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
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… -
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How to Fix the FBI
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has become a serious threat to the liberties of the American people. There’s a growing sense of urgency, especially among conservatives in Congress, that the FBI must be brought under effective oversight and fundamentally reformed to end its weaponization and to resecure our most basic freedoms. Monday, The Heritage Foundation… -
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Kayak and Canoe Business Files Lawsuit to Stop Gov. Greg Abbott’s Buoy Wall in Rio Grande
A lawsuit by a canoe and kayak business aims to sink Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s buoy barrier against illegal aliens in the Rio Grande at the nation’s southern border. Jessie Fuentes, owner of Epi’s Canoe & Kayak Team LLC, filed the lawsuit Friday, the same day that construction of the buoy barrier began. Fuentes claims… -
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Incomplete Design Before Construction Threatens Coast Guard’s Offshore Patrol Cutter Fleet
The Coast Guard is currently building a ship without a plan. The Coast Guard’s highest acquisition priority, the offshore patrol cutter program, has risk because construction is underway, but the plans for the ships are not finalized, according to a new Government Accountability Office report. That represents bad news for an already struggling program. The delay… -
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BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Nick Sandmann’s Attorney Joins Lawsuit Against SPLC
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Todd McMurtry, the lawyer who secured settlements from CNN, NBC Universal, and The Washington Post on behalf of Covington Catholic High School teen Nick Sandmann, has joined the legal team for D.A. King and the Dustin Inman Society, who are suing the Southern Poverty Law Center for defamation. “We’re proud of… -
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‘I WILL … ERADICATE YOU’: Moms for Liberty Threatened, Treated as ‘Subhuman,’ After SPLC Attack
Images in this article contain swear words. FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Moms for Liberty has received countless death threats, but the messages spiked after the Southern Poverty Law Center put the parental rights group on its "hate map," its cofounders say. "It gave people permission to treat us as subhuman," Tiffany Justice, one of the… -
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CDC’s Perverted Guidance on ‘Chestfeeding’ Shows Ideological Corruption of Administrative State
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention actually has issued official guidance for “nonbinary” people on how to “chestfeed” infants. This latest woke lunacy isn’t just a disturbing policy. In a larger sense, it demonstrates how powerful governmental institutions have been co-opted on behalf of a larger, elite-driven cultural revolution. The CDC guidance, in isolation,… -
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Zuckerberg’s Twitter Rival Is Already Censoring People for Questioning Gender Ideology
The popular conservative social media account Libs of TikTok has already experienced censorship on tech giant Meta’s new text-based app Threads, according to a screenshot shared with the Daily Caller News Foundation. Libs of TikTok, which is run by Chaya Raichik, posted that “[n]on-binary isn’t real” on Threads Friday morning, and the newly launched app… -
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Democrats’ Assault on ‘Our Democracy’
At least as far back as the inauguration of President Donald Trump in January 2017 and the “Women’s March” that followed the next day, Democrats and left-wing activists have invariably complained about the imminent perils threatening “our democracy.” Time and again, Democrats have depicted virtually any action they do not approve of—from uncouth Trump tweets… -
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2024 GOP Candidates Condemn CDC Promotion of ‘Chestfeeding’
Top candidates vying for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination are weighing in on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s promotion of trans-identifying men and women “chestfeeding” infant babies. In guidance on feeding infants posted on the CDC’s website, the federal agency stresses that “transgender and nonbinary-gendered individuals may give birth and breastfeed or feed… -
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House Seeks Secret Service Briefing on Cocaine at White House
The House Oversight and Accountability Committee wants answers from the Secret Service about the cocaine found in the White House over the Fourth of July weekend. Meanwhile, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said any White House staffer who brought the substance will face “appropriate consequences.” President Joe Biden so far has ignored… -
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‘Shameful’: Expert Assails State Department on Afghanistan ‘After Action’ Report
The State Department has released an “After Action Review on Afghanistan” nearly two years after the U.S.’ catastrophic military withdrawal from that country, which concluded on Aug. 30, 2021. The report was released following a 90-day review and included more than “150 interviews with current and former State Department officials at all levels of the… -
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Robert Kennedy Jr. Proves He’s Willing to Bow to the Woke Rage Mob
Moms for Liberty, a group that advocates for parental rights in education, announced on June 20 that Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would be speaking at its annual Joyful Warriors National Summit in Philadelphia. One week later, the Kennedy campaign released a statement announcing that Kennedy’s “schedule changed” and that he could “no… -
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Critics Have Scoop for Ben & Jerry’s: US Not Built on ‘Stolen’ Land
Ben & Jerry’s is facing criticism after the ice cream maker accused the United States of having been “founded on stolen Indigenous land.” On Independence Day, the Vermont-based ice cream maker posted on Twitter: “This 4th of July, it’s high time we recognize that the U.S. exists on stolen Indigenous land and commit to returning… -
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Mothers Swing at CDC for Equating Male Nipple Secretions to Breast Milk
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's new transgender-themed guidance on biological men and "chestfeeding" infant babies has roused the wrath of mothers across the nation, many of whom are well acquainted with the vulnerability, intricacies, and intimacy of breastfeeding their children. "Transgender and nonbinary-gendered individuals may give birth and breastfeed or feed at the… -
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The Real Reason Republicans Love America More Than Democrats
What, precisely, is it about America you love? That’s the question this July 4 as just 29% of Democrats say they’re extremely proud of the country, accompanied by just 33% of Independents and 60% of Republicans. In fact, Democratic love of country has always fallen far behind that of Republicans, even during the Obama era,… -
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What Prince Harry Doesn’t Get About America
The signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 brought a new era and good riddance to the tone-deaf aristocracy under King George III. With the ratification of the U.S. Constitution in 1788, America’s new experiment in self-rule was formally initiated. This document established the framework for the U.S. government, both its institutional structure and… -
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‘BLEW US AWAY’: Angel Studios Co-Founder Reacts to Historic Box Office Victory for ‘Sound of Freedom’
Angel Studios’ “Sound of Freedom,” an action thriller exposing the child sex slave trade featuring “Passion of the Christ” actor Jim Caviezel, sold more tickets heading into its opening day July 4 than the blockbuster wannabe “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.” “As exciting that it is to hit the number 1 spot for… -
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White House Won’t Call for Prosecution of Whoever Left Cocaine in West Wing
Neither President Joe Biden nor his top spokesperson had much to say Wednesday about the cocaine discovered over the Fourth of July weekend in the West Wing of the White House. When a reporter shouted a question about the cocaine to Biden in the afternoon, the president didn’t respond. Later, during the daily briefing, White… -
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A Tale of 2 Philadelphias: Moms for Liberty Gather ‘Joyfully’ and Protesters Lose Their Minds
PHILADELPHIA—Progressives were whipped into quite the frenzy over the decision by Moms for Liberty, a parental rights group, to hold its Joyful Warriors National Summit right here in the Birthplace of America. Outrage over the decision by Philadelphia Marriott Downtown to host Moms for Liberty’s annual conference and the Museum of the American Revolution’s decision…