Political Commentary & Opinion
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Third-Largest Teachers Union Faces Demise of Its Own Making
In a frantic attempt to preserve its monopoly over the Miami-Dade County Public Schools, attorneys for the Florida union currently representing the district’s 24,000-plus teachers and support staff are relying on a strategy that has the potential to backfire and leave its members without workplace representation altogether. On March 18, United Teachers of Dade, using an…Brent Urbanik -
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Organization That Wants to Cut Carbon Emissions Sues to Close Zero-Emission Nuclear Power Plant
An environmentalist nonprofit that seeks to cut carbon emissions and promote clean energy is suing to stop the Biden administration from funding a zero-emission power plant. The Department of Energy announced in January that it had approved a $1.1 billion credit payment to the Diablo Canyon Power Plant, a nuclear facility on the Central California coast,…Robert Schmad -
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Increased Crime Cutting Into Small-Business Earnings, Survey of Owners Finds
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—One-third of small-business owners say increased crime is cutting into their earnings, and 7 in 10 grade President Joe Biden’s performance negatively in terms of helping small businesses, a new poll finds. Pollsters John McLaughlin and Scott Rasmussen conducted the survey, along with the Job Creators Network Foundation in March, among 400…Mary Elise Cosgray -
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Only Two States in America Have a Majority of Households That Consist of Traditional Families
Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming all share common borders and something else that matters more. According to data the Census Bureau gathered in 2020, these were three of the four states that had the highest percentages of households headed by married couples of the opposite sex. New Hampshire also ranked in the top four. In 2020,…Terence Jeffrey -
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The Cut Flowers Civilization
This week, famed British atheist Richard Dawkins explained that he was a “cultural Christian.” Praising civilization in the United Kingdom, Dawkins stated: I do think that we are culturally a Christian country. I call myself a cultural Christian. I’m not a believer. But there is a distinction between being a believing Christian and being a…Ben Shapiro -
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Americans Face Higher Costs Under EPA’s Electric Truck Mandate
One week the Environmental Protection Agency comes for our gasoline-powered cars, the next for our diesel-powered trucks. EPA chose Good Friday, when many Americans were preparing to celebrate Easter Sunday (if not Transgender Day of Visibility), to release a new rule requiring that 25% of truck sales be electric by 2032. Practically everything Americans use…Diana Furchtgott-Roth -
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‘Ridiculous and Laughable’: Subpoenaed CEO Blames Conservative Legal Activist for ESG Probe
An executive subpoenaed in the House’s investigation of companies involved in so-called ESG policies claims conservative legal activist Leonard Leo is behind a “crusade” to stop the corporate practice. ESG is an acronym for environmental, social, and governance practices that promote left-leaning activism among companies and corporations. The House Judiciary Committee is investigating numerous companies…Fred Lucas -
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Automobile ‘Bidenvilles’ Are the New Shantytowns Amid US Housing Affordability Crisis
When people couldn’t afford housing during the Great Depression, they built shantytowns from scrap construction supplies and named them “Hoovervilles,” after President Herbert Hoover. Today, Americans increasingly live out of their cars because they can’t afford housing. If history is any guide, will parking lots full of Americans soon be known as “Bidenvilles”? The problem…EJ Antoni -
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Fact-Checking Wind and Solar Claims: Climate Expert Makes Case for ‘Realism’
Wind, solar, and electric vehicles aren’t the clean energy accomplishments that many claim, climatologist David Legates says. “The lithium … all of the rare earth minerals that are necessary for the batteries, that are necessary for the solar panels, that are necessary for the wind turbines … are called rare earths,” Legates explains on “The…Virginia Allen -
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NYC: Sucker Punch City
“How many more police officers and how many families need to make the ultimate sacrifice before we start protecting them?” Stephanie Diller asked in a moving eulogy to her slain NYPD officer husband. This past weekend a funeral was held for Officer Jonathan Diller, who was fatally shot during a traffic stop in Far Rockaway,…Jarrett Stepman -
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EXCLUSIVE: Movie Would Share ‘Gut-Wrenching Story’ of Man Who Tried to Become a Trans Woman
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Cross-dressed by his grandmother as a child, abused by his uncle, confused and hurting, Walt Heyer sought to become a woman. As a young man, he underwent attempted gender-reassignment surgery, lived as a trans-identifying woman for eight years, and ultimately detransitioned. Heyer, now 83, has spent the past few decades offering…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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National Council of Teachers of English Hosts Seminar on How to Teach ‘Gender Queer’
The National Council of Teachers of English, a professional development organization, hosted remote training to instruct K-12 teachers on how to teach the controversial book “Gender Queer” in their “classrooms, libraries, and communities.” The NCTE, which boasts 25,000 members around the United States, hosted a panel including “Gender Queer” author Maia Kobabe and an “LGBTQIA+…Tony Kinnett -
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Earth to Planet Fitness: Women Don’t Want to Share Locker Rooms With Faux Females
What planet are these people living on, anyway? The Planet Fitness gym chain has been in the news of late after a self-described “queer” man who says he identifies as a woman was allowed to use the women’s locker room at a Planet Fitness in Fairbanks, Alaska. When Patricia Silva, an actual XX-chromosome female member of the…Peter Parisi -
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REVOLTING: Crybaby Journos Give NBC Brass the Bird
Ronna Romney McDaniel was with MSNBC for just four days. Sharing airwaves with the former Republican National Committee chairwoman was more than her colleagues could bear. They curled their lips, as if she had the cooties. “It goes without saying that she will not be a guest on ‘Morning Joe’ in her capacity as a paid contributor,”…Deroy Murdock -
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Why Nonprofits Serving Poor, Homeless Should Stop Taking Government Money
After spending years serving the needs of the poor and homeless through nonprofit ministry, James Whitford says he learned that “it’s good for nonprofits … to stay away from government funding.” Whitford, the co-founder and CEO of True Charity, a national initiative to reform charity work, started serving the poor through a ministry called Watered…Virginia Allen -
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The Way to Cuba’s Heart Is Through the Internet
Cuba’s repressive communist dictatorship relies on more than brute force to oppress its people. The Castros and their successors keep Cubans in line by controlling what information they can receive and transmit. That’s why, when demonstrations against shortages of food and other necessities began on March 17, the regime cut the state-provided internet to stop the…Victoria Coates -
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Only Democrats Get to Lie on NBC News
Ronna McDaniel, formerly chair of the Republican National Committee, was recently hired and subsequently fired by NBC News when the “talent,” unable to countenance even moderate dissent, revolted on air. The entire kerfuffle is unsurprising considering the state of modern “media.” But one of the funniest moments of the McDaniel blowup came when host and…David Harsanyi -
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Cable TV Channel to Celebrate Easter at Museum of the Bible
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—A top 100 cable TV channel is celebrating Easter with an event at the Museum of the Bible, a Good Friday film, and an uplifting made-for-TV movie on Easter Sunday. “We want to tell real-life stories that ultimately are positive in nature and really focus on the best of faith, family, and country,” Bill…Tyler O’Neil -
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A Masterful Dissection of Lenin’s Evil Legacy
Historian and commentator Bill Whittle sat down recently with The Daily Signal to discuss the latest season of “What We Saw,” a critically acclaimed documentary series from The Daily Wire. In the new season, called “Empire of Terror,” Whittle picks apart the largely unknown history of the rise of the Soviet Union and how it…Tony Kinnett -
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Woman Graphically Describes Holding Her Chemically Aborted Baby on Bloody Bathroom Floor
A woman who considers herself the victim of a chemical abortion says she “was not prepared for how severe and devastating” the abortion-inducing drugs she took would be. In an interview with The Daily Signal, Elizabeth Gillette said she took prescribed drugs in 2010 to abort her unborn baby. She now deeply regrets the abortion, Gillette…Mary Elise Cosgray