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Cruz Grills NCAA President Over Support for Men in Women’s Sports
Sen. Ted Cruz grilled the president of the NCAA Wednesday over the nonprofit’s threats to pull out of states that do not allow transgender students to participate in girls sports. The Texas Republican said during a Senate committee hearing that he is concerned about “just how political the NCAA has gotten” on the question of… -
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Twitter Takes No Action Against ProPublica Story on ‘Illegal’ Tax Leaks Despite Censoring Hunter Biden Coverage
Twitter took no action on a ProPublica story published Tuesday based on the “illegal” leak of confidential tax information of the nation’s wealthiest people that was shared widely on its platform. Twitter’s inaction on the tax leak story comes after the social media network outright blocked users in the run-up to the 2020 election from… -
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The Definition of Courage Has Shifted Since Normandy
Last Sunday marked the 77th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Normandy. On that day, Operation Overlord began, launching the Allied invasion of Europe that would spell the beginning of the end of the Nazi regime. At least 4,400 Allied troops died in the Normandy landings, and another 10,000 were wounded. As the invasion started,… -
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Princeton Drops Standards in Name of ‘Equity.’ Here’s Why That’s Pernicious.
Ideology and virtue signaling apparently are replacing both education and standards at America’s top schools. Princeton University recently announced that it will ditch Latin and Greek proficiency as a requirement for the classics major track. It also announced that the Latin and Greek languages no longer will be required to complete a classics major. Princeton… -
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What Happened to Parler Could Happen to You, Former CEO Mark Meckler Warns
Mark Meckler stepped in as Parler’s interim CEO after Amazon, Google, and Apple essentially canceled the social media platform. Meckler says he didn’t intend to become CEO of Parler when he called the company in January to ask if he could help, but recognized the gravity of the situation and wanted to do all he… -
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College Athlete Sues Over Critical Race Theory, Woke Culture
A spokeswoman for Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, a Republican, expressed support Friday for former University of Oklahoma volleyball player Kylee McLaughlin, who has accused the university of violating her First Amendment rights by excluding her from her volleyball team over her conservative views. “Governor Stitt fully supports every individual’s right to freedom of speech and… -
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Could Biden IRS Expansion Plan Signal Return to Politicization?
Given the Internal Revenue Service’s history of politicization, conservatives are expressing concern about the potential for abuse from President Joe Biden’s proposed doubling of the number of IRS agents. A massive information leak of private tax data has only exacerbated those concerns. Ahead of IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig’s testimony before a Senate committee Tuesday, ProPublica,… -
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The Single Best Thing Americans Can Do to Retake America
The most frequent question people pose to me is: What can I/we do to fight back against the nihilistic anti-American destruction of virtually all the country’s major institutions? There is an answer. The single best thing Americans can do to counter the left-wing attack on America—against its freedoms, its schools, its families, its children, its… -
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Why This Dispute in South China Sea Matters to America
Tensions between China and the Philippines are rising in the South China Sea. How this conflict plays out will have long-lasting effects on the power struggle between China and other nations in the region, and larger implications for the U.S. as well. A total of 220 Chinese militia and fishing boats on March 20 swarmed… -
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Republicans Win Big in Texas Mayoral Races With Increased Latino Support
Republicans swept Texas’ mayoral elections over the weekend, relying on increased Hispanic support to win in large and mid-sized cities alike. In Forth Worth, a city of just over 1 million, 37-year-old Republican Mattie Parker cruised to victory against Democrat Deborah Peoples, making her the youngest mayor in the city’s history, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported. In… -
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What Florida’s New Tech Law Means for Conservatives Online
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis recently signed a bill on targeting social media platforms, such as Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter, for their repeated and aggressive suppression of conservative speech. The legislation would fine social media companies if they deplatform candidates for state office during election season, as well as make it easier for private citizens to sue tech giants. DeSantis has firsthand experience of tech companies censoring… -
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Judge Orders Reinstatement of Suspended Gym Teacher Who Opposes Transgender Pronouns
A Virginia court ruled Tuesday that a county school system must reinstate a gym teacher it suspended for opposing proposed policies that would require all teachers to refer to students by their preferred pronouns regardless of the students’ biological sex. The judge’s granting of the injunction sought by teacher Byron “Tanner” Cross to halt the Loudoun County School Board’s punishment is a welcome victory as the teacher’s case moves forward. Circuit Court Judge James E. Plowman Jr. ordered the Loudoun… -
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Pervasive Corruption, Lack of Economic Freedom Pose Bleak Future for Russians
In a recent commentary, “When the former Soviet Union nearly became a democracy,” former Navy Secretary J. William Middendorf offered some timely observations on the Russian economy. Middendorf noted: We know that Russian progress with market-oriented reforms has been uneven and often reversed at the urging of those with an interest in maintaining the status… -
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Sen. Ted Cruz Shares Firsthand Observations of Israel-Hamas Situation
Sen. Ted Cruz joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss his recent trip to Israel to observe the fighting that’s been occurring in the region between Israel and Hamas, the Palestinian militant group. We discuss how Hamas has a headquarters in the basement of a hospital, effectively using innocent people as human shields. “It’s their own… -
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Networks Program Children With LGBT Agenda During Pride Month
Lots of parents today wouldn’t think twice about sitting their kids down in front of the Disney Channel or Cartoon Network. And that, conservatives warn, is exactly the problem. Like so many other moms and dads, they’re expecting the same kind of harmless storylines they watched in the ‘70s and ‘80s. What their children are… -
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Teachers Are Feeding Critical Race Theory to Our Kids. Look What’s Happening in Wisconsin.
MADISON, Wis.—A widespread, vigorous debate is going on in this country right now about critical race theory and if it should be taught in our local schools. Critical race theory is an academic discipline that has been around for decades but only recently became the ideology of the far left in its push to tear… -
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America Must Act Decisively Against China’s Theft, Spying
Grand theft auto is a persistent crime in America. It’s a felony in most states with jail sentences up to 10 years and a fine of $10,000, depending upon the value of the car and any valuables left inside. Car theft is a lucrative pursuit. Thieves steal an average of 2,400 vehicles a day for… -
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How Pro-Lifers in This Texas Town Beat Planned Parenthood
Just one month after Lubbock, Texas, became the state’s largest sanctuary city for the unborn (and the only sanctuary city for the unborn with an active abortion clinic), Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas last week agreed to stop performing abortions within the city limits. This announcement came after a federal district judge dismissed Planned Parenthood’s lawsuit, citing lack of standing…. -
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Gov. Ron DeSantis Signs Bills Combating Chinese Communist Party’s Influence in US
MIAMI—Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed two bills Monday aimed at combating the influence of the Chinese Communist Party in the U.S. The first bill is intended to safeguard public institutions from “undue foreign influence,” DeSantis, a Republican, said at a press conference, noting that the bill will prohibit “agreements between public entities and the Communist… -
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High Court Gets It Right: Prosecute Hacking, Not Terms of Service Violations
Millions of Americans are no longer in danger of committing a federal crime when they check sports scores at work, fib in an online dating profile, or use a pseudonym on Facebook, thanks to the Supreme Court’s decision last Thursday in Van Buren v. United States. Van Buren posed the question of whether the 1986…