Political Commentary & Opinion
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Arizona Sheriff Describes How the Border Has Changed Under Biden
The effort to curb illegal immigration in his Arizona border jurisdiction has deteriorated dramatically since President Joe Biden took office, Cochise County Sheriff Mark Dannels says. “When President Biden declared the southwest border a nonemergency, it stopped the physical barrier going up, it stopped all infrastructure completion, it stopped the subterraneal technology, it froze that… -
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Madison Becomes Last of Wisconsin’s 5 Largest Cities to Face Election Complaint
MADISON, Wis.—This capital city has become the fifth and last of Wisconsin’s so-called WI-5 cities to face a formal complaint alleging violations of election law in the November presidential contest in which Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump. Saying they are concerned about liberal groups entrenched in administration of Wisconsin elections, a crowd of about nearly… -
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Santorum Firing Shows CNN Has No Interest in Serious Political Debates
Rick Santorum’s gig as a CNN contributor came to an abrupt halt on May 22. Leftists on Twitter finally found a pretext for their crusade to rid CNN of this turbulent conservative. The former senator suggested in an April 23 speech that America’s founding documents didn’t draw on Native American culture. The final straw was… -
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The Media’s Embarrassing Incuriosity About Wuhan
Pardon the whiplash! It feels like the media suddenly decided the theory saying the deadly coronavirus leaked from a lab in Wuhan is now considered plausible, when, in 2020, they aggressively dismissed it as a “fringe theory.” It’s not a mystery why this happened. The Democrats thought the coronavirus was going to be that silver… -
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Ministry of Truth 2.0
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas is reportedly considering the development of tools that would help America’s children discern truth from lies and know when they are being fed “disinformation.” The Washington Times, which first reported the story, says a department spokesperson declined to give details, but that more information would be revealed “in the… -
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Will the Madness of 2020 Last?
The COVID-19 pandemic is ending with mass vaccinations. So is the national quarantine. The rioting, looting, and arson that began in the summer of 2020 is finally sputtering out. The acrimony over the 2020 election is fading. Trump Derangement Syndrome became abstract when Donald Trump left office and was ostracized from social media. In other… -
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California Public School Gives Third Graders Assignment About ‘Place on Gender Spectrum’
After his 9-year-old brought home a school assignment referring to "experimenting with gender presentation" and the “gender spectrum,” Matthew Simmons is concerned that his son is being harmed by what he is taught. “It makes me sad that he is getting exposed to this and having his childhood whittled away,” Simmons told The Daily Signal… -
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Far-Left Groups Are Inciting Violence Across Colombia, and the Media Is Providing Cover With a Disinformation Campaign
“They threw me to the ground [on the police station] and, without mercy, they began to beat and insult me … [then] a man stripped me of my uniform and sexually abused me and beat me.” These are the words of a police woman from Cali, one of the largest cities in Colombia, where violent… -
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Fight to Hold Andrew Cuomo Accountable ‘Feels Like Upward Climb,’ Janice Dean Says
Janice Dean began speaking out against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo when she saw that media outlets weren’t holding the Democratic governor accountable for what was happening in New York during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dean, senior meteorologist at Fox News Channel, lost both her mother-in-law and father-in-law to the disease in New York nursing homes…. -
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How Conservatives Can Advance Freedom and Stand Against Left’s Agenda
The conservative movement needs to be aware that a “propaganda war” is being waged on America. “Policy obviously matters,” John Tillman, chairman and CEO of the Illinois Policy Institute, says. “That’s what all of us are trying to advance … the foundational principles of the founding of this country, and what advances human freedom and… -
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Virginia County’s ‘Diverse Book Collection’ Spotlights Radical Agenda Coming to K-12 Schools
A Virginia school district has become an epicenter of the debates occurring over critical race theory and other, similar curriculums coming to K-12 classrooms around the country. In 2020, Loudoun County Public Schools adopted a plan to double down on bringing so-called culturally responsive teaching to the classroom. It’s notable that the administration of Loudoun… -
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Why Black Lives Matter Sides With Hamas Against Israel
Israel has become a deep gash for progressives. While the far-left wing falsely accuses the Jewish state of human rights violations, a dwindling, less irrational rump tries to hedge continued support for our democratic ally with restrictions limiting Israel’s ability to defend itself. What some consider to be the fourth mini-war since 2008 between the… -
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With Trump Out of White House, Media Suddenly Finds ‘Lab Leak Theory’ Plausible
Former President Donald Trump is known for a lot of things, but one of his special powers is his ability to make the entire corporate media act in concert to bring embarrassment upon themselves. For nearly a year, almost every major news outlet declared that it was a debunked, fringe conspiracy theory to even discuss… -
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This Teacher Is Taking a Stand to Stop the Left
“I’ve been hearing about this stuff happening in California and New York and all over the place. I didn’t realize it was happening in my own backyard.” And in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, neither did parents. It took a young, courageous Spanish teacher to stand up and say, “Not in my school district” to open… -
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Putting Young Americans on Path From Foster Care to Self-Sufficiency
When we provide better opportunities, we get better outcomes. This maxim is proving true again in improving the futures of young Americans who “age out” of foster care. We know that homelessness can affect mental health and create barriers to education and employment, among many other problems. During my tenure as secretary of the Department… -
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The Competition and Innovation Act Is Bad Enough. Don’t Make It Worse.
The United States Competition and Innovation Act, i.e., “the China bill,” continues its sleepy way through the Senate. But don’t be fooled by the long quorum calls and diversions to take care of other business. There are more than 400 amendments filed. Out of the gate, the bill had far too many references to industrial… -
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Lego Releases Set Celebrating ‘LGBTQIA+’ Figures, Drag Queens
The left is tearing down mainstream values—brick by brick! Lego, the latest company to pander to the woke, just decided to test the waters with a rainbow set of “LGBTQIA+” figures. “Everyone is awesome!” the iconic toy company tweeted with a picture of the pack, which also boasts a transgender flag-colored spectrum. And if you’ve always wanted… -
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Middle East Dispute Is About Religion, Not Land
If you’ve seen videos of recent attacks on Jews in New York City, Los Angeles, London, and elsewhere, you may have missed a very revealing aspect of those attacks. They were almost always—as they have been for decades—accompanied by curses such as, “F— the Jews.” Now, given that the perpetrators are almost always Muslims—whether immigrants… -
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From Mickey Mouse to Tony the Tiger, Brands Improperly Target Kids for Pride Month
Pride Month, a celebration of the LGBTQ lifestyle, occurs each June, and for years now, mainstream corporations with recognizable brands have participated in Pride Month by marketing special products, often festooned with the rainbow flag, the primary symbol of the LGBTQ community. This year is no exception, but there’s been an uptick in brands targeting… -
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‘I Still Felt Incomplete’: Detransitioned Men, Women Describe How Frighteningly Easy It Was to Get Trans Surgeries, Hormones
Multiple men and women who have detransitioned described how easy it was for them to get transgender surgeries and hormones in a new CBS segment—and how the surgeries or treatment negatively impacted them. As lawmakers across the country introduce and pass bills focused on gender transitions, Lesley Stahl interviewed multiple medical experts and former or current transgender…