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
So-Called Fact-Checkers Downplay Rashida Tlaib’s Lies
On Nov. 7, the House of Representatives (212 Republicans and 22 Democrats) voted to censure radical Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., because she has “levied unbelievable falsehoods about our greatest ally, Israel, and the attack on October 7.” One of those outrageous falsehoods was clinging to the false claim that Israel bombed the al-Ahli hospital in… -
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Mounting Evidence That ‘Net-Zero’ Carbon Emissions Isn’t Achievable
Arizona State University President Michael Crow believes we are in such danger that we should amend the U.S. Constitution to empower the government to deal more expansively with climate change. Crow’s view that constitutional protections of our liberties should be eliminated when they become inconvenient wouldn’t square with the founders, but his estimate of the… -
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The Barbarians Aren’t at Gates. They’re Inside Because We Let Them In.
Last weekend marked Armistice Day in Great Britain and Veterans Day in the United States. Both are somber days, typically marked by honor and respect for symbols of the country and the men and women who have sacrificed so much for them. Instead, both London and New York City featured terrorist supporters marching en masse… -
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Why Haven’t UAW Leaders Stood Up to Biden’s EV Mandates That Could Cost 400,000 Jobs?
United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain has been bragging about the contract he secured with auto companies and took credit for it in a U.S. Senate committee hearing on Tuesday. On Thursday, GM’s workers ratified the contract with 45% of the workforce voting against it. Some Ford and Stellantis workers in Kentucky and Ohio have also… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Moms for Liberty Revenue Grows by 500% in One Year
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The parental rights group Moms for Liberty's revenue has grown by more than 500% in its second year, according to the Form 990 it filed with the IRS. According to the Form 990, exclusively provided first to The Daily Signal, Moms for Liberty brought in $2.14 million in total revenue in… -
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Jews Around the World Fear Another Holocaust
I have been following the news from Israel very closely since first learning of the horrifying attacks of Oct. 7. As someone who has traveled to the Holy Land on nearly two dozen occasions and seen the country from north to south, I was affected. But nothing has prepared me for what has come after… -
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Time for Fair Correction to Social Security’s Windfall Elimination Provision
Two competing proposals in Congress address Social Security provisions—the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO)—that affect workers who have worked in jobs that were exempt from Social Security. One proposal would revert to a deeply flawed benefit system at a cost of $183 billion while hastening Social Security’s insolvency by more… -
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Wake Up, Washington: America’s Credit Outlook Now ‘Negative’
The credit rating agency Moody’s last week downgraded its assessment of the federal government’s debt outlook to “negative.” The move Friday followed the Fitch agency’s August downgrade of the overall federal credit rating. These developments shouldn’t come as a surprise to Washington. The gross national debt has climbed to $33.7 trillion, while the Social Security… -
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Daily Signal Partners With Leading Iowa Pro-Family Group to Livestream Thanksgiving Forum With Presidential Candidates
The Daily Signal is partnering with a leading pro-family group in Iowa to livestream a Republican presidential candidate forum on Friday. "Nowhere else do you get to see the candidates gathered around a Thanksgiving table talking about their hearts, their worldviews, and the issues that go beyond the news headlines, and nowhere else will you… -
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CLEAN SWEEP: Every Leader Involved in Botched Response to Loudoun Girls’ Room Rape Is Now Gone
A reckoning has come for Virginia’s Loudoun County, where the school board had a father arrested after he demanded answers regarding the rape of his daughter in a girls’ restroom. The school board, the superintendent, and even the local prosecutor, whom the parents blamed for letting the assailant escape the sex offender list, have all… -
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Salon Columnist Blames Libs of TikTok for a Pastor’s Suicide, Without Any Evidence
Amanda Marcotte, a columnist at the left-wing outlet Salon, wrote a scathing article and social media post laying the blame of a suicide at Libs of TikTok creator Chaya Raichik. This charge is bewildering because Raichik had never before mentioned the man who committed suicide. F.L. Copeland, a pastor and the mayor of Smiths Station,… -
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Government Deceit
“Experts” were confident that they knew what America should do about COVID-19. They were wrong about so much. Officials pushed masks, including useless cloth ones. Dr. Anthony Fauci said, “Don’t wear masks”—then, “Do wear them.” Some states closed playgrounds and banned motorboats and Jet Skis. Towns in New York banned using leaf-blowers. California pointlessly closed… -
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The Woke Left Thrives Because of the West’s Crisis of Meaning
What’s happened in the West since Hamas terrorists’ savage Oct. 7 attacks on Israel has been an eye-opener for many. Vast, pro-Hamas protests have become commonplace in our cities. In London, pro-Hamas protesters openly praised Hitler. In New York, anti-Israel mobs attacked and vandalized Grand Central Station and tore down American and Israeli flags near… -
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The Islamophobia Lie
This past month has seen the worst attack on Jews since the Holocaust. It has also seen the worst global spike in antisemitism since the Holocaust. According to Reuters, “In countries where figures are available from police or civil society groups, including the United States, Britain, France, Germany and South Africa, the pattern is clear:… -
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Told You: The Left’s Hate Crime Double Standard Has Consequences
As mobs extolling diversity, equity, and inclusion violently attack Jewish and white students at K-12 schools and on college campuses across the nation, I regretfully write: Told you so. In 2021, when I was still the science coordinator for Indianapolis Public Schools, then the largest public school in Indiana, I had seen the eerie effects… -
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‘It Isn’t a Crime to Tweet a Bible Verse,’ Finnish Politician Says After Court Dismisses Charges Against Her
An appeals court has dismissed “hate speech” charges against a member of Finland’s parliament who posted a tweet citing Bible verses. The Helsinki Court of Appeals, based in Finland’s capital city, unanimously cleared Päivi Räsänen, a member of the Finnish parliament and the country’s former interior minister, and Bishop Juhana Pohjola, of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland,… -
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The Little Box That Could Change America
In my long life, I have never personally experienced antisemitism in America. I was raised by Jewish parents who believed that the best place Jews ever lived (other than in their own country in the Holy Land) was the United States of America. When the most prominent Jew of the 20th century, Rabbi Menachem Schneerson,… -
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Why Teaching Youth About Intellectual Property Principles Is Essential to Civilization’s Advancement
Nineteenth-century American writer and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” But in our globally connected environment where competition is fierce and the opportunities for others to steal innovation are rife, how can we empower the next generation… -
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Moms for Liberty Co-Founder Has a Message for Teacher’s Union Boss Mocking Parental Rights
Moms for Liberty co-founder Tiffany Justice laid out her strategy for the “David and Goliath” struggle to win school board elections in the face of the teachers unions’ stranglehold, following another historic election cycle in which the 3-year-old organization racked up 50 wins, but fell short in many other races. “We got 50 people elected… -
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The True Face of the United Nations
The precursor to the United Nations was conceptualized by President Woodrow Wilson, who feverishly traveled around Europe calling for “the making of peace” as well as “the creation of a League of Nations” to accomplish that objective. This came on the heels of World War I and, for his tireless efforts, Wilson was awarded the…