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Hillary Clinton Says Women Have ‘Legitimate Concern’ About Transgender Issue
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in an interview that transgender issues raise a “legitimate concern” for women. Clinton appeared on BBC Radio4 with her daughter Chelsea Clinton on Tuesday to promote their book “The Book of Gutsy Women: Favorite Stories of Courage and Resilience.” They differed in their answers when asked about the subject… -
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Impeachment Is the Left’s Sad Final Attempt to Beat Trump
If you are paying attention to the Washington circus that is the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump’s handling of the much maligned Ukraine call, this is what real collusion looks like: a media largely committed to advancing the goal of Democrats to severely damage or remove him from office, a series of at-first private… -
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‘Save Our States’ Is Fighting to Keep the Electoral College Alive
In 2000, Al Gore won the popular vote—and lost the election. Cue a renewed interest from the left in demolishing the Electoral College. Now 15 states and the District of Columbia have joined the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. Trent England, director of Save Our States, joins the podcast to discuss what his group is… -
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Young People Might Reject Socialism If They Knew These Facts
A recent survey conducted by the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation and polled by YouGov, a research and data firm, found that 70% of millennials are likely to vote socialist and that 1 in 3 millennials saw communism as “favorable.” Let’s examine this tragic vision in light of the Fraser Institute’s recently released annual study… -
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Supreme Court Weighs Trump’s Rollback of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
The Supreme Court heard oral argument Tuesday in three cases challenging the Trump administration’s attempt to roll back the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. President Barack Obama had previously explained that such a program was beyond the scope of the executive branch’s authority, saying in an interview, “I’m not the emperor … My… -
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China Poised to Benefit If Ukraine’s Western Relationships Fray
KYIV, Ukraine—As Ukraine reels from a series of recent setbacks in its relationships with the U.S. and the European Union, China ultimately stands to gain. China has been steadily increasing its economic clout in Ukraine through a broad gamut of infrastructure investments and other economic initiatives. This year, China overtook Russia as Ukraine’s top trading… -
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UN Nairobi Summit on Population and Development Shuts Out the Pro-Life Message
Abortion advocates have long found a ready home for pushing their agenda at the United Nations—and the Nov. 12-14 Nairobi Summit on International Conference on Population and Development 2025 in Kenya appears to be no exception. The summit—at which the United Nations Population Fund will be hosting abortion activists, population control advocates, and development specialists—is… -
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4 Things to Expect as the Trump Impeachment Inquiry Goes Public
After a month of closed hearings, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence is slated to hold public impeachment hearings Wednesday and Friday. The committee, under Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., will hear testimony from three witnesses regarding President Donald Trump’s July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Democrats seek to find out whether… -
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I Grew Up in West Germany. Here’s How Different Life Was in the East.
On this day 30 years ago, the wall confining East Germans to state surveillance, centralized control, and economic deprivation gave way to freedom. The Berlin Wall offered us a natural experiment—one that showed which political system best enables people to thrive and flourish. East and West Berlin gave us a tale of two cities, made up of similar people… -
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Socialism Is Rising and Now So Is Soviet Revisionism
The collapse of the Berlin Wall 30 years ago was one of the most momentous days in history. It represented the last gasp of a wicked regime that destroyed the lives of millions, and a new beginning for the many people held under the thumb of communism for generations. It was a triumph of freedom… -
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Democrats’ Unprecedented Approach to the Trump Impeachment
Much of the attention on House Resolution 660, adopted by House Democrats on Halloween to advance the impeach of President Donald Trump, has failed to note the significant differences with resolutions authorizing previous presidential impeachments. Two writers on the Lawfare blog, for example, claimed that HR 660 incorporates “a structure similar to what was in… -
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San Francisco’s New DA: Public Urination ‘Will Not Be Prosecuted’
San Francisco’s pee problem could soon get worse. Chesa Boudin, the urine-and-feces-plagued city’s incoming district attorney, pledged during the campaign not to prosecute public urination and other quality-of-life crimes if elected. Boudin declared victory Saturday night after results showed him winning a plurality of votes in the DA race. “We will not prosecute cases involving… -
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Bizarre Court Ruling Halts Indiana’s Efforts to Clean Up Voter Rolls
With the 2020 presidential election less than a year away, America’s voter registration rolls are woefully out of shape. Yet well-funded liberal organizations are working to stop states from cleaning up their rolls. Their latest victim is Indiana. A federal district court has temporarily halted the state’s effort to compare its voter rolls with those of… -
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‘My Life Was a Miracle’: The Journey of an Abortion Survivor
When she was 21 years old, Claire Culwell found out a huge secret about her past: her biological mom had tried to have an abortion when she was pregnant with Claire and her twin. While Claire’s twin didn’t survive, Claire did—and that revelation changed her life. “I knew that I couldn’t stand for what abortion… -
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‘Hope and Belonging’: Meet 5 Young Black Leaders Who Fight for Conservative Values
If you’re black, you aren’t supposed to be a conservative. At least that’s what many African Americans say they’ve been told when they express support for President Donald Trump or reject left-wing talking points. But at the recent Young Black Leadership Summit in the East Room of the White House, President Donald Trump gave more… -
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Conservative Law Professor Challenges Campus Left on Free Speech (and Wins Them Over)
The family who runs a 130-year-old bakery in Ohio was accused of racism after having an Oberlin College student arrested for shoplifting. Hostilities and boycotts against Gibson’s Bakery escalated into a court case debating free speech. Legal Insurrection, a website on politics and law, has followed this case since its beginnings in 2016. Bill Jacobson, founder… -
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We Hear You: ‘Education Is Too Important to Leave to Professionals’
Editor's note: Count on The Daily Signal's audience to have a lot to say on the state of public education and other topics, as this week's mailbag reveals. You can join in by emailing [email protected].—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: Excellent article by Fred Lucas about the education failures of the Great Society (“Why LBJ’s Great… -
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Socialism All About Inclusivity and Kindness, These Students Say
The word “socialism” has left behind its past of breadlines and beatings and has come to mean something like “kindness” for some students at Georgetown University, The Daily Signal found in campus interviews. Many millennials would agree with the positive feelings these university students have for socialism. According to a new YouGov survey commissioned by… -
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The Day US Troops Saved Me and My Friends From Terror
A hail of bullets rained down from the skies overhead, hitting the ground in front of the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan. The rapid-fire artillery sounds filled my ears as I stood still underneath the small embassy awning. Naively, I didn’t know that bullets fired into the air could travel up to a mile high…. -
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‘Popular Vote’ Movement Would Shift Power to Big Cities, Experts Warn
The Electoral College is under threat from states looking to enact legislation that ignores local voters in favor of national election results, experts said during a panel Thursday at The Heritage Foundation. Responding to a wave of 15 states that have joined the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact since the 2016 election, they argued that…