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House, Senate, Electoral College: What to Watch on Election Day
Seven swing states are too close to call headed into Election Day, Nov. 5. Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, and former President Donald Trump, the Republican nominee, spent much of the last month vying for votes among the states that are expected to determine who the next president will be. Polls indicate Trump and… -
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‘Stay Strong Hill Country’: One Volunteer’s Perspective on the Devastation in North Carolina After Hurricane Helene
Beside a lonely road in Boone, North Carolina, Styrofoam stood, balanced on cardboard and weighed down by a rock. Scrawled on it in faded black, yellow, and orange markers read the message, “I thank the good Lord for all the people at Samaritan’s Purse.” Weeks after Hurricane Helene ripped through the area, helicopters circled above,… -
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Badger State Blues: Why Wisconsin Families Can’t Afford the American Dream
McDonald’s has been in the headlines recently, but fewer and fewer Americans can afford to eat at the classic hamburger chain. Perhaps the best summary of Bidenflation, soaring inflation under the Biden-Harris administration, can be found in the wisdom of Craig Ervin, a welder in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Ervin told me: “I used to go… -
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How Biden-Harris Admin Undermined Alaska’s Energy Production
Take a hard look at the Biden-Harris administration’s energy policy, which requires critical minerals yet bans their production in Alaska. One word comes to mind: contradictory. Consider the Biden-Harris administration’s policy projecting that 68% of all new cars sold to be battery electric or plug-in hybrid by 2032. Electric vehicles require six times more minerals… -
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A Kamala Harris Victory Means Green New Deal Lawfare
Expect Kamala Harris’ Justice Department to wage Green New Deal lawfare if she is elected president on Nov. 5. As with every last issue pertaining to this election, Harris has not said much about the substance of her climate policy. But a review of her record suggests she’d be amenable to unleashing the Justice Department… -
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In Shocking Video, Tim Walz’s Education Adviser Urges Overthrow of America
In a stunning video brought to public attention by National Review, Brian Lozenski, a leading authority on critical race theory who is Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s most important education adviser, calls explicitly for the “overthrow” of America. Here are the highlights of what Lozenski says in the video flagged by National Review contributing editor Stanley… -
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Cancel Culture Comes for Kids: Nanny Network Won’t Work With Heritage Foundation
Imagine if Trump hotels required parents to show proof of past Republican votes before allowing those parents to use the hotel’s child care services. No doubt there’d be an outcry over the weaponization of children, of using them as pawns to strong-arm a political vision. Doesn’t every child—regardless of what her parents believe—deserve to be… -
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WATCH: America Prepares for Its Most Contested Election in Decades
As early voting has wrapped up, Elise McCue joins “The Tony Kinnett Cast” to discuss what could be the craziest and most contested Election Day in decades. McCue brings a fresh perspective from one of Donald Trump’s final rallies of the campaign, held Saturday in Virginia, which was thought to be a blue state, but… -
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P’Nut Story Is Fauci-ism in a Nutshell
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 York state government seized P’Nut the pet squirrel and a pet raccoon named Fred from owners Mark and Daniela Longo in Pine City, New York, in what was reportedly a… -
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8 Voting Controversies That Could Spark Disputes After Election Day
Election Day is accompanied by some major voting controversies in battleground states, with lawsuits and investigations looking into alleged voter registration fraud, overseas ballots, and complaints about how some jurisdictions follow election law. Both Democrats and Republicans brought lawsuits. Some matters already have been settled. For example, the U.S. Supreme Court sided last week with… -
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Musk’s $1M Giveaways Allowed to Continue
Tech mogul Elon Musk’s America PAC faced legal scrutiny for offering financial incentives for voters to sign a petition supporting the First and Second Amendments. Some saw the legal challenge in Philadelphia as a partisan double-standard against Musk, and on Monday, a municipal judge there rejected the local district attorney’s call for halting the giveaways…. -
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Emergency Room Visits Appear to Rise After FDA Relaxed Abortion Pill Restrictions
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The emergency room visitation rate for abortion complications appears to have increased since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration removed guardrails on the use of the abortion pill. A U.S. federal court on July 13, 2020, temporarily stopped the FDA from requiring that mifepristone, or the abortion pill, be dispensed in… -
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‘If We Don’t Win, It’s All Over’: Battleground Pennsylvania Voters Embrace Decisive Role
PITTSBURGH—With the nation’s eyes fixed particularly on Pennsylvania for Tuesday’s election, Victory Road seemed a fitting location for residents anticipating the outcome. One of the street’s residents, Nancy Roderick, 89, said the stakes are high. “I think if we don’t win this time, it’s all over,” Roderick, a resident in the North Hills suburbs of… -
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Majority of Pennsylvania’s Mail-In Ballots Returned
THE CENTER SQUARE—The majority of mail-in ballots requested in Pennsylvania have been returned as of 8 a.m. Monday. Of the 2.2 million issued, the Department of State is in receipt of 1.8 million, or 81.4%, according to its daily report. By party, Democrats have mailed in 83.1% of the 1.2 million requested; Republicans 82.1% out… -
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Kamala Harris Won’t Say If She’ll Partner With Far-Left Group Comparing Critics of Transgender ‘Treatments’ on Kids to the KKK
Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, did not respond to a request for comment about whether she would work with the Southern Poverty Law Center, a far-left group that puts organizations on a “hate map” with chapters of the Ku Klux Klan if they oppose experimental transgender medical interventions for minors. The Biden-Harris administration… -
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Trump’s Podcast Strategy Has Him Well Positioned to Win
The time for choosing is tomorrow: The American people will head to the polls Tuesday to choose the next president of the United States. It has been a sprint to the finish for Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, and the former president has been on an all-out media blitz to make… -
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China’s 2 EV Battery Plants in Michigan Spark National Security Concerns
Two companies affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party have deals to build battery plants for electric vehicles in Michigan, a battleground state in Tuesday’s presidential election. The objective of Chinese communists, some political leaders say, is to shatter the U.S. automobile industry. “Make no mistake, China is seeking to undermine our nation’s economic and national… -
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Crazy Talk About Media Favoring Trump Over Harris
The Left has a tendency to grade the media’s performance based on results. It doesn’t matter if you favor the Democrats aggressively if they don’t win—or if the polls seem tied. Recently, Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson was celebrated on “Morning Joe” for writing a column that complained the media were rougher on Vice President… -
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The New Kennedy-Nixon Moment: Why Politicians Must Master Podcasts to Win
Jeff Bezos is right. Americans do not trust the news media, but he misunderstands why. Americans are tired of talking heads and the opinions of editorialists masquerading as journalists. But this should not be confused with declining interest in news or politics; viewers are simply moving to channels where they can get an unfiltered view… -
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Here’s Why More Catholics May Vote for Trump
Kamala Harris and company are all in with radical, anti-life policies that could unsettle swing voters who might describe themselves as “moderately pro-choice” but hardly pro-abortion. The amorphous terminology built around the concept of personal autonomy has different meanings to different ears. In conversations with family members, friends, co-workers, and neighbors who are saturated with…