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‘Everyone Noticed the Lack of Socks.’ Legacy Media Finally Noticing Biden’s Obvious Signs of Health Decline.
It seems even President Joe Biden’s allies in the media are finally acknowledging his deteriorating condition. Politico ran a piece Wednesday titled, “Biden downplays age talk—but subtle accommodations are being made.” The piece began with, “Everyone noticed the lack of socks.” Yikes. Politico noted how Biden walked across the tarmac to Air Force One on… -
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America Must Reclaim What the Left Has Attempted to Destroy
History remembers Independence Hall for the grave, soul-stirring words written there: “All men are created equal …” “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness …” “We the people …” But it is a pithier, sharper sentence spoken there that distills the challenge before America today. You’ve probably heard the story. At the end of the… -
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Is Biden’s New Student Loan Scheme Any More Legal Than the One Quashed by Court? (Probably Not)
A few weeks after the Supreme Court disabused President Joe Biden of the notion that he could unilaterally cancel $430 billion in student loans, Biden has now announced that his administration will instead cancel $39 billion in student debt held by 800,000 borrowers. Under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, the resulting cancellations would… -
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Democrats Try to Censor RFK Jr. During Hearing on Censorship
House Democrats attempted to prevent President Joe Biden’s Democrat primary rival Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from giving public testimony during a hearing investigating government censorship. Kennedy was among witnesses who testified Thursday to the House Judiciary Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government about collusion between the federal government and Big Tech companies… -
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Europe Demonstrates False Underlying Assumption of Mainstream Environmental Policy
A July 2022 International Monetary Fund working paper found that in Europe, within the prior year, “oil prices had doubled, coal prices tripled, and natural gas prices increased more than fivefold.” Further, about half of all inflation could be linked to this increase in energy prices. And perhaps most importantly, the study noted: “Higher energy prices… -
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Woman at Center of Supreme Court Case Describes Death Threats, Harassment, ‘Doxxing’
United States Supreme Court cases have become fraught with peril for those who differ from leftist ideology: Litigants face potential death threats, protesting, harassment, and "doxxing" (putting their personal information, even their addresses, online to encourage harassment). Justices have faced the same—including at least one attempted assassination. Following the leak of the draft Supreme Court… -
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How the Left Conquered the New York Times
Editor’s note: The following excerpt is from Christopher Rufo’s new book “America’s Cultural Revolution: How the Radical Left Conquered Everything.” Communist radical Herbert Marcuse believed that the university could serve as the “initial revolutionary institution” but was not, in and of itself, powerful enough to transform the broader society. The intellectuals could produce knowledge but, left… -
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Massachusetts Parents at Risk of Losing Religious Exemption on Vaccinations of Their Kids
The sun was shining in Boston on July 1 as I sat at a picnic table looking out over Boston Harbor, the very harbor that about 250 years earlier Colonists dumped tea into in protest of British taxes. As a Massachusetts native, I am proud of my state’s history in the fight for freedom and… -
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Deja Vu All Over Again? ‘Biden Malaise’ Evokes Memories of Jimmy Carter Years
President Joe Biden has a lot in common with one of his fellow Democratic White House predecessors, according to columnist and author Kimberley Strassel. In her new book “The Biden Malaise: How America Bounces Back From Joe Biden’s Dismal Repeat of the Jimmy Carter Years,” Strassel details the parallels between Jimmy Carter’s 1977-1981 presidency and… -
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GOP Senators Rip Democrats’ Bill They Say Would Eviscerate Supreme Court
A bill from Senate Democrats to be marked up in committee Thursday would destroy the independence of the Supreme Court, a group of Republican senators said at a Wednesday press conference. Six GOP lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee spoke about how the Supreme Court “ethics” bill drawn up by Democrats on their committee would… -
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4 Key Takeaways From IRS Whistleblowers’ Insights on Impeded Hunter Biden Probe
A key House committee heard testimony Wednesday from two IRS whistleblowers who detailed what they said was Justice Department officials’ efforts to slow or impede an investigation of presidential son Hunter Biden for unpaid taxes. Committee Republicans sought to extract as many details as they could from the two veteran IRS employees, while Democrats seemed… -
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‘America’s New Slave Trade’ Is Here at Hands of Mexican Cartels, Border Expert Tells Lawmakers
Jaeson Jones held up a handful of colored wristbands during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Wednesday. “What I’m holding in my hand before you today, I want to be very clear, this is America’s new slave trade,” Jones, a former captain for intelligence and counterterrorism at the Texas Department of Public Safety, testified… -
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Cruz, Paul Speak Out After White House Changes Press Rules Affecting Daily Signal Reporter’s Credentials
Two conservative senators are speaking out about The Daily Signal’s chief news correspondent, Fred Lucas, losing his “hard pass” access to the White House when new rules go into effect July 31. Lucas has covered the White House for the past 14 years. The new rules will require that all White House “hard pass” holders… -
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White House Accused of Preparing for Another ‘Basement Campaign’ by Restricting Press
Press have long struggled to gain access to Joe Biden, a president who largely steers clear of sit-down interviews and unexpected press time. But new rules from the administration will further hamper access by enacting stricter regulations for reporters to obtain White House "hard passes." And if reporters don't act in a manner that the… -
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YouTube Censored Detransitioner’s Story While ‘Glamorizing’ Pro-Trans Content
YouTube has censored the story of a young woman who underwent an irreversible surgery as part of an attempted gender transition. Meanwhile, pro-transgender videos of biological women who underwent double mastectomies remain on the platform uncensored. Prisha Mosley spoke to the Independent Women’s Forum’s Kelsey Bolar, also a contributor to The Daily Signal, in December… -
opinion
We Hear You: How Do We Fix the FBI? Is Wokeness Infecting the Military?
Editor's note: We're back with letters from The Daily Signal's audience, this time dominated by responses to our coverage of the cloud over the FBI and concerns with wokeness in the military. Here’s a sampling from the mailbag at [email protected].—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: It's misleading to state that FBI Director Christopher Wray testified before… -
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Canada’s Assisted-Suicide Program Set to Take Another ‘Prudent’ Step on Road to Perdition
The literal suicide of the West continues apace in Canada. Starting in March 2024, people with mental illness will be able to avail themselves of medically assisted suicide. That represents the latest expansion in the Medical Assistance in Dying, or “MAID,” law that launched in 2016. Some Canadians are getting ready to take advantage of… -
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Germany’s Irrationality Against Fossil Fuels Has Made It More Dependent on Them
Governments around the West are currently scrambling toward adopting more and more renewable, environmentally healthy energy sources—with the notable and regrettable exception of nuclear energy—and to set a path for a world of zero emissions in the coming decades. There is no doubt that the goal of reaching a greener and cleaner future is laudable… -
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Dark Side of All-Powerful AI Predicted in 1966 Science Fiction Novel
Massive uncertainty hangs over the human race as artificial intelligence advances daily. No, this isn’t the message of a contemporary speculative piece, but from British writer D.F. Jones’ science fiction novel “Colossus.” Jones’ bestselling thriller, published in 1966, became a hit movie in 1970 with the title “Colossus: The Forbin Project.” “Collosus” is one of… -
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Citing Unpursued Evidence, IRS Whistleblower Calls for Special Counsel to Probe Biden Case
A previously unidentified IRS whistleblower publicly told Congress on Wednesday that federal prosecutors investigating presidential son Hunter Biden were “hamstrung” by political pressure and called for appointment of a special counsel in the case. Former IRS special agent Joseph Ziegler—a Democrat who identifies himself as a gay married man—previously gave anonymous testimony to the House…