by Eric Lendrum   A new study from a liberal law school claims that global warming, also known as “climate change,” has a greater impact on LGBT couples than on normal couples. As reported by Fox News, the study from the UCLA School of Law claims that “same-sex couples are more likely to reside in communities with poorer infrastructure and less access to resources. They are, therefore, less prepared to respond and adapt to natural hazards and other climate disruptions.” The report, authored by analyst Lindsay Mahowald and senior fellow Ari Shaw, goes on to claim that the solution to ..read more

by Mary Lou Masters   Just over half of Americans now say they would support the mass deportation of illegal migrants, a poll released Thursday found. The 51 percent who approve of the action includes 42 percent of Democrats, as well as 68 percent of Republicans and 46 percent of independents, according to the Axios Vibes/The Harris Poll survey. Approximately two-thirds of respondents believe illegal immigration is a legitimate crisis as President Joe Biden’s administration has seen record numbers of border crossings. Mark Penn, chairman of The Harris Po ..read more

by Tony Kinnett   A high school theater troupe is staging the risque musical “Kinky Boots” just outside the nation’s capital “in collaboration” with a leading Virginia school syste’’s “Pride” programs, prompting concern and questions from some parents. The Beyond the Page Theatre Company at West Potomac High School in Alexandria, Virginia, will perform “Kinky Boots” eight times between Thursday and May 4, according to emails obtained by The Daily Signal. A “drag brunch” and a “talk back” session on the need for more “LGBTQ+ plays/musicals” are scheduled in connection with the product ..read more

C. Ellen Connally, co-chair of the Cleveland-based organization Judge4Yourself, resigned on Wednesday hours after the Ohio Republican Party called out her “hyper-partisan and inappropriate behavior towards Republican elected officials.” Judge4Yourself is an organization of local bar associations that rates judicial candidates. Earlier this week, the Ohio Republican Party sent a letter to the group denying requests to interview the Republican candidates for Ohio Supreme Court, arguing that while the organization “claims to be an independent coalition that examines judicial candidates who appear ..read more

by Micaela Burrow   A watchdog group filed a lawsuit against the Air Force on Wednesday for allegedly withholding records shedding light on the service’s efforts to set racial diversity quotas when taking on new officers, the Daily Caller News Foundation has learned. Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., then Air Force’s top officer, updated demographic goals for applicants to become officers in the Air Force in an August 2022 memo, calling the effort “aspirational.” The Center to Advance Security in America (CASA), a watchdog group focused on security and civil liberties, requested commun ..read more

by Joe Mueller   In addition to measuring foreign exchange rates, an economist is using the price of a hamburger to examine inflation. The Economist magazine developed the Big Mac index in 1986 as an informal way to determine the “purchasing power parity” of different countries and currencies. B. Ravikumar, senior vice president and deputy director of research at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, recently used the Big Mac index to analyze the U.S. consumer price index, which is widely used as the authoritative inflation measurement. In the blog post, “How the Big Mac Index ..read more

Ohio State University is standing by its decision to have police arrest and charge pro-Palestine protesters who refused to disperse at the instruction of the university with criminal trespassing. On Thursday, the group Students for Justice in Palestine at the Ohio State University held a protest at the Ohio Union where hundreds of student and non-student protesters gathered and set up tents beginning at 5 p.m.. Around 10 p.m., police began to break up the demonstration and arrested those who did not comply with the university’s disbursement order. The group Justice, Unity, and Social Transform ..read more

by Jason Hopkins   Connecticut law enforcement officials released an illegal alien convicted of sex crimes against a minor while ignoring a detainer request, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). ICE agents apprehended a 27-year-old Ecuadorian national convicted of indecent assault and second degree assault of a Connecticut child earlier this month, the agency announced in a press release on Wednesday. The agency is faulting local officials for releasing the alien, despite an immigration detainer placed on him. “This convicted sex offender presented a significa ..read more

by Madeline Hubbard   The Associated Press is under fire for portraying the protests wracking college campuses across the United States as “anti-war demonstrations” while omitting how many of the demonstrations include violent rhetoric and have been connected to the assault of Jews. “When people are chanting in their protests, ‘intifada now,’ simply look up the definition of ‘intifada’ – that is not anti war,” said Natalie Sanandaji, a New Yorker who survived the Nova music festival massacre, where more than 360 people were killed by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7, 2023. “To downpla ..read more

by Manzanita Miller   The criminal case against former President Donald Trump for allegedly falsifying business records does not appear to be boosting President Joe Biden’s chances in November, with Biden’s once narrow lead over Trump disappearing in new polls. The trial appears to be largely impacting partisans, with Republicans saying they are more likely to support the former president and Democrats saying the opposite. However, the vast majority of independents and swing voters say the trial verdict will have no impact on their vote in November. The latest Quinnipiac University p ..read more