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There Should Be Nothing Controversial About the Term ‘Chinese Virus’
This week, President Donald Trump came under fire for his use of the phrase “Chinese virus” to describe the coronavirus, the source of the new pandemic that has led to a global economic shutdown as well as lockdowns of citizens in every major Western country. That media have somehow found time to hone in on… -
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The Upside of ‘Price Gouging’
“We don’t have any … !” Fill in the blank. People are stocking up on things, fearing that we will be stuck in our homes, under quarantine, without essential supplies. Some hoard toilet paper. A popular internet video features someone driving up to what appears to be a drug dealer but is really someone selling… -
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4 Ways Coronavirus May Change How You Vote
Rock the Vote and other slogans have been staples in past elections. For 2020, it’s about Sanitize the Vote. The coronavirus pandemic already has affected the 2020 election season, amid speculation that it could have greater impact in the months ahead. Election officials in most states and localities are partnering with the U.S. Department of… -
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How the US Military Should—and Shouldn’t—Be Used to Defeat Coronavirus
America is facing a major crisis. COVID-19 is rolling across the nation, as it has China, Japan, South Korea, Iran, and Italy. No one was ready for this new coronavirus, and measures that seemed wildly over the top even two weeks ago are being implemented nearly every day. It is time to think about another set of… -
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The Media’s Appalling Fixation on Trump’s Use of ‘Chinese Virus’
America is in a state of lockdown, the stock market is plummeting, and countless people around the world could get sick and die as the result of a deadly pandemic, but still many in the American press will use their time to give cover to the People’s Republic of China. At a press conference Wednesday,… -
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Trump Picks Acting Budget Chief Russ Vought as OMB Director
President Donald Trump will nominate his acting budget director, Russ Vought, to serve as permanent director of the Office of Management and Budget. Trump announced Wednesday that he intends to nominate Vought, who was a fiscal conservative long before joining the administration. The move comes in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic and skyrocketing levels… -
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Expelling US Journalists, China Escalates Political Warfare Over Coronavirus
In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the People’s Republic of China has taken the opportunity to further close off the rest of the world’s view of its internal behavior. Beijing’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a declaration Tuesday that expels journalists from The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal…. -
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Trump’s Retort to Media Suggestions of Racism on Coronavirus: ‘It Comes From China’
President Donald Trump hit a nerve with some in the news media Wednesday when he opened his press briefing on the coronavirus by saying: “I would like to begin by announcing some important developments in our war against the Chinese virus.” In response to repeated questions, Trump said several times: “It comes from China.” But… -
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DHS Considers Turning Away Asylum-Seekers, Illegal Aliens at Southern Border
The Department of Homeland Security is considering “all options” to stop the spread of the coronavirus, which would include turning away illegal aliens who arrive at the southern border. DHS officials are reportedly considering turning away asylum-seekers and any individual who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, according to discussions first reported by Fox News. When asked if… -
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Chinese Coronavirus Disinformation Campaign Targets United States
China’s secrecy about the exploding coronavirus epidemic in Wuhan Province in December, typical of authoritarian regimes, caused a disastrous delay in international pathogen-fighting efforts. Now, the Chinese government, trying to deflect blame, has added insult to injury by falsely and absurdly accusing the United States of being the origin of the pandemic. It is straight… -
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One Small Change in the Tax Code Could Help Many Businesses in Uncertain Time
In response to coronavirus, people are staying home, canceling flights, postponing vacations, and not eating out. All the businesses that were counting on those customers over the next several months will struggle to pay their lenders, keep paying their employees, and eventually to stay open at all. One small change in the tax code could… -
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Can Trump Use Coronavirus to Delay 2020 Election?
With Congress, the Supreme Court, sports leagues, schools, and many businesses and companies across America shutting down, only time will tell if we are being appropriately cautious or engaging in a hysterical overreaction to coronavirus. But for those imaginative reporters who see a Russian lurking behind every tree and keep asking me if President Donald Trump can… -
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A Doctor’s Answers to All Your Questions About COVID-19
Today we’re interviewing Kevin Pham, a doctor and a contributor to The Daily Signal, about COVID-19. How real is this threat? How is it like and unlike seasonal flu and the swine flu? When do you need to call a doctor if you have symptoms? How soon can we expect a vaccine, and how likely… -
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Socialism’s Past
Sen. Bernie Sanders’, I-Vt., call for socialism has resonated among many Americans, particularly young Americans. They’ve fallen prey to the idea of a paradise here on Earth where things are free and there’s little want. But socialists never reveal what turns out to be their true agenda. Let’s look at the kind of statements they… -
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Churches on the Front Lines of Responding to Coronavirus
“Hunger doesn’t take a break at times like this.” And neither does Second Harvest Heartland. For food bank workers like Allison O’Toole, coronavirus is only part of the country’s crisis. The other? Feeding struggling families and older people who don’t want to leave their homes. But as the need intensifies, so are a lot of churches’… -
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Share Your Tales of Life in the Shadow of COVID-19
How are you and your family responding to the “new normal” in this, the time of coronavirus? How about your workplace or place of worship? Things have changed dramatically in America almost overnight because of the new coronavirus disease, which health officials call COVID-19. Here at The Daily Signal, we’d like to hear your stories… -
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The Last Great Pandemic
Hardly anything that happens in this world is truly unprecedented. As Americans respond to the coronavirus pandemic, which began in China, with canceled events, business closures, and aggressive social distancing, many are taking an interest in another great pandemic that took place a hundred years ago. “We have an invisible enemy. We have a problem that a… -
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‘Flattening the Curve’ Critical to Fighting Coronavirus
Some commentators have ominously suggested that the United States is just a few days—maybe a week to 10 days—behind the crippling coronavirus crisis that is hammering Europe, especially Italy. If true, that’s troubling. That said, however, taking personal responsibility for doing the right thing with public hygiene and the new (to most of us) concept… -
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LGBT Left’s Shameful Intolerance of Faith-Based Adoption Agencies Hurts Kids
Why would anyone want to shut down organizations that have a long history of successfully placing vulnerable children in loving homes? At a recent hearing held by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, Democratic members voiced support for regulations that would do exactly that, by discriminating against faith-based adoption agencies that believe every child… -
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New Index Finds Rising Tide of Economic Freedom
Governments around the world are responding to the coronavirus epidemic with a variety of measures that have the potential to curtail economic activity. It’s vital that such actions be temporary and of as short a duration as possible. Government restrictions and regulations have a tendency to outlast—sometimes for decades—the crises they were implemented to address….