Political Commentary & Opinion
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Answering Criticisms of the Conservative Health Care Consensus Plan
The Center for American Progress recently released a study criticizing a Health Policy Consensus Group proposal to reduce premiums and increase choices for the millions of families and small businesses who are forced to choose between remaining uninsured or buying expensive Obamacare policies. The proposal, dubbed the Health Care Choices Proposal, would replace Obamacare individual… -
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In Surprise Visit to Texas, First Lady Looks After Children at Border
After media fallout and heightened emotions over the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy at the southern border, first lady Melania Trump decided to see for herself. The first lady touched down Thursday morning in the border town of McAllen, Texas, pulling off an impressive surprise visit that was not leaked beforehand. “I’m here to learn… -
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Exclusive Interview: Fox News’ Kimberly Guilfoyle on Moving From Law to Media, ‘The Five,’ and a Front-Row Seat
Kimberly Guilfoyle, co-host of “The Five” on Fox News Channel, agreed to an exclusive interview Saturday with The Daily Signal’s Ginny Montalbano during the Young Women’s Leadership Summit. Guilfoyle’s speech that day, at a conference in Dallas organized by Turning Point USA, was not open to media coverage. Guilfoyle talked to The Daily Signal about… -
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Dallas Mayor Fights Church Over Billboard Stating ‘America Is a Christian Nation’
In Texas, you can advertise adult shops—it’s church promotion they find offensive. That’s the unbelievable predicament First Baptist Dallas finds itself in after it tried to buy a billboard for upcoming sermon topics. What’s offensive about a message on the Christian heritage of America? Plenty, according to the Dallas mayor. Freedom Sunday is June 24… -
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New York to Sue Trump for ‘Violating the Constitutional Rights’ of Families Separated at Border
New York plans to file a lawsuit against the Trump administration for “violating constitutional rights of children and families,” Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced in a Tuesday press release. “Now, parents … are being systematically detained, separated from their children, and, in some cases, deported with no meaningful opportunity to participate in making decisions concerning the care… -
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Couple Beats Their Union After 3-Decade Court Fight, Donates Winnings to Right-to-Work Group
A couple’s 30-year court fight with a union that did not allow them to opt out of paying union dues is over, and the couple is claiming victory, The Washington Free Beacon reported. David and Shirley Pirlott filed their federal labor complaint on Nov. 8, 1987, against Teamsters Local 75. The union mailed the couple $3,000 each… -
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British Hospital Spent Nearly $200,000 on Lawyers to Pull Plug on Toddler Alfie Evans’ Life Support
The hospital in England that removed the life support of British toddler Alfie Evans in April over the objections of his parents spent more than $190,000 in lawyers’ fees in the legal battle that ended in the termination of the 23-month-old’s life support. The actual amount spent by Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool, England,… -
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Food Stamp Program Funds Initiative Offering Recipes From Fictional Country
American taxpayers are funding a university program that creates recipes for meals based on an African nation that exists only in comic books and movies. Yes, we’re talking about Wakanda, the mysterious high-tech home of the Marvel Comics superhero Black Panther, whose eponymous movie smashed records at the box office earlier this year. What folks… -
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New Yorker’s ‘Fact-Checker’ Defamed a Combat Veteran. She Hasn’t Even Apologized.
Confirmation bias damages reputations. It ruins credibility. It destroys lives. When researchers ignore contradictory data that undermines their assumptions, junk science prevails. When police conduct investigations with predetermined outcomes, wrongful convictions abound. And when reporters cherry-pick facts and distort images to serve political agendas, media outlets become dangerous weapons of mass manipulation. Take Talia Lavin,… -
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Boko Haram’s Sick Ploy to Turn Girls Into Suicide Bombers
The Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram gained worldwide infamy in April 2014 when it kidnapped 276 girls from a boarding school in Chibok, Nigeria. Now, thanks to two recent studies published by the Combating Terrorism Center at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, and authored by Elizabeth Pearson and Jason Warner and… -
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70 Years Ago, America Won Its First Fight Against Communism Without Firing a Shot
Two weeks ago, on June 6, we commemorated D-Day—the start of the land battle to free Europe from Nazi tyranny. On Thursday, we celebrate another significant anniversary. It was 70 years ago, on June 20, 1948, that the U.S. and its allies started their first major fight of the Cold War, aiming to stop mass… -
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Senate Panel Bucks White House, Approves Pay Raise for Government Employees
A Senate panel approved legislation that includes a 1.9 percent pay raise for civilian federal employees, even though the White House wants to give raises only when employees deserve them. The Senate Appropriations subcommittee on financial services and general government unanimously approved the general government services funding bill Tuesday with a pay increase for employees of the federal… -
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Antifa Spreads List of ICE Agents Compiled Using LinkedIn and Blasts It Over Twitter
Antifa, a violent, so-called anti-fascist group, tweeted out a list of over 1,500 Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents’ identities. The Twitter account “nebraska antifa” sent out a tweet to its followers on Tuesday that linked to the personal information of ICE officers compiled from information found on LinkedIn. “Some enterprising hero archived the ICE employees listed… -
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Leftist Ideas That Keep Black People Down
For several decades, a few black scholars have been suggesting that the vision held by many black Americans is entirely wrong. Shelby Steele, a scholar at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, said: “Instead of admitting that racism has declined, we [blacks] argue all the harder that it is still alive and more insidious than ever. We… -
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Armstrong Williams Exiting Radio as TV Empire Expands
After more than two decades on the radio, commentator Armstrong Williams will sign off his show on SiriusXM Urban View for the last time June 27 to devote more time to expanding his TV holdings. “When you own broadcast television stations, and it’s a 24/7 business, it requires the weekdays to visit these stations, to… -
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Oregon Forced Us to Close Our Cake Shop. Here’s What the Masterpiece Decision Means for Us.
We are thrilled for our friend, Jack Phillips, the owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop who recently won his case at the Supreme Court. Like Jack, we know what it is like to be treated unfairly by a state agency and mocked, threatened, and abused by critics. We can only imagine the relief Jack is experiencing. At… -
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The Southern Poverty Law Center’s Smear Campaign Against PragerU
“Antifa” is to violence what the Southern Poverty Law Center is to words. In short, it is a hate group on the left. The SPLC smears individuals and groups it differs with by labeling them as some form of “hater”: “racist,” “white supremacist,” “extremist,” and the like. That it is cited and even relied upon… -
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David Hogg Leads Another Boycott Against Laura Ingraham’s Advertisers
Parkland shooting survivor and pro-gun control activist David Hogg is leading another boycott campaign against Fox News anchor Laura Ingraham after she defended border patrol agents enforcing the law Monday night. Hogg, who previously called for a boycott against Ingraham’s advisers after she criticized him for complaining about colleges that rejected his applications, has decided to come after Ingraham… -
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The Left Is Spreading Misinformation About Our Border Crisis. Here’s What’s Really Happening.
This is a transcript of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen’s remarks Monday to reporters at the White House. Well, good afternoon. It is my pleasure to be here because I would love to see if I can help explain some of what’s going on and give you some of the facts. I know there have been a… -
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Fact-Checking 4 Claims About Detaining Children at the Border
Editor’s note: Since this article was first published, President Donald Trump signed an executive order addressing the issue of children at the border. The Trump administration is taking heat from Democrats and Republicans for separating parents and children after they illegally crossed the southern border. Over the six weeks from April 19 through May 31,…