February 25 2023
 
Happy Friday from Washington, where Clarence Thomas’ historic clout on the Supreme Court doesn’t matter to some public librarians during Black History Month. What happens when our Rob Bluey asks why? See for yourself. The video platform Vimeo reverses itself when pressed on a documentary about detransitioners, Tyler O’Neil reports. On the podcast, Heritage Foundation defense expert Dakota Wood assesses signs of  closer relations between China and Russia, and what they mean for America. Plus: Tony Kinnett on Indiana Democrats’ ignorant opposition to a parental rights bill; Elizabeth Troutman on Pfizer’s about-face on racial bias; and Virginia Allen visits the southern border. On this date in 1991,  after six weeks of bombing, U.S.-led coalition forces launch a ground invasion to drive Iraq out of neighboring Kuwait.
 
 
 
COMMENTARY
Ohio Train Disaster Exposes Hollowness, Incompetence of Identity-Obsessed Ruling Class
By Jarrett Stepman

Biden didn’t show up in East Palestine, nor did his administration or the media seem to pay much attention to the derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals. And then Trump arrived.
NEWS
EXCLUSIVE: Mike Pence’s Advancing American Freedom Demands Answers on FBI Targeting ‘Radical-Traditional Catholics’
By Tyler O'Neil

“This leaked document targeting traditional Catholics is disturbing to all people of faith,” the Pence group’s general counsel, J. Marc Wheat, tells The Daily Signal.
NEWS
EXCLUSIVE: This Bill Would Eliminate Biden’s $27B Green ‘Slush Fund’
By Fred Lucas

House Republicans want to roll back a $27 billion “green bank,” a grant program in the massive spending bill dubbed the Inflation Reduction Act.
NEWS
Colorado School District Revises Transgender Student Policy in Face of Parent Opposition
By Elizabeth Troutman

The new policy does not require teachers to explicitly relay a student’s gender identity to parents, and it makes “trans-identifying” male access to girls’ restrooms the norm, not the exception.
COMMENTARY
Biden’s Misleading New Asylum Rule Is a Gimmick Atop a Shell Game
By Lora Ries

The Biden administration proposes a rule to avoid more bad optics. The Left is wrong to attack it and the Right is wrong to praise it.
COMMENTARY
Which Does Secretary of State Blinken Think Is Worse: Chinese Uyghur Genocide or Spy Balloon?
By Terence Jeffrey

His administration made cosmetic changes after the Chinese spy balloon incident, but will Biden do anything about America’s massive and mounting trade deficit?
COMMENTARY
ICYMI: Clarence Thomas Book Gets Prominent Placement From His Local Library After Initial Snub
By Rob Bluey

Virginia’s largest public library revamped its Black History Month reading list to include three Clarence Thomas books after an inquiry from The Daily Signal.
 
     
 
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