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‘Gender Fluid’ Celebrities Like Demi Lovato Are Defining New Moral Relativism
Pop star Demi Lovato announced Tuesday in a video on her Instagram account and podcast, “4D with Demi Lovato,” that the singer now identifies as nonbinary. This appears to be an increasingly popular decision among celebrities that is harmful to young people and represents America’s increasing decline toward embracing moral relativism as a whole. “Over… -
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Judge Denies College Exemption From Policy Allowing Men to Live in Women’s Dorms
A federal judge has denied a request from the College of the Ozarks to be exempted from a Biden administration directive that allows biological men who “identify” as female to live in women’s dormitories. Federal Judge Roseann Ketchmark ruled against the Missouri college on Wednesday, saying that the court could not offer a remedy to… -
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5 Ways to Understand Biden’s $6.4 Trillion Tax-and-Spend Agenda
President Joe Biden released three enormous spending plans within three months of taking office. These packages, each of which contain dozens of major provisions, should not be considered in isolation. While focus is currently on the so-called infrastructure and family plans, it’s important to keep in mind the flawed “COVID-19 relief” bill that Biden already… -
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Will France Stand Up to Critical Race Theory and Postcolonial Movements?
“You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul.” So said famed French President and World War II hero Charles de Gaulle on the costs of dealing with the Soviet Union. In de Gaulle’s time, many were content to let the Soviets be… -
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What Does Putin Have on Biden?
Only a few months ago, the Biden administration argued that Nord Stream 2, a proposed natural gas pipeline running from Russia to Germany, was “a bad deal” that “exposes Ukraine and Central Europe.” White House press secretary Jen Psaki had noted at the time that any new pipeline carrying the fossil fuel on the continent… -
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Tennessee Becomes Second State to Ban Trans Hormone Treatments Before Puberty
Republican Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed legislation Tuesday that bans hormone treatments for prepubescent minors. SB 0126 goes into effect immediately, making Tennessee the second state to ban trans procedures for minors, NBC reported. The Arkansas Legislature overrode Republican Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s veto of a bill banning transgender surgeries and procedures for minors in April. Arkansas’ Save Adolescents… -
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I’m With Israel and Against Critical Race Theory
In 1867, American writer Mark Twain visited the Holy Land. He recorded his impressions in a book titled “The Innocents Abroad.” Twain was appalled when seeing the abandoned and desolate land that was the home of the Bible. “The further we went, the hotter the sun got and the more rocky and bare, repulsive and… -
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Never Forget That US and UK Saved World From Tyranny
Was the Soviet Union the real “winner” of World War II? This idea came up earlier this month, as it increasingly seems to be in recent years, around V-E Day commemorations. We now see tributes to Victory in Europe Day mixed with attempts to rewrite history and diminish the role played by the United States… -
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What Exactly Does ‘Freedom’ Mean? New Book ‘The Unbroken Thread’ Offers an Answer.
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson went on the Fox News Channel’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight” recently to defend his decision to veto a bill that would have prohibited minors in his state from receiving gender-transition medical procedures. Hutchinson, a Republican, said that the principles of limited government espoused by William F. Buckley and Ronald Reagan compelled him to… -
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Israeli Explains What Life Is Like in Her Country Right Now
Yael Eckstein and her family, who live in Israel, have heard rockets explode day and night for nearly two weeks. Eckstein, who leads the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, lives near Jerusalem with her husband and four children. She says the most recent Hamas-Israel conflict has affected her family, and all of Israel, in… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Trump Homeland Security Chief Warned Biden Counterpart Not to Spark Border Crisis, Notes Show
The Trump administration warned the incoming Biden administration that a crisis could erupt if it ended current border security policies, according to notes of a telephone conversation during the presidential transition provided exclusively to The Daily Signal. The notes from the Nov. 29 phone call show that Chad Wolf, then head of the Department of… -
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Electoral College Threatened by Left Like Never Before, Sen. Jim Inhofe Says
The Electoral College is under threat and the left is closer than it ever has been in getting rid of it. This was the topic of an event Wednesday at The Heritage Foundation, where speakers explained why the Electoral College is so important, how it has been a bulwark of a free society, and the… -
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Steven Crowder Is Suing YouTube Over Vague Rules, but It’s Not Just About Him
Conservative comedian Steven Crowder filed notice last week of a lawsuit against YouTube, claiming, “This is the big one, boys and girls.” Crowder’s May 14 filing follows his second “strike” in as many months. In March, YouTube demonetized Crowder’s channel and issued his first demerit of 2021 on grounds that one of his videos contained… -
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Why Does the Left Seemingly Hate Israel?
With more than 3,000 rockets having been fired into Israel by Hamas recently, the Democratic Party seems paralyzed over how to respond to the latest Middle East war. It is not just that it fears that “The Squad,” Black Lives Matter, the shock troops of Antifa, and woke institutions such as academia and the media… -
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‘Drag Queens in Training’: Kids Show on PBS Features ‘Lil Miss Hot Mess’ Reading, Dancing
A children’s show on PBS featured drag queen and author "Lil Miss Hot Mess" singing, dancing, and reading a book about drag queens to an intended audience of 3 to 8 year olds. “Today I’m going to read from my own book, which is ‘The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish, Swish, Swish,'” explained… -
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Congress Needs to Undo EPA’s ‘Science Massacre’
For many on the left, sound science is sound only when it supports their ideological preferences. We saw that during the Trump administration, when leftists opposed an Environmental Protection Agency transparency rule that would have helped the public to evaluate the credibility of the science used in rulemaking. Now we are seeing it in the… -
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The Right Way to Fight Racism
Members of Congress, including several Asian Americans, surely meant well when they drafted a bill against hate crimes committed against Asian Americans. Alas, it’s a hollow political victory for one side, rather than real progress toward justice. The COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act focuses on strengthening law enforcement efforts against hate crimes related to the coronavirus and on providing guidance on racially discriminatory language. >>> What’s the… -
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What We Know About DarkSide, the Russian Hacker Group That Just Wreaked Havoc on the East Coast
It’s been less than two weeks since a criminal cybergang group known as DarkSide succeeding in shutting down a pipeline that transports 45% of the United State’s gas and fuel supply along the East Coast, causing severe outages from Georgia to Virginia. While Colonial Pipeline slowly resumed operation last week, service will likely be impacted… -
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After Losing to Male Athletes, College Runner Fights for Fairness in Women’s Sports
Mary Kate Marshall fell in love with track and cross-country in high school. Running “gives me so much confidence,” Marshall said. Now an athlete at Idaho State University, Marshall is fighting for Idaho’s Fairness in Women’s Sports Act—and for every woman’s and girl’s right to compete on a level playing field. The Fairness in Women’s… -
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At Border, This Congresswoman Met a Girl Who Was Gang-Raped by Drug Runners
On a recent trip to the U.S.-Mexico border, Rep. Kat Cammack, R-Fla., saw young girls who had been gang-raped on the journey to America. In one case, Cammack says, a Border Patrol agent “pointed out a 9-year-old girl” at a processing facility in Donna, Texas. The girl “came up to me and she had tears in her eyes,” the…