Political Commentary & Opinion
Analysis, commentary, and opinion essays on politics and policy from The Daily Signal’s contributors and experts.
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opinion
UK Silent Prayer Arrests Prompt International Embarrassment
A fever of censorship has seemed to descend upon the British Isles lately, and the world—especially the U.S.—finally may be waking up to it. Scotland began enforcing its new “hate speech” law on April Fool’s Day (of course), sparking defiance and ridicule by biological realist and Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling, who embarrassed the… -
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The Legacy Media’s Breathless Coverage of Trump’s ‘Hush Money Criminal Trial’
The Democrats want to run for office on the issue of “democracy” because they think the Republicans are somehow opposed to it. They never sound stranger than when they warn that a reelected Donald Trump will use the powers of government for revenge on his political enemies. They can’t grasp the fact that many voters… -
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Defeating the Radical Left: Chris Rufo Talks Strategy and Resilience
Chris Rufo wrote “America’s Cultural Revolution” last year as a warning to conservatives about the radical Left‘s takeover of institutions—from business and government to education and entertainment. In addition to being an exposé, it also served as a call to action. Now, a year later, Rufo is optimistic that Americans, including some to left of… -
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‘Money Going Around’: Worker Reveals Why Hotels Are ‘Loving’ NYC’s Shelters for Illegal Aliens
Hotels involved in the resettlement of illegal immigrants are making lots of money through New York City’s shelter program, a former hotel worker said Monday on Fox News Channel. The average cost of a hotel room jumped from $277.92 in 2022 to $301.61 in 2023, and more than 130 hotels have joined the city’s shelter… -
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Judge Smacks Down Jack Smith’s Gag Order Request, Warns of Future Sanctions for Flouting ‘Basic Requirements’
The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case rejected on Tuesday special counsel Jack Smith’s request to impose a gag order, admonishing his team for their failure to “meaningful[ly] confer” with the defense. Trump’s attorneys aired their frustration Monday night with prosecutors’ decision to file the motion before the Memorial Day weekend without first conferring… -
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Health Insurance Plan Can’t Exclude Gender-Transition Surgeries, Court Rules
A federal court is declaring that employers must cover gender-transition surgeries for their employees in their health insurance plans. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit ruled last week that a refusal by an employer to cover gender-transition surgeries in an employee’s health insurance violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of… -
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US Population Growth Shifts Away From Largest Cities
There are 124 cities with a population over 200,000 in the U.S. According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s population estimates for last year, more than 90% of the U.S. population growth last year took place outside of its 124 largest cities. About a third of those cities lost population last year. The total growth in the population… -
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Her Husband Paid the Ultimate Sacrifice in Service to America
Audri Beugelsdijk had been married for less than 11 weeks when she received a visit from a casualty officer. Her husband has been lost at sea on the USS Kinkaid. “It’s just the last thing that you could imagine happening and it just turned my world upside down,” Beugelsdijk says. Beugelsdijk and her husband Jason… -
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Houston Storm Reveals Downside of Forced Electrification
We live in a world with more and more devices that require charging. Nothing shows the downside of that better than the recent storm that hit Houston, where thousands of residents still lack power. Houstonians with electric stoves can’t cook, those with electric water heaters lack hot water—and those with electric cars can’t charge them…. -
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Biden’s Indifference to Americans’ Plight of Soaring Food Prices Is Appalling
If you’re having trouble affording groceries, don’t expect sympathy from the White House. In a recent interview, President Joe Biden was told that food prices are up more than 30% on his watch. But he casually dismissed this fact, claiming people have money to pay those elevated prices. This doesn’t just demonstrate Biden’s tone-deafness to… -
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DOJ Puts Pro-Life Grandmother Behind Bars for Trying to Stop Abortions
Pro-life activist Heather Idoni received a sentence of 24 months in prison on Wednesday, convicted of federal conspiracy against rights and Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act charges brought by the Justice Department. Idoni, 59, will spend two years in prison for trying to stop abortions from taking place at a Washington, D.C.,… -
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Loose Talk About the End of Everything
After a recent summit between new partners China and Russia, Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin issued an odd, one-sentence communique: “There can be no winners in a nuclear war and it should never be fought.” No one would disagree, even though several officials of both hypocritical governments have previously threatened their… -
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You and What Army, ICC?
The same day the Biden administration and the European Union offered their condolences over the death of Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi—the “Butcher of Tehran”—the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, sought the arrest of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli war council members over imaginary war crimes. The first question we… -
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The Most Important Trait for Yale’s Next President: Courage
On Aug. 31 Yale’s 23rd president, Peter Salovey, announced he would be stepping down. Since this announcement, much has transpired in the world of American higher education: the resignation of Harvard and UPenn presidents, the creation of campus encampments nationwide, and the cancelation of commencements at Columbia and USC. These developments point to an American… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Fauci ‘Could Be Indicted’ for Destruction of Records, Rand Paul Says
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., contends there are grounds to prosecute Dr. Anthony Fauci, the face of the COVID-19 pandemic in America, based on congressional testimony from a top aide to the longtime director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. “The most important knowledge that we learned is that… -
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Democrats, Not Republicans, Are Capitol Hill’s True Extremists
Vermont’s Bernie Sanders is a relative conservative in the Democrat-controlled U.S. Senate. And self-styled socialist Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York is hardly the hardest-Left House member. The Washington, D.C.-based Institute for Legislative Analysis made these and other discoveries after reviewing 58 Senate votes and 133 House tallies in 2023. It then rated lawmakers from zero (most liberal) to 100… -
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Up to 2.7 Million Noncitizens Could Vote Illegally in November, Study Warns
A new study has revealed that roughly 10% to 27% of noncitizens living in the U.S. are illicitly registered to vote, which could result in up to 2.7 million illegal votes being cast in the November elections. Experts say the significant amount of potential illegal votes could be enough to alter election results. The study, released… -
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In COVID-19 Oversight, House Republicans Deliver a Win for Accountability
Better late than never. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the giant federal agency housing the National Institutes of Health, just suspended a New York-based organization from participating in government procurement programs over its role as a subcontractor of a Chinese research facility connected to the first outbreak of COVID-19. HHS also notified… -
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CLIMATE COLLUSION?: Blue Cities, Law Firms Salivate Over Prospect of Windfalls From Fossil Fuel Lawsuits
Law firms could reap a massive windfall from climate lawsuits that have been filed in numerous Democrat-leaning jurisdictions across the U.S., a Daily Caller News Foundation review of legal contracts found. Several state and municipal prosecutors across the country have signed agreements with private law firms to help with lawsuits against major energy corporations. These… -
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More States Move to Make Porn Sites Verify Users’ Ages
Over a third of the states either already require age verification for access to porn sites or are in various stages of passing such legislation. Thus far, one-third of states—Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, and Virginia—have enacted legislation to protect children from accessing pornography websites. The state legislatures of Arizona and Alaska are in the process of passing similar legislation, bringing the total…