Political Commentary & Opinion
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opinion
California Parents Outraged After Children in Middle School Attend LGBT Fair
“You did what?!” Parents across Santa Ana couldn’t believe it. In one house after another, the answer to “How was school today?” was nothing like they expected. Moms and dads listened in disbelief as their middle schoolers talked about going to an “LGBT Fair” that no one bothered to ask their permission for. There were… -
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Want to Live a Better Life? You Can Start by Loving Your Enemies, Says Arthur Brooks
Arthur Brooks published his newest book, “Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save America From the Culture of Contempt,” last week and visited The Daily Signal to share some real-life solutions to the practical problems facing America. Brooks is president of the American Enterprise Institute and host of “The Arthur Brooks Show.” You can listen to the interview on our podcast or read a lightly edited transcript below. Rob Bluey: Tell us what you… -
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Southern Poverty Law Center Bias Exposed
The co-founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center, a deep-pocketed, left-wing civil rights organization, was fired on Wednesday. Morris Dees, a prominent lawyer who founded SPLC in 1971, was reportedly forced out due to workplace misconduct, though the organization didn’t specify what that misconduct was. The Los Angeles Times reported: “A letter signed by about… -
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The Lessons of Waging War Against the Dead
The 21st century is in danger of becoming an era of statue-smashing and historical erasure. Not since the iconoclasts of the Byzantine Empire or the epidemic of statue destruction during the French Revolution has the world seen anything like the current war on the past. In 2001, the primeval Taliban blew up two ancient Buddha… -
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Why We Still Pray, Even After New Zealand Attack
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., tweeted after the horrific attacks on two New Zealand mosques that led to at least 49 dead: Of course, Ocasio-Cortez's desire to end these kind of tragedies is understandable and laudable—although she and I would probably differ on the right ways to address this. But, regardless of tragedies, prayer matters. Ocasio-Cortez's… -
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Creaky Merit Systems Protection Board Shows Why Civil Service Is Badly in Need of Reform
The Senate’s failure to consider President Donald Trump’s appointees is affecting more than just the federal judiciary. That abdication of responsibility has now left one agency—the Merit Systems Protection Board—with no political appointees at all. Few people outside of Washington, D.C., have even heard of the Merit Systems Protection Board, but that doesn’t mean it… -
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Why Covington Teen Could Win His Lawsuit Against CNN
Nicholas Sandmann and his parents have followed up their defamation lawsuit against The Washington Post with one filed Tuesday against CNN. Sandmann, you’ll recall, is one of the Covington Catholic High School students savaged by the left after attending this year’s March for Life in Washington. Can Sandmann prevail against the Cable News Network? Just as with The Washington Post, the… -
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New Zealand Mosque Shootings Take at Least 49 Lives
Police said they are evacuating and searching a “location of interest” in Dunedin, New Zealand, after shootings at two mosques Friday in Christchurch, which is hours away from Dunedin. “This is a location of interest in relation to the serious firearms incident in Christchurch today,” police said, according to CNN. “Evacuations of properties in the immediate… -
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‘I Perfectly Understand Why This Kills People’: Former Transgender Jamie Shupe Details How Process Affected Him
The mainstream media celebrated him when he was nonbinary and transgender—but lost interest once he went back to being a man. Jamie Shupe’s exclusive interview with The Daily Signal lit up the internet this week—and inspired a lot of feedback and questions from our audience. The former transgender and nonbinary Army veteran joins the podcast… -
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‘A Very Good Start’: Sen. Graham Says He’s Committed to Getting Judges Confirmed
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, says he is committed to processing judges in the 116th Congress, as well as working to reform immigration and forcing a vote on late-term abortion. “So I’m committed to processing as many highly qualified conservative judges at the district, circuit level as possible,” Graham said… -
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‘Self-Sufficiency, Not a Sinkhole’: JOBS Act Updates Work Requirements for Welfare Recipients
Republicans in the House and Senate are making another legislative push to enforce work requirements for able-bodied adults on welfare. Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., and Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday announced the Jobs and Opportunity with Benefits and Services Act. The JOBS Act comes as the Trump administration makes a… -
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Rep. Jordan Decries ‘Double Standard’ for ‘Politically Connected Class’ Like Clinton, Cohen
The former chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus says his mission now as ranking member on the House Oversight and Reform Committee remains the same, even though Republicans are no longer in the majority. “The focus never changes,” said Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio. “The focus is the truth and making sure the American people… -
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Hit the Pause Button on College Admissions Outrage
The media is baring its rancid teeth again. We have more people whose lives we can now rip apart. In the latest frenzy of outrage and recrimination, the collective disdain and finger-pointing and “how could they-ism” of the media establishment has fresh meat: the wealthy, sometimes famous, and sometimes powerful parents who were involved in… -
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House GOP Demands Nancy Pelosi Hold Hearings on Green New Deal
“As the committees to which it has been referred, we have a responsibility to fully understand how the Green New Deal will affect the cost of living and economic mobility of hardworking Americans,” 11 House GOP members wrote to Pelosi on Thursday. “Americans. We need to get to the facts, the American people deserve answers,”… -
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California Police Blame State’s Sanctuary Policies for San Jose Slaying
Local and federal authorities are imploring California lawmakers to revise the state’s “sanctuary” policies after another illegal immigrant with a known criminal record was charged in a brutal killing in the Democrat-controlled state. Police say Bambi Larson, 59, was stabbed to death in her home Feb. 28 by Carlos Eduardo Arevalo Carranza, 24, an illegal… -
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7 Consequences of the Equality Act
Editor’s note: This article was published in 2019. Since then, the House passed the Equality Act, but the Senate did not take action on the legislation. The House is expected to vote again on the Equality Act this week. Most Americans don’t want a nationwide bathroom requirement, health care mandate, or “preferred pronoun” law based… -
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‘You Have to End Them’: El Salvador President-Elect Outlines His 3 Steps to Destroy MS-13, Other Gangs
Last month in El Salvador, a third-party outsider won in a landslide election, defeating his opponents, promising to crack down on corruption, to fight crime, and to improve the economy. President-elect Nayib Bukele shares with us his thoughts on immigration, gangs, and how the U.S. and El Salvador can work together. Read the transcript, pasted… -
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We’ve Asked for a Vote 18 Times to Ban Infanticide. Democrats Have Blocked Us.
This week, I asked a question, of Congress and our country, on the floor of the House of Representatives. I requested unanimous consent for the House to consider the Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, which would ensure that any infant born alive after a failed abortion would receive the same care “as reasonably provided… -
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What Liberals Forget: Before the Welfare State, Americans Took Care of Each Other
Over the weekend, Democratic fresh face and socialist darling Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., spoke at the South by Southwest conference. While sitting amidst the enormous bounty provided by capitalism—top-notch electronic equipment, a massive crowd of paid ticket holders—AOC tore into capitalism. She called the system that has raised 80 percent of the globe from extreme… -
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If You Don’t Remember Cold War, Communism, Getting Free Stuff From Government Sounds Great
One of the rotten fruits produced by what passes for today’s American education system is the ignorance some young people have about socialism. According to a new Harris Poll given exclusively to Axios, the news and information website, Generation Z (comprised of those born in 1995 or later), “has a more positive view of the…