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These 2 Battleground Counties May Choose Our Next President
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.—In battleground Michigan, two swing counties may determine which presidential candidate will clinch the state's 15 Electoral College votes. Oakland and Kent counties have undergone major demographic changes over the past two decades. Both used to be Republican strongholds, but growth in the Detroit suburbs and the city of Grand Rapids turned the…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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The Final Choice: Civilizational Arson Versus Civilizational Sanity
Every four years, we hear a refrain that the presidential election before us is the “most important election of our lifetimes.” This line is reflexively repeated by pundits, talkers, and thinkers on both sides of the American political divide, and that repetition always engenders a great deal of backlash. We are reliably informed that our…Josh Hammer -
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‘I’m Scared Sh–less.’ Why Women’s March Protesters Say They ‘Won’t Go Back’
“We can’t go back to Donald Trump,” Julie Drizin told The Daily Signal on Saturday at the “We Won’t Go Back”-themed Women’s March in Washington, D.C. Sporting a “RESIST” pin on her right side, a “FEMINIST AF” and transgender flag pin on her right side, and holding a Trump baby balloon, Drizin added, “We can’t…Virginia Allen -
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The British Submarine Problem and What It Means to US Security
British Royal Navy attack submarines are tasked with monitoring Russian submarine movements in the North Atlantic and serve as one of the first lines of Russian deterrence that profoundly benefits the United States. Such monitoring is especially critical to U.S. national security because Russia boasts a robust submarine force that has exercised heightened submarine activity…Sydney Hudson -
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Harris Is Ending Her Campaign With Lies and Smears
In the last two weeks, Vice President Kamala Harris has been trying to revive her stagnant campaign by smearing former President Donald Trump as being Hitlerian and a fascist. She claims Trump is planning to put his enemies in encampments. Yet in the modern era, it was not Trump who put large numbers of U.S….Victor Davis Hanson -
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EXCLUSIVE: Virginia Schools Secretly Remove LGBTQ Book Amid Explicit Images Controversy
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Public schools in a Northern Virginia county have quietly removed a pro-LGBTQ book after parents criticized it for sexually explicit images, The Daily Signal has learned. Fairfax County Public Schools in the Washington, D.C., suburbs confirmed in emails to parent Stacy Langton that school libraries across the county had removed the…Tyler O’Neil -
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Desperate Leftist Media Wildly Distort Trump’s Liz Cheney Comments
Haters of former President Donald Trump are spinning their latest distortion after Trump’s interview Thursday night with commentator Tucker Carlson. Trump’s argument was that he thinks former Rep. Liz Cheney and other neocons are quick to start wars and send other Americans to fight them with no regard for the lives lost. The Kamala Harris…Carrie Sheffield -
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Garbage In/Garbage Out
On Sunday, a comedian opening the Trump rally at Madison Square Garden made a joke about Puerto Rico being a garbage island. On Monday, that was all the American press corps could talk about. On Tuesday, President Joe Biden declared former President Donald Trump’s supporters were garbage, and all the media could talk about on…Erick Erickson -
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EXCLUSIVE: Female Law Students Punished for Saying Men Don’t Belong in Women’s Bathrooms
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Alliance Defending Freedom filed a lawsuit Friday on behalf of two female law students who expressed concerns about men accessing women’s restrooms at George Mason University’s law school. Third-year law students Selene Cerankosky and Maria Arcara expressed concerns after a male classmate informed the Antonin Scalia Law School Class of 2025…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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Michigan Is a Road to the White House, Rep. Huizenga Says
Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Mich., said he has seen a political shift in the swing state of Michigan. “It’s interesting to see how Michigan has just grown in importance, and as a crossroads,” Huizenga told The Daily Signal, “quite literally the road to the White House, the road to the Senate [Republican] majority, and the road…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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Fact-Checking Kamala Harris’ Phoenix Speech
Vice President Kamala Harris held a rally Thursday in Phoenix, making a finish-line pitch to voters in a key swing state ahead of next Tuesday’s presidential election. Harris mostly focused on themes she has hit during her campaign and in recent speeches. The vice president said she is for protecting “democracy,” Trump is about punishing…Jarrett Stepman -
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Phoenix on Fire: Rising Prices Burn Arizonans
Residents of Phoenix are feeling the heat, and it’s not just the weather. Instead, it’s the relentless rise in inflation that has tightened its grip on household budgets, forcing many to reevaluate their spending and lifestyle choices. The current financial reality has become painfully clear: The American dream has become a distant memory, seemingly out…Nicole Huyer -
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When in a Hole, Kamala Keeps Digging
On the latest episode of “The Tony Kinnett Cast,” we examine the possible effects of Vice President Kamala Harris’ resolute decision to continue diving deeper into divisive politics and far-left rhetoric as the contested Nov. 5 election draws near. Speaking of Nov. 5, join us beginning at 6 p.m. EST that fateful Tuesday evening for…Tony Kinnett -
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What Kamala Harris and Henry VIII Have in Common
Vice President Kamala Harris and the 16th-century British monarch Henry VIII share at least one trait in common: The belief that the government can force an individual to act against his conscience and in violation of his faith. Henry VIII demonstrated this in his treatment of St. Thomas More. More, a brilliant lawyer, experienced a…Terence Jeffrey -
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Donald Trump’s Closing Argument Detailed In New Ad: ‘Never Quit’
When President Grover Cleveland left the presidency in 1889, the 22nd president of the United States had no designs to seek a second term. Four years later, on March 4, 1893, Cleveland stood at the East Portico of the Capitol, swearing the same oath he had recited eight years prior. Cleveland became the 24th president…Bradley Devlin -
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‘Final Argument’: An Open-and-Shut Case
This week, I had the pleasure of sitting down for a cordial debate with Sam Harris, host of the “Making Sense” podcast, to discuss the question of the hour: Donald Trump vs. Kamala Harris. The conversation was moderated by Bari Weiss of The Free Press. Sam Harris is, of course, an incredibly intelligent person. He’s…Ben Shapiro -
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Desperate, Elitist Kamala Harris Is Hillary Clinton 2.0
Vice President Kamala Harris’ weak response to President Joe Biden’s calling Donald Trump supporters “garbage” matches her hyperbolic, incendiary claims that Trump is a “fascist” who relies on the tactics of Adolf Hitler. Meanwhile, Harris’ running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, compared Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally to a Nazi gathering. Even high school debate…Carrie Sheffield -
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Promoting Panic for Cash
The world must be getting so much worse! Activists protest everywhere. Listening to them, I’d think hate, homophobia, racism, and environmental threats are at record highs. But it’s not true. Despite our ugly election politics, for most people, life is better than ever. Our air and water are cleaner. People live longer and healthier lives….John Stossel -
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Biden’s Student Loan ‘Forgiveness’ Wack-A-Mole, v. 4.0
Past is prologue when it comes to the student loan policy of progressive grandees. Hoping to hear an adoring public applaud one last time, the Biden-Harris administration released a fourth round of rules canceling student loan debt on Oct. 25. First came the mammoth $430 billion plan birthed before the ’22 midterms that made the…Jack Fitzhenry -
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3 Ways the Left Plans to Stack Every Branch of Government
Elections have become not merely choices of policy change but referenda on the full-scale, top-to-bottom destruction of America’s form of government and way of life. Democratic Party candidates in the 2024 election have proposed policies that would radically, and irrevocably, alter America’s constitutional order. Liberal candidates have endorsed plans that would fundamentally transform all three…Ben Johnson