June 13 2023
 
Good morning from Washington, where President Biden’s border officials claim that encounters with illegal aliens suddenly are down sharply. Our Virginia Allen takes a closer look. Big brands keep LGBTQ “Pride Month” activities closer to the vest amid consumer backlashes, Gigi De La Torre reports. Some parents don’t mind strangers teaching their little kids about sexual matters, judging by a drag queen story hour in the nation’s capital. Mary Margaret Olohan has details. On the podcast, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., talks about three ingredients to U.S. prosperity that his new book finds in short supply these days. Plus: bishops help their flocks respond to the Dodgers’ anti-Catholic “Pride Night,” and how to counter the president’s war on cars as we know them. Forty years ago today, NASA’s  Pioneer 10 ,  the first outer-planetary probe, leaves the solar system after over a decade, transmitting its first interstellar data the next day.
 
 
 
NEWS
60 Companies That Are Celebrating LGBTQ Pride Month More Quietly
By Gigi De La Torre

After Target and Bud Light faced criticism for promoting “LGBTQ Pride Month,” The Daily Signal found out what other companies are doing.
NEWS
Fact Check: Biden Admin Says Encounters With Illegal Aliens Are Way Down at Border. Is It True?
By Virginia Allen

Mark Morgan, acting commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection during the Trump administration, talks about the Biden administration's reports of “low” border encounters.
NEWS
DC Parents Bring Babies, Toddlers to Drag Queen Story Hour
By Mary Margaret Olohan

VV Majesty read to the children from the book "If You're a Drag Queen and You Know It," which encourages the children to "blow a kiss," "strike a pose," and "shake your bum."
ANALYSIS
A ‘Delusion’ Led to ‘Deindustrialization’ of America, Sen. Marco Rubio Says
By Virginia Allen

Strong communities and families, well-paying jobs, and industrial power—those are three key foundations to America’s success, according to Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla.
COMMENTARY
'Eat or Be Eaten': Academe's Cancel Culture Law of the Jungle
By Douglas Blair

“At Oxford, students now live in fear - they think cancelling each other will help them get ahead” reads a headline from the British outlet the Telegraph.
NEWS
Bishops Call for Prayers, Reparation Ahead of Dodgers' Anti-Catholic Pride Night 'Blasphemy'
By Mary Margaret Olohan

Catholic bishops are calling for prayers and acts of reparation ahead of the LA Dodgers’ "Pride Night" featuring an anti-Catholic group of drag performers posing as religious sisters.
COMMENTARY
This One Tool Helped Delay Biden's Attack on Women's Sports, and You Can Use It to Fight His War on Gas Cars
By Tyler O'Neil

Cars are already more expensive than they were three years ago, but if the Environmental Protection Agency under President Joe Biden has its way, we'll be pining for the good old days of 2023.
COMMENTARY
The Tide Is Turning Against Trans Ideology
By Jarrett Stepman

There’s still some common sense left in this country, even if it no longer manifests itself in our cultural and ruling elites.
 
     
 
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