Political Commentary & Opinion
Analysis, commentary, and opinion essays on politics and policy from The Daily Signal’s contributors and experts.
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Ethnic Studies Curricula Seek to Undermine and Erase American Culture
There are doppelgangers in this world—people who look uncannily like you without being related. But aside from this exception that proves the rule, all of us are people with unique looks. Yet, thanks to the Left, the phrase “people who look like you” has now become a revolutionary tool. It is being subversively and falsely used…Mike Gonzalez -
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Carlson’s Willingness to Question Dominant Narratives Made Him an Enemy of Powerful Establishment
“The truth is contagious,” now-former Fox News host Tucker Carlson said in a speech at The Heritage Foundation’s 50th anniversary gala Friday night just outside Washington, D.C. “The more you tell the truth, the stronger you become.” As you likely have heard by now, Carlson left the Fox News Channel on Monday. There is of…Jarrett Stepman -
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Maybelline Gets Burned by the Latest Round of Dylan Mulvaney Boycotts
While Anheuser-Busch reels from the backlash over its partnership with Dylan Mulvaney, another brand is jumping feet-first into the fire. Over the weekend, media personality Oli London retweeted a post of Mulvaney “getting glam” with Maybelline, which has apparently joined the ranks of companies like Nike who think the best way to sell products to women is…Suzanne Bowdey -
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Read Tucker Carlson’s Speech Delivered After Last Fox News Show
The following is a lightly edited transcript of a speech delivered Friday night at The Heritage Foundation’s 50th anniversary gala celebration at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in Oxon Hill, Maryland, by now-former Fox News talk-show host Tucker Carlson. It’s followed by a short dialogue between Carlson and Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts….Peter Parisi -
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Heritage President Kevin Roberts Responds to Tucker Carlson Leaving Fox News
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts expressed shock Monday at the news that Fox News had parted ways with prime-time host Tucker Carlson earlier in the day, and reiterated his offer to give Carlson a job if he needs one. Roberts also noted that Carlson spoke at Heritage’s 50th anniversary gala Friday…Tyler O’Neil -
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GOP Introduces Bill to Address ‘One of the Greatest Security Threats Facing the American People,’ Rep. Mark Green Says
After more than 5 million illegal alien encounters along the southern border since President Joe Biden took office, “it is clear this administration does not have operational control,” the head of the House Homeland Security Committee says. Because of the ongoing crisis at the southern border, which Rep. Mark Green, R-Tenn., calls “one of…Virginia Allen -
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Here’s an Agency That, Despite Its Name, Does Anything but Protect Consumers
The recent security breach at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau shows the problems with the administrative state, but the threat that the CFPB and similar bureaucracies pose to consumers runs much deeper. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, created under President Barack Obama in 2010 to regulate consumer affairs, reported to lawmakers March 21 that a…Duggan Foley -
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Why Work Requirements Are Less About Welfare Savings Than About Human Well-Being
Most Americans think that work in exchange for government benefits is common sense. For safety-net benefits, work-capable beneficiaries should begin to work, look for work, or participate in education and training at least part time. That’s a reasonable ask and essential to long-term well-being. The Republicans in the House of Representatives get that. The draft…Leslie Ford -
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Promoting Lawlessness in Chicago
“As long as there exist stupid people supporting stupid governments in their countries, people living in those countries will continue fluttering badly in the cesspool created by this utter foolishness!”—Turkish playwright Mehmet Murat ildan That didn’t take long. The mayor-elect of Chicago, Democrat Brandon Johnson, responded to a group of teenagers who attacked cars and…Cal Thomas -
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More Americans Need to Stand Up to the Left’s Insanity, Tucker Carlson Says at Heritage Foundation Gala
OXON HILL, Md.—The battle for America today is one between good and evil, popular Fox News host Tucker Carlson said Friday night in his keynote address at The Heritage Foundation’s 50th anniversary gala. “What you’re watching is not a political movement,” Carlson said. “It’s evil.” The side of evil is characterized by violence, hate, disorder, division, disorganization,…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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Project 2025 Offers Road Map for Next President
OXON HILL, Md.—The Heritage Foundation and a small army of conservative allies on Friday launched the 2025 Presidential Transition Project, also known as Project 2025, calling for reining in federal agencies and curbing political weaponizaiton. “For the most powerful think tank in America, it would be very easy to go it alone,” said Ed Corrigan,…Fred Lucas -
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In Chicago, Good People Must Fend for Themselves in Heart of City
During the riotous mayhem that hit the Chicago downtown Loop last weekend, mobs of young people looted stores and injured innocent bystanders. A woman was savagely beaten. The car of an Indianapolis couple was attacked while they were inside. The husband was hospitalized with minor injuries. All of this was just the mob action caught…Jarrett Stepman -
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Jim Jordan’s Invisible (to Liberal Media) Hearing on NYC Crime
The House Judiciary Committee held a field hearing in Manhattan on April 17, a brief walk from the offices of the local District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who’s prosecuting former President Donald Trump. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, the committee’s chairman, and the Republicans said it was important to hear from violent crime victims in America’s largest…Tim Graham -
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Allie Beth Stuckey Calls for Parents to Abandon Nostalgia for Purpose
OXON HILL, Md.—Americans must take family-building more seriously than ever before, conservative commentator and podcast host Allie Beth Stuckey said in a speech Thursday at The Heritage Foundation’s Leadership Summit just outside the nation’s capital. Stuckey, known for the popular podcast “Relatable,” began by outlining Americans’ nostalgia for simpler times while facing tough social issues…Tony Kinnett -
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Legacy Media’s Double Standard on ‘Fake News’: Steele Dossier vs. Fox-Dominion Lawsuit
It’s a heady time for the badly disguised Democrats in the “objective media,” seeing Fox News settle a fake-news lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems over wild and unproven claims of mass voting machine fraud. But a new-book excerpt from “BuzzFeed Ben” Smith should remind everyone that the same “Truth matters” cheerleaders accepted wild and unproven…Tim Graham -
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Heritage Panel Lays Out Plan to Retake America’s Cultural Institutions
“You have to think about politics as if it was a fight in a war. And in these situations where I’m doing this strategic thinking, Heritage is the leading institution.” That’s what Balázs Orbán, the prime minister of Hungary’s political director, said about strengthening cultural institutions and taking them back from the Left at a…Michael Ippolito -
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The Useful Veneer of the Aging Democrat
President Joe Biden is now 80 years old. He will be 82 when he campaigns for president in the 2024 race—and a clearly debilitated 86 should he be elected and fill out his second term. Biden has been in government for over a half-century. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a current Democratic representative from California,…Victor Davis Hanson -
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GOP Ill-Equipped to Combat Cultural Marxism, Sen. Josh Hawley Warns
The Republican Party is not ready to face the challenge of the “great awokening” and a cultural Marxist revolution, Sen. Josh Hawley said Thursday. “The Republican Party as we have known it for the last 30 years is not prepared for the challenge,” the Missouri Republican lawmaker said in remarks at the 50th anniversary celebration…Fred Lucas -
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Here’s How You Can Help a Future Conservative President Take Down the Deep State
The next conservative president will face a monumental task keeping his promises to the American people in the face of a hostile entrenched bureaucracy, but a coalition of conservative leaders and former political appointees has compiled a game plan to equip him or her to restructure the federal government to make it more cost effective,…Tyler O’Neil -
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Liberals’ Real Grievance Against Clarence Thomas
We’ve seen this rodeo before. The infamous Anita Hill affidavit and accusation of sexual harassment lodged against then Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas before the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1991. Thomas denounced then-Sen. Joe Biden’s sexual harassment hearings as a “high-tech lynching.” Nominee Thomas was confirmed as a justice to the Supreme Court by a…Armstrong Williams