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Podcast: Former Obama Voter Antonia Okafor Explains Why She’s Now Conservative
Antonia Okafor is now a gun rights supporter and political commentator. But in college, she found her political beliefs shifting from left to right. She explains what happened. Plus: A new study indicates that political correctness may have helped President Donald Trump win the election. -
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We Hear You: Ben Carson, Cory Booker, California, and Gun Control
Editor's note: Our audience liked what it saw in The Daily Signal's two recent interviews with HUD Secretary Ben Carson, and some of those responses provide the top to this week's collection of comments. Write us at [email protected]—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: Thank you for Genevieve Wood's interview with Dr. Ben Carson ("Exclusive Interview: Ben… -
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Obamacare Is Shrinking the Individual Health Insurance Market
New data from insurance company regulatory filings show that enrollment in the individual health insurance market declined significantly last year—by 10 percent, or 1.8 million people. Over the three years prior to the implementation of Obamacare (2011 through 2013), enrollment in the individual market was basically stable—fluctuating narrowly between 11.8 million and 12 million persons…. -
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Democrats Work to Reinstate Obama-Era Net Neutrality Rules
Democrats are expected to vote this week to re-establish internet rules, commonly known as net neutrality, promulgated by President Barack Obama’s Federal Communications Commission. “This move by the Democrats threatens American ingenuity and the countless good-paying jobs created by internet startups,” Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., said in a statement provided to The Daily Signal. “Some… -
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The Obama Legacy Deserves to Be Destroyed
It’s strange that a president who had such a transformative effect on our national discourse will leave such a negligible policy legacy. But Barack Obama, whose imperial term changed the way Americans interact and in some ways paved the way for the Trump presidency, is now watching his much-celebrated and mythologized two-term legacy be systematically… -
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Podcast: Michelle Obama Blames Hillary Clinton’s Loss on Sexism
In remarks this weekend, former first lady Michelle Obama said the reason Hillary Clinton lost was due to old biases about women’s capabilities. Kelsey Harkness joins us to discuss. Plus: A new report shows that a high percentage of journalists at two major outlets are from elite colleges. -
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Bernie Sanders Says the System Is ‘Rigged.’ Here’s What Adam Smith Would Say.
Adam Smith, the 18th-century intellectual founder of modern free-market economics, famously called the economic system he advocated “the obvious and simple system of natural liberty.” Smith defended natural liberty on the grounds that it offered the best chance for sustained economic growth. That was important to him because robust economic growth offered the best security… -
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3 Revelations From New York Times Reporter’s Book on Hillary Clinton
New York Times reporter Amy Chozick’s new book on her time covering Hillary Clinton doesn’t show either her employer, The New York Times, or Clinton herself in a particularly flattering light. Chozick, a member of the largely female press corps that followed Clinton on a near-daily basis at times, crisscrossing the country with her, reported… -
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Podcast: Why Bernie Sanders’ Guaranteed Jobs Plan Would Backfire
Sen. Bernie Sanders is back with another socialist plan. The Heritage Foundation’s David Kreutzer explains why pledging jobs for all is not going to lead to one big happily ever after for Americans. Plus: Yale students are embracing emotional support animals. -
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Bernie Sanders’ ‘Jobs’ Program Would Undo Our Real Economic Progress
Sen. Bernie Sanders’ big-idea solution to everything is big government. The independent senator from Vermont wants government-run, single-payer health care. Seeing efficiencies that nobody else can see, he wants to turn post offices into banks. Now, he wants to leverage the notoriously inept federal job-training system (see here, here, here, etc.) and a new set… -
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Reports Show Obama-Era Policies May Have Eroded School Safety in Broward County
The discipline policies that allowed the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter to fall through the cracks may be coming to your community. In 2013, Broward County, Florida, adopted school discipline policies aimed at ending the “school-to-prison pipeline” as well as racial disparities in punishment. The Obama administration recommended these policies as official guidance to… -
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Comey’s Handling of Hillary Clinton Shows Us He’s No Hero
After being pressed by former top Bill Clinton political aide George Stephanopoulos on ABC News, James Comey admitted that he had “screwed up a couple of things.” The former FBI director wasn’t talking about his failure to notify Donald Trump, then the nation’s president-elect, that unsubstantiated rumors paid for by his political opposition were helping… -
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Obama Interior Secretaries Spent More Than Ryan Zinke on Chartered Flights
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has spent far fewer taxpayer dollars on chartered flights than his two predecessors in the Obama administration, public records show. The Daily Signal’s examination of travel records found that on average Zinke’s two predecessors spent more annually on such noncommercial flights, despite media reports critical of Zinke’s spending on travel. The… -
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What Bush, Obama Deployments of National Guard at Border Suggest About Trump’s Operation
California Gov. Jerry Brown, a Democrat, drew surprising praise from President Donald Trump regarding plans to send the state’s National Guard troops to the southern border. However, Brown seems to be placing many restrictions, according to an Associated Press report Monday. The report says the anonymous federal officials told the AP that California will not… -
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Podcast: Cory Booker Reveals True Intolerance of Left
By fixating on secretary of state nominee Mike Pompeo’s views on same-sex marriage and other LGBT issues, Sen. Cory Booker, D.-N.J., showcased why conservatives are right to be worried about liberal intolerance pushing them out of careers across the board, just for their beliefs. Plus: The Academy of Country Music Awards stays blissfully nonpolitical. -
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Elizabeth Warren’s Proposal Would Help Wronged Investors
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has introduced a constructive bill (S. 2499) that would accomplish two desirable policy objectives. The bill would help investors by providing the funds to pay unpaid arbitration awards, and help broker-dealers by eliminating the budgetary incentive for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) to impose fines on broker-dealers. What the Bill… -
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Bush, Obama Education Chiefs Differ Sharply From Betsy DeVos on Limiting Federal Government’s Role
Four former U.S. education secretaries implicitly criticized the approach taken to failing public schools by President Donald Trump and his education secretary, Betsy DeVos, during a summit in Washington. The Education Department secretaries under Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush implied during a panel discussion Thursday at the Reagan Institute Summit on Education that… -
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Cory Booker’s Inquisition Into Marriage Views Is About Keeping You Silent
“Do you believe that gay sex is a perversion?” Believe it or not, that question was posed—repeatedly—in a Thursday Senate confirmation hearing to Mike Pompeo, the CIA director now nominated to be secretary of state. The graphic question was put to him by Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J. He also wanted to know exactly what Pompeo… -
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Americans Are Backing Away From Obamacare
Roughly 400,000 fewer people signed up for Obamacare in 2018, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma announced Tuesday afternoon. “11.8 million consumers enrolled for 2018 Exchange coverage nationwide. Great job @CMSGov on the most cost-effective and successful open enrollment to date,” Verma tweeted Tuesday afternoon. 11.8 million consumers enrolled for 2018 Exchange coverage nationwide….