Political Commentary & Opinion
Analysis, commentary, and opinion essays on politics and policy from The Daily Signal’s contributors and experts.
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opinion
Amazon’s Rejection of Unions in Alabama a Big Loss for Big Labor
Big labor suffered a significant loss in its attempt to unionize employees at Amazon’s warehouse facility in Bessemer, Alabama. Of the workers eligible to vote, an embarrassingly small 16% voted to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union. It was the most recent in a series of high-profile losses for labor, including failed attempts… -
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Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson Explains Why It’s Not Racist to Require ID for Voting
Editor’s note: North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, a Republican, spoke during a House Judiciary Committee hearing Thursday on voting rights. Read the lightly edited transcript, below, or watch the video above. You see, I’m the first black lieutenant governor of North Carolina, and I hail from Greensboro, home of the Woolworth sit-ins, an epicenter of… -
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The President of Chad Was Killed in Combat. Here’s What You Need to Know About What’s Happening in the Region.
One of Africa’s longest-serving presidents, Idriss Déby of Chad, who had ruled for 30 years, was killed Monday in a battle with rebels advancing toward the capital. His shocking death has thrown the country’s frequently tempestuous politics into further turmoil, even as the rebels remain in the field. The Front for Change and Concord in… -
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5 More Residents File Complaint Over Outside Election Assistance in Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis.—Kenneth Brown says Wisconsin voters should expect fair and honest elections. Billionaire-funded, third-party groups involved in administering local elections turn that expectation on its head, he says. Brown is one of five residents of Racine, Wisconsin, who filed a complaint Thursday alleging that Racine Mayor Cory Mason and City Clerk Tara Coolidge allowed left-leaning activists to… -
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4 Things to Know About Biden’s New Voting Czar
As Democrats push to expand the federal government’s purview over elections, President Joe Biden has named a former Justice Department official to be a White House adviser on voting issues. Biden this week tapped Justin Levitt, a Loyola Law School professor, to be his senior adviser for democracy and voting rights. A Loyola Law School… -
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How Much Ruin Do We Have Left?
As Americans know from their own illustrious history, any nation’s well-being hinges on only a few factors. Its prosperity, freedom, and overall stability depend on its constitutional and political stability. A secure currency and financial order are also essential, as is a strong military. Perhaps most important is a first-rate inductive educational system. Of course,… -
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Chauvin Trial About Chauvin, Not America’s Soul or All Police
In the brilliant novel “The Bonfire of the Vanities,” author Tom Wolfe describes what he calls the intense media interest in covering “The Great White Defendant.” A review of “Bonfire” explains: The overarching theme of the book is the search for the great white defendant. The vast majority of defendants in New York City are… -
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Biden’s Business Tax Hikes Would Be a Self-Inflicted Mistake for America
As a part of his “American Jobs Plan,” President Joe Biden has proposed massive tax increases on American businesses. This tax hike would reduce wages, cost jobs, harm economic growth, cut investment, and make America less competitive. It would reverse gains achieved by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Congress should reject these tax increases…. -
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Studies Purporting to Show Safety of Telehealth Abortions Are Unpersuasive
Pro-life advocates suffered a policy setback last week when the Food and Drug Administration lifted existing restrictions on telemedicine abortions for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic. This past year, groups supporting legal abortion litigated against Trump administration FDA rules, which required that chemical abortions occur under medical supervision. Supporters of legal abortion obtained… -
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On Earth Day, Let’s Commit to Speeding Up Growth to Clean Up Earth
April brings Earth Day and, for many of us, spring cleaning. The ideal is to combine both of those concepts. We want to celebrate the Earth by leaving it cleaner for future generations. The question is how to get there. Some point to big government solutions, such as the Green New Deal with its regulations… -
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Left’s Hidden Agenda in New Hate Crime Bill
The Senate is expected to vote soon on a bill touted as targeting hate crimes against Asian Americans. The legislation, authored by Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, and Rep. Grace Meng, D-N.Y., had not initially received widespread conservative support. >>> Update: The Senate passed an amended version of the bill Thursday afternoon by a surprisingly unified… -
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The Chauvin Verdict and the Damage of Political Theatrics
The guilty verdict for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on all counts was correct, based on the evidence, but the theatrics leading up to that trial and after the jurors had made their decision was outrageous. Demonstrations, riots, and looting around the country since the death of George Floyd had to have influenced the… -
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Democrats Could End Border Crisis Quickly. Instead, They’re Making It Worse.
President Joe Biden inherited the most secure southern border in American history. Under the Trump-Pence administration, we built more than 450 miles of the world’s most robust border wall, reducing illegal crossings by over 90%. We abolished the absurd practice of “catch and release.” We ended asylum fraud through a groundbreaking partnership with Mexico known… -
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CEO’s Attempt to Distance Planned Parenthood From Margaret Sanger Falls Flat
Alexis McGill Johnson is not doing a good job in her new role at Planned Parenthood. McGill Johnson is the most recent “new” CEO of Planned Parenthood. Last week, she took to writing a New York Times op-ed in which she decided to be bold and add Planned Parenthood to the list of woke organizations…. -
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Go Green, Go Nuclear
This Thursday, Earth Day, politicians and activists will shout more about “the climate crisis.” I don’t think it’s a crisis. COVID-19, malaria, exploding debt, millions of poor children dying from diarrhea—those are genuine crises. But global warming may become a real problem, so it’s particularly absurd that Earth Day’s activists rarely mention the form of… -
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Another Mass Shooting and Questions That Still Go Unanswered
The first question most people ask after mass shootings like the one last week at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis in which a 19-year-old male murdered eight people before taking his own life is: “How did he get the gun?” He was known to authorities. A gun he previously owned was seized because he was… -
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Equality Act Endangers Survivors of Abuse
What do you get when you cross then-Sen. Joe Biden’s 1994 “Tough on Crime” bill with President Joe Biden’s 2021 Equality Act? Answer: spikes in sexual assault in women’s shelters, prisons, and jails. The so-called Equality Act would allow any person of any age, at any time, to declare what gender they are for any… -
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The Bigotry of No Expectations
Editor’s note: This column was filed before former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted Tuesday of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter in George Floyd’s death. We all know what’s coming. In Minneapolis, in anticipation of the jury’s verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin for the alleged murder of George Floyd, everything is… -
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Takeaway From Chauvin Trial: Where Do We Go From Here?
Most criminal defense attorneys will tell you that a quick decision from the jury is generally bad news for their client. That held true on Tuesday when the jury in former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin’s trial reached a relatively quick verdict, finding him guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter in… -
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Why This Former Lawyer Would Have Argued ‘Very Differently’ If He Had Represented Derek Chauvin
Derek Chauvin has been found guilty of murder. Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who pressed his knee against George Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes, was convicted Tuesday of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter in Floyd’s death. For three weeks, jury members listened to attorneys’ arguments during the trial in…