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‘Fight Hard on Principle,’ Says Freshman Republican Lawmaker
Rep. Bob Good, R-Va., a former wrestler, defeated a first-term incumbent Republican on his way to becoming a freshman member of Congress. After winning a primary against incumbent Denver Riggleman, Good defeated Democrat Cameron Webb in the general election to represent Virginia’s 5th Congressional District. Good joins the podcast to discuss not only his unusual… -
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This Legal Hurdle Could Trip Up Biden’s Cancellation of Keystone XL Pipeline
A lawsuit from across the northern U.S. border over the Biden administration’s halting of an oil pipeline could hang on a Supreme Court ruling against the Trump administration related to the southern border. In his first day in office, President Joe Biden canceled construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, an action projected to wipe… -
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Black History Month and Republican Support for Civil Rights in 1960s
Conservatives are labeled constantly as racist both in the radical liberal media and within the black community. Some of the accusations are justified, but many aren’t supported by facts. But because conservatives are incompetent in messaging, especially when it comes to the black community, oft-repeated radical liberal lies have become the truth. These perceptions will… -
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Is Another Civil War Likely? A Historian Says ‘No,’ but We Should Still Be Concerned
In the past few years, Civil War figures from Confederates to Abraham Lincoln have been denounced, and in the case of statues and monuments, removed and torn down. But have we learned anything from the great calamity that beset the nation in the 1860s? Increasing American polarization, the political unrest that left neighborhoods in ruins… -
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4 Things to Know About Biden’s Pick for Homeland Security Secretary
The Senate is set to vote Tuesday on President Joe Biden’s choice to lead the Department of Homeland Security. Alejandro Mayorkas, who has kept a high, occasionally controversial political profile in California and Washington since the 1990s, is the son of Cuban immigrants. Mayorkas, 61, is an alumnus of Beverly Hills High School who graduated… -
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Legal Coalition to Sue to Stop Feds’ Critical Race Theory Training
One of President Joe Biden’s new executive actions is in violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, according to a coalition of legal foundations and lawyers, which is planning to take legal action to stop it. On his first day in office, Biden signed an executive order reversing former President Donald Trump’s ban on… -
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Why Russians Are Protesting Alexei Navalny’s Arrest
Russian citizens are protesting the imprisonment of Alexei Navalny, an opposition leader and anti-corruption activist. Navalny was arrested and jailed Jan. 17, accused of violating his parole conditions from a false conviction for embezzlement and money laundering. He was unable to fulfill these conditions due to the fact that he had been recovering from poisoning… -
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Schumer Is Wrong About Debt. Congress Must Take Debt Danger Seriously, Not Spend Recklessly.
The combination of unified control of the federal government along with the COVID-19 pandemic has seemingly caused some elected officials to think there are no consequences to new spending proposals. However, they must wake up to the dangers posed by recklessly adding to the national debt. On Thursday, Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., exemplified this… -
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Billions of Dollars of Coronavirus Stimulus Still Haven’t Been Spent, Republican Senators Say in Letter to Biden
A group of 10 Republican senators outlined a less expensive coronavirus relief compromise bill and said much of the past stimulus passed during the pandemic hasn’t been spent yet. The proposed stimulus framework builds on prior legislation that passed with bipartisan support, the 10 senators wrote in the letter Sunday. The group, which included Sens. Mitt Romney,… -
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Capitol Rioter Said She Wanted to ‘Shoot’ Pelosi ‘in the Friggin Brain,’ Prosecutors Say
Federal prosecutors on Friday charged a woman who allegedly filmed herself inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 saying that she wanted to “shoot” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in “the friggin’ brain.” Dawn Bancroft was arrested along with another woman, Diana Santos-Smith, and charged with unlawful entry of the Capitol and violent or disorderly conduct…. -
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New York Times Reviews Book Advocating Blowing Up Pipelines to Combat Climate Change
If the name Tatiana Schlossberg sounds like a brand for white privilege, you would be right. She’s not a top chef or fashion designer. She’s the 30-year-old daughter of Caroline Kennedy and Ed Schlossberg, the granddaughter of former President John F. Kennedy. Like Maria Shriver at NBC News, Tatiana Schlossberg became an “objective journalist” for… -
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If Biden Tightens Fuel Economy Standards, Consumers Will Be Squeezed
On Day One of his presidency, President Joe Biden started to reverse course on U.S. energy and environmental policy with a slew of executive orders. His decisions to reenter the Paris Agreement and cancel the Keystone XL pipeline received much attention. But his order telling his agencies to review the Trump administration’s fuel economy mandates… -
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Heritage Foundation Scholar Ryan Anderson Takes Helm at Ethics and Public Policy Center
For more than nine years, Ryan T. Anderson helped The Heritage Foundation confront some of the biggest cultural issues facing America. Today, he embarks on a new endeavor as president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center. Anderson, the former William E. Simon senior research fellow at Heritage, joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to talk… -
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We Hear You: Rallying Around 1776 Commission After Biden Disbands It
Editor's note: The Daily Signal's audience isn't happy with President Joe Biden's torpedoing of his predecessor's 1776 Commission, which is dedicated to returning knowledge of U.S. history and love of country to our schools. Here's a sampling of your responses to our coverage at [email protected].—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: I read with dismay Mike Gonzalez's… -
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Biden’s COVID-19 ‘Rescue Plan’ Won’t Save Working Americans
Millions of Americans are still unemployed in the wake of COVID-19 shutdowns. Unfortunately, President Joe Biden’s so-called American Rescue Plan fails to provide targeted relief to those directly impacted by the pandemic. Instead, it borrows nearly $2 trillion more from future generations in order to dispense $1,400 checks to tens of millions of Americans already… -
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Federal Judge Is Right to Enjoin Biden’s Plan to Halt Deportations
In his first few days in office, President Joe Biden has issued a flurry of executive orders and memorandums. And according to one federal judge, not all of them are lawful. Judge Drew Tipton of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas has enjoined the Biden administration’s Jan. 20 memorandum that would have suspended… -
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Joe Biden’s COVID-19 Deceptions
President Joe Biden contends there is “nothing we can do to change the trajectory of the pandemic in the next several months,” which is the exact opposite of what presidential candidate Joe Biden promised voters during the 2020 campaign. And by “exact opposite,” I mean the president’s alleged plan to beat the coronavirus literally said… -
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Impeachment Follies: Why the Senate Cannot Try Trump
A majority of the Senate last week decided that it can lawfully begin a trial on the House-approved article of impeachment, even though former President Donald Trump no longer holds federal office. The majority is wrong. Princeton political science professor Keith Whittington argued in a Jan. 22 Wall Street Journal opinion essay that the Senate… -
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The Supreme Court Has Failed in Its Role as the National Abortion Control Board
When the Supreme Court makes an important decision that influences the entire nation, it’s flashed across the media for a day and then forgotten. Rarely is the practical impact of the decision reviewed afterward. But a new report provides insight on how recent Supreme Court decisions regarding abortion clinics have resulted in a public health… -
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Vaccination Protocol
We remember reading in the Scripture that the Father has his sun rise on the just and the unjust. The light and warmth emanate immediately and without hesitation over the whole of Creation. This is the model that we need to bear in mind as we consider the dissemination of the two COVID-19 vaccines, even…