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opinion
Kamala Harris’ Oakland Is a Disaster
The San Francisco Bay Area represents a microcosm of California’s mockable form of untethered-from-reality leftism. That matters for America in 2024. Not only is Democrats’ presumptive presidential nominee a Californian, she’s also a product of Bay Area politics. Now that Vice President Kamala Harris has suddenly become that presumptive nominee, it’s worth examining the kind… -
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WATCH: ‘The Olympic Woman-Beating Finals’
On the latest episode of “The Tony Kinnett Cast,” we don our foreign policy glasses and celebrate the freedom of two Americans formerly held as political prisoners in Moscow, while criticizing the potential release of over a dozen Russian hackers and a plea deal for two terrorists involved in the September 11, 2001, attacks. For… -
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Schumer Bill Aims to Nullify Court’s Presidential Immunity Ruling
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer introduced a bill on Thursday intended to reverse the Supreme Court’s decision on presidential immunity. The New York Democrat’s “No Kings Act” bill has more than two dozen Democratic co-sponsors and comes as a direct response to the Supreme Court’s Trump v. United States ruling, which found that presidents… -
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Catholic Group Calls Out DOJ’s Double Standard on Prosecuting Abortion Clinic Protesters
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A Catholic organization that tracks attacks on pro-life pregnancy centers and churches is urging the Justice Department to investigate over 400 known attacks since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. The organization, CatholicVote, requested a meeting to discuss probes of pro-abortion violations of the FACE Act in a… -
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XX-XY Athletics Brand Owner Goes to Bat to Preserve Women’s Sports
The owner of a new athletic clothing brand says she has seen broad support for protecting the exclusivity of women’s sports from the transgender movement since she began advocating for the cause. Jennifer Sey, who founded XX-XY Athletics earlier this year, explained to Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts in an interview why she started the… -
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Elizabeth Warren Sits on Panel with Anti-Israel Punk Rocker
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., praised the anti-Israel Private Equity Stakeholder Project as a “great organization” on Wednesday. The Massachusetts Democrat co-hosted the panel on “The Role of Private Equity in Healthcare” hosted by the Center for Economy and Policy Research. Another panelist was Eileen O’Grady, director of programs for the Private Equity Stakeholder Project by day… -
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Biden’s Radical Title IX Rewrite Goes Into Effect, but Blocked in 26 States
President Joe Biden’s administration’s rewrite of Title IX went into effect on Thursday, an effort that seeks to allow men in women’s private spaces, athletics, and educational opportunities. The White House did not appear to issue a statement or weigh in on the rule going into effect, nor had Vice President Kamala Harris or Biden… -
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Biden-Harris Economic Policies Are Crushing Working Women, Minorities
As the 2024 presidential race heats up, a crucial question looms: How have American workers fared under the Biden-Harris administration compared with the prior Trump administration? The June 27 presidential debate spotlighted the issue, and the data presents a stark reality. Working Americans are grappling with the worst economic conditions in decades. Inflation, once a… -
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These Fortune 500 Companies Remained Silent Over Trump Assassination Attempt, But Condemned J6
A number of Fortune 500 companies that publicly condemned the Jan. 6 Capitol riot have remained silent following the July 13 attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. An analysis conducted by The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project found that eight Fortune 500 companies issued statements condemning the January 2021 Capitol riot, but stayed silent over… -
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BOMBSHELL FDA Email Turns Transgender ‘Health Care’ Narrative on Its Head
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A team leader at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommended approving “puberty blockers” for teens who identify as transgender even while noting that a recent study showed these drugs are associated with an “increased risk in depression and suicidality.” Many activists claim that children struggling with gender dysphoria (the persistent… -
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Olympian Ilona Maher Disrupts Radical Left’s View of Femininity
Ilona Maher has put women’s rugby on the map following her performance on and off the field at the 2024 Paris Olympics, breaking the radical Left’s view of femininity in the process. Chances are, I am not the only American who two weeks ago had never heard of Maher and didn’t even know women’s rugby… -
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‘Flux and Confusion’ in White House Could Embolden Iran, Foreign Policy Expert Warns
President Joe Biden is, for all practical purposes, a lame-duck president, and that may embolden terrorists in the Middle East, Victoria Coates says. “Unfortunately, we’re in this unprecedented situation, where it’s almost not clear who the commander in chief of the United States is,” says Coates, vice president of the Institute for National Security and… -
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‘Glory to the Martyr’: Anti-Israel Activists in US Praise Slain Hamas Leader
Anti-Israel activists in the U.S. praised the top political leader of the militant group Hamas online on Wednesday after his assassination. Ismail Haniyeh, 62, died in an airstrike in Iran’s capital, Tehran, that the terrorist organization blamed on Israel. Haniyeh was involved in hostage negotiations with Israel after Hamas invaded the Jewish state, killing about… -
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WATCH: What the Media Refuse to Ask Kamala
On the latest episode of “The Tony Kinnett Cast,” we brace for the impact of a major conflict in the Middle East, which may expand into Europe and the open borders of the United States. Don’t expect anyone to ask Vice President Kamala Harris about it; Democrats’ presumptive nominee for president isn’t taking questions from… -
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Biden’s Illegal Title IX Rule Is Set for Enforcement. The School Year Is Going to Be Complicated.
It may still be the dog days of summer, but parents, students, and educators everywhere are already looking to the start of the school year. And this year will bring one massive change to schools and colleges across the country. On Aug. 1, President Joe Biden’s Department of Education is set to enforce its massive… -
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Kamala Harris, Candidate of Myth
So, Kamala Harris is the new Democratic candidate for president. And, we’ve been told, she is incredible. Not merely serviceable, a middle innings relief pitcher brought in when your starter suddenly implodes in the third inning. She is the Mariano Rivera of politics. She’s lights-out. She’s charismatic, fascinating, quick on her feet, charming. She is,… -
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The Courage of Bibi Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed Congress last week at the invitation of House Speaker Mike Johnson. The prime minister’s job that night was to make clear to Congress, the nation, and the world the “what” and “why” of Israel’s military operations in the Gaza Strip, following the murderous attack by Hamas terrorists Oct. 7… -
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Back When San Francisco Wasn’t Liberal—or an Epithet
“She is a San Francisco liberal.” That’s how Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas—who graduated from Harvard and Harvard Law School—described Vice President Kamala Harris in an interview on CNN last week. That description of San Francisco may make sense now, but there was a time when it did not. When President Dwight D. Eisenhower… -
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What RFK Jr. Says About Government Spending and Debt
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. won applause at the Libertarian presidential convention in May by criticizing government lockdowns and deficit spending, and saying America shouldn’t police the world. It made me want to interview him. Earlier this month, I did. Kennedy, an independent candidate for president, says intelligent things about America’s growing debt. “President [Donald] Trump… -
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EXCLUSIVE: House Leaders Urged to Save AM Radios in New Vehicles
In a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson and other House leaders on Wednesday, a right-leaning think tank encouraged “prompt House passage” of legislation protecting the installation of AM radios in all new vehicles. Numerous vehicle manufacturers—especially makers of electric vehicles—such as Ford, Tesla, and Volvo, have begun removing AM radios from their new models….