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opinion
It Didn’t Start on Jan. 6: Brief History of Terrorist Violence at Capitol
The nauseating invasion of the Capitol on Jan. 6 wasn’t the only time the building has been attacked. There were three previous acts of aggression, all perpetrated by leftist activists. Democratic presidents have commuted the sentences of most of the individuals arrested and charged in relation to those attacks. The attacks were the 1954 shooting… -
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Connecticut Seeks to Stifle the Voice of Pregnancy Resource Centers
Last week, the Connecticut State Senate considered SB 835, “An Act Concerning Deceptive Advertising Practices of Limited Services Pregnancy Centers.” Contrary to its title, this bill is not about deceptive advertising. In fact, there is no substantial evidence that clients seeking services at Connecticut pregnancy resource centers have been or currently are being deceived. No, this bill… -
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Swalwell Pushes for ‘White Nationalism Task Force’
Democratic California Rep. Eric Swalwell called for “a white nationalism task force” at the Department of Justice Monday. “They’re going to need, I believe, at the Department of Justice, a white nationalism task force to make sure that they’re understanding at the earliest of ages how people are being radicalized, if there are in fact… -
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Unions Are Keeping Students and Teachers Out of the Classroom. Here’s What Lawmakers Can Do About It.
President Joe Biden’s administration pledged that at least half of K-12 schools in the U.S. will offer in-person learning at least one day per week within his first 100 days in office. Research using a representative sample of school districts finds that 44% of districts were already offering in-person learning in December 2020, so the… -
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Socialism’s Disturbing Record on Abortion
The word “socialism” terrifies some of today’s Democrats, even as leading figures in the party embrace the term. Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger of Richmond, Virginia, who narrowly won her House seat in 2018 and narrowly retained it in 2020, made news when her emphatic comment on a postelection phone call was leaked to the media…. -
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It’s Time to Hold School Boards Accountable, This Father Says
All parents want their children to receive a good education and in Fort Worth, Texas, John Pritchett is working hard to ensure that desire becomes a reality. Pritchett has helped organize the Focus on Students PAC, a group of parents who are working to bring more accountability to their local school board. Pritchett joins the… -
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We Hear You: Rebuffing Teachers Unions and Reopening Schools
Editor's note: The Daily Signal's audience isn't buying the teachers union's reasons for refusing to return to classrooms. Here's a sampling, plus some thoughts on the new Biden administration. Write about our coverage to [email protected].—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: I just read your commentary article on teachers and their unions and the continual refusal during… -
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8 Takeaways as Senate Again Fails to Convict Trump, This Time With 7 GOP Votes
With seven Republicans voting with all Democrats to convict, the Senate nevertheless voted Saturday afternoon to acquit former President Donald Trump, in his second impeachment trial, of a single charge of incitement of insurrection. Americans, and apparently most senators, were under the impression that the Saturday session would feature closing arguments and perhaps a verdict. … -
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7 Highlights From Trump Team’s Defense in Impeachment Trial
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump gave a significantly shorter presentation Friday in his defense than the Democrats’ House impeachment managers did the previous two days in acting as prosecutors. Day Four of Trump’s second Senate impeachment trial began around noon and Trump’s legal team yielded the balance of its 16 hours of allotted time… -
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Here’s What $15 Minimum Wage Would Mean for This Frozen Yogurt Shop Owner
Some lawmakers’ push to raise the national minimum wage to $15 an hour is “truly maddening,” small business owner Stuart Hornsby says. Hornsby owns a frozen yogurt shop, a business he built from the ground up in 2013, in a small city in northwest Georgia. With the exception of the manager and a few other… -
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Activists Outline Plan to Push Agenda of Black Lives Matter in Classroom
Corporations, nonprofit institutions, the media, and countless individual Americans have expressed support of the Black Lives Matter movement, funneling millions of dollars into organizations that purport to carry out its cause. But although many Americans support the phrase “black lives matter,” the actual aims of organizations and activists committed to this cause often are far… -
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Journalist Compares Covering Trump to Fighting Nazis
One of the easiest things to predict about the end of Donald Trump’s presidency was that anti-Trump journalists would eventually feel a heated rush of nostalgia about their heroic crusade to keep democracy from dying. But it came earlier than expected. Alexander Nazaryan of Yahoo News wrote a piece for the Democrat-endorsing website The Atlantic… -
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Restaurant Owners, Workers Warn of ‘Unintended Consequences’ of $15 Minimum Wage
Restaurant owners and tipped employees alike are expressing concerns over a proposal to raise the national minimum wage to $15 an hour, with one going so far as to say it would amount to a “death knell” for the restaurant industry. President Joe Biden has called for a $15 an hour minimum wage in his… -
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The World Goes on While America Sleeps
The Democrat-controlled Senate spends thousands of collective hours conducting an impeachment trial against a president who is no longer president. The acquittal is predetermined, as in the first impeachment effort a year ago—and known to be so to the Democratic prosecutors. The constitutionally mandated presiding judge—the chief justice of the Supreme Court—refused to show up…. -
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Media’s Treatment of Maxine Waters Shows Their Bias
Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., is a darling of the liberal media. Last October, Washington Post pop culture reporter Helena Andrews-Dyer (and co-author R. Eric Thomas) put together a book titled “Reclaiming Her Time: The Power of Maxine Waters.” The publisher touts: “In the tradition of ‘Notorious RBG,’ a lively, beautifully designed, full-color illustrated celebration of… -
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Congress Must Confront Overspending, CBO Report Confirms
The Congressional Budget Office released the newest version of its “Budget and Economic Outlook” on Thursday, and the fiscal outlook over the next decade is grim. Spending, taxes, deficits, and the debt are all projected to increase to record levels. Even assuming no new spending is adopted, the government is projected to spend $61 trillion,… -
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Privatizing Social Security Would Help Families Become Better Off
A recent Reuters headline read, “Yellen, Rice tout economics as key to fixing American inequality.” According to Susan Rice, President Joe Biden’s new domestic policy adviser, “The evidence is clear, investing in equity is good for economic growth.” Our new Treasury secretary, Janet Yellen, says, “I believe economic policy can be a potent tool to… -
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Lessons We Can Learn From Supremes’ Mary Wilson
A couple days ago, I found myself humming along to a Supremes song. Then I did what everyone does today, in the age of the internet: I logged onto YouTube, found a music video, and lost myself in some vintage footage of the 1960s supergroup performing some of its greatest hits. It was a soulful… -
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5 Federal Health Care Actions for States to Expect in 2021
The ongoing response to COVID-19 underscores the importance of a strong partnership between the federal government and states. That partnership should also apply to broader health care reform. Every state’s circumstances are unique, and federal policy should be flexible enough to allow each state to address the needs of their citizens. However, the Biden administration… -
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Leftist Hypocrisy on Authoritarianism
Republicans are “radicalizing against democracy” because they rely on our constitutional process when governing. This is the essence of Chris Hayes’ recent Atlantic piece contending that the GOP is descending into authoritarianism. The MSNBC host notes, without any suggestion of self-awareness, that “the Constitution puts a wind at the backs of Republicans and makes them…