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7 Ways Biden Wants to Make America More Like California
Dr. Marilyn Singleton of Redondo Beach, California, says she plans to stick around her home state despite seeing so many others leave amid what she considers a tough climate for business, including fellow medical doctors. “It would be terrible for California—or as they call it here, Taxifornia—went national,” Singleton told The Daily Signal. “You have the… -
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Biden Administration Gives Indication of North Korea Policy, but Questions Remain
White House press secretary Jen Psaki announced on April 30 that the Biden administration had completed its North Korea policy review. A Washington Post article, quoting anonymous senior officials, provides some broad parameters of the policy, but details remain sparse. The unveiling of the full policy position has been repeatedly teased as occurring in the… -
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Fact-Checking Biden’s 6 Border Crisis Claims
The Heritage Foundation’s homeland security team responded Friday to President Joe Biden’s falsehood-filled interview with NBC News, which was released that day. The president made numerous false or misleading statements about immigration and the border crisis during the interview, prompting these experts to correct the record. (The Daily Signal is the news outlet of The Heritage Foundation.) Claim No…. -
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Biden Must Protect US Citizens From International Criminal Court
Almost 250 years ago, America’s Founding Fathers drafted the Declaration of Independence, cataloging the ways that King George III had infringed upon American liberties. King George’s offenses included “Transporting us beyond the Seas to be tried for pretended Offences.” Back then, the king presumed to have the authority to seize American colonists and prosecute them… -
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Misinformation on Hamburgers a Joke Compared With Media’s Misinformation on Climate
The left had a lot of fun this week mocking a false claim in some conservative circles that President Joe Biden was planning on limiting hamburger consumption. There are a few lessons in all of this. The first is obvious and has been driven home in the corporate media: Conservatives need to be more careful… -
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PragerU Provides Antidote to Left’s Poisonous Education Agenda
If you’re a conservative parent, you likely know that our schools are littered with leftist propaganda meant to penetrate the minds of our impressionable kids. Although it’s sometimes done subconsciously by teachers, too often it’s part of the left’s agenda to turn students against traditional American values. We’re seeing the consequences throughout our culture. Fortunately,… -
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We Hear You: Speaking Up as Business and Sports Lurch Left
Editor's note: Many in The Daily Signal's audience sound fed up with business leaders and sports stars who won't stop preaching and virtue-signaling to them. See what you think as we dip into the mailbag at [email protected].—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: I just read David W. Almasi's commentary on responding to woke corporations (“1 Investor… -
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Biden vs. Scott
The contrast between President Joe Biden’s first address to Congress last Wednesday night and the Republican response delivered by Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., reminded me of another occasion between one long-winded and another profound speaker. It was 1863 and the nationally known orator Edward Everett was the featured speaker in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to commemorate the… -
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Texas Bill Would Rightly Ban Transgender Drugs, Surgery for Youths Under 18
Two years ago, it became Texas law that a person has to be 21 to buy tobacco products. Up again for consideration this year in the Lone Star State are several bills to keep anyone under the age of 21 out of strip clubs and porn shops. So, if the Texas Legislature decides that an… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Illegal Immigrants Fly American, Courtesy of Biden Border Policy
About 14 separate families or groups of illegal immigrants boarded a flight Thursday at McAllen International Airport in Texas, the man in charge of border security during the Trump administration told The Daily Signal. Mark Morgan, former commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, said he watched from a nearby seat as the illegal immigrants… -
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Root of Mass Shootings Pandemic Is Not Gun Access
Growing up in rural South Carolina on my family’s farm, I developed a love, appreciation, and, most importantly, a respect for firearms. To this day, I remain a collector of firearms and a supporter of the American right to keep and bear arms as enshrined in the Second Amendment. I was taught that safety is… -
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I’m a Former NBA Player. Here’s My Message to LeBron James About Race, Police.
As a former NBA player, I wish Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James hadn’t said what he did about the white police officer who fatally shot a 16-year-old black girl last week in Columbus, Ohio, who was seemingly about to stab another black girl in a fit of rage. Doing so only served to further… -
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Critical Race Theory About to See Its Day in Court
As recently as last summer, few people outside academia had heard of critical race theory, whose central claim is that racism, not liberty, is the founding value and guiding vision of American society. Then, President Donald Trump issued an executive order last September banning the teaching of this “malign ideology” to federal employees and federal contractors…. -
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The Decline of American Universities
Nothing is stranger than the contemporary American university. Not long ago, Americans used to idolize their universities. Indeed, in science, math, engineering, medicine, and business, many of these meritocratic departments and schools remain among the top-ranked in the world. Top-notch higher education explains much of the current scientific, technological, and commercial excellence of the United… -
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Media Promotes Fake Narrative That Biden a Moderate
Stephen Collinson is well-known among conservatives as the most hackneyed of the hacks at CNN. The Twitter account called CNN Politics promoted Collinson’s latest online essay with the words “President [Joe] Biden to showcase his moderate radicalism in his big congressional address.” “Moderate radicalism”? Doesn’t that make about as much sense as “quiet loudness”? Collinson… -
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Critical Race Theory Drives Students Apart. Idaho Lawmakers Had Enough.
Officials at an Idaho middle school tried pressuring teachers to judge students by the color of their skin. But state lawmakers rejected this application of critical race theory, a deeply divisive philosophy driving many federal, state, and local policies today. Idaho lawmakers made the case that school officials should not force students to believe “any… -
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Maxine Waters’ Anti-Cop Rhetoric Is Getting Black People Killed
In June 2018, Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., publicly exhorted her supporters to harass Cabinet members of the Trump administration. At an outdoor rally in Los Angeles, Waters, with microphone in hand and amplifiers nearby, shouted: “Let’s make sure we show up wherever we have to show up. And if you see anybody from that Cabinet… -
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An Ugly but Telling Reaction to Sen. Tim Scott’s Speech
Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., gave a competent Republican response to Joe Biden’s mendacious speech Wednesday night to Congress. Considering the failed history of the opposition responses, being competent is no easy accomplishment. And boy, the contrived, hyperbolic outrage and derision we saw from liberal talking heads over Scott’s speech was something to behold. Some of… -
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This Lawmaker Lost a Job Over Georgia’s New Election Law. Here’s His Story.
Georgia state Rep. Barry Fleming lost his job over the state’s recently passed election reform legislation. The Hancock County Board of Commissioners voted 4-0 to ask Fleming to resign as county attorney “after pressure from citizens opposed to his work on proposed voting law changes,” Georgia Public Broadcasting reported March 10. Critics of Georgia’s new law… -
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Exclusive: Education Is ‘Civil Rights Issue,’ Says Sen. Tim Scott
Sen. Tim Scott addressed the American people Wednesday night in response to President Joe Biden’s address to a joint session of Congress. The speech received widespread acclaim for Scott’s blunt assessment of the nation’s problems and commonsense solutions for them. A week earlier, the South Carolina Republican visited The Daily Signal for an exclusive address…