Jarrett Stepman is a columnist for The Daily Signal. He is also the author of "The War on History: The Conspiracy to Rewrite America's Past." Send an email to Jarrett
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If the U.S. is going to maintain its military edge in the 21st century it can’t rely on defense contractors that prioritize DEI over building the best… Read More
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Big Tech’s censorship of Americans is a threat to free speech rights according to a long list of comments submitted to the Federal Trade Commission. In February, FTC… Read More
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The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing Wednesday to assess the mental fitness of former President Joe Biden when he was in office. Following Biden’s debate with… Read More
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A law preventing government collusion with media gatekeepers will go to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ desk. The Florida Legislature approved its 2025-2026 budget on Tuesday,… Read More
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“No Kings” protests of various sizes broke in mostly blue cities on Saturday. The defining feature of these rather tame demonstrations—that appeared to be mostly… Read More
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President Donald Trump clearly made it a mission in his second go-around in the White House to make larger institutional changes to the way the… Read More
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If you are protesting and rioting to remain in the United States, why wave a Mexican flag? That’s the question frequently being asked as Los Angeles continues… Read More
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A new poll released Wednesday shows that a majority of Americans approve of the Trump administration’s efforts to detain illegal aliens in Los Angeles as… Read More
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Riot season has started with a bang in California. Actually, many bangs, hurled rocks, torched cars, and a lot a flag waving—but not the Toby Keith variety…. Read More
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President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth promised to restore the “warfighting” ethos to the military and now warfighters are signing up in droves to… Read More
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President Joe Biden’s lax immigration enforcement and open borders policies made this country highly vulnerable to acts of terrorism. One of the big lessons of this… Read More
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America’s top schools need to stop catering to hostile foreign powers looking to infiltrate the United States and focus more on building a talent pool here at… Read More
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Is America heading into a “golden age” in President Donald Trump’s second term? That was the question put up for discussion Thursday in a Munk… Read More
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Trust in corporate media has disintegrated in recent years and even the most powerful legacy institutions are facing a reckoning. The Washington Post, which is owned by… Read More
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Harvard University is having a rough time. I know, how tragic, right? On Monday, President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that his administration was… Read More
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Every day that goes by brings more confirmation that Vice President JD Vance was right: Europe has a massive free speech problem. And nowhere is it… Read More
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In one of the most incredible scenes in American diplomatic history, President Donald Trump halted his meeting with the South African president Wednesday to show him a… Read More
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Much has been made of The Associated Press getting the boot from the White House. It’s even sparked a protracted legal battle between AP and the Trump… Read More
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The “presidency” of Joe Biden is one of the greatest scandals in American history. The legacy media is only now covering the mental incapacity of a president… Read More
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The rise and fall of left-wing media darling David Hogg demonstrates exactly what the Left is all about and why the Democratic Party is losing… Read More
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It looks like your liberal neighbors will have to take down their “refugees welcome” signs now. A small group of South African refugees arrived in the United… Read More
Harvard University was likely in violation of civil rights law in the name of diversity, equity, and inclusion, and the school practically said so, proudly, on… Read More
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Some people are more equal than others it seems according to the Senate’s most prominent avowed socialist. Sorry for using an overused “Animal Farm” reference,… Read More
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Columbia University’s pro-Hamas radicals couldn’t have handed the Trump administration an easier opening in its war on college campus radicalism. On Wednesday afternoon, pro-Palestinian protesters… Read More
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The Venezuelan government was facilitating the illegal immigration of dangerous gang members into the United States, according to multiple intelligence reports, and the legacy media… Read More
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The Trump administration has vowed to root out Big Tech censorship that was openly practiced under former President Joe Biden. In 2021, Biden administration press secretary Jen… Read More
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It’s time to restore justice in America. That’s what President Donald Trump essentially said on social media on Sunday when he announced that he’d be reopening Alcatraz… Read More
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It appears the legacy media and the Democrat (I repeat myself) narrative about the deported El Salvadoran “Maryland dad” is reaching its endgame as more… Read More
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It looks like the Trump administration had a very good reason to go after Harvard. Harvard University released a lengthy and damning report Tuesday on campus antisemitism… Read More
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The first 100 days of President Donald Trump’s second term have been stunningly transformative, even as the Left has begun to mount some counteroffensives in the judiciary… Read More
