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
How Unrest in France After Police-Involved Killing Compared With Riots After George Floyd’s Death
Protests and riots erupted following the police-involved fatal shooting of 17-year-old French citizen Nahel Merzouk, who was of Moroccan and Algerian descent, on June 27 in France. Lora Ries, director of the Border Security and Immigration Center at The Heritage Foundation, says “certainly what happened in France takes us directly back to 2020” after the… -
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Nobel Prize-Winning Scientist Has Speech Canceled After Saying ‘Climate Change Is Not a Crisis’
The International Monetary Fund canceled a talk with physicist John Clauser after he said, “Climate change is not a crisis.” The IMF had invited Clauser, the recipient of a Nobel Prize in Physics, to deliver a Webex speech on July 25. Five days before the event, Clauser was informed his speech had been “postponed.” The… -
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Oakland NAACP Demands Prosecution of Criminals, Hiring More Police
The Oakland chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People called upon city leaders to declare a state of emergency on crime, stop defunding the police, and prosecute people who commit serious crimes. In a written, open letter, Cynthia Adams, president of the Oakland branch of the NAACP, and Bishop Bob Jackson,… -
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The ‘Mainstream’ Media’s Radical Rebellion Against God
The line between radical activism and “mainstream” journalism has been obliterated, especially when it comes to the LGBTQ+ lobbyists. The war on traditional Christianity is on. It was splashed all over the front page of the July 25 USA Today. The headline above the photograph was “Christian transgender man says fighting LGBTQ+ discrimination has increased… -
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Virginia’s Regulatory Reforms Are Role Model for Other States
While the Biden administration’s Washington bureaucrats continue to push for heavy regulation of everything from power plants to ceiling fans, Americans on the other side of the Potomac River are poised to reap the benefits of an administrative accountability overhaul undertaken by Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin. The regulatory reforms come from the Virginia Office of… -
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Warren Harding’s Real Scandal Was His Conservatism
Mark Twain said history doesn’t repeat but it rhymes. The life of Warren G. Harding rhymes with the presidential politics of our time. Harding died 100 years ago this week—Aug. 2, 1923. Historians often rank him among America’s worst presidents. Yet this says more about them than it does about Harding. He had mistresses, but… -
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Teamsters Sacrifices 30,000 Workers: 3 Ways Union Contributed to Yellow Trucking’s Demise
After 99 years in business, trucking giant Yellow Corp. shut down its operations on Sunday, and its 30,000 employees will lose their jobs. The company’s closure follows on the heels of negotiations with the Teamsters union, which represents 22,000 members of Yellow’s workforce. While there are undoubtedly many factors that contributed to Yellow’s closure, its… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Smithsonian Nominees Face Hot Seat on Drag Shows, Trans Events, ‘Religious Bigotry,’ and CRT
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Senate Republicans are pressing the nominees to lead the Smithsonian Institution about their views on recent woke and politically-charged policies, programs, and actions from the taxpayer-backed national museums. In a letter first obtained by The Daily Signal, nine senators referenced examples of drag performers, religious discrimination, and promoting race-based narratives in… -
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Republican Governor Signs Executive Order to Define the Words ‘Woman’ and ‘Female’
Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma signed an executive order Tuesday to define the words “woman,” “mother,” and “female,” according to a press release. The “Women’s Bill of Rights” was drafted by advocacy groups Independent Woman’s Voice, Independent Women’s Law Center, and Women’s Liberation Front in March 2022, who argued that a more specific and… -
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‘Liberty Village’ to Counter the Left’s Attacks on America With Real History
ST. GEORGE, UTAH—A nonprofit organization is launching a new historical theme park to bring American history to life and to reveal some inspiring stories that counter the Left's narrative that the nation's promise does not apply to women and racial minorities. "Youth today are in the middle of an educational firestorm," Dennis Leavitt, chief executive… -
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‘THE BRAND’: Hunter’s Business Partner Contradicts President’s Claim of No Business Involvement
Then-Vice President Joe Biden communicated more than 20 times, either in person or on speakerphone, with Hunter Biden’s business associates, Devon Archer told a House committee on Monday. Archer was the business partner of the son of the current president and testified to the House Oversight and Accountability Committee behind closed doors. Archer said the… -
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EXCLUSIVE: GOP Demands Probe Into $20 Million Planned Parenthood Obtained Through CARES Act
FIRST IN DAILY SIGNAL—Republican lawmakers are calling for an investigation into the $20 million that Planned Parenthood and its affiliates allegedly took from the Provider Relief Fund in the COVID-19-related CARES Act. Sen. James Lankford and Rep. Josh Brecheen, both R-Okla., spearheaded the effort in sending a letter Monday to the inspector general of the… -
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Enjoy Your Water Heater—While You Still Can
Ever heard the phrase “Give someone an inch and they’ll take a mile”? Americans gave Joe Biden the Oval Office, and now he is taking away their cars, dishwashers, gas stoves, and, most recently, their water heaters. Biden’s Department of Energy on July 21 released new proposed energy-efficiency standards for water heaters. This is the… -
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2 Non-Woke Companies Offer Job Placement Help for Bud Light’s Laid-Off Employees
After Bud Light’s parent company Anheuser-Busch announced Wednesday it would be laying off 350 employees in the face of slumping sales, a pair of self-styled “pro-American” companies offered to help the soon-to-be former employees find jobs in their “network of non-woke businesses.” RedBalloon, an online job board, and Public Square, a company that created a… -
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Planned Parenthood’s Depraved Marketing Gimmicks
Planned Parenthood’s history of depravity extends long before its representatives brought cards describing sexually explicit terms to a high school event in June, effectively getting the organization banned from Canadian high schools. For Planned Parenthood, nothing is off limits, from promoting abortion gift cards at Christmas to offering free abortions after the 9/11 terrorist attacks…. -
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Human Trafficking: An American Tradition of Silence
In the hushed corners of our society, a sinister industry flourishes, largely hidden and unspoken of. It’s an issue so shocking and perplexing that people tend to ignore it when brought to light. This is the pandemic of sex trafficking and child sex trafficking. One might presume that in a civilized, developed nation like the… -
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House Won’t Fund Smithsonian’s New Latino Museum Painting Hispanics as America’s Victims
A congressional debate over funding a new Smithsonian American Latino Museum carried on for most of Wednesday afternoon, sometimes passionately, epitomizing a much larger national cleavage over whether America is to be viewed as the land of opportunity or through the lens of oppression, race, and gender ideology. Behind this important national war of ideas… -
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Philanthropist Halts Higher Ed Donations After ‘Radicalized’ Faculty Protest Kirk-Prager Event
Tom Lewis is among America’s most generous philanthropists. Over more than 20 years, his T.W. Lewis Foundation has funded causes helping children and families, educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations like The Heritage Foundation. But he’s now taking a different approach with colleges and universities after a controversy at Arizona State University. Lewis pulled his funding… -
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Secret Service Refuses to Hand Over ‘Known Pool of Individuals’ List in White House Cocaine Incident
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Secret Service has refused to turn over the list of individuals who may have accessed the area of the White House where authorities discovered cocaine over the Fourth of July weekend, saying that the record of such a list does not fall under the Freedom of Information Act. This suggests… -
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There Is No Constitutional Right to ‘Gender-Affirming’ Care
The U.S. House Judiciary Committee held a hearing Thursday on “The Dangers and Due Process Violations of ‘Gender-Affirming Care’ for Children” and exposed how children are being coerced by adults in positions of authority into life-altering and medically questionable “gender transition” drugs and procedures without anyone having a full understanding of their impact, including the…