Political Commentary & Opinion
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opinion
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Gets a Postage Stamp; Why Doesn’t Antonin Scalia?
The opening of this year’s Supreme Court term on the first Monday of October will mark the release of a new Forever stamp featuring the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. While it may not be surprising that the United States Postal Service will be serving up a bouquet to the Left, it’s still regrettable that while it’s been three years since Ginsburg’s death, it’s been nearly eight since… -
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San Francisco on Track for Record Drug Overdoses as Opioid Epidemic Grips City
Health officials in San Francisco said Monday the number of people dying from drug overdoses is on its way to a record high, according to Fox KTVU 2 News. There were 84 deaths from drug overdoses in August, which puts San Francisco on the path to setting a record-high number of overdose deaths for the year,… -
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Pro-Life Group Describes Tremendous Growth, Success Post-Roe: ‘It’s Easier to Recruit People’
When Roe v. Wade was finally overturned—a victory that pro-life advocates had been striving toward for decades—40 Days for Life President Shawn Carney expected that his organization would probably shrink considerably. But he was underestimating the impact that the monumental June 2022 Supreme Court decision would have on the American public, he said in an… -
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Disney’s Un-Midas Touch Ruins ‘Star Wars,’ Marvel, Even Disney Itself
My former college professor Victor Davis Hanson often refers to the Left’s “un-Midas touch,” a magical curse by which everything it touches turns to dross. Growing up in the 1990s and 2000s, I didn’t realize how good I had it until Disney decided to ruin my childhood. I grew up watching three amazing mega-franchises: the… -
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EXCLUSIVE: As Pro-Lifers Face Jail Time on DOJ Charges, GOP Moves to Repeal FACE Act
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL — As pro-life activists face prison time brought on by Department of Justices charges, Republican members of Congress are introducing legislation targeting the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act. Republican Texas Rep. Chip Roy introduced a bill Tuesday to repeal the FACE Act, which "prohibits threats of force,… -
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Pence Outlines Plan to ‘Rebuild American Family’
As Mike Pence addressed the Pray Vote Stand Summit on Friday in the nation’s capital, the former vice president appeared to be a long-shot candidate for president, according to the latest Fox News primary poll, which found him tied for fifth place with the support of 3% of respondents. In a speech that zeroed in on painting… -
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Why Were Students Afraid to Let This Princeton Professor Speak?
Chalk it up as another victory for the mob. Earlier this month, Princeton University professor Robert P. George was slated to give a talk at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, including “a discussion of the importance of free and open discourse during college of the great questions of human life.” That’s according to an email… -
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Nobody Wins in Musk vs. ADL
In the fight between Elon Musk and the Anti-Defamation League, Americans are the biggest losers. Antisemitism and woke politics are both cancers eating away at our civil society. We should be intolerant of both—and of those who ask us to pick a side. For starters, America has seen a saddening trend of civil rights organizations… -
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House Oversight Committee Members Launch Probe Into Biden’s Maui Fires Response
House Republicans have launched a probe into the Biden administration’s controversial response to the Maui fires in August. House Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., announced the investigation into the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s handling of the situation on Friday. Comer announced the probe in a joint press release with Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas,… -
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Post-Postmodern America, Meet Mao’s Cultural Revolution
When the progressive woke revolution took over traditional America, matters soon reached the level of the ridiculous. Take the following examples of woke craziness and hypocrisy, perhaps last best witnessed during Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution: The Biden administration from its outset wished to neuter immigration law. It sought to alter radically the demography of the… -
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Deliberately Distorting Data to Downplay Devastation of Bidenomics
Jared Bernstein has once again demonstrated his complete ignorance of both economic theory and fact—an alarming trait for the chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers. In his attempts to defend the abysmal record of “Bidenomics,” Bernstein is resorting to misrepresenting data and making false statements. That does nothing to ease the financial pain of the… -
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A Time for Brave Words From Pope Francis
When I saw that Pope Francis would participate as a speaker at the Clinton Global Initiative this month, my heart sank. Frankly, and I say this as a Catholic, former President Bill Clinton is one of the last people I would like Francis to prominently engage with. Sure, world leaders (and Francis is one) may… -
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Nebraska Detransitioner Sues Medical Providers for Removing Her Breasts at 16
Detransitioner Luka Hein is suing the medical providers who surgically amputated her breasts at the age of 16 in 2018, “leaving her physically and psychologically scarred.” “Proceeding straight to breast amputation in a depressed, anxiety-ridden, gender-confused adolescent, who was incapable of understanding the lasting consequences of her decision, constitutes negligence for which Defendants are jointly… -
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Unraveling Morality, Rising Anger: A Disturbing Trend Among Young People
If you go to Google and type “heinous crimes up with young people,” you’ll see over 2 billion results. It’s a stark reminder that the alarming trend of young people committing gruesome acts isn’t a new phenomenon, but the sheer proliferation and frequency of these acts most certainly is. Our society is grappling with a… -
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Yes, It’s Possible to Raise ‘Conservative Kids in a Woke City.’ Katy Faust Explains How.
Many parents, regardless of their religion, quote this biblical truth found in Proverbs: “Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.” But in today’s culture, parents aren’t the only ones seeking to “train up” a child in the way he or she… -
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DOD Backpedals on Gender-Neutral Pronouns. Gen. Milley’s Citation Won’t Use ‘Themself.’
A Department of Defense policy incorporating “gender-neutral” language into award citations will be amended to clarify that it does not ban using “himself” or “herself,” a defense official told the Daily Caller News Foundation on Tuesday. The DCNF previously reported that the end-of-tour award for Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, would… -
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Vivek Ramaswamy Floats Plan to Cut These 6 Agencies
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy says he would eliminate five federal agencies if elected. Ramaswamy, a successful entrepreneur and businessman, says he is eyeing the FBI, the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Education, and the Commerce Department, Axios first reported Wednesday. The Republican hopeful also targets the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Bureau of… -
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The New Segregation? Randi Weingarten Smears Parental Rights Movement
A top teachers union boss cited a far-left smear factory in demonizing the parental rights movement by comparing it to the “Uptown Klans” that opposed the end of racial segregation in the Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education (1954). “Those same words that you heard in terms of wanting segregation post-Brown v. Board,… -
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Mitt Romney Addresses Whether He Will Run Again
Republican Utah Sen. Mitt Romney announced Wednesday that he will not be seeking reelection to the United States Senate. "I've spent my last 25 years in public service of one kind or another," he explained in a video message released on social media. "At the end of another term, I'd be in my mid-80s. Frankly,… -
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Department of Corrections Stonewalls on Whether It’s Incarcerating Male Rapist With Female Inmates
The Wisconsin Department of Corrections is refusing to disclose whether it is housing biologically male prisoners with women, including a man who raped his own daughter. It remains unclear whether Mark Campbell, a biological man who now identifies as a transgender woman and goes by the name Nicole Campbell, has been transferred to a women’s…