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The Melting Pot Is Boiling Over
In one sense, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution are the foundation of the country’s government. The Declaration laid out the principles we aspire toward. The Constitution established the three branches of government. It contains many brilliant mechanisms to check the government’s power. The Bill of Rights offers another layer of protection. But mere…Victor Joecks -
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Defensive Uses of Guns Last Month Show Mexican Government’s Folly
Last week, in a unanimous opinion in a case called Smith & Wesson v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos, the Supreme Court tossed out a lawsuit filed by the Mexican government against seven major U.S. gun manufacturers, seeking to hold them civilly liable for billions of dollars in damages stemming from gun violence committed in Mexico with…Amy Swearer -
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So-Called Maryland Father Indicted for Smuggling Children, Guns, and Drugs
A federal grand jury in Nashville has issued a searing criminal indictment of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the El Salvadoran in the U.S. illegally whom Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., referred to as “his constituent” and a “Maryland father.” Garcia may be a Maryland constituent, but he won’t win any Father of the Year…Hans von Spakovsky -
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The Myth of Mexico’s ‘American Gun Problem’
This week, the Supreme Court tossed out the Mexican government’s lawsuit against seven major U.S. gun manufacturers, holding that a federal statute called the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act barred Mexico from filing the lawsuit in the first place. In the suit in question, Mexico alleged the gun companies were civilly liable for…Amy Swearer -
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Free Speech Is on Life Support in the UK
Every day that goes by brings more confirmation that Vice President JD Vance was right: Europe has a massive free speech problem. And nowhere is it seemingly worse than the U.K. According to a report from Fox News, a 71-year-old retired special constable from Kent, England, sued the Kent Police (who he’d served for more than a…Jarrett Stepman -
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Court Documents Claim Student Who Led Pro-Palestine Protests Admitted to Building Guns to ‘Kill Jews’
Court documents claim that a leader of pro-Palestine protests at Columbia University once told a gun shop owner he had built guns to “kill Jews.” Immigration officials arrested Mohsen Mahdawi in April as the Trump administration continues to crack down on antisemitism and terrorist sympathizers who can be seen as a threat to U.S….Virginia Allen -
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Texas House Considering Changes in Law Protecting Free Speech
Texas lawmakers are considering a bill that critics say would threaten freedom of speech with frivolous lawsuits, by altering the state’s so-called anti-SLAPP law. The Texas House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence Committee heard testimony late Wednesday evening from numerous witnesses on House Bill 2988 that would make changes to the state’s anti-SLAPP law, by allowing…Fred Lucas -
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11 Defensive Gun Use Cases in March That Kept Citizens from Becoming Victims
Just before Easter weekend, a 20-year-old student opened fire inside Florida State University’s student union, killing two and wounding six others before being shot and apprehended by law enforcement officers. Recent reports suggest that the suspect suffered from significant childhood trauma related to his parents’ divorce and custody battles, and many of his classmates had…Amy Swearer -
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Free Speech Thrives Online: Welcome to ‘Era of Rumble’
Rumble is experiencing record revenues, revealing more content creators, and consumers are turning to the platform that upholds free speech in America and around the world. Rumble, a free speech video and cloud service platform, earned $30.2 million in revenue in the fourth quarter of 2024, a 48% year-over-year increase. Rumble’s monthly active users averaged…Virginia Allen -
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Zuckerberg’s ‘Free Speech’ Pivot Falls Short: Here’s How Meta Can Make It Right
For far too long, tech monopolies have controlled free speech and political discourse online. It’s been incredibly clear that they have regularly restricted conservative speech—whether it be as overt as silencing full media organizations for sharing the Hunter Biden laptop story or as unknown as suspending your grandmother’s Facebook account for sharing a “spicy” meme…Tim Young -
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EXCLUSIVE: ADF Investigates Free Speech Violations by US Science Agency
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A religious liberty law firm has launched an investigation into censorship of Americans’ free speech within the government’s science agency. Alliance Defending Freedom’s Center for Free Speech filed two public records requests shared with The Daily Signal to federal government agencies seeking information related to possible free speech violations within the…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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Defensive Gun Uses Show Faulty Premise of California Gun Laws
As wildfires raged last month in California, tens of thousands of people were forced to flee their homes, often with just minutes of warning. To make matters worse, looters took advantage of the chaos and lack of police resources, showing up in droves to ransack evacuated areas—sometimes as helpless residents looked on in horror as…Amy Swearer -
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What Does an Executive Action Add to the First Amendment?
It’s hardly a sign of civic health when a president begins his term by instructing his subordinates to abide by the First Amendment’s guarantee of free speech. Yet within hours of his oath of office, President Donald Trump did just that. In an executive action styled as “Restoring Freedom of Speech and Ending Federal Censorship,”…Jack Fitzhenry -
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Armed Citizens Highlight the Critical Importance of Second Amendment
As 2024 drew to a close, examples abounded of ordinary Americans whose Second Amendment rights proved to be the ultimate defense against criminals. While the facts of these defensive gun uses were different, none of these encounters is necessarily “unique.” In fact, reliance on armed self-defense is almost routine. Almost every major study has found…Amy Swearer -
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Justices Skeptical of Porn Websites’ First Amendment Claims in Age-Verification Challenge
Free speech online is “imperiled” by a Texas law requiring multinational pornography websites to verify that their users are at least 18 years old, the lawyer representing them at the Supreme Court said Wednesday. Most of the Supreme Court justices seemed skeptical, although the pornographers appeared to have found two zealous defenders on the bench….GianCarlo Canaparo -
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EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Daines to Introduce Bill Defending Second Amendment From Woke Companies
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Sen. Steve Daines is set to introduce a bill Thursday afternoon to prohibit the federal government from using taxpayers’ funds to enter contracts with anti-Second Amendment companies. “Democrats and woke corporations have proven over and over again that they want to carry out an unconstitutional, overreaching, gun-grabbing agenda, and under no…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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Facebook Embraces Free Speech: The Masses Win, the Experts Lose
The times, they are a-changing. The balance of power in the perhaps eternal battle between the experts and the masses has been shifting starkly, even wildly, with the former losing and the latter gaining clout. That’s been most visible in the series of announcements and selfies emanating from the gaudy precincts of Mar-a-Lago. The experts…Michael Barone -
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Gun Control Is Racist
Media scream, “Too many people have guns!” Second Amendment activist Maj Toure says more people should carry guns. “Everybody should be walking around,” he says in my new video, “like, ‘Oh man, I left my gun in the house. Let me go back and get it.’ It should be as normal as a cellphone.” Activists…John Stossel -
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Defensive Gun Use Debunks Gun Control Ignorance
It’s increasingly clear that gun control activism thrives on ignorance about the nature of crime and the importance of the Second Amendment. Unfortunately, far too many Americans continue to buy hook, line, and sinker into activists’ mischaracterizations of reality. Take, for example, one recent survey that discovered a shocking number of American voters erroneously…Amy Swearer -
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The Kids Online Safety Act Prioritizes Kids and Free Speech
Big Tech is terrified that unfettered access to our children is close to an end. And when industry business models thrive on luring minors, they have every reason to be paranoid of the Kids Online Safety Act. That bill has been one of the most clamored-for pieces of legislation in the 118th Congress. Designed as…Annie Chestnut Tutor