Political Commentary & Opinion
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opinion
Sen. Ernst: We Must End the Killing of Late-Term Babies
At five months, an unborn baby can detect light, hear sounds, swallow, and even experience taste. These unborn babies have nails on their fingers and toes, and hair has just begun to grow on their heads. These babies feel pain. They scrunch their eyes, clench their hands, or pull back their limbs—just like any other… -
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How Tech Giants Are Banning True Speech About Biological Sex
Like a strong cocktail that promises a quick buzz, social media offers us instant gratification that can be hard to resist. But just as alcohol disguises the smell of chemicals, social media hides the bitter poison of identity politics—a poison that increasingly dominates the content we read. This toxic cocktail is killing our freedom to… -
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Green New Deal More Proof Left Intends to ‘Fundamentally Transform’ US
Kermit the Frog was wrong. It is now easy to be “green.” The evidence is the “Green New Deal,” which CNN describes as a ” … 10-year ‘economic mobilization’ that would phase out fossil fuel use and overhaul the nation’s infrastructure while building whole new layers into the existing social safety net.” The 14-page resolution… -
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Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Bizarre ‘Apology’ for Anti-Semitic Remarks Doesn’t Cut It
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., only multiplied bipartisan concerns about her by accusing the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC, of purchasing the support of American politicians for Israel. Omar’s allegation of illegality perpetuates a nasty caricature of Jewish people dating back to the first century: that of Jewish citizens subversively using their wealth to… -
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Maduro’s ‘Criminal Enterprise’ in Venezuela Must Go, Rubio Says
Sen. Marco Rubio said Monday that the regime of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro isn’t a legitimate government, calling it instead a “criminal enterprise.” Rubio, R-Fla., speaking at The Heritage Foundation, addressed the crisis in the South American nation, noting that some 50 other countries have joined the United States in recognizing opposition leader Juan Guaido… -
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The Role of Mental Illness in Mass Shootings, Suicides
This week marks the one-year anniversary of the horrific Parkland school shooting. That tragedy sparked an intense national debate over how best to protect our children from school shootings. Some have pushed for more restrictions on the constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens. Among them are the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association…. -
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Washington Post Calls Ocasio-Cortez’s Claim of ‘Doctored’ Green New Deal Documents ‘Misleading’
Washington Post fact-checkers ruled Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s claim of “doctored” Green New Deal FAQ documents floating around as “misleading,” but the outlet curiously did not give her any “Pinocchios.” “No one created ‘doctored’ versions of the Green New Deal that included these outlandish proposals,” Rizzo wrote in an article published Monday. Rizzo’s article… -
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Nick Sandmann’s Lawyers Seek Retractions From 50 Celebrities, Media Outlets
An “avalanche of false accusations, false portrayals, and cyberbullying” are the main reasons cited for likely legal action on behalf of Covington Catholic High School student Nick Sandmann and his family, according to his attorneys. On Jan. 25, Sandmann’s legal team, Todd McMurtry and L. Lin Wood—a prominent defamation and libel lawyer—sent more than 50… -
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Yale Grads Publish Conservative Kids Books
Amalia Halikias and Josh Bansal entered Yale University in 2011 and 2012 as two liberal young people, but graduated as conservatives and on a mission to teach children traditional values. Bansal and Halikias determined that one of the most effective ways to teach moral principles is through storytelling, because books play a pivotal role in… -
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Why US Needs to Break the Ice on Coast Guard Funding
Unlike the other branches of the military, the U.S. Coast Guard’s funding falls under the Department of Homeland Security, rather than the Defense Department. As a consequence, the Coast Guard is the only military branch whose members didn’t get paid during the recently ended 35-day partial federal government shutdown. Adm. Karl Schultz, the Coast Guard’s… -
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Podcast: This New Congressman Once Interrogated Saddam Hussein
On today’s podcast, we’re featuring an exclusive interview with Rep. Mark Green. He’s a freshman Republican from Tennessee who shares his first impressions of Congress and his unique role in the capture of Saddam Hussein (whom Green spent six hours interrogating overnight). Also on today’s show: Your letters to the editor. Next week your letter… -
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We Hear You: Media Outlets Slime Teens for Wearing ‘MAGA’ Hats
Editor's note: Media distortion of the recent encounter between Catholic schoolboys and a Native American activist near the Lincoln Memorial, and The Daily Signal's coverage of that, prompted an outpouring from our audience. That's the topic today. Write us at [email protected].—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: "Tribal elder" Nathan Phillips speaks with a forked tongue, is… -
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Media Misses: The Embrace of the Green New Deal
Democrats unveiled their latest version of the Green New Deal on Thursday, but despite some concessions to reality, this version is still little more than socialism masked as environmental policy. But that didn’t stop the media from fawning all over it. Where was the fact-checking when you needed it? Most media reports focused on the… -
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The Tremendous Power of Transgender Ideologues
Transgender ideologues have tremendous power in our culture, and they’re wielding it against the least powerful. If children and their families can survive the pill-pushing gender clinicians, they still have to face the virtue-signaling politicians and their speech bans. It’s the Hotel Transgender: You can check in, but you can never leave. Put Kids on… -
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On Occupational Licensing, Texas Is Again the ‘Lodestar State’ for Legal Reforms
Texas has been at the forefront of state prison and criminal justice reform since 2007, but it isn’t resting on its laurels. By reforming its criminal justice system, Texas has sensibly and carefully reduced its prison population, cut state spending, and expanded prisoners’ access to drug and mental health treatment and to education programs—all of… -
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Green New Deal Would Barely Change Earth’s Temperature. Here Are the Facts.
Here’s the most important fact about the Green New Deal: It wouldn’t work. Ultimately, fully implementing the Green New Deal would have no meaningful impact on global temperatures. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., released their much-anticipated blueprint for a Green New Deal Thursday. And make no mistake: If implemented, the Green… -
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EXCLUSIVE: ‘Record Will Show the Truth,’ Matt Whitaker Says of Attacks
Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker is pushing back against political and media attacks that have dogged him since he took the top job at the Justice Department three months ago. “Ultimately, the reputational hits are drive-by half-truths,” Whitaker said in an exclusive interview with The Daily Signal. “The record will show what the truth is,… -
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There’s Nothing New About the Green New Deal
Democrats unveiled their latest version of the Green New Deal on Thursday, but despite some concessions to reality, this version is still little more than socialism masked as environmental policy. It’s a modern rehash of the original New Deal of the 1930s, which, despite its success in increasing the size of government and distending the…