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    MSNBC’s Chuck Todd Keeps ‘Climate Deniers’ Off His Hourlong Global Warming Special
    NBC’s “Meet the Press” devoted the full hour of its Sunday program to talk about climate change, and the show focused the bulk of its time discussing the matter with a who’s who of climate activists. MSNBC host Chuck Todd kicked off the program with a promise to the audience: the show will avoid debating the science…
    Chris White
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  • opinion

    3 Times Special Prosecutors Were Fired
    Democrats and a few Republicans—most notably among the latter outgoing Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona—have pushed legislation to protect special counsel Robert Mueller from being fired by the president. For his part, President Donald Trump has repeatedly insisted he doesn’t intend to fire Mueller. Still, critics of the president are not convinced. The legislation isn’t…
    Fred Lucas
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    Democrats Question Judicial Nominee About Membership in Catholic Association
    Two Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee are pressing a nominee for the Nebraska federal trial court about his membership in the Knights of Columbus, a fraternal service organization of the Catholic Church. Democratic Sens. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii and Kamala Harris of California submitted written questions in December to Brian Buescher, an Omaha lawyer nominated to the U.S. District Court for…
    Kevin Daley
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    House Freedom Caucus Pushes GOP Leadership on Border Security as Shutdown Looms
    Now in the final days of their control of the House, Republicans have failed to make good on a major promise they made to voters—namely, funding the border wall to curb illegal immigration, the former chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus said. But some caucus members are holding out hope for a last-minute breakthrough….
    Fred Lucas
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    By Democrats’ Own Standard, We Have a Judicial Vacancy Crisis
    Words like “crisis” are in the eye of the political beholder. But it’s hard to pick a better one to describe the current state of vacancies in the federal courts. Today, 126 positions on the U.S. District Court and U.S. Court of Appeals are vacant. In fact, we’re in the longest period of triple-digit vacancies…
    Thomas Jipping
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  • opinion

    The Peace Cross Honoring Fallen Veterans Should Not Be Bulldozed
    Forty-nine families in Prince George’s County, Maryland, lost their sons in World War I. With their loved ones buried in European theaters of war, most of the families could not visit the graves. So in 1925, the American Legion and the Gold Star families erected a monument in the county to them—and all soldiers who…
    Emilie Kao
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    The Breakdown of Family and Religion Explains France’s Social Unrest
    As France is gripped by civil disorder, many commentators identify, quite correctly, as the culprit the outsized burden that France’s bloated welfare state places on its citizens. According a recent report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the highest tax burden in the industrialized world is in France—46.1 percent of gross domestic product….
    Star Parker
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    America’s Debt to Veterans Doesn’t Require More Red Ink
    As the 115th Congress comes to a close, America is once more faced with the prospect of legislators who have retired or been voted out of office being in a position to make bad decisions on their way out the door. So-called “lame duck” legislative sessions frequently produce laws that benefit narrow special interests and…
    David Ditch
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    France Protests Are Warning to American Politicians Who Ignore Forgotten Man
    The European elites can’t be happy with what is happening in France. Over the last month, hundreds of thousands of angry French citizens have joined in “yellow vest” protests, initially sparked by proposed carbon taxes on fuel. This weekend, protester turnout was down, but the violence was up. While the destructive rioting should be deplored,…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    What the New Socialists in Congress Need to Know About Poverty
    In a few short weeks, America will welcome the 116th Congress. Among the loud and celebrated voices in the new Congress are those who not only accept socialism as a viable option for America, but also those who celebrate their ties to organizations like the Democratic Socialists of America. Incoming Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New…
    Xavier Underwood
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    Our Ignorance of Socialism Is Dangerous
    A recent Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation survey found that 51 percent of American millennials would rather live in a socialist or communist country than in a capitalist country. Only 42 percent prefer the latter. Twenty-five percent of millennials who know who Vladimir Lenin was view him favorably. Lenin was the first premier of the…
    Walter E. Williams
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    Flake Continues to Hold Judicial Confirmations Hostage to Vote on Mueller Protection Bill
    Retiring Sen. Jeff Flake is staying true to his pledge to not advance judicial nominees in the Senate Judiciary Committee, unless a bill that would prevent President Donald Trump from firing special counsel Robert Mueller gets a Senate vote. “It is not productive,” said Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, per Politico. “One of the greatest substantive…
    Rachel del Guidice
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    Where Trump’s Judicial Picks Stand at the End of This Congress
    The 115th Congress is almost finished, with the Senate expected to adjourn by Dec. 14. What does that mean for the process of filling positions in the judicial and executive branches? First, here’s how it usually works. The majority and minority typically agree to confirm a group of nominees in the last few days of…
    Thomas Jipping
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  • opinion

    Personnel Issues Are Stymieing the Pentagon’s Cybercapabilities
    The Pentagon in October revealed the details of a cyberbreach of the Defense Department’s travel system, which compromised the credit card information of more than 30,000 current and prospective Pentagon employees. Ironically, this revelation came on the heels of a concerted Defense Department effort to both increase the security of its systems and onboard new…
    Will Thatcher | James Di Pane
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    5 Key Themes at the First Lady’s Opioid Town Hall With Eric Bolling
    First lady Melania Trump welcomed media attention to how the administration is confronting the opioid drug crisis during her appearance Wednesday at a “town hall” on the subject at Liberty University. That would be a change of approach, she said. “I would like that they’re focused more on what we’re doing, and what we want…
    Ginny Montalbano
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  • opinion

    Dear TSA, Please Stop Molesting Kids at the Airport
    The other day—after slogging through a check-in line at one of the nation’s busiest airports, dutifully removing my shoes and belt, and checking my bag and pockets for other potentially dangerous items (water and loose change)—I was pulled aside by a crack Transportation Security Administration agent so he could further investigate the contents of my…
    David Harsanyi
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  • opinion

    Podcast: The Military Spouses Behind R. Riveter
    November is Military Families Month and today we’re recognizing the achievements of R. Riveter, a handbag company founded and run by military spouses. On today’s show, we feature an interview with Lisa Bradley, a finalist for this year’s Small Business Award for Veteran and Military Spouse Employment from Hiring Our Heroes.  Bradley, along with fellow military spouse…
    Robert B. Bluey | Ginny Montalbano
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  • opinion

    A Lesson in Racial Politics From Florida
    Now that, finally, the elections in Florida have reached a conclusion, there are lessons worth learning. One is on the subject of race. There was a fateful anomaly in racial voting in the governor’s race between Democrat Andrew Gillum and Republican Rick DeSantis, now Florida’s governor-elect. Given that Gillum, formerly mayor of Tallahassee, was running…
    Star Parker
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  • opinion

    We Hear You: Recounting Votes, Feeding Anti-Semitism, and Promoting Socialism
    Editor's note: Here we go again with election recounts in Florida, and The Daily Signal's audience is none too pleased. This week's mailbag begins with some of those comments. Remember to write us at [email protected].—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: Once again we see the double standard, as Fred Lucas reports on the Florida recounts (“Trump…
    Ken McIntyre
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    After Doing ‘More Than Anyone’ for Veterans, Trump Vows He’s Not Finished
    Toppling the bureaucratic stronghold at the Department of Veterans Affairs and expanding education opportunities and mental health treatment for former soldiers, sailors, and airmen are among the achievements President Donald Trump touted Thursday. After visiting Marine barracks in Washington earlier in the day, the president returned to deliver remarks at the White House. “We will…
    Fred Lucas
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