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How Far Left Infiltrated Corporate America and What Can Be Done About It
The radical left has infiltrated corporate America and is using big business to promote a political agenda. Justin Danhof, general counsel for the National Center for Public Policy Research and director of the Free Enterprise Project, is a member of a new coalition called Stop Corporate Tyranny. Danhof joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss… -
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2 Students Who Grew Up in Venezuela Warn About Danger of Socialism
Venezuela once had a vibrant middle class, despite flaws in governance. However, as two students who grew up in Venezuela explained in a Heritage Foundation webinar, embracing the socialist regimes of Hugo Chavez and Nicolas Maduro eventually led to utter ruin for all but that country’s elite. Not only was Venezuela impoverished as a whole,… -
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New Arizona Law Bans Outside Money to Help Run Elections
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has signed significant election integrity legislation into law. “With public confidence in our elections in peril, it’s clear our elections must be pristine and above reproach—and the sole purview of government,” Ducey said Friday in a signing letter. Arizona’s new law prevents private funding from going into elections, such as the $419… -
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‘Faucian Bargain’ Does What Media Failed to Do by Examining Influence of Anthony Fauci
The following is an excerpt from “Faucian Bargain: The Most Powerful and Dangerous Bureaucrat in American History” by Steve Deace and Todd Erzen, published by Post Hill Press. Experts have expertise you and I don’t have, but they’re not necessarily wiser, nor are they any less sinful. Experts are also wrong all the time, because… -
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After Zuckerberg Money, Wisconsin Lawmakers Eye Election Changes
MADISON, Wis.—A Wisconsin Senate committee took up election reform bills at a hearing Thursday, one aimed at keeping third-party groups from dumping money on elections in targeted areas. The state Senate Committee on Elections, Election Process Reform and Ethics also heard from Milwaukee Election Commission chief Claire Woodall-Vogg, who sounded defensive in explaining her dealings… -
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Media Never Hold Climate Alarmists Accountable for Dire Predictions
Beware arrogant liberal journalists besmirching the supposedly disgusting concept of bothsidesism, insisting truth and falsehood should never be aired together. The American people are too dim to figure out which side is which. The “false” side must be shunned. The most fervent topic of this arrogance is global warming, and the so-called true side never… -
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Lack of Economic Freedom in Central America Spurring Mass Migration
The lack of economic freedom in the countries of the Northern Triangle—Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador—has long been a consistent push factor of illegal immigration to the north. It did not suddenly cause the 2021 U.S. border crisis, and resolving it requires serious, lasting solutions. There are a great number of interwoven factors behind why… -
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Biden Administration’s Social Cost of Carbon and ‘Intergenerational Equity’ Policies Inefficient, Unfair
Immediately after his inauguration, President Joe Biden issued an executive order reviving the social cost of carbon and the interagency working group tasked with making the social cost of carbon estimates. One of the primary policy tools for imposing climate regulations on the energy sector, the social cost of carbon supposedly measures the cost of… -
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Republican Attorneys General Plan to Create Legal Roadblocks for Biden Agenda
Republican attorneys general are determined to mount numerous legal challenges against President Joe Biden, creating a formidable roadblock to the president’s agenda. In less than three months since Biden was sworn into office, Republican states have waged war on his agenda, suing the administration on climate change, energy, immigration, and taxation policy. But the conservative… -
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Green Bay Residents File Complaint, Saying City Allowed ‘Activist Groups to Control’ 2020 Election
MADISON, Wis.—A national election integrity watchdog announced Thursday it was filing a formal complaint with the Wisconsin Elections Commission on behalf of five Green Bay residents. The complainants allege city officials allowed “private activist groups to control significant aspects of the 2020 election, including ballot ‘curing’ and vote counting.” “Hundreds of millions of dollars purchased… -
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How Conservatives Can Reclaim Narrative on Environment
“Conservative ideals are the best way to solve environmental issues,” says Benji Backer, founder of the right-leaning environmental advocacy group American Conservation Coalition. Backer joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss how conservatives can take back the environmental conversation and advocate small-government solutions to climate issues. Also on today’s show, we read your letters to… -
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Biden ‘Environmental Justice’ Appointees Equate Energy Production, Fossil Fuels With Racism
In February, Beverly Wright linked the legacy of slavery and the Jim Crow era with energy development. In March, President Joe Biden appointed Wright to his White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council. Wright, the founder of the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice, is joined on the council by Jade Begay of the Indigenous Environmental… -
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Prince Philip Was an Inspiration to the British People
The passing on Friday of His Royal Highness, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, at the age of 99, is a huge loss for Great Britain and the royal family. Philip was a war hero who dedicated his life to protecting and serving the British people. A man of unfailing courage and duty, he embodied the ideal of… -
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Left Is Using Supreme Court Commission to Change Court’s Decisions, Not to Improve It
Today, President Joe Biden signed an executive order creating the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States. The White House announcement and the members chosen for this commission raise serious questions about its real purpose and concerns about its impact on the independence of the judiciary. The most obvious question is why… -
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What Happened to Biden’s Unity Agenda?
Less than three months ago, President Joe Biden stood in front of the U.S. Capitol in the wake of the Jan. 6 riots and delivered his inaugural address. He called for unity, and Americans who see a politically fractured country welcomed it. He could have then put together an agenda that would have accomplished many… -
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‘60 Minutes’ Shows Danger of Media Manipulation
A week ago Sunday, the critically acclaimed CBS News program “60 Minutes” broadcast an alleged bombshell report on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and an apparent “pay to play” scheme involving supermarket chain Publix and the state’s distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. The report alleged that because of a campaign donation Publix made to DeSantis, the Republican… -
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Moving the MLB All-Star Game to Denver Makes Zero Sense
Major League Baseball is moving its 2021 All-Star Game from Atlanta to Coors Field in Denver. This, says ESPN, is “in response to a new Georgia law that has civil rights groups concerned about its potential to restrict voting access for people of color.” Or, more likely, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred moved the game because… -
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Biden Wants to Underfund Defense Department While Asking It to Do More
If there is one thing that is quite clear in the early days of the Joe Biden presidency, it is the administration is more than willing to spend taxpayers’ dollars, and their children’s dollars, and their grandkids’ … you get the idea. However, when it comes to providing for the common defense, a constitutionally mandated… -
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Wicker: Coca-Cola, MLB, and Everyone Spreading Lies About Georgia Voting Law Should Be Ashamed of Themselves
Mark Twain observed that “a lie can travel around the world and back again while the truth is lacing up its boots.” Today, powerful voices seem determined to prove him right. In recent days, prominent members of the media, government, and big business have spread a wildfire of misinformation about a newly passed voting law… -
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Biden’s Appropriations Budget Proposal Is Unreasonable, Irresponsible
After proposing a massive $2 trillion tax-and-spending binge, President Joe Biden released his budget request for fiscal year 2022 discretionary appropriations. This so-called skinny budget proposal would drive up wasteful spending, shortchange actual priorities such as national security, and increase the likelihood of the appropriations bills not being passed through regular order. The budget is…