Political Commentary & Opinion
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Don’t Look to Baby Boomers for Wisdom About Romance
Where are our wise elders? Reality TV stars Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist, who charmed Americans on “The Golden Bachelor,” announced Friday that their marriage was over, just three months after 7 million watched their emotional wedding. “I truly thought it was going to last forever,” Nist wrote of her marriage in an Instagram post…Katrina Trinko -
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This Soros-Funded DA Faces Recall Vote as Crime Ravages Blue County
An effort to recall a progressive, George Soros-funded district attorney in California has received enough signatures from voters to advance amid an upswing in crime, officials say. Organizers seeking to oust Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price collected 74,757 verified signatures in support of their effort to hold a recall election, over 1,000 more than…Robert Schmad -
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NPR Host’s Bid to Discredit Dissident Ex-Colleague Is an Epic Fail
National Public Radio senior editor Uri Berliner has been suspended for his unauthorized critique of the insular liberal bias of his network. NPR star and “Morning Edition” host Steve Inskeep took to his Substack blog to slam Berliner’s article as “filled with errors and omissions.” (Editor’s note: Berliner on Wednesday submitted his resignation from the…Tim Graham -
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Joining UAW Would Be Loser for Volkswagen Employees
Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tennessee, will vote this week on whether to join the United Auto Workers, and President Joe Biden is trying to help. Last month, Biden said, “I congratulate the Volkswagen autoworkers in Chattanooga who filed for a union election with the UAW.” The vote comes right after Tax Day, and union dues would represent another…Diana Furchtgott-Roth -
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A Celebrated Atheist’s Surprising Revelation on Christianity
For decades, avowed atheist Richard Dawkins has built a small industry attacking biblical Christianity and Christians, authoring books such as “The God Delusion.” That’s why so many were surprised by his recent statement proclaiming himself “a cultural Christian.” “And so you know, I love hymns and Christmas carols, and I sort of feel at home in the Christian…Timothy Goeglein -
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EXCLUSIVE: Congressman Calls on House to Pass Bill Banning Earmarks
Rep. Ralph Norman reintroduced a bill Wednesday aimed at stopping a form of federal spending known as earmarks. “I’ve always said that earmarks are evil,” Norman, R-N.C. told The Daily Signal. “They are sneaky in the way that they get tacked onto big, important spending packages to be automatically passed by the ‘uniparty’ with…Virginia Allen -
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Bill Aims to Stop Illegal Aliens From Squatting in US Homes
A new bill in Congress would stop illegal aliens from squatting in U.S. homes. “We’re trying to get out in front of it to protect American homeowners,” Rep. Dan Meuser, R-Pa., says. Leonel Moreno, an illegal immigrant from Venezuela, recently went viral on social media after a video post explaining how to take advantage of…Virginia Allen -
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Apologies for Government Response to COVID-19 Not Good Enough, Witnesses Say
America can’t move on from what happened during the mass government response to the COVID-19 pandemic. That was the message Tuesday at a House Judiciary Committee subcomittee hearing titled “Liberty, Tyranny, and Accountability: COVID-19 and the Constitution.” Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, said the government response to the pandemic triggered “some of the most aggressive usurpations…Jarrett Stepman -
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How Left-Wing Organizations Betray the Groups They Claim to Represent
The Communist Party of the Soviet Union—like most communist parties—came to power as the great defender of workers. In reality, the Soviet Communist Party didn’t give a hoot about Russian workers. The party was nothing more than a totalitarian organization that used workers to gain power—and then suppressed the proletariat, just as it suppressed every…Dennis Prager -
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WATCH: HHS Secretary Won’t Condemn Abortions Up Until Birth
Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra refused on Tuesday to condemn or even distance himself from abortions of unborn babies who are ready to be delivered. During a hearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Becerra repeatedly told Sen. John Kennedy that he supports the abortion limitations that were encompassed in Roe v. Wade, which…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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‘Unpacking’ the Court: Why the Left Wants Sotomayor Gone
Ever since losing control of the Supreme Court to a nominally conservative majority, many of the same liberals who have brazenly called for “packing the court” are now just as brazenly seeking to unpack it. If ever there was proof that the Left views the Supreme Court as just another legislative body to lobby for…Peter Parisi -
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DC Mayor Mum on Motorbikes on City Streets Without License Plates
The mayor’s office in Washington, D.C., has remained silent on widespread license-plate violations in the city following a Daily Signal investigation of the phenomenon of unlicensed drivers. Men and women alike—many of them in the country illegally—are driving motorized bikes around the District of Columbia without license plates. Some of the riders of the motorcycles…Virginia Allen -
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Trump’s New York Trial Has Officially Begun. Here’s What’s at Stake.
Jury selection began Monday in the first of former President Donald Trump’s criminal cases to go to trial, a case legal experts say is the weakest and most political but could nevertheless result in a conviction in the overwhelmingly Democratic New York county. The trial for Trump’s hush money case, expected to last between six and eight…Katelynn Richardson -
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Johnson Vows Not to Resign, as Second GOP Lawmaker Announces Support for Ouster
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., announced on social media Tuesday that he’s co-sponsoring a motion to vacate the chair against House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La. In doing so, Massie joined the motion to vacate push against Johnson launched by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., in March. Massie is the first other Republican to back Greene in the effort….Jarrett Stepman -
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NPR Suspends Editor Who Blew Whistle on Left-Wing Takeover of Newsroom
National Public Radio on Friday officially suspended veteran editor Uri Berliner, who recently published an essay exposing the government-funded outlet’s alleged bias during former President Donald Trump’s presidency. Berliner, who has worked at NPR for 25 years, alleged in the essay published in The Free Press that the outlet was seeking to take down Trump during his presidency by citing Russia-collusion…Jason Cohen -
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California Cares More About Virtue Signaling Than Alleviating Homelessness
California spends an astounding amount of money to combat homelessness. Presumably. I know this is a crazy question to ask, but does all that spending actually do anything to reduce the amount of homelessness? The answer from California’s state agencies tasked with running homelessness programs seems to be no more than a shrug. According to…Jarrett Stepman -
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Sayonara, Chevron
It’s time for the Supreme Court to jettison the doctrine known as Chevron deference, which forces federal courts to surrender their judicial function to the unaccountable bureaucrats of the administrative state. This past January, the high court heard arguments in two cases—Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless Inc. v. Commerce Department—that present the opportunity…Steve Bradbury -
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Antiwar Activists Chant ‘Death to America’ at Event Featuring Chicago Alderman
Chicago Alderman Byron Sigcho-Lopez, a member of the mayor’s leadership team, headlined an event Saturday at which some participants chanted “Death to America” and plotted ways to disrupt this summer’s Democratic National Convention in the city. Sigcho-Lopez made headlines last month for appearing at another anti-convention protest, where he spoke next to a burned American…Robert B. Bluey -
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Iraqi Prime Minister’s ‘Potemkin’ Visit to Washington
While Israel decides its next steps in responding to Iran’s unprecedented attack over the weekend, the White House welcomed Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani. His visit took place Monday in the Oval Office, where he sat down with President Joe Biden to discuss the U.S. mission in Iraq. Unfortunately, this invitation to Washington only…Nicole Robinson -
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Why Doctors Amputated 2 Fingers From This Man’s Hand
In what is called the first described case of “digits amputation,” Canadian doctors surgically removed two healthy fingers from a young man who was experiencing “body integrity dysphoria.” The sad, bizarre account, published March 27 in the open-access journal Clinical Case Reports, is linked to surgical interventions for gender dysphoria. This similar yet distinct case underscores the…Joshua Arnold