Political Commentary & Opinion
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6 Big Highlights as FBI Director Chris Wray Defends His Agency Amid Scandals
FBI Director Christopher Wray, testifying Wednesday before the House Judiciary Committee, sought to address a wide range of scandals that have engulfed his agency in recent years and months. Much of the hearing proved partisan, with Democrats praising Wray, who was appointed by then-President Donald Trump after he fired James Comey as FBI director in… -
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Rep. Mark Green Explains Why Republicans Haven’t Yet Impeached Mayorkas
Multiple congressional Republicans have called for the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, some introducing articles of impeachment against and calling for defunding his salary. But GOP lawmakers haven’t actually launched impeachment proceedings against Mayorkas, who was appointed by President Joe Biden, and Rep. Mark Green says there is a reason. Impeachment must… -
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Major League Baseball Has Turned Its Back on America’s Pastime
While recent rule changes, such as adding a pitch clock, banning the shift, and implementing a universal designated hitter, have all been the subject of much debate, Major League Baseball has also been staking out controversial positions on more consequential topics, too—racial justice, LGBTQ+ issues, and business dealings with the Chinese Communist Party. In each… -
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How FBI’s Wray Answers When House Republican Asks About Censoring Americans
Speaking for the first time publicly since a federal court blocked U.S. government agencies from colluding with social media companies to censor disfavored content, FBI Director Christopher Wray denied to a House panel that the bureau engages in censorship. “We are going to comply with the court’s order, the court’s preliminary injunction,” Wray said Wednesday… -
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Pro-Life States Are Putting Their Money Where Their Mouths Are
Media outlets on the Left constantly berate pro-lifers and accuse them of forgetting about children after they’re born. They push false narratives that the pro-life movement wants to deprive women of opportunities and prevent children from obtaining a safe and fair upbringing. In actuality, pro-lifers have a long history of assisting women and families with options, materials,… -
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‘Sound of Freedom’ Has ‘Nothing to Do With Politics,’ Angel Studios CEO Says, Rebutting Film’s Critics
The anti-human trafficking film “Sound of Freedom” has raked in more than $41 million since opening on July Fourth. Variety has praised the movie, saying it “makes the desire to ‘take action’ seem more than an action-movie gesture.” And World magazine called the movie a “wake-up call, reminding Americans of the evil that’s perpetrated both… -
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You Might Be Safer in Afghanistan Than in Nation’s Capital
“I don’t want to get killed in front of my wife and kids.” That was what Nasrat Ahmad Yar reportedly said to a friend about why he wanted to leave his home country of Afghanistan. On July 3, Yar was fatally shot in Washington, D.C., while finishing a late-night shift working for the ride-sharing company… -
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US-S. Korea Ties ‘Deeply Rooted in Shared Values of Freedom, Democracy, Rule of Law,’ Seoul Envoy Says
As the United States and South Korea mark the 70th anniversary of their alliance in the Indo-Pacific, The Heritage Foundation on Tuesday hosted a panel discussion on the alliance’s future. The panelists emphasized the importance of the trilateral alliance among the United States, South Korea, and Japan in the face of threats from North Korea… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Pew Backs Away From Crackdown on ‘Payday Loans’ After Conservative Group’s Reports
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Pew Charitable Trusts appears to have backed away from touting affordable small loans and attacking "payday loans"—often the only form of banking available to many Americans—after a conservative group released two reports undermining Pew's central claims. "A consumer credit crisis is looming: inflation is up, there are no more savings,… -
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A Case Study in Hollywood Hypocrisy: How It Deals With Stars From the Left and Right
As Hollywood rolls out the red carpet for the superhero movie “The Flash,” it is hoping you forgot all you’ve heard about the star, Ezra Miller. Or, at the very least, Hollywood hopes you forgive him quicker than the conservative actors it has canceled. You may know Miller, 30, as Patrick from the 2012 young… -
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The ‘Banned All Over’ Book Antifa Gave Me
The light turned green and I joined what looked like a group of high school students on the crosswalk across North 12th Street in Philadelphia. As I reached the other side of the street in front of the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, the venue for Moms for Liberty’s Joyful Warriors National Summit, I was approached by… -
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Bud Light in a Hole, but Still Digging
More than three months later, the makers of Bud Light still don’t “get” it. And neither, apparently, does its transgender former “spokesmodel” Dylan Mulvaney. Anheuser-Busch is flailing—and mostly failing—in its efforts to win back Bud Light’s disgruntled, largely blue-collar customers repulsed by Mulvaney, a social media “influencer” whose transgender base comprises an estimated .003% of… -
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Fauci Prompted ‘Cover-Up’ to ‘Disprove’ COVID-19 Lab Leak Theory, House GOP Report Says
A new report by the House of Representatives' Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic alleges then-National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci prompted an effort to suppress the theory that the coronavirus emerged from a lab in Wuhan, China. Fauci on numerous occasions prompted researchers to author a paper intended to… -
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Law Banning ‘Gender Transition’ of Minors Sees Initial Win in Federal Court
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit ruled Saturday in favor of a Tennessee law protecting minors from “gender transition” surgeries and hormone treatments. The 2-1 decision reversed the district court’s statewide preliminary injunction. The decision both allows Tennessee’s law protecting minors to remain in effect while the lawsuit proceeds and signals that… -
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UN Report Castigates Religion for Stymieing the Sexual Orientation-Gender Identity Agenda
Victor Madrigal-Borloz, the United Nations’ independent “expert” on sexual orientation and gender identity, capped off “Pride Month” in June with his annual report to the Human Rights Council. The report addressed the conflicts between religious freedom and the rights of LGBTQ+ people to be “free from violence and discrimination.” Spoiler alert: Religious freedom loses. Madrigal-Borloz, a… -
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Fauci, Other NIH Officials May Have to Pay Back Year’s Salary
Dr. Anthony Fauci, once the highest-paid employee of the federal government, might have to pay back his salary for his final year at the National Institutes of Health, based on a congressional committee’s finding that he wasn’t legally appointed by the Biden administration. Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee announced Monday that they… -
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The Destructiveness of Black Lives Matter 10 Years Later
Next week marks a decade since Black Lives Matter began disrupting our lives. The media doesn’t mention the group much anymore, mainly to avoid embarrassing evidence of its corruption. But BLM has changed the nation in profound ways, perhaps permanently—and continues to do so. This transformation of America was deliberate. The nation’s newspapers robotically speak… -
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Bidens Do the Crimes, but Not the Time
The family that skates together stays together. The influence-peddling, money laundering, and foreign shakedowns encircling Hunter Biden, his uncle Jim, and The Big Guy in the Oval Office have received considerable attention, at least in the conservative media. But even Fox News addicts would be stunned by how many Bidens have T-boned into the law and… -
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State AGs Warn Target of ‘Concerns’ Over Pride Merch for Kids
A group of seven state attorneys general sent a letter to Target on Wednesday warning the retail giant that its Pride clothing line collection may be in violation of state child-protection laws. The letter comes in the wake of public outrage that swelled in May when it was discovered that Target began selling, among other controversial items, “tuck-friendly” swimwear… -
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Battle Between Crypto and SEC Far From Over
June proved to be a momentous month for the cryptocurrency industry, but not in a good way. With Sam Bankman-Fried’s fall from grace and his subsequent criminal indictment, the industry needed good news. After all, the founder and (supposed) crypto-golden boy of FTX Trading Ltd. had been working with Congress and regulators to establish a…