Political Commentary & Opinion
Analysis, commentary, and opinion essays on politics and policy from The Daily Signal’s contributors and experts.
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‘BAD RELIGION’: Effort to Cancel This Defender of the British Empire Reveals the Left’s ‘Repressive’ Ideology
Lord Nigel Biggar had the audacity to defend the British empire, and the Left’s cancel culture against him revealed a “repressive” desire to silence “anyone who disagrees” with its narrative. “I’ve noticed it’s not just that we have points of view that disagree with me on colonialism or race or gender or whatever—that’s acceptable in… -
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Anti-Union Group Says LA Lost 11K Hotel Jobs in 2024
THE CENTER SQUARE—The Center for Union Facts, an anti-union advocacy group, ran a full-page ad imploring the Los Angeles City Council to not adopt a $30 hotel minimum wage, citing state data showing the city lost 11,000 hotel jobs in 2024 despite a growing population. The $30 minimum wage would apply to hotels with 60… -
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4 Times Mike Johnson Has Beaten the Odds
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has consistently beaten the odds throughout the first five months of the 119th Congress, settling seemingly irreconcilable disagreements within the fractious House Republican Conference to advance President Donald Trump’s highest priorities. And Johnson, R-La., hasn’t forgotten to remind the public. “I know some of y’all smiled and probably mocked… -
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We Can Restore Fertility Without IVF. Here’s How.
Can America become a leader in helping infertile couples? More and more couples are struggling with infertility, unable to conceive. According to the World Health Organization, about 1 in 6 people are affected by infertility. In the United States, 19% of childless married women aged 49 and younger are unable to get pregnant after trying… -
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Southern Poverty Law Center Puts Largest Conservative Grassroots Youth Group on ‘Hate Map’ With Klan Chapters
The Southern Poverty Law Center is comparing the largest conservative grassroots youth organization to the Ku Klux Klan, adding Turning Point USA to its “hate map” that plots KKK chapters and claims to expose “the groups upholding white supremacy in the United States.” The latest version of the SPLC hate map, released Thursday, lists Turning… -
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What We Learned From President Trump’s First Official Trip Abroad
Official presidential travel is a weighty business. Unlike unofficial travel—for events like Pope Francis’s funeral—official trips are planned months in advance and carefully choreographed to send certain messages and sound selected themes. Case in point: President Donald Trump’s recent trip to the Persian Gulf. There, in an echo of his first term’s first trip, his travel set… -
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Who Are the Afrikaners Seeking Refuge in US?
President Donald Trump raised the issue of the killings of white South Africans in that country during an Oval Office visit by its president this week. It came as the Trump administration expedited the refugee claims of some white South Africans who feel they are no longer safe in their black-majority home country. As of… -
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Welcome to the Intifada, America
Now we know what “globalize the intifada” means. After a pro-Palestinian Marxist was arrested after shooting and killing Yaron Lischinsky, a German-born evangelical Christian, and his American girlfriend, Sarah Milgrim, in front of the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., he chanted, “Free, free Palestine.” The murderer, who reportedly traveled from Chicago to kill two… -
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Maine Poised to Become First State to Withdraw From Popular Vote Compact
Just last year, Maine—one of only two states that apportions its Electoral College votes—opted to join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. But the New England state is now poised to exit the compact, which would kick in only if enough states voted to reach the magic 270 electoral votes required to elect a president. While… -
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6 Hollywood Classics Worth a Watch This Memorial Day Weekend
On Memorial Day, we honor the Americans who have died protecting and serving this country in the Armed Forces of the United States of America. It is a time when all of us should—no matter who we are, where we come from, or where we fall along the political spectrum—forget about politics and our differences… -
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Jake Tapper’s Own ‘Original Sin’
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. There’s a book that came out recently by Jake Tapper of CNN and Axios’ Alex Thompson… -
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The Broken ‘Promise’ of Bruce Springsteen
The First Dance at my wedding reception was to Bruce Springsteen’s version of “Jersey Girl.” And as hard as I try to walk away from his music over his politics, I just can’t do it. The Sirius XM tuner slips past E Street Radio, some stunning live track rips through my speakers, and I’m sucked… -
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Marxism’s Death Toll Rises With DC Shootings
On Wednesday evening, two young lives were tragically cut short when a gunman opened fire outside a museum in Washington, D.C. Thanks to his actions, two souls will no longer have the chance to see the future they had planned for themselves—a future that was to include an engagement (set to take place next week)… -
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Are Some Racist Slurs OK?
One reason why the public turned on diversity, equity, and inclusion was its insistence that roughly 70% of the country was stereotyped as victimizers by virtue of their skin color. In contrast, the other “diverse” 30% were de facto considered the victimized. In such absurd binaries, the Left returned to the old “one drop” rule… -
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Newly Adopted WHO Pandemic Pact Is a Step Toward ‘Global Surveillance Superstate,’ Expert Warns
After three years of negotiations, delegates to the World Health Organization’s annual meeting have adopted a global pandemic agreement that threatens national sovereignty, requires the transfer of vaccines during global pandemics, asks nations to fight “misinformation,” and authorizes such “social measures” as lockdowns and mask mandates. The 78th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, adopted the final… -
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‘Heartbreaking’: Young People Honor Couple Slain Outside Jewish Museum
Adrian Huizenga stood on Thursday afternoon outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., where less than 24 hours earlier, a couple—Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim—were fatally shot. “It’s just so sad, just heartbreaking that … you see this rhetoric and this antisemitic violence going on that is very clearly targeting Jewish people,” Huizenga, 26,… -
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WATCH: The Rallying Cry Crippling the Democrats
A leftist terrorist attack in Washington, D.C., leaves two dead. Secretary of State Marco Rubio hits the House of Representatives. More on the assault charges against Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., and the Biden cover-up scandal. The House of Representatives passes President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful” budget bill by the narrowest of margins. Army Lt. Col…. -
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Kash Patel Shuts Down the Deep State’s Nerve Center
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello. This is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. Recently, Kash Patel, who’s been under fire by the Left in a variety of ways, the… -
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5 Inmates Are on the Loose and George Soros Is to Blame, Says Jeff Landry
Five inmates who escaped a New Orleans jail Friday remained at large Thursday, and Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has repeatedly suggested that Hungarian American billionaire George Soros is at least partly to blame. Ten inmates escaped, five have been captured, and five remain at large, Louisiana State Police confirmed to The Daily Signal Thursday afternoon…. -
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This is Congress’ Chance to Codify Trump’s FEMA Reforms
The latest tornadoes devastating towns in Missouri and Kentucky should motivate Congress to immediately codify President Donald Trump’s actions overhauling the Federal Emergency Management Agency and putting states in charge of their own emergency planning. The longer Congress waits to act, the longer Americans suffer. States have increasingly relied on the federal government for financial…