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Biden Vaccine Mandate Would Add to Staffing Woes, Florida Restaurant Chain Owner Says
Sergio's Restaurants is a third-generation family-owned business that has been a popular Cuban food destination in South Florida. The company has grown to have six full-service restaurants, and has 13 more licensed outlets at sports venues, on university campuses, at airports, and in other locations, primarily in the Miami and Fort Lauderdale areas. But the…Fred Lucas -
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Students at Maryland High School Shown Thanksgiving Video Depicting Pilgrims as Oppressors
The Howard Zinn-ification of American history has now been fully embraced by America’s institutions. It’s not just on college and university campuses where the late Marxist professor’s anti-American history is popular. An anonymous tip to The Daily Signal on Monday revealed that a video depicting the Pilgrims as one-dimensional oppressors was shown to students at…Jarrett Stepman -
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DeSantis Aims for Self-Reliance for Florida in Emergencies Instead of Dependence on Feds
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has proposed reestablishing a Florida State Guard, or civilian voluntary force, to assist the National Guard in state-specific emergencies. The governor’s new military budget proposal includes $3.5 million for the State Guard to support emergency-response efforts in the event of hurricanes, other natural disasters, and other state emergencies. The dedicated funding…Lora Ries -
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Texas Couple Creates Ranch ‘Haven’ for Pregnant Women in Crisis
Aubrey and Bryan Schlackman say they are just a normal couple who happen to have a unique vision to help pregnant women in crisis. “There are lots of women that are in desperate need, that need help,” Bryan Schlackman says. “And it’s just devastating that we, that this culture doesn’t think first of how we can…Virginia Allen -
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Chicago Public Schools’ New ‘Gender Equity’ Restroom Policy Ignores Biology, Invades Students’ Privacy
Chicago Public Schools are now requiring schools in the district to ensure all restrooms are “gender-neutral,” erasing single-sex spaces for males and females alike. That will be not only harmful to the safety and privacy of young people, it’s also yet another disheartening decision to ignore biological differences between the sexes and to create an…Nicole Russell -
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Federal Court Declares Texas Social Media Law Designed to Curb Censorship Unconstitutional
A Texas social media law designed to curb political censorship violated tech platforms’ First Amendment rights, a federal court found on Wednesday. Judge Robert Pitman of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas issued a preliminary injunction blocking HB 20, signed into law by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, in early September, and declared it…Ailan Evans -
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Mississippi Governor Calls Abortion Law at Supreme Court ‘Mainstream’
The law at the heart of a Supreme Court case to be heard Wednesday is much more mainstream than abortion proponents want Americans to believe, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves says. “This particular law that is going before the court is actually much more in the mainstream of abortion law across the world than the current…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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At Age 25, She Was Just Elected Mayor of Her Tiny Hometown in Pennsylvania
Brianna Howard says she never thought she would run for public office, but when no one else was on the ballot for mayor in her hometown of Mount Jewett, Pennsylvania, she rose to the challenge. Howard ran as a write-in candidate, won, and will serve as mayor of the town for the next four years,…Virginia Allen -
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Suspect in Wisconsin Parade Horror Faces 5 Homicide Counts
Police said they will charge a Wisconsin man with five counts of intentional homicide after he allegedly drove an SUV into a Christmas parade Sunday, killing at least five adults and injuring more than 40, including children. At a press conference Monday, Dan Thompson, chief of the Waukesha Police Department, told reporters that Darrell E. Brooks, 39,…Sebastian Hughes -
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‘Logistical Nightmare’: Texas Staffing Company Sues to Stop Biden Vaccine Mandate
A staffing agency that works with job-seekers and companies looking to hire is celebrating its 20th year in business while facing the uncertainty of the Biden administration’s COVD-19 vaccine mandate for private employers. In addition to its own employees to consider, the Austin-based company sees concern among both his own workers, and from his company’s…Fred Lucas -
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Texas National Guard Prepares to ‘Repel and Block’ Illegal Caravans at Border
RIO GRANDE VALLEY—A top official within Texas’ effort to secure the U.S.-Mexico border told the Daily Caller News Foundation that his troops are prepared for a worst case scenario situation and that they can be deployed within hours to tackle it. “We’re prepared to repel and block any sized element coming across,” Maj. Mike Perry,…Jennie Taer -
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Louisiana Attorney General Fights Biden’s Vaccine Mandates: ‘It’s About Controlling You’
President Joe Biden’s sweeping COVID-19 vaccine mandates are facing a slew of lawsuits from states and private employers. Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry is leading the charge against three of those mandates, already securing one favorable decision while awaiting action on the other two. Landry joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss Biden’s mandates and…Robert B. Bluey -
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Garland’s Lawsuit Against Texas Election Integrity Law Is Partisan and Political
A recent lawsuit filed by the U.S. Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division against Texas may make the Biden administration’s political allies happy, but it borders on the frivolous. The lawsuit, which challenges an election reform bill that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law in September, reveals the motives behind the left’s strident opposition to…Hans von Spakovsky -
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Meet a Candidate Who Won School Board Seat in Deep Blue Minnesota by Opposing Critical Race Theory
Minnesota’s largest school district has a new, conservative school board member. Matt Audette, a married father of two high school-age boys, won a seat representing his area after campaigning against critical race theory in schools. The Anoka-Hennepin School District, which includes suburbs of Minneapolis, comprises 34 schools and 37,880 students. Three of the six seats…Douglas Blair -
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EXCLUSIVE: California Forces Transgender ‘Belief System’ on Female Prisoners Housed With Biological Males, Lawsuit Says
A lawsuit filed Wednesday by the Women’s Liberation Front accuses the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation of endangering women by housing biological males in women’s prisons. According to the lawsuit, a biological male sexually assaulted a female prisoner in Central California Women’s Facility after being housed there under state law. The prison’s response to…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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23 Aliens Previously Convicted of Homicide Charged With Illegal Reentry in Arizona in Biden’s First 9 Months
Since February, President Joe Biden’s first full month in office, 23 aliens who had previously been convicted of homicide in the United States were charged in Arizona with illegally reentering this country. We know this because the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Arizona regularly publishes these numbers. It puts out a monthly report on “immigration and…Terence Jeffrey -
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Wisconsin School District Used Male Name, Pronouns for 12-Year-Old Girl Against Parental Objections, Lawsuit Alleges
A Wisconsin school district addressed a 12-year-old female student using both a male name and male pronouns against her parents’ objections, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday. Filed by the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty and Alliance Defending Freedom in the Waukesha County Circuit Court, the lawsuit alleges that Kettle Moraine School District violated…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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Connecticut Parents Claim Schools Teach Kindergarteners About Transgenderism
Connecticut parents claimed a school district is indoctrinating elementary school students about transgenderism, including with a book for kindergarteners. Officials of the West Hartford Public Schools told parents that they could not opt out from the materials, according to a release from advocacy group Parents Defending Education. The reading list for kindergarteners included the book “Introducing…Harold Hutchison -
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‘I’m Not Anti-Vaccine. I Am Anti-Mandate,’ Says Louisiana Grocer Fighting Biden Decree
President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate is an “extreme burden on the American people,” says the grocery store owner at the center of a major anti-mandate lawsuit. “I’m not an anti-vaxxer,” Brandon Trosclair, the second-generation owner of a Louisiana-based grocery store chain, said in an interview with The Daily Signal. “I'm not anti-vaccine. I am anti-mandate….Mary Margaret Olohan -
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Florida Gov. DeSantis: ‘We Chose Freedom Over Fauci-ism, and We’re Better Off for It’
ORLANDO, Fla.—Gov. Ron DeSantis delivered a blistering critique of President Joe Biden and his authoritarian policies, warning Americans they need to fight against the radical left to preserve our freedom. Speaking to roughly 800 supporters of The Heritage Foundation and its grassroots partner, Heritage Action for America, DeSantis took aim at Biden’s recently announced COVID-19…Robert B. Bluey