessary
According to the establishment media, critical race theory is a distraction. It is a right-wing smear. It is a conservative attempt to quash the dark side of American history. Most of all, according to the establishment media, you must never—ever—pay attention to the infusion of critical race theory into the nation’s institutions of power. According…