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    EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon Eliminates Woke Violations of Trump’s Executive Orders
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A senior Pentagon official ordered employees to cease all communications promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion, as well as climate change, The Daily Signal has learned. Department of Defense employees must end all communication initiatives that violate President Donald Trump's executive orders, according to a March 11 memo sent to senior Pentagon…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Mitch McConnell Joins With Dems to Oppose Senior ‘America First’ Defense Nominee’s Confirmation Bid
    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The Senate voted largely along party lines to approve Elbridge Colby’s nomination to serve as the Pentagon’s undersecretary for policy Tuesday afternoon. Senators voted 54 to 45 to confirm Colby with former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky the lone Republican to vote “no” on the nomination. Colby’s successful confirmation vote comes after reporting that…
    Adam Pack
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    Luigi Mangione’s Defense Fund: A Symbol of Society’s Distrust of Wealth
    The Left’s embrace of an assassination in the name of equality shows how much contempt it has for success.  The recent creation of a defense fund for Luigi Mangione, who is accused of assassinating UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, shines light on an uncomfortable truth that much of American society has a violent disdain for businessmen,…
    Paula Stenkamp
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    Hegseth Bids Adieu to Military Wokeness
    For the past four years, the very foundations of America have been shaken. Formerly a nation with “liberty and justice for all,” the United States has seemingly strayed from its founding, claiming equal opportunity for all, while openly favoring some based on immutable characteristics like race or gender. This has posed a critical threat to…
    Rebecca Buis | Wilson Beaver
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    Trump Going on Offense to Stop Left’s War on History 
    In the darkest doldrums of one of the feeblest, yet imperious presidencies it very much appeared that literally every positive symbol of America’s past would be stripped from public places.  The little that stayed was slapped with “warning labels” by so-called experts, kept in a carefully gatekept bubble to ensure that Americans were fed a…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    From Profanity-Chic to Terrorist-Porn
    The Democratic Party is polling about 27% approval—and sinking. In 2024, it lost the White House, the House of Representatives, the Senate, and both the popular vote and the Electoral College, 312-226. In 2024, Donald Trump won over 46% of the Hispanic vote, including a majority of Hispanic men. Trump also likely captured 26% of…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    ‘Hoax-Peddlers’: Pentagon Spokesman Attacks Atlantic After More Signal Chat Messages Released
    On heels of the testimony of several leaders of the U.S. intelligence agencies, The Atlantic released additional screenshots from the Signal group chat that was composed of high-ranking Trump administration national security officials and accidentally also included The Atlantic’s Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg. “It’s no surprise hoax-peddlers at the Atlantic have already abandoned their ‘war plans’…
    Jacob Adams
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    The Left’s Tesla Terrorism Agenda
    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. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. I’d like to talk today about what I think I would call terror porn. Terror porn…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    ‘BIBLICAL TERRORIST’: Georgia Realtor Shares How Trans Activists Hounded Her Out of Her Job
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Transgender activists tried to hound a Georgia real estate agent out of business because the realtor urged a public library to move a sexually explicit book out of the children's section. When she sued, the judge dismissed her case. Now, the Georgia Court of Appeals has taken up her case and…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    The Pentagon’s War on Wasted Dollars
    So far, Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has swept through government agencies like the United States Agency for International Development, brushing off cobwebs and uncovering skeletons as it goes. Now, DOGE is set to enter a much bigger agency whose shortfalls demand reform: the Department of Defense. Long criticized for its budget woes, the DOD…
    Wilson Beaver | Anna Gustafson
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    House Panel Likely to Hold Hearings on Judges’ Rulings Thwarting Trump Admin Actions
    Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said he would be holding hearings as early as next week on recent judicial rulings against actions undertaken by the Trump administration. The announcement comes as several members of Congress are filing articles of impeachment against the federal judges who have stepped in to prevent…
    Jacob Adams
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    A New Kind of ‘Hate Map’ May Be Directing the Domestic Terrorism Against Tesla
    The Left cannot tolerate dissent, but it absolutely hates a heretic. Elon Musk has transformed from climate hero to anti-bureaucratic villain, and the Left's shock troops are wielding Molotov cocktails at the most accessible symbol of his influence: the Tesla. Of course, in doing so, these vandals don't harm Elon Musk, the hated godfather of…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Trump’s Overtures Toward Greenland Are Paying Off
    Acquiring Greenland remains a priority for the Trump administration, and there are signs that a deal may be inching closer to happening. You may have missed it, but President Donald Trump referred to Greenland in his joint address to Congress in early March. Trump said to the people of Greenland, “We strongly support your right to determine your…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Can Donald Trump Win a Trade War?
    President Donald Trump knows better than to treat the “honeymoon” a president gets in his first months of office as a time to relax. He’s fighting as hard now as he did at the height of last year’s campaign. He’s even started what critics call a trade war. Every week, the White House astonishes liberals—and…
    Daniel McCarthy
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    US Can Deport Green Card Holders Who Support Terrorism
    Last week, President Donald Trump began keeping yet another of his promises—this time, to deport foreign nationals who support terrorism. On Wednesday, the U.S. State Department “revoked the first visa of an alien who was previously cited for criminal behavior in connection with Hamas-supporting disruptions,” a department official told Fox News. “This individual was a…
    Jason Bedrick | Simon Hankinson
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    The Terroristic Meanings Behind Those ‘Pro-Palestinian’ Protest Slogans: A Guide
    Terrorist-supporting students and their off-campus allies took over yet another building at Barnard College in New York on Wednesday. The protesters blocked students from attending class, disrupted students studying in the library, and lynched Barnard’s president in effigy. As midterm exams approach and protest season comes into full swing, it’s an opportune time to explain…
    Jason Bedrick
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    Stop Abusing World War II History to Bash Trump
    I’ve had enough. This really needs to be said. History abuse must stop. If you’ve paid attention to the news recently, it’s been hard not to notice that analogies to World War II have become increasingly ridiculous, especially regarding the current conflict between Russia and Ukraine and President Donald Trump’s negotiations to end it. Western media…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Firings Disrupt the Pentagon Status Quo
    A series of Trump administration firings has shaken up the Pentagon status quo, drawing strong reactions from members of Congress. On Friday, President Donald Trump removed Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, one of the most high-ranking officials in the Pentagon. Brown had previously been criticized by…
    George Caldwell
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    Trump Admin’s War on Federal Bureaucracy Threatens Nancy Pelosi’s ‘Local Legacy’ in San Francisco
    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The Trump administration’s effort to rein in federal bureaucracy and spending has a new target in its crosshairs: one of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s favorite projects in the San Francisco area. President Donald Trump announced in a Wednesday executive order that his administration will look to cut the Presidio Trust to the fullest…
    Nick Pope
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    Trump Is ‘Reclaiming Control’: Senior White House Official Issues Warning to Defiant Bureaucrats
    OXON HILL, Md.—White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller said President Donald Trump is “reclaiming control” of the federal government after four “painful” years. “Every single day, the entire White House staff, the entire administration, the entire Cabinet on behalf of President Trump and his extraordinary leadership is getting the lies out of our…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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