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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We may be seeing the beginning of the end of the war on history. The Left has waged a decades long effort to fundamentally transform… Read More
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President Donald Trump will sign a Day One executive order mandating that the federal government recognize two sexes, male and female, according to incoming White… Read More
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Acquiring Greenland, or at least more closely partnering with it, is a critical element of President-elect Donald Trump’s shift on American foreign policy. In an… Read More
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President Joe Biden delivered his farewell address to the nation on Wednesday night. In his speech, Biden touted his record on the economy and his support… Read More
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A focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion has damaged the effectiveness of the U.S. military and hurt recruitment numbers. Members of the Senate Armed Services… Read More
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California’s Democrat Party elites are feeling the burn of their own failures to protect their state from devastating, uncontrolled fires. No politician’s reputation has been… Read More
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The Trump Effect is in full swing before the new president even takes office. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Friday that the company would end… Read More
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California prioritizes fighting “toxic masculinity” and promoting DEI instead of fighting wildfires. I hate to appear flippant at a time when Los Angeles is going… Read More
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Have censorship regimes met their match in Elon Musk? As I and many others have written recently, discussion of mass Pakistani rape gangs operating with… Read More
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Donald Trump hasn’t even retaken the office of the presidency yet, and he’s already drastically reshaping American foreign policy. At a Tuesday press conference, which… Read More
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The United Kingdom’s Labour Party blocked an inquiry into Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s conduct as the head of the Crown Prosecution Service, which was charged with investigating… Read More
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In a year filled with media misses, the biggest collective lie of all not only cost Democrats the election but may have permanently reshaped the… Read More
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“We built it. We paid for it. It’s ours.” That was Ronald Reagan’s take on how we should think about the Panama Canal when Americans… Read More
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In the waning days of a crumbling presidency that never really was, President Joe Biden—or whatever Biden-like facsimile is signing official documents these days—decided to… Read More
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It didn’t take long for Daniel Penny, the subway savior who was persecuted by the New York City justice system for having the temerity to… Read More
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Firing incompetent generals is a good thing. In fact, it might be what the military needs right now to regain the confidence of the American… Read More
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One of the defining features of the second Trump administration will almost certainly be the battle between the elected, constitutional branches of government and the… Read More
My beautiful home state of California has become synonymous with dysfunction, homelessness, drug use, and criminality. But during Tuesday’s election, Golden State voters said they’ve… Read More
American corporate media suffered a monumental rebuke Tuesday as Americans ignored them and elected Donald Trump as the nation’s next president. How have the outlets… Read More
The biggest loser following Tuesday’s astounding election—besides the Democrat Party’s agenda—is the corporate media that desperately tried to manufacture a president. The legacy media’s full-blown… Read More
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Former President Donald Trump really is building a multiracial populist coalition that is remaking American politics. Of all the trends on Tuesday night that stand… Read More
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Former President Donald Trump appears to have made significant inroads with black Americans. That’s according to several state exit polls that show the former president picking up… Read More
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The death of a squirrel has somehow intruded on the news cycle in the relentless last days of a presidential election. Last week, the New… Read More
In an attempt to insult Donald Trump and appeal to women, billionaire Mark Cuban instead insulted women and made Trump’s record with women look appealing. … Read More
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Vice President Kamala Harris held a rally Thursday in Phoenix, making a finish-line pitch to voters in a key swing state ahead of next Tuesday’s… Read More
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The polls must be looking bad for Democrats because they appear to be restarting their campaign to abolish the Electoral College. A few left-wing journalists… Read More
The era of Me Too is dead and gone. The age of ignoring women who are politically inconvenient to the Left has come. Or maybe… Read More
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American elites really have become a toxic, ideological class apart—even if they don’t want to admit it. A recent survey by Scott Rasmussen called “Elite… Read More
Whistleblowers at the Federal Emergency Management Agency have come forward in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene to accuse the agency of misappropriating funds and generally… Read More
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The traditional TV networks continue to offer obvious home-field advantages to Democrats in this year’s election debates, as they have for as long as I’ve… Read More
