Political Commentary & Opinion
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DC Holds Training Sessions for Noncitizens to Vote
An agency of the District of Columbia held a training session last month to teach illegal immigrants and other noncitizens how to vote, according to documents obtained by the watchdog group Judicial Watch. News of the training session held by the local government in the nation’s capital comes as House Republicans push a bill—with the…Fred Lucas -
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18 States Fight Federal Trans Agenda on Pronouns, Bathrooms
In response to new federal rules on pronouns and bathrooms based on gender identity, 18 state attorneys general are suing the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The lawsuit, led by Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, a Republican, was filed Monday in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee. “This end-run around our constitutional…Fred Lucas -
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Charge of ‘Genocide’ Is Blood Libel of Our Time
In medieval Europe, Christians who hated Jews spread the lie that Jews kidnap Christian children, slaughter them, and use their blood to bake matzos for Passover. This lie became known as “the Blood Libel,” probably the greatest libel in history. Over the course of many centuries, Jews were tortured and killed, often by being burned…Dennis Prager -
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SOCIETAL ROT, Part 2: In & Out Burger Restaurant a Casualty of Prosecutor’s Failures
Second in a five-part series. Read part 1 here. Societal rot is a choice. The In-N-Out Burger chain was begun in California in 1948 in the Baldwin Park area of Los Angeles and has expanded to more than 400 eateries in eight states and 287 cities. Until March 24, the company had never closed a…Zack Smith -
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BASED: Frat Boys Cause a Sensation by Defending Old Glory
As anti-Israel rioters occupy college campuses and harass Jewish students in the name of supporting Palestine, brave young men are standing up to them, rallying around the American flag and the national anthem in counterprotest. This patriotic—or, as conservative Gen Zers might say, “based”—backlash may set a new tone as America moves from a destructive…Tyler O’Neil -
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EXCLUSIVE: DOJ’s Kristen Clarke Asked Ex-Husband to Say She Wasn’t an Abuser During Confirmation Process, Ex Alleges
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Justice Department’s Kristen Clarke allegedly reached out to her ex-husband Reginald Avery in May 2021, he told The Daily Signal, asking him for a statement saying that she was not a domestic abuser during a confirmation process where she did not disclose her past arrest. The revelation is significant given…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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Actor Steve Buscemi Assaulted in New York. Here’s How the Big Apple Became Sucker Punch City.
Editor’s note: Actor Steve Buscemi was the victim of an assault on Wednesday, according to his publicist. “Steve Buscemi was assaulted in Mid-Town Manhattan, another victim of a random act of violence in the city. He is ok and appreciates everyone’s well wishes, though incredibly sad for everyone that this has happened to while also walking…Jarrett Stepman -
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Someone’s Going to Have to Pay a Lot for Your Social Security
In just nine years, the oldest Gen Xers will reach Social Security’s normal retirement age of 67. But they will have a rude awakening when they learn that the program’s trust fund is empty, leaving it able to pay out only as much in benefits as it takes from the paychecks of those then working….Rachel Greszler -
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SOCIETAL ROT, Part 1: Businesses Destroyed by Rampant Crime
This is the first of a five-part series. The iconic Macy’s department store on Union Square in the heart of San Francisco is closing because of rampant theft and the societal rot that have infected the city. The massive 400,000-square-foot flagship building, which anchors an entire side of Union Square, has been in business for…Cully Stimson -
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This Is the Next Generation of Marxism
The protests in the summer of 2020 after George Floyd’s death in police custody and today’s antisemitic, pro-Palestine protests on college campuses are rooted in the same ideology of Marxism, Katharine Gorka says. Marxism preaches that the world “is divided between oppressor and oppressed,” says Gorka, co-author with Heritage Foundation scholar Mike Gonzalez of the…Virginia Allen -
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He Prayed With 12 Presidents. Now, He’s Finally Getting a Statue in the Capitol.
The Devil made great advances in the 20th century, from the increase in abortion after Roe v. Wade to the great secularization of America’s public institutions, which seem increasingly hostile to the truth of the Gospel. Yet the Holy Spirit moved through one man perhaps more than any other to enliven the American church during…Tyler O’Neil -
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Oklahoma Takes Center Stage in Anti-ESG Fight
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt passionately defended the state’s anti-ESG law after a judge temporarily blocked it from being enforced. “We’re not going to let companies come into Oklahoma and attack our oil and gas industry,” Stitt said about the 2022 law. “That’s what the treasurer is trying to do, and we certainly support the treasurer…Robert B. Bluey -
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Why the End of the Boy Scouts Matters
The Boy Scouts are no more. The organization, once well known for helping shape boys into good men, allowed girls to join in 2017. Now the group is going a step further, announcing its new name as of February will be Scouting America. What a loss for Americans—both men and women. In recent days, we’ve…Katrina Trinko -
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Mercedes-Benz Workers in Alabama Facing Unionization Pressure
More than 5,000 Mercedes-Benz workers in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, will vote on May 13 through 17 on whether to join the United Auto Workers, and German activist unions are pressuring them to get on board. The Alabama and South Carolina plants are the only Mercedes plants in the world not to be unionized, and IG Metall,…Diana Furchtgott-Roth -
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Questions for Moms and Dads on Mother’s Day
Many Americans could affirm what Abraham Lincoln is supposed to have said: “All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.” Unfortunately, moms and dads increasingly deemphasize marriage and parenting, instead choosing to focus on paid work. This Mother’s Day, we should reject the culture and affirm the importance of…Derrick Morgan -
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The Making of an American Banana Republic
It is a presidential election year, and a leading candidate for president of the United States, who also happens to be a former president of the United States, is currently a criminal defendant chained to a dingy courtroom four days of the week—time that he should be spending interacting with voters out on the campaign…Josh Hammer -
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CNN Fails to Fact-Check Biden’s Falsehood-Filled Interview
On Wednesday, President Joe Biden took the very unusual step of submitting to an interviewer who was an actual journalist (not like Howard Stern or Drew Barrymore). It wouldn’t be long before he started mangling his record—and Donald Trump’s. CNN reporter Erin Burnett began with how Trump’s promises of new jobs in Wisconsin didn’t come…Tim Graham -
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Bloodlust: The Left’s Politicization of Secret Service Protection
Apart from the taxpayer-funded lawfare being waged against former President Donald Trump by leftist prosecutors in New York, Atlanta, and Washington, there is no clearer proof that the Left has embraced “by any means necessary” as its credo than the politicization of Secret Service protection of President Joe Biden’s presidential rivals. Not only has Biden’s Department…Peter Parisi -
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The Troubling Ramifications of UN Resolution on Quasi-Statehood for Palestine
The United Nations General Assembly is expected to vote Friday on one of the worst resolutions to come before that body: One that would confer upon the “state of Palestine” many of the rights and privileges reserved for member states. The U.S. and other U.N. member states should reject it. (Editor’s note: The resolution passed Friday morning…Brett Schaefer -
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Stories of Young People Whose Bodies Were Sacrificed on Altar of ‘Gender Ideology Cult’
The cross-sex hormones, puberty blockers, and surgeries being prescribed to young people struggling with their gender identity are “experimental,” according to Mary Margaret Olohan. “We don’t actually know what kind of effects that the puberty blockers and hormones are having on these young people,” Olohan says of women and men who attempt to change their…Virginia Allen