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
How Long Will Amazon Follow Southern Poverty Law Center’s ‘Hate Group’ Slander?
As confirmed at a recent shareholders’ meeting, Amazon generated over $232 billion last year and has arguably set the gold standard for innovation. Indeed, Amazon employs nearly 650,000 men and women all over the world—a number that doesn’t account for the millions of third-party sellers who use the Amazon platform for sales and logistics, and… -
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American Soldiers on D-Day Set the Bar for Courage
KYIV, Ukraine—This week we honor the soldiers who saved Europe by storming the beaches of Normandy 75 years ago on D-Day—June 6, 1944. These soldiers were not born and bred to be warriors. No, they were born as free men, with other plans besides going to war. Family. Career. A life lived with purpose in… -
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Taylor Swift Waited 30 Years to Get Political. Sadly, She’s Still Misinformed.
To celebrate Pride Month, Taylor Swift took to social media to blast out a rainbow-colored petition asking fans and lawmakers alike to support the Equality Act, a bill that would add sexual orientation and gender identity as protected classes under federal civil rights law. “While we have so much to celebrate, we also have a… -
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Why Celebrity Politics Matters
Celebrities emerged from their Hollywood cocoon this week to sound off on abortion law … in Georgia. If this sounds bizarre, that’s because it is: The people of Georgia don’t spend an awful lot of time trying to control the policies of New York or California. Yet the greatest and most moral among us–people who… -
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ICE Acting Director Says Family Deportations Are on the Table
Acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Mark Morgan said his agency is not ruling out the possibility of arresting and deporting migrant families that have been ordered to leave the U.S. “The mindset is no one is exempted. You’re either in violation of the law or not, and we take it from there,”… -
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17-Year-Old Girl Dies After Request to Be Legally Euthanized in the Netherlands
A teen in the Netherlands died Sunday at her home after requesting to be legally euthanized following years of depression following sexual abuses and rape when she was younger. Initial reports claimed Noa Pothoven died via legal euthanasia, but it is now being reported doctors ultimately denied her request. The 17-year-old said that her suffering… -
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4 Things to Know About House Democrats’ ‘Dream and Promise’ Amnesty
The House has passed legislation 237-187 that would grant citizenship to an estimated 2.5 million undocumented immigrants, in a largely party-line vote. “America’s Dreamers represent the constant reinvigoration of our country. Today, the House will pass the American Dream [and] Promise Act—an historic step for immigrants and communities across America,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.,… -
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Why So Many Mass Shootings? Ask the Right Questions and You Might Find Out
This past weekend, Americans learned of another mass shooting, this time by an employee who decided to murder as many of the people he had worked with for years as possible. As of this writing, the murder toll is 12 people. Every American asks why. What was the killer’s motive? When we read there is… -
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Idaho’s Spring Cleaning for Regulations an Idea Worth Replicating
Imagine if government rules had an expiration date. What if, each decade, every state law, regulation, or administrative rule ended by default unless lawmakers took specific action to keep it on the books? Idaho just did that — but not on purpose. The Idaho Legislature’s inaction in April allowed more than 8,000 pages of administrative… -
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Averting the Next Fiscal Train Wreck
Car accidents are relatively common occurrences. Train wrecks are a little more out of the ordinary, to be sure. One would be hard-pressed, however, to find many examples of a 15-lane pileup of 435 cars, 100 semi-trucks, three trains, and a small army of app-rent scooters strangling the center of the capital of the United… -
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How a Murky Espionage Act Could Complicate Prosecution of Assange
The curtain rose on Act 1, Scene 2 in the Julian Assange drama on May 23, when the U.S. Department of Justice unsealed a sweeping 18-count superseding indictment against the WikiLeaks founder that includes alleged violations of the Espionage Act—something that might complicate the government’s efforts to bring Assange to justice. As we wrote when… -
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‘Hope Is What Sustains Us’: Church Where 26 Slain Presses On
Eighteen months have passed since a gunman entered First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs and took 26 lives. In honor and remembrance of those who perished in the Texas church, First Baptist just opened a new building, and the congregation hopes it will serve as a reminder of the lives lost that day. “Hope is… -
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Theresa May Will Be Gone in Days. Why Not Meet With Boris Johnson?
President Donald Trump began his state visit to the United Kingdom on Monday with a day of ceremony, including a private lunch and a banquet dinner with Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, tea with Prince Charles, and a visit to Westminster Abbey, the resting place of British war heroes and cultural greats. But as… -
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Podcast: Training the Next Generation of Solutionists
On today’s podcast, we are featuring an interview with C.J. Sailor, director of programs and development for The Gloucester Institute. He’s helping to train the next generation of leaders to be solutionists in their own communities. Find out how his own journey helped shape his career. Also on the show: We share your letters to… -
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Harriet Tubman Mural Stops Onlookers in Their Tracks
A freshly painted mural of Underground Railroad icon Harriet Tubman extending her hand is provoking viewers to reach out and grasp it. A young African-American girl touching Tubman’s open hand was captured in a viral photo on Instagram, and it communicated everything the artist said he hoped for. “Wouldn’t it be nice if I exposed… -
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There Is No Evidence Weather Is Increasingly Threatening to Human Lives
Climate isn’t the same as weather — unless, of course, weather happens to be politically useful. In that case, weather portends climate apocalypse. So warns Elizabeth Warren as she surveyed Iowan rainstorms, which she claims, like tornadoes and floods, are more frequent and severe. “Different parts of the country deal with different climate issues,” Alexandria… -
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5 Years In, What The Daily Signal Has Achieved
When I first became a reporter, one of the things that startled me was just how many other reporters there were. Whether I was holding out my recorder to catch what Donald Trump and Sarah Palin were saying in Times Square, or waiting outside the Senate chamber to hear John McCain’s latest take, or standing… -
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Survivors of the Sexual Revolution the Media Will Ignore During Gay Pride Month
June has been declared “Pride Month,” and we’re supposed to celebrate those “coming out” and living a “gay” life. June 12 will mark the third anniversary of the Pulse gay nightclub mass shooting in Orlando, Florida, that left 49 dead. Some will no doubt connect those two things to claim America hates people who have… -
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We Hear You: Preserving Freedom and Other Pressing Concerns
Editor's note: We thought we'd catch up on some enlightening letters emailed to us on a variety of subjects covered in recent weeks by The Daily Signal. Enjoy, and don't forget to write us at [email protected].—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: The Daily Signal could have a major impact on the current immigration debate by reflecting… -
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Sen. Cruz, Rep. Ocasio-Cortez Find Something They Can Work on Together
Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez found something they agree on Thursday, and other lawmakers say they will pitch in, Ocasio-Cortez announced in a Thursday evening tweet. “Okay, with [Democratic Hawaii Sen. Brian Schatz and Cruz] we’ve got at least one D-R team in the Senate to ban members becoming…