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North Carolina Senate Sends Bill Banning Abortions Based on Down Syndrome, Sex, Race to Governor’s Desk
North Carolina lawmakers have sent a bill banning abortions based on a diagnosis of Down syndrome to the governor’s desk for signing. House Bill 453, or the Human Life Nondiscrimination Act/No Eugenics, not only bans abortions based on Down syndrome but also prohibits the procedure based on the unborn baby’s sex or race. If a mother… -
opinion
ACLU Is Putting Trans Rights Ahead of Women’s Rights. That’s Wrong.
Nearly as fast as the governors of West Virginia and Idaho could sign laws that protect the interests of biological women in interscholastic athletics, the American Civil Liberties Union set out to invalidate them. Thirty-one states have introduced such legislation, and four of those—Arkansas, Mississippi, West Virginia, and Tennessee—have enacted sex-specific sports bills this year…. -
opinion
Trump Park-Clearing Story Latest in Long Line of Media Narratives to Fall Apart
“A narrative we thought we knew is not the reality.” That sentence, uttered this week by NBC News national security reporter Ken Dilanian, could be applied to any number of long-standing “accepted as fact” news stories in the Trump era that later proved false. But in this case, Dilanian referred to a specific media narrative… -
opinion
Nation’s Largest Teachers Union Chooses Indoctrination Over Education
It’s disappointing—though not surprising—that the National Education Association has doubled down on prioritizing far-left political activism over the best interests of America’s children. By asserting that the problems with America’s educational system stem from systemic racism, the NEA is, in effect, blaming others for the failures of the country’s public school system—while absolving itself of any culpability… -
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Why Talk Show Host Dave Rubin Walked Away From Left
Dave Rubin, the host of “The Rubin Report” on YouTube and BlazeTV, was a liberal for many years before he realized the political left no longer represented him or his political views. “For me to tell you that I’m not a conservative at this point doesn’t really make sense,” Rubin said. “It was a long… -
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This Isn’t Your Father’s Left-Wing Revolution
Starry-eyed radicals in the 1960s and 1970s dreamed that they either were going to take over America or destroy it. One of their favorite mottos was “Change it or lose it,” even as protests focused on drugs, music, race, class, sex, fashion—almost anything and everything. Sixties radicals tutored America on long hair; wire-rim eyeglasses; who… -
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The State of Black America
Listening to all the rhetoric in the popular media, you would think America is the most unfair, racist nation in the world. You would think that black Americans are uniformly living in oppression and poverty, with no hope for the future, save the federal government arriving on the scene to their rescue. Sorry, liberals, to… -
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Pelosi Thanks Omar for Clarifying Statement Criticized for Equating US, Israel With Terrorist Groups
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Democratic leadership released a joint statement Thursday thanking Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., for clarifying controversial remarks she had made earlier this week about the United States and Israel. Omar’s original tweet, where she spoke of “unthinkable atrocities committed by the U.S., Hamas, Israel, Afghanistan, and the Taliban,” garnered bipartisan disapproval. “To… -
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Rep. Donalds Spars With CNN Anchor: ‘As a Black Man … I’m Allowed to Have My Own Thoughts’
Editor’s note: Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., made the following remarks Thursday during an interview with Brianna Keilar, host of CNN’s “New Day,” about the Congressional Black Caucus’ refusal to allow him to join. Read the lightly edited transcript below, or watch the video above. Brianna Keilar: All right, so you heard that statement from the… -
opinion
Texas’ 1836 Project Aims to Promote ‘Informed Patriotism’
Informed patriotism, as Ronald Reagan once suggested, is what America needs. And that’s what some Texas lawmakers aim to bring to their state after Gov. Greg Abbott signed the 1836 Project into law Monday. Texas’ revolution for independence from Mexico, which put it on the path to joining the United States, concluded in 1836. Texas’… -
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Young Children Are Being Targeted With Sexual Content. The Equality Act Would Make It Worse.
Dating back to the 1860s, Americans celebrate National Children’s Day on June 13 to recognize the gift of children and need to foster their welfare and future. John Ross, founder of the grassroots movement that advocated National Children’s Day, says Americans “need this day to love, evaluate, and commit to the betterment of our children.”… -
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How 2021 Is Becoming Banner Year for Pro-Life at State Level
The U.S. Supreme Court announced last month that it will take up, in its 2021-2022 term, the major Mississippi abortion case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which will test the fate of pre-viability abortions. For decades, states have put guardrails in place to protect women and children in their state from the exploitive abortion industry, and 2021… -
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Public School Teacher Warns Parents: Be Afraid of Kids ‘Rooting for Socialism’ by Middle School
Editor’s note: At a Tuesday night meeting of the Loudoun County School Board in Virginia, teacher Lilit Vanetsyan delivered these remarks, according to Fight for Schools, a nonpartisan political action committee focused on education. The Daily Signal previously has reported on the court-ordered reinstatement of an elementary school gym teacher in Loudoun County’s public school… -
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China Lauds Biden’s TikTok Executive Order, Calls It a ‘Positive Step’
China on Thursday praised President Joe Biden’s repeal of former President Donald Trump’s executive orders seeking to ban TikTok and WeChat, calling the move a “positive step.” “We hope that the U.S. will treat Chinese companies fairly and avoid politicizing economic and trade issues,” Commerce Ministry spokesperson Gao Feng said at a news briefing Thursday,… -
opinion
US Relationship With Vietnam Blossoms as Former Foe Opens Up Economically
It’s been almost half a century since the end of the Vietnam War, and the relationship between the United States and Vietnam, particularly in terms of trade and investment, has been steadily improving since the normalization of relations in 1995. According to a 2021 report by the Congressional Research Service, bilateral trade between the two… -
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She Won Her School Board Race by Opposing Critical Race Theory
Hannah Smith ran for school board in her Texas community on a platform opposing critical race theory. Smith won, earning nearly 70% of the vote last month. “[T]he community turnout at this election really sent a message to our district and gave us a mandate going in to say, ‘We don’t want critical race theory… -
opinion
How John Locke Influenced the Founding, and the Advice He’d Give America Today
Arguably no philosopher had a greater influence on America’s founding than John Locke, says Joseph Loconte, director of the Center for American Studies at The Heritage Foundation. Locke’s ideas about property and freedom helped to shape America as the Founders drew on his ideas when they wrote the nation’s founding documents. “[T]here was no philosopher… -
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9 Reasons Why Federal Unemployment Bonus Subsidies Need to Go
Now 15 months after Congress first responded to the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s evident that unprecedented federal unemployment insurance bonus benefits are hurting the recovery, making it harder for businesses to find the workers they need to recover, and harder for consumers to find the products and services they want at prices they can afford. Moreover,… -
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Facebook Censored My Video Questioning Climate Change Alarmists
Whom does Facebook trust to censor content posted on its platform? A Ph.D. graduate from France. Really. The Frenchman, Emmanuel Vincent, started a fact-checking group he calls “Climate Feedback.” It does “a new kind of fact-checking.” It sure is new—and wrong. I released a video in which some climate scientists argue that climate change is… -
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Parents Praise Teacher Suspended for Saying He Won’t Use Transgender Pronouns
Parents in an affluent Virginia county continue to rally around an elementary school gym teacher who was suspended for saying he wouldn’t call children who identify as transgender by their new preferred names and pronouns. Byron “Tanner” Cross, whom a judge ordered reinstated Tuesday, had spoken against proposed changes in policy during a portion of…