Author: The Daily Signal

‘It Stole My Childhood’: Supreme Court Urged to Protect Kids from Online Porn

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Kid on phone

Taylor Muthoka was first exposed to pornography at the age of 7. A friend showed it to her online, and all the children had to do to access the website was check a box saying they were 18. Little did she know that moment would lead to a 10-year addiction.

“That one moment of exposure stole my innocence, and it stole my childhood, with no barriers in place, no meaningful age verification,” Muthoka said. “I was exposed to violent and disturbing content that no one should ever see, especially not a child.”

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Analysis: Nearly Half of Federal Employees in the Swamp Plan to Resist Trump, Poll Finds

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A surprising number of federal government employees admit they are gearing up to act like a deep state, opposing the incoming second administration of Donald Trump.

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Commentary: Madoff’s Ponzi Beneficiaries Are Funding Climate Lawfare

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Climate Change Rally

The Picower family is forcing shoddy electric appliances into every American home to assuage their guilty consciences.

As the single-largest beneficiaries of Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme, the Picowers have plenty to feel awkward about. One way they’re excising the guilt is by financing climate change lawsuits and leftwing judicial influence schemes that will strip Americans of conveniences they take for granted – say hot showers or efficient dishwashers.

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Left Launches Multi-Front ‘Trump-Proofing’ Effort at Federal, State Levels

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Kathy Hochul and Gavin Newsom

Donald Trump’s election to the presidency was formally certified on Monday, but he still faces “Trump-proofing” efforts in Washington and in the states—and in some cases, from familiar foes.

Democrat governors and attorneys general in California, Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York declared their intentions to challenge Trump’s efforts on multiple fronts, from enforcing immigration laws to protecting minors from so-called transgender treatments.

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Pro-Life Christian Detained for Preaching Gospel, Offering to Adopt Babies at Abortion Clinic

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Zack Knotts

Police detained a pro-life father and husband outside an Ohio abortion clinic for sharing the Gospel and offering to adopt abortion-minded women’s babies. Still, he plans to return to the clinic this weekend.

Zack and Lindsay Knotts have spent the past three Saturdays outside Northeast Ohio Women’s Center in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, an hour drive from their home in Youngstown. The Christian couple takes turns using amplified sound to preach the Gospel, plead with mothers to choose life, and offer women free resources. They even volunteer to adopt the women’s babies themselves.

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Commentary: 2024’s Winners and Losers

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Donald Trump

For those of us in the news business, 2024 provided a steady stream of stories to cover—and rarely a dull moment. From the Republican primaries early in the year to the assassination attempts and political conventions this summer, our Daily Signal team stayed busy through Election Day and in the days that followed.

During his first term as president, Donald Trump provided a plethora of political and policy news for us to report. We expect the same will be true in 2025. But before we turn the page on this year, our team reflected on the winners and losers—compiling the following list (listed alphabetically).

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Commentary: PBS Hosts Far-Left Smear Factory to Demonize Trump—Using Your Tax Dollars

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PBS, backed by your tax dollars, hosted the leader of a group that compares conservatives to the KKK, and she used the opportunity to demonize President-elect Donald Trump. Then PBS hosted one of her close allies who suggested that America failing to elect Vice President Kamala Harris emboldens misogyny.

The two segments make a rather eloquent case against continued public funding for PBS.

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Commentary: Reducing Housing Costs

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Can Donald Trump reduce house prices?

A recent study by Redfin found that millions of Americans are skipping meals, selling belongings, and even delaying medical care to afford housing. Three in four Americans making less than $50,000—nearly half of Americans make less than $50,000—say they “regularly struggle” to keep a roof over their head.

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Catholic Health Care System Partners with Pro-Abortion Virtual Women’s Health Clinic

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The Catholic health care system CommonSpirit partners with an online women’s health clinic that offers abortion pills and referrals for surgical abortions.

CommonSpirit Health announced in 2021 it would partner with Ask Tia to create “a new front door to health care for women.” The partnership, uncovered by the pro-life organization Save the Storks, “enables the two health care leaders to launch Tia-branded women’s health clinics together that will provide comprehensive, blended virtual and in-person care.”

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Arizona Couple Began ‘Transitioning’ Their Child as 1-Year-Old Boy

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After the Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in U.S. v Skrmetti, the case that will determine whether states may ban transgender medical procedures for kids, one mother told The Daily Signal that her child began to transition as a baby.

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