Political Commentary & Opinion
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Exploding All Those Myths About Exceptional Cuban Health Care
The myth of Cuban health care has reverberated throughout the international community for decades. Despite the communist authoritarian regime’s stifling of dissent, deprivation of basic liberties, and inhumane treatment of its citizens, members of the international community have been quick to heap praise on Cuba for what—on the surface—appears to be a (counterintuitively) successful health… -
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Media Finds Mark Levin’s ‘American Marxism’ Book Too Counterrevolutionary
We’re six months into the Biden administration, and the liberal media is still obsessing over new books full of titillating tales from anonymous sources about former President Donald Trump. Meanwhile, Mark Levin’s newest bestseller—provocatively titled “American Marxism”—is too counterrevolutionary for these journalists to take seriously. CNN’s Brian Stelter touted two new anti-Trump books that were… -
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You Have a Right to Be Transgender. You Don’t Have a Right to Expose Yourself to Women.
How many examples could one give to show what a sick world left-wing activists, the media, and the Democrats—the left’s political party—have wrought? The number is equal to the number of policies they advocate. There is no more obvious example than their position on the display of a penis in front of girls and women…. -
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Maj. Sullivan Ballou Sacrificed Love of Family for His Country. His Letter Reminds Us That It Takes Courage to Preserve Freedom.
Visit a major Civil War battlefield, and chances are you will see stone monuments speckled amid the quiet and green fields and glens that form these hallowed places. These monuments are somber memorials to regiments and brigades, and ultimately, to the soldiers who fought, bled, and died on these fields. Tallies of dead and wounded… -
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The Truth About Georgia’s Voting Law
There are a lot of partisan political issues out there, but election integrity shouldn’t be one of them. What could be more basic to the very concept of representative government than having citizens trust that an election—whether it be for president or dog catcher—was fairly won or fairly lost? Yet in the recent past, this… -
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The Perverse Agenda of Black Lives Matter
Since the new wave of race consciousness that has been sweeping our country, precipitated by the graphic video of the killing of George Floyd by police officer Derek Chauvin, something very strange has happened. Somehow, what is perceived as a problem has become widely understood to be the solution. And it is endangering our country…. -
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Sen. Rick Scott Outlines 3 Ways to Help Cuba
Sen. Rick Scott joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to talk about how the polices of President Joe Biden’s administration are harming the country’s economy, the crisis in Cuba, and more. “The first thing is: [President] Joe Biden’s got to stand up. There’s hashtags that we ought to use. Dónde está Joe? Where is Joe? Joe’s… -
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She Defied ‘the Last Dictator in Europe.’ Now, She Is Asking the US to Support the People of Belarus to Secure Freedom.
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, who has quickly risen to fame in Belarus for defying her country’s repressive regime, is now visiting top U.S. officials in Washington, D.C. Her goal is to seek support for the Belarusian people and discuss how the U.S. can help resolve the dire political crisis that has gripped her nation. Tsikhanouskaya has quickly… -
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‘Stand Firm Against That Regime,’ Florida Lawmaker Says of Cuba Amid Revolt There
Rep. Byron Donalds has signed onto a resolution from a fellow Florida Republican, Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, condemning the current situation in Cuba. Donalds says it’s critical that the United States stand in strong opposition to the violent suppression of mass public protests there. “They said to me, ‘Man, it’s so bad.’ Not only did they… -
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Life on a Border Ranch: Cut Water Lines, Downed Fences, Stolen Property, Dead Bodies
BISBEE, Arizona—John Ladd, whose family has ranched at the U.S.-Mexico border for more than 125 years, says illegal immigrants tell him that President Joe Biden invited them to come. “The biggest difference with the people coming now is, when Border Patrol catches them, they tell them, they say, ‘We’re going to stay here, no matter… -
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Joe Biden’s Disgraceful Voting Rights Speech
Republican “anti-voting” laws, President Joe Biden claimed during his demagogic speech at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia last week, are the most “significant test of our democracy since the Civil War.” Those laws are “odious,” “pernicious,” “vicious,” “unconscionable,” a “subversion” and “suppression,” the “21st-century Jim Crow,” and the sure sign of an emerging “autocracy.”… -
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The Big Lie About Election Reforms in Texas and Other States
President Joe Biden claimed in a recent speech that state election reform efforts are “the 21st-century Jim Crow assault” and “the most dangerous threat to voting and integrity of free and fair elections in our history.” This has to one of the most foolish things he has ever said. It also displays a fundamental ignorance of the real… -
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Catherine Lhamon’s Record, Answers Disqualify Her to Serve as Civil Rights Chief
A presidential appointee must take an oath “to support and defend the Constitution of the United States” in order to be sworn into office. Catherine Lhamon, President Joe Biden’s nominee to head the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, could not take that oath in good faith. Last week, when asked at her… -
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Why Families Are Key to Saving America
There are special-interest groups dotting the landscape in Washington, D.C., for just about any cause you could imagine. They’ve been quite successful, too. But as Terry Schilling, a husband and father of five kids, surveyed that landscape, he saw a void. That’s why his organization, the American Principles Project, has embarked on a new initiative… -
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What the Protests in Cuba Tell Us About the Left’s Agenda for America
As the American left argues openly for socialism, it’s helpful to keep in mind just how dreadfully those policies have failed—and just how viciously socialists have responded to those who got in the way—in countries throughout the world. Watch the recent protests in Cuba and you will see how regular people feel about the direction… -
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Inconvenient Truth: No One Actually Changes Gender, Only Persona
If they only knew the truth, they would be more likely to not attempt what is impossible to do. Language matters. The meaning of words matters. That’s especially true when it comes to the idea that gender or sex can change. Gender identity is an invented term that obscures the truth. Gender identity, which refers… -
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Free to Learn Coalition Wants to Take Politics Out of Classroom
The Free to Learn Coalition is a nonpartisan organization that wants to take politics out of the classroom. Alleigh Marre, president of the coalition, joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” today to discuss how she hopes to do that. “We started to hear a lot more about how there’s been more of an emphasis on activism,… -
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Arizona Senate Seeks More Voter Data as Election Audit Raises Questions
The Arizona Senate will seek more voter information from the state’s most populous county after a hearing Thursday about an audit’s findings on election results there, The Arizona Republic reported. The findings on Maricopa County’s presidential election results prompted auditors to pursue a door-to-door canvassing of suspect voters. This was a step that the Republican-controlled… -
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6 Things to Watch During Cuba Protests
The pro-freedom protests in Cuba are fluid, but the communist dictatorship there seems willing to soften its tone and allow travelers to bring in food and medicines amid the unrest. Still, mass arrests and detention of peaceful protesters continued. In the United States, Republicans called for the Biden administration to be more active in supporting… -
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Black Lives Matter Comes Out in Support of Cuban Regime, Blames America for Its Problems
Black Lives Matter supports the communist Cuban regime and the bad things happening in Cuba are surely America’s fault. That’s the message of the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, one of the largest BLM organizations in the country. In a statement on its official Instagram account on Wednesday, Black Lives Matter castigated the United…