Political Commentary & Opinion
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Stop California Absurd Hydrogen Car Subsidies Before Approving Federal Fire Aid
Gov. Gavin Newsom has requested $40 billion in federal aid to assist California in the aftermath of the Los Angeles fires last month. As a Pacific Palisades resident, I can attest the devastation is catastrophic and funds are desperately needed. However, the Trump administration is poised, understandably, to tie a lot of strings to any…James Breslo -
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NJ Attorney General Faces Impeachment for Targeting Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers
The New Jersey attorney general is facing impeachment, in part, for allegedly targeting pregnancy resource centers for investigation because of their pro-life stance and for demanding the names of their staff and donors in the process. Republicans in the New Jersey Assembly filed articles of impeachment against Attorney General Matthew Platkin on Thursday. They…Moira Gleason -
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Dems Fretting Over Billionaires Have Been on the Billionaire Dole for Years
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Numerous elected Democratic officials have criticized the wealthy despite taking funding from billionaires in the past. Railing against billionaires has been a popular Democratic rhetorical device for decades, but the criticism has come to the forefront since Elon Musk took the lead of the Department of Government Efficiency and has made many…Audrey Streb -
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Democrats Should Concede DOGE’s Diagnosis or Confirm That They Are Fools
President Donald Trump and Department of Government Efficiency chief Elon Musk are trying to rightsize the entire federal enterprise, just as companies—large and small—do daily. Democrats are having none of it. Indeed, their rage over DOGE knows no borders. “Donald Trump has turned the White House into ‘The Elon Musk Show,’” House Democrat Leader Hakeem Jeffries of…Deroy Murdock -
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UC Berkeley Faces Scrutiny Over Failure to Report Anti-Jewish Hate Crimes
Hannah Schlacter, a 2024 University of California at Berkeley graduate with an MBA, has filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education, alleging that the university violated federal law by failing to properly report anti-Jewish hate incidents during the fall 2023 semester. The complaint, detailed in documents reviewed by The Daily Signal, follows Schlacter’s…Tony Kinnett -
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Bill to Ban Biological Males From Women’s Sports Blocked by Democrats
Senate Democrats voted late Monday afternoon to block a bill that would have prevented biological males from participating in women’s sports from reaching the floor. The vote failed along party lines, with 51 Republicans in favor of ending debate and bringing it to the floor, and 43 Democrats and two nominal independents who caucus with…George Caldwell -
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Restoring Trust in Public Health: Play It Straight on Vaccine Effectiveness
This is the fourth in an eight-article series on “Restoring Trust in Public Health: Lessons from COVID-19.” Four years of the Biden-Harris administration has left Americans rightly skeptical of public health institutions. This series highlights key findings from several congressional oversight reports, including the final report of the U.S. House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic,…Robert Moffit -
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GLOBAL WOKE MACHINE: Leader of CPAC Hungary Raises the Alarm About Soros
OXON HILL, Md.—A Hungarian conservative leader warned that while President Donald Trump has made great progress, the global “woke machine” remains an abiding threat, propped up by Hungarian American billionaire George Soros. Miklós Szánthó, who convenes conservatives for the Conservative Political Action Conference in Hungary, praised Trump for rooting out the U.S. government’s funding for…Tyler O’Neil -
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Iowa Becomes First State to Remove ‘Gender Identity’ as a Protected Class
While President Donald Trump has been tackling LGBTQ+ activism at the federal level, Iowa has become the first state to pass a bill that removes gender identity from the state’s civil rights law. On Friday, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, a Republican, signed SF418, which made its way to her desk with a 33-15 vote in the…Sarah Holliday -
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Diversity Training Teaching Police Officers Not to Say ‘Shemale’ and ‘Tranny’ No Longer on Website
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—A diversity training that taught police officers to apologize for misgendering “transgender” people, avoid using “unacceptable terms” such as “Tranny,” “Shim,” and “Shemale,” and urged agents to attend pride events “in uniform” to build relationships has been removed from the Department of Justice website. Under the Biden administration, the United States Department…Megan Brock -
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The Trailblazing Republican Congresswoman You May Have Never Heard Of
In the annals of trailblazing Republican women, few have more claims to fame than Margaret Heckler. The only woman in her law school class, Heckler became the first woman from Massachusetts to get elected to Congress without succeeding her husband. She also convinced Ronald Reagan to promise that he would name the first woman to…Kimberly Heckler -
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The Daily Signal Announces New Host and Video Format for ‘Top News in 10’ Show
The Daily Signal is relaunching its popular “Top News in 10” daily news program, featuring a new host and the introduction of a video format for the first time in the show’s history. Beginning today, the program also moves to a morning release schedule, providing you with essential news updates to start your day. Tony…Robert B. Bluey -
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Dumb Things Socialists Promise
Socialism is popular! A Pew study reports that more than a third of American adults view it positively. How is this possible? Little has brought more misery—first in the Soviet Union, then in China, Cuba, Nicaragua, now Venezuela … One reason young people support socialism is because their social media feeds show videos made…John Stossel -
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Babies Must Not Be Sex-Selected, Frozen, or Discarded
The number of human beings living in freezers in the United States now outnumbers the population of Dallas, Texas. “Estimates place the number of frozen embryos at greater than 1.5 million,” reported the March 2022 edition of Fertility and Sterility, a journal published by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. According to the latest Census…Terence Jeffrey -
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Poll Finds Pause in the Decline of Christianity among US Adults
There have been several polls in recent years all pointing to a decline in Christianity among U.S. adults. Research released in April of 2023 from the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University found millennials, in particular, seemed to wrestle with purpose as those who had religious affiliations steadily dropped. A few months later, the Pew Research…Sarah Holliday -
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When Good Intentions Go Wrong: America’s ‘Crisis of Dependency’
About 25 years ago, James Whitford and his wife founded a ministry to the poor and homeless in Missouri. Not long after starting the ministry, Whitford felt led by the Lord to see for himself what it was like to be homeless. After several conversations with his wife, the couple agreed that Whitford would take…Virginia Allen -
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Cohabitation Is Not Just an Urban Problem Anymore
When we think about rural communities, we tend to conjure up images of faith, large families, friendly neighbors, and conservative values—the exact opposite of the trends that mark our nation’s urban centers these days. Unfortunately, as Bob Dylan once famously sang, “The times they are a-changin … ” And just as the times changed in…Timothy Goeglein -
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Getting to Denmark
Sooner or later, The New York Times catches on to the news. In the case of immigration policy, the news it has caught up with is that mass immigration, legal and illegal, from less-developed countries is politically toxic. That news was relayed in a Feb. 24 article and thread on X by reporter David Leonhardt,…Michael Barone -
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Left Wing DA Declined to Charge Sex Offender Who Exposed Himself to Children in Women’s Locker Room
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano allegedly declined to prosecute a registered sex offender because the man’s transgender identity and a county policy shielded him from any wrongdoing. Richard Cox was arrested in December of 2024 in Arlington County after several parents claimed a man had exposed himself to young girls in the Arlington…Jaryn Crouson -
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Modern Feminism Makes Women Miserable
The best thing modern feminists could do for women is tell them to reject feminism. The Institute for Family Studies recently analyzed findings from the annual American Family Survey. It found 37% of conservative women ages 18-40 said they were completely satisfied with life. But only 12% of liberal women that age were. That’s a…Victor Joecks