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
DOGE v DOD: David Meets Goliath
The Department of Government Efficiency is right to look into waste, fraud, and abuse at the Department of Defense, and the first place to look is in the dollars being misdirected away from warfighting capabilities. The U.S. military has struggled to meet demands for actual warfighting equipment, such as ships, fighter jets, and munitions. Many… -
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The Importance of Retaking Institutions
Lasting political change doesn’t come from winning elections but reshaping institutions. On Feb. 26, Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon and owner of The Washington Post, issued a stunning announcement. “I’m writing to let you know about a change coming to our opinion pages,” he wrote on X. “We are going to be writing every… -
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The War on Motherhood: Why the Left Wants to Erase Moms
Democrats are upset about President Donald Trump renaming the former Gulf of Mexico but want to replace the word “mother” with “inseminated person.” You can’t make this up. The Left’s war on language has reached a new level of insanity, and this time, they’ve set their sights on one of the most sacred and fundamental… -
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What Democrats Refused to Stand for During Trump’s Speech
In the entirety of President Donald Trump’s hour and 40-minute address to Congress, almost all Democrats refused to stand for a single thing the president said—from promises for peace in Ukraine to honoring a 13-year-old battling brain cancer. Here is what the Democrats showed the American people they quite literally do not stand for. -
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James Madison, the ‘OG’ of DOGE
Step aside Elon Musk and make way for the “OG” of DOGE, James Madison. This week in 1788, Madison’s Federalist No. 62 was published in The [New York] Independent Journal. The essays we know collectively today as The Federalist Papers, each authored under the pseudonym Publius by Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay, have stood the test of time… -
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Two More States Designate Additional Millions to Expand Educational Freedom for Families
Support for greater educational freedom is moving west as lawmakers in Idaho and Wyoming increase funding for school choice, including designating funding for pre-K education. Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed a $50 million Parental Choice Tax Credit program into law Thursday aimed at expanding schooling options in the state. Meanwhile, the Wyoming State Legislature passed… -
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First Lady Backs ‘Take It Down’ Bill That Would Curtail ‘Revenge Porn’
This week, first lady Melania Trump participated in a roundtable discussion with lawmakers and victims about the scourge of “revenge porn”—viz., the online posting of intimate photographs or films without the consent of the party involved. She urged lawmakers to pass the Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks… -
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Restoring Trust in Public Health: Full Transparency and Cooperation with Congressional Inquiries
This is the fifth in an eight-article series on “Restoring Trust in Public Health: Lessons from COVID-19.” Four years of the Biden-Harris administration has left Americans rightly skeptical of public health institutions. This series highlights key findings from several congressional oversight reports, including the final report of the U.S. House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic,… -
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21 Republicans Draw Line in Shutdown Showdown: No Deal Without DOGE
More than 20 Republican members of the House and Senate sent a letter Monday to Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., making one thing clear: They will not give in to Democratic demands to stop Department of Government Efficiency cuts in exchange for a stopgap budget deal. The letter,… -
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Hill Republicans Strive to Avert Government Shutdown
House and Senate Republicans are working quickly to pass a continuing resolution to fund the federal government to prevent a government shutdown that could occur as soon as mid-March. A government shutdown affects parts of the federal government deemed nonessential and happens when Congress fails to pass some or all of the 12 appropriations bills… -
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Stop California Absurd Hydrogen Car Subsidies Before Approving Federal Fire Aid
Gov. Gavin Newsom has requested $40 billion in federal aid to assist California in the aftermath of the Los Angeles fires last month. As a Pacific Palisades resident, I can attest the devastation is catastrophic and funds are desperately needed. However, the Trump administration is poised, understandably, to tie a lot of strings to any… -
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NJ Attorney General Faces Impeachment for Targeting Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers
The New Jersey attorney general is facing impeachment, in part, for allegedly targeting pregnancy resource centers for investigation because of their pro-life stance and for demanding the names of their staff and donors in the process. Republicans in the New Jersey Assembly filed articles of impeachment against Attorney General Matthew Platkin on Thursday. They… -
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Dems Fretting Over Billionaires Have Been on the Billionaire Dole for Years
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Numerous elected Democratic officials have criticized the wealthy despite taking funding from billionaires in the past. Railing against billionaires has been a popular Democratic rhetorical device for decades, but the criticism has come to the forefront since Elon Musk took the lead of the Department of Government Efficiency and has made many… -
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Democrats Should Concede DOGE’s Diagnosis or Confirm That They Are Fools
President Donald Trump and Department of Government Efficiency chief Elon Musk are trying to rightsize the entire federal enterprise, just as companies—large and small—do daily. Democrats are having none of it. Indeed, their rage over DOGE knows no borders. “Donald Trump has turned the White House into ‘The Elon Musk Show,’” House Democrat Leader Hakeem Jeffries of… -
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UC Berkeley Faces Scrutiny Over Failure to Report Anti-Jewish Hate Crimes
Hannah Schlacter, a 2024 University of California at Berkeley graduate with an MBA, has filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education, alleging that the university violated federal law by failing to properly report anti-Jewish hate incidents during the fall 2023 semester. The complaint, detailed in documents reviewed by The Daily Signal, follows Schlacter’s… -
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Bill to Ban Biological Males From Women’s Sports Blocked by Democrats
Senate Democrats voted late Monday afternoon to block a bill that would have prevented biological males from participating in women’s sports from reaching the floor. The vote failed along party lines, with 51 Republicans in favor of ending debate and bringing it to the floor, and 43 Democrats and two nominal independents who caucus with… -
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Restoring Trust in Public Health: Play It Straight on Vaccine Effectiveness
This is the fourth in an eight-article series on “Restoring Trust in Public Health: Lessons from COVID-19.” Four years of the Biden-Harris administration has left Americans rightly skeptical of public health institutions. This series highlights key findings from several congressional oversight reports, including the final report of the U.S. House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic,… -
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GLOBAL WOKE MACHINE: Leader of CPAC Hungary Raises the Alarm About Soros
OXON HILL, Md.—A Hungarian conservative leader warned that while President Donald Trump has made great progress, the global “woke machine” remains an abiding threat, propped up by Hungarian American billionaire George Soros. Miklós Szánthó, who convenes conservatives for the Conservative Political Action Conference in Hungary, praised Trump for rooting out the U.S. government’s funding for… -
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Iowa Becomes First State to Remove ‘Gender Identity’ as a Protected Class
While President Donald Trump has been tackling LGBTQ+ activism at the federal level, Iowa has become the first state to pass a bill that removes gender identity from the state’s civil rights law. On Friday, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, a Republican, signed SF418, which made its way to her desk with a 33-15 vote in the… -
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Diversity Training Teaching Police Officers Not to Say ‘Shemale’ and ‘Tranny’ No Longer on Website
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—A diversity training that taught police officers to apologize for misgendering “transgender” people, avoid using “unacceptable terms” such as “Tranny,” “Shim,” and “Shemale,” and urged agents to attend pride events “in uniform” to build relationships has been removed from the Department of Justice website. Under the Biden administration, the United States Department…