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    What Will Bring About America’s Golden Age? Heritage President Responds
    Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts told Turning Point USA’s America Fest on Friday about what will underpin America’s golden age. America may be on the cusp of a golden age, but Americans still have to choose it for themselves. “As we celebrate America’s 250th birthday, we ought to ask the question: What is America going…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Epstein Files Release Highlights Clinton, Makes Scant Reference to Trump
    WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 (Reuters)—The U.S. Justice Department released hundreds of thousands of pages of documents related to the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Friday that made scant reference to President Donald Trump but extensively featured Democratic former President Bill Clinton. The release was intended to comply with a law overwhelmingly passed by Congress…
    Joseph Ax | Andy Sullivan
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    Milwaukee Judge Guilty of Felony Obstruction During ICE Arrest
    THE CENTER SQUARE—Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan was found guilty of a felony charge of obstruction by a jury Thursday in a case involving the judge’s actions related to a defendant in her court that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers were attempting to arrest outside of the courtroom. The jury returned the verdict at 8:38 p.m….
    Jon Styf
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    Chanukah Is Relevant for Everyone—But Not in the Way You Might Think
    Of all the holidays on the Jewish calendar, Chanukah, which began last Sunday evening, has always been one of my favorites. Even when I was younger and far less observant, I appreciated the holiday’s well-known rituals and customs: lighting the menorah, spinning the dreidel, eating potato latkes, and so forth. My given Hebrew name—“Maccabee,” because…
    Josh Hammer
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    Brown University and MIT Shooter Entered US on Diversity Visa
    The suspect in the Brown University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor shootings entered the U.S. through an immigrant visa program, according to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Now, the secretary is pausing the program.   “The Brown University shooter, Claudio Manuel Neves Valente entered the United States through the diversity lottery immigrant visa program (DV1) in 2017 and was…
    Virginia Allen
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    Why Conservatives Should Oppose the Netflix-Warner Bros. Merger
    Conservatives don’t reflexively oppose corporate mergers. We believe in free markets, in the power of competition, and in the freedom of businesses to grow when they win on merit. But we also believe in limits, especially when a single company seeks to consolidate cultural and economic power in ways that threaten the marketplace itself. This…
    Joel Thayer
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    Yes, Virginia. You Elected Santa Claus.
    The late Rush Limbaugh posited in 2012 that it would be very difficult to win an election over Santa Claus. Meaning that someone who is just seen as bringing gifts will always be popular, and—with apologies to New York newspaper editor Francis Church—yes, Virginia. You just elected Santa Claus.  Both Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger and Lt. Gov.-elect Ghazala Hashmi have spoken since the election of their…
    Joe Thomas
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    House Passes Bill Ending Trans Surgeries for Children. What’s the Next Step?
    The House of Representatives passed a bill to make it a felony to facilitate transgender procedures on minors Wednesday, but does it have any shot of becoming law? The bill, titled the Protect Children’s Innocence Act, passed by a 216-to-211 margin. Three Democrats, Reps. Don Davis of North Carolina, Vicente Gonzalez of Texas, and Henry…
    George Caldwell
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    The Dumbest Assumption in All of Politics
    One of the most persistent mistakes in modern politics is the insistence on flattening all ideologies—pretending that all human beings think the same way, want the same things, and are motivated by the same forces. Every time policymakers fall into this trap, the result is not compassion or clarity but some of the worst public…
    Ben Shapiro
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    Why Johnny Can’t Read
    Reading and math scores are abysmal across the country, as national testing results keep documenting. Illiteracy rates are rising: The number of 16- to 24-year-olds reading at the lowest literacy levels increased from 16% in 2017 to 25% in 2023, according to data from the National Center for Education Statistics. In some inner-city schools, less…
    Stephen Moore
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    Victor Davis Hanson: ‘The West Is Slouching Toward Open Season on Jews. It’s Just Sick.’
    In this episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Victor Davis Hanson and Sami Winc dissect Australia’s reaction to the Hanukkah massacre and how the West flicks aside antisemitic violence. Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of a segment from today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    Erika Kirk Endorses ‘My Husband’s Friend’ JD Vance for President
    PHOENIX—At Turning Point USA’s 2025 America Fest Thursday, Erika Kirk pledged the organization’s support behind one possible 2028 presidential candidate. “We are going to get my husband’s friend JD Vance elected for 48 in the most resounding way possible!” said Kirk, whose husband, Charlie Kirk, was assassinated in September. Turning Point Action, the organization’s grassroots…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    BREAKING: Suspect in Brown University Killing Found Dead, Also Suspected of MIT Murder
    The suspect in last weekend’s fatal shooting at Brown University has been found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a storage unit he rented in Salem, New Hampshire, Providence Police Chief Col. Oscar Perez announced Thursday night. The suspect has been identified as Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, 48, a Portuguese national. U.S. Attorney for…
    Daily Signal Staff
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    EXCLUSIVE: Red-State AG Demands Governor Designate CAIR a Terrorist Group
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita is calling on Gov. Mike Braun to join other Republican governors in branding the Council on American-Islamic Relations a terrorist organization. “It’s high time that Indiana declare CAIR a foreign terrorist organization,” Rokita told The Daily Signal in an interview Thursday. “I completely agree and I…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    War With Venezuela Could Break Trump’s MAGA Base
    Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. There are war drums beating about the United States and the Trump administration’s interdiction of narco-trafficking,…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    SCOOP: ICE Agents Are Becoming Burned Out as Trump Administration Pushes for More Deportations
    Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are becoming burned out, according to multiple sources.   ICE agents are “maxed out,” a senior Trump administration official told The Daily Signal, and yet there is “frustration” within the administration that deportation numbers aren’t higher.   “I think it is just an enormous challenge to get 20 million people out of this country,” the official said, referring to an estimation of the number of illegal aliens…
    Virginia Allen
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    The Orwellian Excuse the Congressional Black Caucus Gave for Trying to Block My Congressional Testimony
    When the Congressional Black Caucus and 260 left-leaning organizations sent letters trying to prevent me from testifying before Congress, they claimed to be opposing efforts to “undermine civil institutions” and to prevent the use of “government power to silence people.” This is deeply ironic because the House Judiciary Committee had invited me to testify on…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Trump Makes Blunt Remarks on Conservative Opposition to Weed
    President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday classifying marijuana as a less dangerous substance, despite concerns from GOP lawmakers that the move will “send the wrong message to America’s children.” Trump signed an order changing the classification of marijuana from a Schedule I drug, which includes the most dangerous substances, such as heroin,…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    EEOC Urges White Males to Report Discrimination—And Promptly
    White males who have faced discrimination should file a federal complaint, the head of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says. In a video posted on social media Thursday, EEOC Acting Chairwoman Andrea Lucas advised potential victims of discrimination to file complaints in a timely manner.  “Are you a white male who has experienced discrimination at…
    Fred Lucas
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    Judge Indira Talwani Attempts to Override Congress, Forcing Taxpayers to Pay for Abortions
    California and Rhode Island judges won our October and November “Dishonorable Conduct Award” for their judicial misbehavior.   The December award winner, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, is a super legislator who identifies as a federal judge. In a ruling in July, Talwani, a Biden appointee in Massachusetts—call us shocked—tried to override Congress’ constitutional authority over the federal purse and force taxpayers to subsidize Planned Parenthood.   Some judges who…
    Thomas Jipping | Hans von Spakovsky
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