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    ‘Socialist’ Nordic Countries Are Actually Moving Toward Private Health Care
    Rising support for socialism in the United States comes at a time when politicians like Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., promise a great many “free” services, to be provided or guaranteed by the government. Supporters often point to nations with large social programs, such as Canada, the United Kingdom, and the Scandinavian states, particularly when it…
    Kevin Pham
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    Problematic Women: Women Are Increasingly Embracing Socialism … but Why?
    In a recent poll for “Axios on HBO,” 55% of American women say they would prefer to live in a socialist country over a capitalist country. This week on “Problematic Women,” we discuss why women are embracing socialism and what can be done to stop this trend. Also, we break down why freshman Rep. Alexandria…
    Lauren Evans | Kelsey Bolar
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    How 1 Trump Official Restrained an Out-of-Control Agency
    In one of her first public speeches as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Kathy Kraninger stated that the agency would switch its focus to working with financial institutions to protect consumers, rather than enforcing laws against them as the first option of protection. She is exactly right. When reading the name of the…
    Jeff Joseph
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    Socialism, the True Gospel of Greed
    “Tonight, we renew our resolve that America will never be a socialist country.” That’s from President Donald Trump’s last State of the Union address. I’m sure many people found it as encouraging as I did, especially in light of surveys indicating that socialism is gaining popularity here in the United States. And not just at…
    Ed Feulner
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    Homeland Security Chief Tells Congress the Border Crisis Is ‘Unlike Anything We’ve Seen’
    Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan appeared before a Senate committee Tuesday and reiterated his requests for Congress to help fix the border crisis. “It’s been over 18 months since the administration asked for the legislative fixes that would’ve prevented the current crisis, and 40 days since we asked for the emergency funding necessary to…
    Jason Hopkins
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    What Americans Really Think About Socialism
    A new Gallup poll confirms what other surveys have reported: A disturbingly high percentage of Americans, about 4 in 10, now look favorably on socialism. Forty-seven percent of Americans even say they would vote for a socialist candidate for president. What’s going on here? Is Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., that persuasive? Are that many Americans ready…
    Lee Edwards
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    Scott Rasmussen Explains Pollsters’ Flaws on Trump, Socialism
    Scott Rasmussen founded one of the leading polling firms in America. He’s observed decades of polling trends and knows the industry better than anyone. I had the chance to sit down with Scott recently to discuss some of the major trends in American public opinion. Read the interview, posted below, or listen on the podcast:…
    Daniel Davis
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    A Mark That Misses the Mark: House Democrats and the National Defense Authorization Act
    The Democrat-controlled House Armed Services subcommittee on strategic forces is advancing policies on nuclear weapons and missile defense that would make the U.S. and its allies less safe. This is evident in the markup (or the subcommittee’s version) of the National Defense Authorization Act, which it released Tuesday. For example, the markup prohibits funding for…
    Michaela Dodge
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    Why the Indo-Pacific is the Pentagon’s ‘Priority Theater’
    The Department of Defense’s Indo-Pacific Strategy Report, released June 1, is most remarkable for its clarity. It underscores America’s enduring commitment to the region, which some of us have been trying to explain to our friends abroad since the presidential election in November 2016. It’s also crystal clear on the China challenge in ways that…
    Walter Lohman
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    Why a Former CEO Says Capitalism, Not Socialism, Encourages Morality
    Andy Puzder grew up in a blue-collar home. He went on to be the CEO of a major fast-food company and he credits capitalism for helping him improve his lot in life. Now he wants young Americans to understand that socialism isn’t just ineffective, but is morally inferior to capitalism. Read the interview, posted below,…
    Daniel Davis
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    Why Conservatives Should Take Heart Despite Socialist Upsurge
    Socialism is the zombie ideology of our era: It fails everywhere, and yet it keeps rising back from the dead. Despite embarrassing socialist failures in China, Russia, North Korea, Cuba, and now Venezuela, the true believers march onward. Good intentions are unassailable. The revolution must go on. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., arguably has done more…
    Daniel Davis
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    Podcast: Andy Biggs on Mueller’s Statement, Border Security
    Special Counsel Robert Mueller recently broke his silence on the Russia investigation, and Democrats are ramping up calls for impeachment. Today, Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., joins the podcast to weigh in on Mueller, impeachment, and a subject very important to his state: border security. We also cover these stories: President Donald Trump steps up attacks…
    Daniel Davis
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    The Weaponization of Feeling ‘Unsafe’
    “I don’t feel safe,” says a Harvard student in a video. What threatens her? The dean of her Harvard dormitory, law professor Ronald Sullivan, agreed to be part of accused sexual harasser Harvey Weinstein’s legal defense team. Sullivan and his wife were deans of the dormitory for years, but no matter. Now the professor is…
    John Stossel
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    Podcast: How to Achieve Racial Unity in America
    We live in divided times—that’s no secret. And sometimes, those divisions fall along racial lines. Former NFL player Miles McPherson dealt with racism daily growing up in an interracial family. Now as a pastor, he’s seeking to build a more perfect and racially unified nation. Today, I’ll have Pastor McPherson on the show to share…
    Daniel Davis
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    Federal Transportation Officials Launch Probe of Chick-Fil-A Bans
    The U.S. Department of Transportation announced Friday that it will investigate whether two airports violated federal law or transportation regulations by denying a contract to Chick-fil-A on religious grounds. “The Department has received complaints alleging discrimination by two airport operators against a private company due to the expression of the owner’s religious beliefs,” DOT said…
    Molly Prince
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    Liberals Seeking to Jail Top Trump Administration Officials Face Big Obstacles
    Some congressional Democrats want nothing more than to hand Attorney General William Barr and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin (among others) a “GO DIRECTLY TO JAIL” card like the ones you find in the game of Monopoly. But calls to lock them up are unjustified and uncalled for. What would jailing two Cabinet members be based…
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    Socialism Promises a Utopia, but Delivers Suffering
    Presidential contenders are in a battle to out-give one another. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., proposes a whopping $50,000 per student college loan forgiveness. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., proposes free health care for all Americans plus illegal aliens. Most Democratic presidential candidates promise free stuff that includes free college, universal income, “Medicare for All,” and debt…
    Walter E. Williams
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    New York Helped Birth the Entrepreneurial Spirit. Now, It’s Exporting Socialism.
    “As goes (insert state), so goes the nation…” is one of the most overused clichés in modern political writing. It’s used to describe the outsized influence some states have over the nation as a whole. But the dangerous thing about clichés is that sometimes, they’re true. It was New York that nurtured and exported the…
    Jadan Horyn
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    This Congresswoman Has a Warning for High Schoolers About Socialism
    Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., is taking a leading role Tuesday to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment’s passage in the U.S. House on May 21, 1919. The Daily Signal recently spoke to her about a range of issues affecting her constituents, including the disconnect between the people in Washington state and Washington,…
    Robert B. Bluey
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    In Defense of Wealth
    There’s been a lot of conversation these days among America’s wealthy class about whether capitalism can—or even should—survive in an age of increasing wealth disparity. Some, like billionaire hedge fund owner Ray Dalio, seem downright ambivalent about their wealth. Dalio, whose net worth stands at about $14 billion, believes that wealth disparities between rich and…
    Armstrong Williams
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