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    SHOT TO THE HEART OF DEI: How the Trump Admin Is Dismantling the Legal Basis for Government-Endorsed Discrimination
    The Department of Justice under President Donald Trump just took a pivotal step toward removing government-endorsed discrimination from America’s legal system and undermining the institutional apparatus of critical race theory. Critical race theory teaches that America is systemically racist and that even racially neutral policies are truly racist if they result in better outcomes for…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    June Starts Strong for Fox News, While Kimmel Can’t Catch Gutfeld
    While Fox News started June at its familiar perch atop the cable news ratings—and No. 2 behind ESPN overall on cable—the news channel also managed to knock off two of the television networks in primetime. Fox News ended the week of June 1 with 2.7 million weekday primetime viewers and 245,000 viewers in the crucial…
    Al Perrotta
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    Canada, Terrorist Group Welcome Alleged Terror-Tied FIFA Referee
    Progressive politicians in Canada and the Islamic terrorist group Al-Shabaab have condemned the United States for denying entry to Omar Artan, a Somali-born FIFA World Cup 2026 referee with alleged ties to the terrorist group. “Denying entry to Omar Artan, who has earned his place on the world stage through hard work and perseverance, is…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    SPLC CEO Makes Astonishing Claim to Explain Why Leftist Group Stopped Its ‘Informant’ Program
    The Southern Poverty Law Center acknowledged that it funded members of the Ku Klux Klan, but it claims the payments were merely part of an “informant” program to dismantle the Klan and other white supremacist groups—a program it has since ended. The group’s interim president gave a reason why in congressional testimony Tuesday. Rep. Jim…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    The Sneaky Way Corporate America Blacklists Conservatives, and How More of Them Are Fighting Back
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—More nonprofits are urging the software company Benevity—which hundreds of companies use to allow employees to donate their time and money to charities—to stop systematically blacklisting conservative nonprofits. Twelve organizations first sent a letter to Benevity in October following the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk. The new letter, sent…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Antifa Mob Gathers Outside TPUSA Event, Violence and Arrests Quickly Unfold
    SAN ANTONIO—A violent Antifa protest erupted outside the Turning Point Women’s Leadership Summit in San Antonio, Texas on Saturday. After protesters attempted, but failed, to storm into the event through a police blockade, the violence escalated. One man, who had been pepper-sprayed for storming police, was seen washing his eyes with water from a plastic…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Protester on Trial for Pepper-Spraying Police at ‘Fascist’ Heritage Foundation Makes His Defense in Court
    This article has been updated with a comment from Nathaniel Wetter Taylor. Nathaniel Wetter Taylor, the protester who allegedly pepper-sprayed two special police officers outside of the Heritage Foundation last year, delivered his own opening statement before a jury Thursday, attacking Heritage as “fascist” and claiming that the officers violated his rights. Appearing in the D.C. Superior Court,…
    Joseph Buff | Andrew Phelan
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    ‘We Refuse to Be Silenced’: Turning Point Event Continues After Bomb Threat
    SAN ANTONIO—Despite a bomb threat, Turning Point USA is bringing together thousands of conservative women this weekend to hear from the movement’s leading female speakers at its 11th annual Women’s Leadership Summit—and the Daily Signal is on the ground reporting live. Running today through Sunday, the summit aims to equip women to “strengthen their minds,…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    IN BED WITH NEO-NAZI: New Indictment Exposes Leftist Group’s Scandalous Relationships With White Nationalists
    The Southern Poverty Law Center allegedly paid at least three people who wanted to leave the white supremacist movement not to do so, according to the Justice Department’s superseding indictment handed down Tuesday. A federal grand jury in April had indicted the SPLC on charges of wire fraud, bank fraud, and conspiracy to conceal money…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Meet the ‘Wicked Witch of Woke’ and the ‘Queen of DEI’ Looking to Take Key GOP Seats 
    Two progressive Midwest candidates are moving forward as the Democratic Party picks for the U.S. House of Representatives in Iowa. The women’s pasts are proof that the party is sticking with woke ideology that may not align with nearly 80% of Iowa. Sarah Trone Garriott, seeking to unseat Rep. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa, and Christina Bohannan,…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Just How Woke Is James Talarico’s Church?
    It may come as no surprise that the Texas Senate candidate infamous for declaring that “God is nonbinary” attends a left-leaning church, but the religious home of James Talarico is so absurdly “woke” that Americans might be forgiven for questioning whether it is a church at all. St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas, has…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Harris Sounds Alarm, Feds Launch Title IX Probe Into North Carolina Schools
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Department of Education has launched an investigation into a North Carolina public school district as officials continue to allow biological men in women’s restrooms, violating presidential executive orders and Title IX. Rep. Mark Harris, R-N.C., called the violations “deeply disturbing” and thanked the secretary of the department for “quick action.”…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Is the Government Still Funding the Immigration Industrial Complex? Trump Wants Answers
    Is the federal government still funneling taxpayer dollars to some of the leftist activist groups that called the shots during President Joe Biden’s administration? The Trump White House is asking federal agencies to investigate past and potentially continuing funding for a host of nonprofits, many of which are associated with aggressive promotion of leftist causes….
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Artists Pull Out of Great American State Fair, Citing Partisanship and ‘Threats’
    Several musical artists scheduled to perform at the Great American State Fair in honor of America’s 250th birthday have withdrawn from the event after SPIN Magazine highlighted President Donald Trump’s connection to the fair. The Great American State Fair will showcase all 50 states, as well as the District of Columbia and U.S. territories. It…
    Al Perrotta
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    REVAMPING DOGE: White House to Overhaul Grantmaking Process to Root Out ‘Woke’ Abuse
    The White House’s budget office will overhaul the way the federal government awards grants, grafting in English-only requirements and E-Verify requirements to combat illegal immigration while cutting out woke agenda items. The Office of Management and Budget will implement a wide-ranging slate of reforms to Title 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations, an OMB…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Netflix-WB Deal: Not Dead Yet?
    In late January, the Oversight Project released “Fedflix,” an interim report about Netflix’s suspicious relationship with law enforcement and the intelligence community. Our report highlighted how Netflix has a board of directors largely made up of highly partisan Democrat operatives and donors; pushes programming with LGBTQ+ content to children; and produces content that has been…
    Mike Howell | Kyle Brosnan
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    El-Sayed Has ‘Struggles’ With the Question of Whether Israel Should Be a Jewish State
    Abdul El‑Sayed, a Democrat candidate for the U.S. Senate in Michigan, says he has a tough time deciding whether Israel should be a Jewish state. The candidate’s remarks come as anti‑Israel activists and state sponsors of terrorism, such as Hamas and Iran, have repeatedly waged violence against the state of Israel for being a Jewish…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    Seminary President Explains Why More Young Men Are Religious
    For the first time in recorded history, statistics indicate that more young men are attending religious services than young women, according to R. Albert Mohler, president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.  The Heritage Foundation hosted Mohler on May 26 to deliver a talk titled “Young Men Turning to Religion.” Mohler discussed the cultural and…
    Francesca Cella
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    DNC 2024 Autopsy Reveals Why Democrats Won’t Shake Their Worst Political Liability
    The 2024 presidential election autopsy, which the Democratic National Committee commissioned and was shamed into releasing this week, is absolutely pathetic. Even in releasing it, the DNC felt honor-bound to mark it up, noting that some of the claims run counter to real evidence. The DNC will doubtless move on from this shameful embarrassment, but…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    ‘DANGEROUS’: SPLC Hearing Witness Slams Charlie Kirk Statements
    Maya Wiley, the Democrat witness for the House Judiciary Committee, testified before members of Congress that Charlie Kirk made “dangerous” statements preceding his assassination. The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing Wednesday to address allegations of fraud against the left-leaning nonprofit titled “The Southern Poverty Law Center: Manufacturing Hate.” The Daily Signal’s Tyler O’Neil, who…
    Joseph Buff
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