WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Daily Signal reporters and staffers from The Heritage Foundation are on the ground for the 50th annual March for Life, and they’re sending in some of the best signs from the first march to take place since the Supreme Court overturned its infamous 1973 Roe v. Wade decision…
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How Kevin McCarthy became the last “young gun” standing
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In the summer of 2011, as Washington deadlocked over the once routine task of raising the nation’s debt ceiling, Kevin McCarthy, then the House GOP whip, decided to mix things up. At a…
The Undead
Werewolf: Cronach the Elder We generally tell ourselves that nobody is beyond redemption until the point of death. It seems uncharitable to suppose otherwise. But is this clearly true? In 1 John, the evangelist tells us there is no point in praying for someone who has committed a truly…
Lee Rotherham: The only path to the Tories winning the next election lies in a bold agenda | Conservative Home
Dr Lee Rotherham is author of Land of the Superwoke, second edition available on Kindle, and was twice a Conservative Parliamentary Candidate. Risk analysts sometimes use a reference tool called a Cone of Probability. This is not the likelihood of losing control of a fistful of purchased Mr Whippies; rather it’s…
As Starmer sheds Labour’s leftwing image, can the Greens fill the progressive void? – Politics.co.uk
On the surface, the political context has never been more favourable for the Green party of England and Wales. Public awareness of the climate emergency ranks higher among the concerns of ordinary Britons than ever before, with 2022 one of the warmest years ever recorded and the issues of energy…
Are ISIS Khawarij?
Ever since the rise of Islamic terrorist organisations like Al Qaeda and ISIS, moderate Muslims, for lack of a better term, have sought desperate measures to exonerate Islam from the crimes of these terrorist organisations and ultimately discredit ISIS on Islamic grounds. Muslim scholars and leaders such as Hamza Yusuf…
Joe Biden Gonna Regulate Your AR-15 ‘Pistols’ Like The Short-Barreled Rifles They Pretty Much Are
The Justice Department on Friday announced new rules governing popular gun gadgets called “stabilizing braces” that attach to the back of a pistol so that the firearm can be braced against a shooter’s shoulder for greater stability. Such braces in effect convert the gun, if its barrel length is less…
A modern history of ‘groomer’ politics
There was a time when a groomer was a predatory grown-up preparing to molest a kid. Then Christopher Rufo, the activist who did more than anyone else to inject the term into today’s politics, redefined it as a “spectrum of behavior.” Children, he tweeted in 2022, “can be groomed into…
House Republicans Eye Probe of Big Tech-Aligned Election Grants
A new round of private grants to local election offices not only should be investigated but be grounds for legislation, congressional Republicans say. As reported previously by The Daily Signal, the U.S. Alliance for Election Excellence provided grants to 10 jurisdictions ranging from $500,000 to $1.5 million. A total of…
Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week
A roundup of news on the left… 1.Exclusive: Private schools pocket millions in Covid loans denied to state schools-openDemocracy Private schools were handed more than £157m in government-subsidised loans during the pandemic, under a scheme that barred state schools from applying, openDemocracy reports. In yet more evidence of just how…