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    Anti-Trump Jan. 20 Protests in DC Fall Flat

    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Left-wing groups opposing Donald Trump’s second presidency had plans to “fight back” with thousands of protesters in Washington, D.C., on Monday—but that’s not what happened. The Act Now to Stop War and End Racism Coalition and the People’s Forum, who were behind anti-Israel riots last summer in the nation’s capital, organized Inauguration Day rallies…
    Hudson Crozier
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    The One Thing Trump Can’t Do

    Donald Trump’s job is to make America great again. Improving your own life is up to you. There are lots of reasons to be excited about Trump’s return to power. He’s pledged to unleash America’s energy industry. Cheaper energy and a better regulatory environment should help contain inflation. The border will be locked down while…
    Victor Joecks
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    The Absurd Outrage Directed at Trump

    Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. It’s Monday, Inauguration Day. It’s also Martin Luther King Day, and the two dates coincided this year. And Donald Trump has just finished his inaugural…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    Trump Executive Orders Cover Border, DOGE, TikTok, Free Speech

    Fresh off his inaugural speech at the Capitol, President Donald Trump signed a slew of executive orders, which included establishing the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, preventing censorship, and unleashing American energy production. At Capital One Arena in Washington, Trump signed the orders from a seemingly small wooden desk, with the presidential seal, and…
    Fred Lucas
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    What Democrats, Corporate Media Said About Potential Preemptive Pardons from Trump Four Years Ago

    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Democrats and corporate media figures were highly critical about pardons being issued preemptively prior to the end of President Donald Trump’s first term. Former President Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons to Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Army Gen. Mark Milley, members of the Jan. 6 House Select Committee, and members of his family on the last day…
    Harold Hutchison
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    DANCING IN THE STREET: Trump Backers Celebrate ‘Awesome, Amazing’ Inauguration

    Supporters of Donald Trump were jubilant in the streets of Washington, D.C., on Monday after the swearing-in of the 47th president of the United States, joining impromptu dance parties and greeting fellow supporters from across the country. Near the Capital One Arena in downtown Washington where an inaugural parade was to take place, dozens of…
    George Caldwell
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    How Biden’s Administration Became a National Nightmare and What Trump Has to Do to Stop It From Happening Again

    The long nightmare of President Joe Biden’s devastating four years in office is finally over, but the work is just beginning. In order to achieve real change, the incoming administration needs to understand just how rotten things in Washington, D.C., have become. What made Biden’s presidency a nightmare? After all, didn’t Good Old Joe from…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Trump to Mandate Government Recognizing 2 Sexes, Male and Female

    President Donald Trump will sign a Day One executive order mandating that the federal government recognize two sexes, male and female, according to incoming White House officials. Trump will also sign an executive order eliminating diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. The incoming Trump administration will also not accept the Biden administration’s rewriting of Title IX….
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Trump to Sign 10 Executive Orders on Border and Immigration

    President Donald Trump will make good on his promise to take action to secure the border on Day One of his administration with a slew of executive orders.   “President Trump’s executive orders will certainly send a clear message: we are entering a new era of strength and pure grit,” Rep. Mark Harris, R-N.C., told…
    Virginia Allen
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    Trump’s Big Agenda for First 100 Days 

    President Donald Trump will be sworn in Monday with ambitious goals for his first day in office and first 100 days.  The major focus will be on securing the border and combating illegal immigration. But restoring the economy, and curbing crime are also high on his agenda, based on his remarks as a candidate before…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump Reportedly to Launch Sweeping Deportations Day After Inauguration

    President-elect Donald Trump is expected to launch his promised large-scale deportation operation the day after he is sworn into office, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The incoming Trump administration will immediately begin mass deportation efforts in major sanctuary cities across the United States, with Chicago predicted to be first on the…
    Jason Hopkins
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    President Trump Is a Modern-Day Winston Churchill

    As President-elect Donald Trump takes office for a second White House term, his path bears striking resemblance to former Prime Minister Winston Churchill, the British bulldog who triumphed over existential threats in World War II.  And like Churchill, Trump, the American lion, is uniquely equipped and battle-tested for his enormous tasks at hand. Most obviously,…
    Carrie Sheffield
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    Trump Should Reverse Biden’s Offshore Drilling Ban

    This week President Joe Biden invoked the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit oil and gas drilling in most of America’s offshore areas, in perpetuity—or so he thinks. President-elect Donald Trump called the order “ridiculous” and pledged to reverse it immediately. That’s precisely what Trump should do, but it won’t be easy. In 2019,…
    Mario Loyola
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    Put Up or Shut Up: Time for Trump Derangement Syndrome Sufferer Celebrities to Leave Country

    Cher has a new autobiography, “The Memoir,” which runs just over 400 pages, but apparently, that’s only half the story. We know that because the subtitle of the book, published in mid-November, is “Part 1.” “Part 2”—due out in mid-November 2025, but already available online for preorder by Cher’s biggest fans—presumably will be equally hefty….
    Peter Parisi
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    Political Tectonic Shift: Trump Gains Momentum as His Foes Stumble

    “It is not enough in life that one succeed,” the droll economist John Kenneth Galbraith is supposed to have said. “Others must fail.” We’re at a moment, in this week before Donald Trump’s second inauguration, when the 45th and soon-to-be 47th president is succeeding at just about every enterprise he undertakes, while his political and…
    Michael Barone
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    ‘Pure Socialist Wish Fulfillment’: Biden Attempts to Trump-Proof AOC’s Favorite Jobs Program

    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—As President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration approaches, President Joe Biden’s lame-duck administration is racing to Trump-proof its green jobs program. The Biden White House has “quietly been winding down” the American Climate Corps—a de facto environmental public works program established via a September 2023 executive order that hires and trains civilians to work on climate change…
    Owen Klinsky
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    Has Trump 2.0 Learned From Trump 1.0?

    It’s hard to believe, but we’re finally here. Four years after all the Sturm und Drang that followed Donald Trump’s 2020 electoral loss to Joe Biden, the maestro of Mar-a-Lago is set to be inaugurated once more on Monday as president of the United States. And what an absolutely wild ride it has been. In…
    Josh Hammer
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    Heritage Action Lobbies for Trump Nominees in Senate, Launching Ad Campaign and Petition

    Advocacy organization Heritage Action for America is aggressively lobbying for the confirmation of Donald Trump’s nominees in the Senate, launching an ad campaign and a petition to urge senators to act. As part of this effort, Heritage Action will air a 30-second TV spot on Fox News Inauguration Day that highlights the shortcomings of the…
    George Caldwell
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    ‘I Think We’re Going to Take a Lot of Hate,’ Border Czar Tom Homan Says Ahead of Trump’s Inauguration

    President-elect Donald Trump is expected to sign a slew of executive order on his first day in office, including multiple that pertain to securing America’s southern border with Mexico.  “I think people are going to be pleased with the executive orders he is going to sign,” Tom Homan, Trump’s border czar, told “The Daily Signal…
    Virginia Allen
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    Rep. Ralph Norman: What Trump Told Me After I Voted Against Johnson for Speaker

    Rep. Ralph Norman was on the House floor Jan. 3 when Rep. Nancy Mace, a fellow South Carolina Republican, phone in hand, told him that President-elect Donald Trump wanted to speak with him. Norman had just voted for Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, to become speaker of the House, rather than Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La. For…
    Bradley Devlin
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