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6 Hollywood Classics Worth a Watch This Memorial Day Weekend
On Memorial Day, we honor the Americans who have died protecting and serving this country in the Armed Forces of the United States of America. It is a time when all of us should—no matter who we are, where we come from, or where we fall along the political spectrum—forget about politics and our differences…Hans von Spakovsky -
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Romania, Bulgaria Must Increase Defense Spending to Strengthen NATO’s Critical Southeastern Flank
Although last year provided evidence of great improvement, Romania and Bulgaria still need to continue increasing their defense spending to strengthen NATO’s southeastern flank. Both nations spent over 2% of their gross domestic product—the measure of the total value of goods and services their countries’ produced—on their defense in 2024. Two percent is currently the…Cameryn Jones -
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Here’s How the SPLC Suggests ‘White Christian Supremacy’ Is Taking Over the Government
Did you know that “white Christian supremacy” is about to conquer America? The very idea is absurd, you say? Why, you only think that because you haven’t read the Southern Poverty Law Center’s “Year in Hate and Extremism,” out Thursday. You see, while most of America understands that Donald Trump won a second term because…Tyler O’Neil -
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Jake Tapper’s Own ‘Original Sin’
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’s a book that came out recently by Jake Tapper of CNN and Axios’ Alex Thompson…Victor Davis Hanson -
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LA Deputy Mayor Pleads Guilty to Calling in Anti-Israel Bomb Threat
THE CENTER SQUARE—Los Angeles’ deputy mayor for public safety has pleaded guilty to calling in a fake, anti-Israel bomb threat to himself in October. Brian Williams, who was charged by federal prosecutors Thursday, faces up to 10 years in federal prison. Mayor Karen Bass announced in December that Williams had been put on administrative leave, meaning he…Kenneth Schrupp -
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Harvard ‘and Others’ Need to Get in Line or Lose Foreign Students, Trump Says
President Donald Trump hinted of revoking other universities’ certification to host international students in response to a question about his move against Harvard. Harvard University filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Friday in response to the Department of Homeland Security revoking the school’s certification to host international students. The Trump administration had stripped Harvard of its…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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The Broken ‘Promise’ of Bruce Springsteen
The First Dance at my wedding reception was to Bruce Springsteen’s version of “Jersey Girl.” And as hard as I try to walk away from his music over his politics, I just can’t do it. The Sirius XM tuner slips past E Street Radio, some stunning live track rips through my speakers, and I’m sucked…Al Perrotta -
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Oklahoma GOP Lawmakers Push Marxist Health Care Scheme
Is Marxism the only way to save rural health care? Most conservatives would recoil from such a claim, but some Oklahoma legislators appear to have swallowed it. The House and Senate passed HB 2048, the 340B Nondiscrimination Act. The bill would lock in and expand Obamacare Medicaid drug policies in the Sooner State, but it…Trent England -
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Media Hypocrisy on Afrikaner Refugees: The BorderLine
The legacy media’s coverage of the recent arrival of 49 white refugees from South Africa shows a lamentable hypocrisy compared with its reporting on the previous four years of the mass release of illegal immigrants at the border, their mass parole, and lax enforcement of immigration and deportation laws within our nation. Unlike the border…Simon Hankinson -
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Marxism’s Death Toll Rises With DC Shootings
On Wednesday evening, two young lives were tragically cut short when a gunman opened fire outside a museum in Washington, D.C. Thanks to his actions, two souls will no longer have the chance to see the future they had planned for themselves—a future that was to include an engagement (set to take place next week)…Mary Mobley -
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Trump Administration Takes Another Step to Prevent Noncitizen Voting
State and local officials will be able to cross-check the citizenship status of individuals using a Social Security number as a means to prevent illegal voting and voter registration. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced it updated the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) to coordinate with the Social Security Administration. President Donald Trump’s Executive…Fred Lucas -
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Schools Closing in Arizona? Blame the Failing Schools, Not School Choice
School choice opponents have long predicted that policies like Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Account program would destroy the public school system. For years, Gov. Katie Hobbs has warned that it would “decimate” the state budget and “bankrupt” the state, yet the program has a history of surplus and savings. The choice deniers’ predictions have always proven…Jason Bedrick -
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Lockheed Martin Phases Out Key DEI Policy After Questions About Anti-Christian Double Standard
Major defense contractor Lockheed Martin announced Thursday that it will phase out employee resource groups, which divide workers along racial, LGBTQ, and activism lines, after President Donald Trump’s recent executive orders and after shareholders expressed concern about an anti-Christian double standard. “As we shared in January, Lockheed Martin took immediate action to ensure compliance with…Tyler O’Neil -
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Are Some Racist Slurs OK?
One reason why the public turned on diversity, equity, and inclusion was its insistence that roughly 70% of the country was stereotyped as victimizers by virtue of their skin color. In contrast, the other “diverse” 30% were de facto considered the victimized. In such absurd binaries, the Left returned to the old “one drop” rule…Victor Davis Hanson -
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Trump Administration Ends Harvard’s Ability to Host Foreign Students
Harvard University filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Friday in response to the Department of Homeland Security revoking the school’s certification to host international students. The Trump administration had stripped Harvard of its ability to enroll foreign students earlier Friday, accusing the school of failing to heed the law. “This administration is holding…Virginia Allen -
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Newly Adopted WHO Pandemic Pact Is a Step Toward ‘Global Surveillance Superstate,’ Expert Warns
After three years of negotiations, delegates to the World Health Organization’s annual meeting have adopted a global pandemic agreement that threatens national sovereignty, requires the transfer of vaccines during global pandemics, asks nations to fight “misinformation,” and authorizes such “social measures” as lockdowns and mask mandates. The 78th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, adopted the final…Ben Johnson -
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4 Big Questions About Joe Biden’s Health Cover-Up
Joe Biden was both senile and cancer-ridden during the last years of his presidency. That much is absolutely clear. According to “Original Sin,” the new book from Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson, Biden was exhibiting signs of senility for years; his staff worked to cover it up, and a compliant media did its least to…Ben Shapiro -
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‘Heartbreaking’: Young People Honor Couple Slain Outside Jewish Museum
Adrian Huizenga stood on Thursday afternoon outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., where less than 24 hours earlier, a couple—Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim—were fatally shot. “It’s just so sad, just heartbreaking that … you see this rhetoric and this antisemitic violence going on that is very clearly targeting Jewish people,” Huizenga, 26,…Virginia Allen -
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Wilder Boycotts Desegregation Commemoration Over Youngkin’s DEI Policies
Until this past weekend, there was only one place you had a chance to see all of Virginia’s living governors come together in the same place, and that was at the inauguration of the next one. But on May 17, in commemoration of the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s 1954 Brown v. Board of Education…Joe Thomas -
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Hegseth Vows to Involve ‘Best’ US Companies in Missile-Defense ‘Golden Dome’ Construction
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reaffirmed America’s commitment to making all the materials for the “Golden Dome” missile-defense shield domestically. “We’re going to defend America with great American companies,” Hegseth told The Daily Signal on Thursday. “We’re committed patriotically to the defense of the homeland.” The U.S. plans to build a “Golden Dome” to guard against…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell