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CNN Finds ‘So Many of Us’ Love Jill Biden
In May 2017, then-CNN boss Jeff Zucker gave an interview to “The New Yorker Radio Hour” and made waves by proclaiming, “Fox is state-run TV and is extolling the line out of the White House. MSNBC has become the opposition, and I think CNN is seeking the truth.” There wasn’t a laugh track. In 2022,…Tim Graham -
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Biden’s Biggest State of the Union Blunders
Watch the video above to see some of the biggest “oops!” moments from President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address.Daily Signal Staff -
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Fact-Checking 10 Claims From Biden’s State of the Union Address
In his first official State of the Union speech, President Joe Biden on Tuesday night addressed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, rising inflation at home, an ongoing border crisis, and a fading COVID-19 pandemic. Biden, who also spoke to a joint session of Congress last April, made numerous assertions of his administration’s successes in a speech that…Fred Lucas -
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What Biden Got Wrong in His State of the Union Address
President Joe Biden delivered his first State of the Union address Tuesday night. (Biden’s address last April 28 was to a joint session of Congress, a distinction admittedly without much of a difference.) The Heritage Foundation’s policy experts weighed in with reaction and analysis on a variety of topics. (The Daily Signal is the news…Peter Parisi -
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7 Major Failures of the Biden Presidency
With President Joe Biden set to deliver his first State of the Union address on Tuesday night, it’s a good time to ask: How has Biden done as president and what is the actual state of our union? According to the American people, things aren’t going great. A CNN poll in early February asked Americans…Jarrett Stepman -
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Biden Selects Jackson for Supreme Court From Left-Wing Donor ‘Shortlist’
D.C. Circuit Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s nominee for the Supreme Court, was among the names on a shortlist from Demand Justice, a liberal legal organization seeded with funding by mega-donor group Arabella Advisors. Demand Justice pushed Biden to choose someone from its Supreme Court list during the 2020 campaign. It heralded Jackson…Fred Lucas -
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For Biden Administration, Self-Reliance Is Not an American Value
The Biden administration continues to take America down the unsustainable path of open borders and a welfare state for noncitizens. It has proposed a new “public charge” rule that greatly expands the types of government assistance immigrant applicants may receive without becoming a public charge. The administration is breathing new life into the old adage…Joseph Edlow -
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In Picking Jackson for High Court, Biden Champions Discrimination
Editor’s note: The president nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for the Supreme Court on the day after Deroy Murdock filed this commentary. President Joe Biden promised to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer with a black female jurist. “The person I will nominate will be someone with extraordinary qualifications, character, experience, and integrity. And that…Deroy Murdock -
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Blacks Saying Bye-Bye to Biden
A new report from Pew Research shows that the sharpest drop in approval for President Joe Biden is among the Democratic Party’s most loyal and consistent supporters—black Protestants. In March 2021, shortly after he took office, Biden’s support among black Protestants stood at 92%. By January 2022, this was down to 65%, a drop of…Star Parker -
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Biden Administration Adds Climate Roadblocks to Future Pipelines, Energy Projects
The Biden administration altered the official federal policy on approving new interstate natural gas facilities and pipelines, requiring a climate consideration. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission announced that it will begin to “undertake a robust consideration” of the environmental justice impacts of such fossil fuel projects before granting approval, according to a fact sheet published Thursday. The agency,…Thomas Catenacci -
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Hillary Clinton’s Greatest Masterpiece
Hillary Clinton’s never-ending shenanigans in 2015 to 2016 could be summarized as an attempted slow-motion coup. Four years of national hysteria, a divided nation, and dangerous new tensions with Russia were some of the wages of Clinton’s machinations. Clinton hired a British national and ex-spy, Christopher Steele, to compile dirt on her election opponent, Donald…Victor Davis Hanson -
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Senate Republicans Say No to Biden Funding for ‘Safe’ Crack Pipes
The Biden administration quickly reversed course on a plan to fund “smoking kits” for drug users, apparently including pipes to smoke crack cocaine, but Senate Republicans introduced legislation to ensure it doesn’t happen. The bill would amend a section of last year’s American Rescue Plan Act to prohibit any taxpayer funds from being used to…Fred Lucas -
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Biden’s Afghanistan Debacle Looks Worse and Worse
While the Biden administration’s chaotic and inept withdrawal from Afghanistan was unfolding in August 2021, a suicide bomber murdered 13 American service members, and at least 170 Afghans, at the Abbey Gate outside Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport. It was one of the deadliest attacks on our troops in our 20 years in that nation….David Harsanyi -
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Biden Bureaucracy Secretly Plans to Turn Out Voters After Failure of Election Takeover Bills
The Biden administration is secretly planning to impose an executive order directing all federal agencies to focus on voter registration and partner with private organizations to boost election turnout, according to members of Congress and a watchdog group. Last March, President Joe Biden signed an executive order stating that federal agencies “shall consider ways to…Fred Lucas -
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Meet Sarah Bloom Raskin, Biden’s Latest Anti-Freedom, Anti-Energy Nominee
With all the attention directed to President Joe Biden’s commitment to nominate a black woman to replace retiring Associate Justice Stephen Breyer on the Supreme Court, sadly lost is what we expect from our court and what we expect from our nation. If we have detached from what our nation supposedly is about, what idea…Star Parker -
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‘Purr-fect’ Press Panders Over Biden’s New Cat
One of the memorable scenes in the 1993 movie “Dave” involved the president and first lady walking their dog in front of the cameras and promptly dumping him on staff when they walked into the White House. Having a pet is an easy way to get positive press that “humanizes” any politician, so almost every…Tim Graham -
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By Design, Biden’s Border Crisis Actually His Biggest Success
PARK CITY, Utah—President Joe Biden’s no-border policy has detonated an explosion of illegal-alien apprehensions and got-aways at the southern “frontier.” Millions of Americans consider this one of Biden’s biggest failures, surpassed only by his utterly calamitous withdrawal from Afghanistan. However, this fiasco is Biden’s finest hour. After 11 months, Biden’s “border” remains wide open, if…Deroy Murdock -
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Is Biden Complying With Court Order to Bring Back ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy? Not So Much
President Joe Biden is committing the biggest scofflaw since the Chicago cops partnered with Al Capone during Prohibition. Paying lip service to a judicial order to reinstitute the “Remain in Mexico” program to help to stem the flood of illegal migration, while thousands of illegal aliens enter the country every day, the Biden plan for…Mark Morgan -
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EXCLUSIVE: Kristi Noem Criticizes Biden’s Promise to Pick Supreme Court Justice Based on Race, Gender: ‘What Mattered Was Working Hard’
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem criticized President Joe Biden Thursday for his decision to pick a Supreme Court justice based on race and gender. “I think that’s very unfortunate that he chose that approach,” the Republican governor said in a Thursday interview with The Daily Signal. “It almost divides people based on what they look…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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Biden’s Year 1 Foreign Policy Blunders
President Joe Biden has finished his first year in office with a number of foreign policy tests he has had to confront. The Afghanistan pullout, the situation in Ukraine, and our growing rivalry with China all represent tests the president has had to face. They are tests that Vandenberg Coalition Executive Director Carrie Filipetti and…Douglas Blair