Political Commentary & Opinion
Analysis, commentary, and opinion essays on politics and policy from The Daily Signal’s contributors and experts.
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An Inside Look at Trump’s Dream Team
On the latest episode of “The Tony Kinnett Cast,” we dive into the star-studded cast of nominations President-elect Donald Trump has announced so far for his second administration. They include Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla.; Gov. Kristi Noem, R-S.D.; Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y.; former Gov. Mike Huckabee, R-Ark.; border czar-to-be Tom Homan; and more by the…Tony Kinnett -
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Get Ready for the Largest Mass Deportation Since FDR
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of the accompanying video from professor Peter St. Onge. Mass deportations are coming. Which feels about right given we’re a democracy and nearly 60% of Americans want mass deportation of illegal immigrants. Who are, after all, breaking the law by trespassing on our republic. So, how fast…Peter St. Onge -
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The Democrats’ 2020 Victory Was a Blessing in Disguise
I never imagined I would think, let alone write, that the Democratic Party’s victory in 2020 was a blessing. But for those of us—meaning, it is now clear, a majority of us—who regard the Left as an entirely destructive force in America, as it is everywhere else in the world, 2020 may well have turned…Dennis Prager -
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Cultural Curators Face Reckoning for Mocking Middle America
PITTSBURGH—Walking out of the Allegheny County Republican election night event at a local luxury hotel, the young men waiting to valet my car got into a discussion with me about the just-announced election results. All four men were in their 30s. Two were white, one was black, and the other Hispanic. As I traditionally do,…Salena Zito -
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Federal Court Rejects Biden’s ‘Parole in Place’ for Illegal Aliens
Two days after the election, a federal court in Texas ruled against President Joe Biden’s latest unauthorized scheme to subvert immigration law: “parole in place” for illegal aliens who are the spouses of U.S. citizens. In a 73-page decision, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas upheld a challenge by 16 states…Simon Hankinson -
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EXCLUSIVE: Corporate Executives Sit on Boards of Hospitals That Perform Child Sex Changes
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Six of America's largest companies have executives on the boards of hospitals that perform child sex-change procedures. Executives of Costco, General Motors, T-Mobile, Procter and Gamble, Wells Fargo, and Kroger are board members at the 12 leading hospitals on medical watchdog Do No Harm's list of health care facilities that offer…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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Being a Free Person Is Dangerous
The following is an excerpt from Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts' new book, “Dawn's Early Light: Taking Back Washington to Save America," released Nov. 12. Have you ever driven through a blizzard in Wyoming? Your field of vision doesn’t extend more than twenty feet. There are only the storm and the road, except for the…Kevin Roberts -
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Seniors Are Getting Crushed by Washington’s Recklessness
Inflation has pulverized Americans’ finances over the last four years, and a new study shows that’s especially true for the nation’s seniors, whose retirement accounts have been walloped. The losses have been so severe that would-be retirees need to work an extra six years on average before they can hang up their work boots—and they can blame…EJ Antoni -
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Government Delivered Inflation—but No Real Aid—in North Carolina
North Carolina can’t catch a break under the Biden-Harris administration. The federal government’s appalling response to Hurricane Helene almost surely cost lives, adding insult to the injury of the inflation that has been crushing Tar Heel State residents for 3 1/2 years. In fact, prices there have risen even faster than the national average. The 40-year-high…EJ Antoni -
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The Left’s Woke Agenda Died This Week
There were many reasons that President-elect Donald Trump won in such a resounding victory this week: inflation, the bewildering open border policy, the Afghanistan withdrawal humiliation, the world on fire, etc. But let’s not forget one of the top ones: This was a resounding defeat of wokeism. Voters have rejected wokeism—defined here as an unhealthy obsession with viewing all of…Mike Gonzalez -
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Good News: Americans No Longer Listen to Mass Media
If the 2024 presidential contest proved anything, it’s that the mass media no longer drive the national conversation. They can no longer stoke fear and outrage in average voters. They can no longer prop up terrible candidates. And, like him or not, President-elect Donald Trump‘s success with black, Hispanic and Jewish voters, if exit polls…David Harsanyi -
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Who Did the Billionaires Back in 2024?
THE DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Billionaires favored Vice President Kamala Harris in Tuesday’s election over President-elect Donald Trump, according to Forbes’ analysis of campaign finance disclosures. Eighty-three billionaires threw verbal or financial support behind Harris, while 53 backed Trump, according to Forbes. Trump’s victory on election night came despite a massive financial disadvantage, with his campaign raising $388 million as of…Robert Schmad -
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How Harris’ Many Missteps Doomed Her Candidacy
On the night of the election, a member of the Trump team called me about an hour after polls had begun to close to tell me they saw signs of a win. A few hours later, a friend close to the Harris team called to tell me senior members of the campaign had begun advising…Erick Erickson -
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Biggest Transatlantic Loser in Trump’s Victory: Britain’s Labour Government
“Congratulations President-elect Donald Trump on your historic election,” British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer posted on X at 3:21 a.m. ET Wednesday. The best that can be said about this tepid concession is that Starmer got his concession in before Kamala Harris did. Make no mistake. This is not the result Britain’s Labour Party wanted. Starmer’s party…Rupert Darwall -
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Sean Spicer: Independent Voices Are Crushing Traditional News
Eight years ago, Sean Spicer was preparing for life as President-elect Donald Trump‘s first White House press secretary. Today, he’s a successful host of his own independent show, one of the many disrupting the media landscape. Spicer joins today’s interview edition of “The Daily Signal Podcast” to reveal how independent media transformed the 2024 election…Rob Bluey -
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FAITH REALIGNMENT: Which Religious Group Voted for Kamala Harris?
Most Catholics and Protestants say they voted for the once and future president, Donald Trump, in Tuesday’s election, while most nonreligious Americans favored Kamala Harris, a survey shows. The Faith & Freedom Coalition, a group claiming 3 million activists and donors, released survey results Wednesday showing that 72% of Americans who claim they aren’t part…Ann Moreno -
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Here’s How Epic Trump’s Tuesday Night Triumph Was
“Look what happened! Is this crazy?” President-elect Donald J. Trump exclaimed early Wednesday morning before exuberant fans in Palm Beach, Florida. Trump’s beyond-epic triumph made him the first American to secure the White House, surrender it, and then recapture it since Grover Cleveland in 1892. Republicans won the Senate with a majority of at least 53 seats and seem poised to retain the…Deroy Murdock -
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Kamala Harris Was Always Doomed
The presidential race was not unpredictable, as the now once again discredited polls swore to us. The Republicans had made massive gains in voter registration since 2020, when Donald Trump lost the Electoral College by only a few thousand strategically placed votes. Republicans began to master the transition to non-Election Day balloting—first engineered by the…Victor Davis Hanson -
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What Explains ‘Missing’ Votes Between 2020 and 2024?
Social media posts after the presidential election were abuzz about the disparity in the vote tally from 2020 to 2024. Preliminary counts show President-elect Donald Trump with almost as many votes as he got in 2020, when he came up short in his reelection effort against Joe Biden. Trump appears to have 73.3 million votes…Fred Lucas -
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Female Athletes Who Challenged Connecticut Trans Policy Score Win for Women’s Sports
A federal court upheld four female high school track athletes’ challenge to a Connecticut policy allowing male participation in female sports. U.S. District Court Judge Robert N. Chatigny, an appointee of President Bill Clinton, ruled in favor of allowing the athletes’ case against the Connecticut Association of Schools to proceed, rejecting the request of state…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell