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Drug Crisis That Kills 75,000 Americans Annually Should Be Central to Election, Arizona Sheriff Says
It’s not so much the people flooding across the southern border affecting Arizonans, as what some of the illegal immigrants carry with them. Illegal aliens don’t stay in the state, according to Pinal County, Arizona, Sheriff Mark Lamb. Instead, they travel to “California, Massachusetts, New York, Chicago, Iowa, Alabama,” he says, adding, “But what…Virginia Allen -
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Virginia University Pushes Liberal Voting Guides
With just days before one of the most contentious elections of our lifetime, George Mason University, a Virginia school funded by taxpayers, sent all students and staff an email urging them to go to the polls. Fair enough. But the email included links to lefty get-out-the vote efforts with a biased presentation of the issues….Mike Gonzalez -
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The World Was Safer Under Donald J. Trump
Is Earth more peaceful now than it was four years ago? No. President Donald J. Trump left the world relatively tranquil. Nearly four years of Kamala Harris’ and Joe Biden’s strategic ham-handedness have made war the new normal. Consider this metric: The Jewish Virtual Library chronicles rocket and mortar attacks against Israel. During the first 45 months of Trump’s tenure—from Jan. 20, 2017…Deroy Murdock -
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Here’s Why Mark Cuban’s Attack on the Women Around Trump Is Backfiring
In an attempt to insult Donald Trump and appeal to women, billionaire Mark Cuban instead insulted women and made Trump’s record with women look appealing. Cuban, appearing on ABC’s “The View” on Thursday morning, said Trump doesn’t surround himself with “strong, intelligent women.” “Donald Trump, you never see him around strong, intelligent women. Ever,” Cuban…Audrey Streb -
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Voters in Battleground Pennsylvania Flex Electoral Muscles in Early Voting
GIBSONIA, Pa.—Walking back from an early-voting site at North Park Ice Rink, Charles Schrankel of Ross Township, Pennsylvania, said he dropped off a ballot on which he voted straight Republican. “I voted [the] straight Republican ticket, and I don’t always vote straight party,” Shrankel told The Daily Signal outside the polling station in Wexford, Pennsylvania. …Fred Lucas -
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The British Submarine Problem and What It Means to US Security
British Royal Navy attack submarines are tasked with monitoring Russian submarine movements in the North Atlantic and serve as one of the first lines of Russian deterrence that profoundly benefits the United States. Such monitoring is especially critical to U.S. national security because Russia boasts a robust submarine force that has exercised heightened submarine activity…Sydney Hudson -
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Harris Is Ending Her Campaign With Lies and Smears
In the last two weeks, Vice President Kamala Harris has been trying to revive her stagnant campaign by smearing former President Donald Trump as being Hitlerian and a fascist. She claims Trump is planning to put his enemies in encampments. Yet in the modern era, it was not Trump who put large numbers of U.S….Victor Davis Hanson -
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Not a Joke: Biden-Harris Admin Targets Elon Musk
This is a lightly edited transcript of the accompanying video from professor Peter St. Onge. Recently, Elon Musk gave a talk detailing the government attacks on his companies since he came out as pro-free speech and, especially, since he came out as pro-Donald Trump. These include endless made-up environmental rules—including a study to see if…Peter St. Onge -
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What Would Harris and Trump Do Differently on Immigration?—The BorderLine
This is the last BorderLine column before the election. I am often asked what would change on border and immigration policy under a Kamala Harris or a Donald Trump administration. To give you an idea, I looked at what the candidates and parties actually said. The Republican Party platform of 2024, written after Trump was…Simon Hankinson -
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EXCLUSIVE: Virginia Schools Secretly Remove LGBTQ Book Amid Explicit Images Controversy
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Public schools in a Northern Virginia county have quietly removed a pro-LGBTQ book after parents criticized it for sexually explicit images, The Daily Signal has learned. Fairfax County Public Schools in the Washington, D.C., suburbs confirmed in emails to parent Stacy Langton that school libraries across the county had removed the…Tyler O’Neil -
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China Continues Buying Up Land Near US Military Installations
Chinese companies and Chinese nationals have been buying farmland across the United States, disproportionately located in the vicinity of major military installations. This includes land located near Fort Liberty in Fayetteville, North Carolina (formerly Fort Bragg). The New York Post, in an article analyzing the security threat posed by these purchases, noted that Fort Liberty…Thomas Rafacz -
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Desperate Leftist Media Wildly Distort Trump’s Liz Cheney Comments
Haters of former President Donald Trump are spinning their latest distortion after Trump’s interview Thursday night with commentator Tucker Carlson. Trump’s argument was that he thinks former Rep. Liz Cheney and other neocons are quick to start wars and send other Americans to fight them with no regard for the lives lost. The Kamala Harris…Carrie Sheffield -
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Christian School Punished for Forfeiting Game With ‘Transgender’ Player, Though a Dozen Women’s Teams Won’t Play Biological Males
At least a dozen women’s and girls sports teams have forfeited games against teams with biological male players without consequences, but one team has been kicked out of its league for almost a year for refusing to play a team with a transgender-identifying player. Mid Vermont Christian School in Burlington, Vermont, forfeited a girls’ high…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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Garbage In/Garbage Out
On Sunday, a comedian opening the Trump rally at Madison Square Garden made a joke about Puerto Rico being a garbage island. On Monday, that was all the American press corps could talk about. On Tuesday, President Joe Biden declared former President Donald Trump’s supporters were garbage, and all the media could talk about on…Erick Erickson -
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EXCLUSIVE: Female Law Students Punished for Saying Men Don’t Belong in Women’s Bathrooms
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Alliance Defending Freedom filed a lawsuit Friday on behalf of two female law students who expressed concerns about men accessing women’s restrooms at George Mason University’s law school. Third-year law students Selene Cerankosky and Maria Arcara expressed concerns after a male classmate informed the Antonin Scalia Law School Class of 2025…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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George Gascon’s Lame Debate Performance Reflects His Tenure as LA’s District Attorney
Soros-funded prosecutor George Gascon recently debated his challenger for reelection as Los Angeles County district attorney. Gascon’s onstage performance was a perfect reflection of his failure as the head of the nation’s largest DA office: It was abysmal. Former federal prosecutor Nathan Hochman has led Gascon in the polls by 25 percentage points since August,…Cully Stimson -
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Trump, Tucker Carlson Talk Faith, Fortitude, and the Future at Bookend AZ Rally
There was an election spook-tacular on Halloween night in Glendale, Arizona, as former President Donald Trump sat down with Tucker Carlson in the latest Tucker Live Tour event. In what will likely be one of the final major interviews Trump does before the American people cast their votes on Nov. 5, the pair talked about…Bradley Devlin -
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Michigan Is a Road to the White House, Rep. Huizenga Says
Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Mich., said he has seen a political shift in the swing state of Michigan. “It’s interesting to see how Michigan has just grown in importance, and as a crossroads,” Huizenga told The Daily Signal, “quite literally the road to the White House, the road to the Senate [Republican] majority, and the road…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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Fact-Checking Kamala Harris’ Phoenix Speech
Vice President Kamala Harris held a rally Thursday in Phoenix, making a finish-line pitch to voters in a key swing state ahead of next Tuesday’s presidential election. Harris mostly focused on themes she has hit during her campaign and in recent speeches. The vice president said she is for protecting “democracy,” Trump is about punishing…Jarrett Stepman -
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Voting Absentee? Return Your Ballot in Person, Don’t Mail It
However you choose to vote in Tuesday’s election, it’s critical to have a plan to cast your ballot. If you’re one of the millions of Americans who vote by mail, recent difficulties experienced by the United States Postal Service mean it’s even more important to have a plan to ensure your ballot makes it into…Jonathon Hauenschild