Political Commentary & Opinion
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opinion
Representatives Go on Offensive Against Pelosi’s Mask Rule, Cite 27th Amendment. Will It Work?
Three House Republicans filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., after she enforced a mask mandate against them. The three—Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky.; Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga.; and Ralph Norman, R-S.C.—had fines deducted from their salaries after refusing to wear masks on the House floor. Among their claims is an unusual one: that… -
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Biden’s Manufacturing Plan: Wasteful Investment in Industry of Past
President Joe Biden visited an operations facility in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, Wednesday to boost his “Buy American” plan and promote American manufacturing. Biden frequently talks about reviving domestic manufacturing, an industry that has sharply declined over the past 40 years. Many would argue that investing in the manufacturing industry would enable job creation for American… -
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FCC Commissioner Targets Corporate Welfare for Big Tech
Federal Communications Commission member Brendan Carr says the agency should require Big Tech to fund internet infrastructure, following the introduction last week of a bill requiring the FCC to consider collecting contributions from technology companies. The bill—introduced July 21 by Senate Republicans Roger Wicker, Todd Young, and Shelley Moore Capito—instructs the Federal Communications Commission to… -
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A Message From a Hymn to Young Conservatives: ‘Be Not Afraid’
In these times of extreme polarization, young conservatives are facing increasingly hostile campus climates that mock and shame the traditional principles we hold so dear. We can rise above this challenge by remembering to be not afraid. Also, a phrase from the popular eponymous Catholic hymn “Be Not Afraid” comes from the belief expressed in… -
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Michael Knowles on How Political Correctness Has Upended American Culture
What is political correctness? When did it start to seep into mainstream culture? How is political correctness destroying American society? Michael Knowles, host of “The Michael Knowles Show” at The Daily Wire, joins me on “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss. We also chat about his new book “Speechless.” “This whole culture has been upended,”… -
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‘Cuba Libre’: Why These People Stand for Cuban Freedom
Cuban Americans and their supporters gathered Tuesday for a “Cuba Libre” demonstration on the front lawn of the Capitol to support Cubans’ fight for freedom from communism and demand action by President Joe Biden. “We are demanding that the dictatorship tell us where all the missing people are,” Marta Beatriz Ferrer, whose activist father disappeared in… -
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Illegal Aliens Convicted of Homicide Return to America
In June, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona charged six individuals who had previously been convicted of homicide in the U.S. with illegally reentering the country. This statistic—published in the U.S. attorney’s monthly report on immigration and border crimes—shines a revelatory light on our justice system and our border security. Each of… -
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2 House Conservatives Demand IRS Transparency in ‘Partisan’ Leak of Tax Records
Reps. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Darrell Issa, R-Calif., sent letters to Treasury Department officials Tuesday demanding answers about the Internal Revenue Service’s ongoing investigation into the leak of wealthy individuals’ tax information. The letters, first obtained by The Daily Caller News Foundation, were sent to IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig and Inspector General for Tax Administration J…. -
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How America’s Authoritarians Use Empathy to Rule
America has a crisis of empathy. That crisis isn’t expressed as lack of charitable giving: Americans give approximately seven times what Europeans do to charity per capita. And it isn’t expressed as an unwillingness to spend on a governmental level: The United States currently spends more money than any nation in the history of the… -
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My Professors Thought Calling Conservatives ‘Crazy’ and ‘Hicks’ Would Sway Me to the Left. They Were Wrong.
When I was looking at colleges during my senior year of high school, I knew that I wanted to attend an institution that focused on education rather than indoctrination. My impression was that my professor’s role was facilitating students’ ability to think critically, not indoctrinating them to a point where they thoughtlessly repeat their teachers’… -
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California Governor Takes Kids Out of Summer Camp That Doesn’t Require Masks
California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s son was photographed maskless indoors at a summer camp, prompting the Democratic governor to pull his children out of the camp, Fox News reported. “The Newsoms were concerned to see unvaccinated children unmasked indoors at a camp their children began attending yesterday,” the governor’s communications director, Erin Mellon, told Fox News when asked… -
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Kayleigh McEnany’s ‘Faith Journey’ From White House Intern to Trump’s Press Secretary
What would it be like to go from being an intern at the White House to being White House press secretary? Kayleigh McEnany, the fourth and final press secretary to President Donald Trump, experienced that unlikely journey. She joins me today on “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss that passage as well as her forthcoming… -
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6 Takeaways From First Hearing by House Select Panel on Capitol Riot
Four police officers testified Tuesday about their experiences during the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, as the House select committee investigating the incident held its first hearing Federal law enforcement has charged at least 543 defendants in the attack on the Capitol, CBS News reported. Of those charged, 200 have been indicted, 17 have… -
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Chicago Mayor ‘Absolutely’ Would Deny Interviews Again to White Reporters
Judicial Watch announced Tuesday that it has amended its lawsuit against Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, a Democrat who claims to be “unapologetic” about her previous policy of granting interviews only to journalists of color. Lightfoot told The New York Times for a podcast released Monday that she “would absolutely” implement the interview policy again. “I’m… -
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Big Tech’s Task Force on Terrorism Tracks Far-Right Militias as Extremists
The tech industry’s alliance against terrorism has announced it will begin tracking content from far-right organizations in a shared counterterrorism database used by major tech companies. The Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism, a nonprofit organization founded by Microsoft, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube, will add manifestos, posts, and links from far-right militias flagged by U.N…. -
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Ben & Jerry’s Takes Liberal Distortions Global
Ben & Jerry’s, noted for its ice cream made from “contented cows,” has produced not such contented consumers in many circles following its announcement to stop selling its ice cream in Israel’s West Bank and in East Jerusalem. Although the announcement calls these areas “occupied territories,” more accurate would be to describe their status as… -
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Activists Urge White Parents to ‘Correct Historic Wrongs’ by Not Sending Kids to Ivy League
The racial activism group Dallas Justice Now is asking white parents to sign a pledge not to send their children to Ivy League schools to “help correct historic wrongs.” Dallas Justice Now’s open letter is written to the “wealthy white liberals” in Texas’ Highland Park Independent School District. The group calls for them to “open up spaces… -
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3 Seas Initiative Gets Big Boost From Japan’s Strong Interest
The Three Seas Initiative has scored another notable achievement in Tokyo, following the successful gathering of the sixth Three Seas Summit and Business Forum in Sofia, Bulgaria, earlier this month. During his visit to Japan last week for the opening ceremonies of the Tokyo Olympics, Polish President Andrzej Duda—one of the founding members of the… -
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What to Expect From House’s Partisan Probe of Capitol Riot
Amid partisan acrimony, the first hearing of the Select Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol will convene Tuesday. The panel investigating the Capitol riot has seven Democrats and two Republicans—all appointed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. The original plan was that Pelosi would name eight members and House Minority… -
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Florida Governor Moves Against Ben & Jerry’s for Anti-Israel Boycott
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, sent a letter to the State Board Administration on Thursday requesting action be taken against Ben & Jerry’s over its decision to boycott “occupied Palestinian territory,” Fox Business reported. The governor asked that the ice cream brand and its parent company, Unilever, be placed on the “Continued Examination Companies…