Political Commentary & Opinion
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opinion
Problematic Women: Planned Parenthood, Iran Protests, and Celebrity Feminists
The voices of American feminists are largely absent on protests in Iran, Joy Behar of “The View” says Trump needs to be “medicated and hospitalized,” Iceland takes its equal pay law to a new level, and Planned Parenthood released its 2017 annual report. All this and more in this week’s edition of Problematic Women, co-hosted with… -
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Americans Need Health Reform to Be a Priority Issue in 2018
An open letter to President Donald J. Trump, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and House Speaker Paul Ryan. As you meet this weekend at Camp David to plan your 2018 legislative agenda, we strongly recommend that you keep health care as a top priority. We applaud your success in repealing one of the most despised… -
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Iceland’s Equal Pay Regime Will Hurt, Not Help, Women. We Don’t Need It.
Iceland this week took its equal pay policies to a new level, as a law took effect requiring employers to prove they don’t discriminate against women in monetary compensation. Contrary to ecstatic exclamations from the likes of Hollywood actress Patricia Arquette, tennis great Billie Jean King, and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., both Iceland and the… -
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Jeff Sessions Should Go If He Won’t Ensure ‘Transparency,’ 2 House Conservatives Argue
Two prominent conservative lawmakers say Attorney General Jeff Sessions should stop leaks to the media about the Russia probe or step down as attorney general. Sessions “has recused himself from the Russia investigation, but it would appear he has no control at all of the premier law enforcement agency in the world,” Rep. Mark Meadows,… -
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More Businesses Raise Wages, Give Bonuses in Wake of Tax Cuts
More businesses are announcing bonuses, higher minimum wages, and new benefits for employees after passage by Congress of Republicans’ tax reform bill. An email from House Speaker Paul Ryan’s press office highlights 33 businesses—including Aflac, Associated Bank, and PNC Bank—that have announced raises, bonuses, and other improvements for employees. In moves that may defuse efforts… -
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The ‘Dreamers’ Have No Right to Demand Anything
Nearly 200 protesters were arrested on the steps of the Capitol at a rally in December. The occasion? Thousands had gathered there to demand that Congress pass “Dream Act” legislation to protect from deportation young “undocumented” immigrants brought to this country by their illegal-alien parents. Many of those who took part in that demonstration—as well… -
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Delaware County Stalls Right-to-Work Vote as Unions Protest
GEORGETOWN, Delaware—County officials put off action Tuesday on a right-to-work ordinance after dozens of union members turned out in force at government offices to oppose the legislation during a public hearing. Members of the Sussex County Council asked for a formal opinion from the county attorney pending a vote that could come as early as… -
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The Media Is Upset About Trump’s ‘Nuclear Button’ Wars. Why We Should Ignore Them.
North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump both claim to have big red nuclear buttons. Who cares? We shouldn’t. In his New Year’s address, Rocket Man reportedly announced he had a “red button” on his desk and he was ready to use it. Trump tweeted back, saying that his button is much… -
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The GOP’s Work Has Just Begun. Here’s What Should Top the Agenda in 2018.
Conservatives, we have our work cut out for us this year. Mind you, 2017 definitely had its ups. Neil Gorsuch is on the Supreme Court. The war on terrorism moved in the right direction, with the prime minister of Iraq declaring victory over ISIS. The Trump administration pulled the U.S. out of the Paris climate… -
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How Big Government Made the Depression Worse, and Would Do Similar Damage Today
We are a nation of 325 million people. We have a bit of control over the behavior of our 535 elected representatives in Congress, the president, and the vice president. But there are seven unelected people who have life-and-death control over our economy and hence our lives—the seven governors of the Federal Reserve Board. The… -
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Abedin Forwarded State Passwords to Yahoo Before It Was Hacked by Foreign Agents
Huma Abedin forwarded sensitive State Department emails, including passwords to government systems, to her personal Yahoo email account before every single Yahoo account was hacked, a Daily Caller News Foundation analysis of emails released as part of a lawsuit brought by Judicial Watch shows. Abedin, the top aide to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, used her… -
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You’re Never Ready to Get Married. But That Shouldn’t Stop You.
Part 1 in a series of widely held beliefs that are either untrue or meaningless. In every age, people say and believe things that aren’t true but somehow become accepted as “conventional wisdom.” The statement “I’m not ready to get married” is a current example. Said by more and more Americans between the ages of… -
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What I Learned From The Heritage Foundation’s New Leader
The Heritage Foundation announced with some fanfare Dec. 19 that with the new year Kay Coles James would become president of the leading policy research organization, which turns 45 in 2018. For some of those outside the Beltway and on behalf of one of the fastest-growing voting populations, millennials, permit me to pose the questions: Who… -
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What the US Should Do as Protests Escalate in Iran Against the Islamist Regime
Iran has been rocked by a wave of protests against the Islamist regime since Dec. 28. Popular demonstrations ignited by smoldering resentment about Iran’s mismanaged economy quickly escalated to political denunciations of Tehran’s rulers. President Donald Trump was quick to offer support to the protesters in a series of tweets. At 7:44 a.m. New Year’s Day,… -
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This Marine Veteran Just Died of Cancer at 36. Here’s Why He Fought Assisted Suicide.
“I was depressed. I was going through difficulty at that point. I needed counseling, I needed care, not assisted suicide pills,” J.J. Hanson, who died Dec. 30 at age 36, told The Daily Signal last year about a time in his life after he was diagnosed with terminal cancer. A Marine veteran, Hanson is survived… -
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The History of Fake News in the United States
Fake news isn’t suddenly ruining America, but putting government in charge of deciding what news is fake will. In the wake of President Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016 election, numerous media outlets ran stories claiming that many websites had published false stories that helped Trump beat Hillary Clinton. Since then, left-leaning opinion writers have… -
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Appeals Court Rules Bakers Must Pay $135,000 for Not Making Wedding Cake
A husband-and-wife baking team must pay a $135,000 fine for declining to make a cake for the wedding of two women, Oregon’s second-highest court has ruled. A three-judge panel of the Oregon Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld a decision by a state agency that led to the fine and forced Aaron and Melissa Klein… -
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Best Daily Signal Videos of 2017
In 2017, we increased our video production efforts, and hit a new record of 125 million video views. Thank you for watching! Above we have five of our best mini-documentaries. And just below is our compilation of a few of our best commentary videos. And here are some of our most popular social videos of… -
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Eliminating Partisan Redistricting Will Make Politics Worse, Not Better
You can’t take politics out of politics. In different words, that’s what James Madison, the Father of the Constitution, expressed when he wrote Federalist No. 10. Instead of eliminating partisan interests, he called for a constitutional system that would pit ambition against ambition to prevent tyranny, rather than trying to extinguish parties or “factions” altogether…. -
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Most Problematic Women of 2017
2017 was a rough year for conservative women. Public figures such as Ivanka Trump, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, and the anchors at Fox News were constantly attacked for their appearance. “Please welcome that dumpster, smokey-eyed raccoon, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders!” said Chelsea Handler on her self-titled Netflix series. Attacking women for their looks…