Political Commentary & Opinion
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Fact-Checking Kamala Harris’ Ellipse Speech
Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee for president, gave her “closing argument” speech for the 2024 presidential election at the Ellipse by the White House, the location former President Donald Trump spoke at on Jan. 6, 2021, before a mob of his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. Harris repeatedly condemned Trump, attempted to define…Tyler O’Neil -
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Is Bezos Ushering in New Era at Washington Post?
Is Jeff Bezos going to bring back real journalism? In a shocking move, The Washington Post announced Friday it would not be endorsing a presidential candidate, after decades of doing so and after the outlet’s editorial board had written an endorsement of Kamala Harris. Two Post journalists reported that the decision had been made by…Katrina Trinko -
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‘I Don’t Trust Kamala Harris to Change Things for the Better,’ Swing State Businessman Says
GREENVILLE, N.C.—Entrepreneurship is in Fred George’s bloodline. “Every ancestor I know was a businessman,” George told The Daily Signal, as he stood on the floor of one of his five secondhand Trade It! retail stores in North Carolina. “I've got decades of experience, and the things that I learned growing up from my dad, who's a businessman,…Virginia Allen -
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House Panel Demands Democratic Fundraiser Disclose Verification Practices in Probe of Possible Foreign Campaign Cash
The House committee that oversees election integrity demanded Monday the massive online Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue disclose to Congress how it verifies the identity of donors before accepting money, saying it fears Iran, China, Russia, and Venezuela may be exploiting weaknesses to inject foreign funds into the 2024 election. “Our investigation has indicated that these…John Solomon -
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In Daniel Penny Case, NYC Has Put Batman on Trial
Batman is a hero for stopping the criminals threatening the people of Gotham City. Daniel Penny is on trial for stopping a criminal threatening the people of New York City. It doesn’t get much more backward than this. On Monday, jury selection began in Penny’s trial. Prosecutors have charged him with second-degree manslaughter and criminally…Victor Joecks -
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‘Wrong Side of History’: Jordan Peterson Promotes Short, Timely Documentary on Iran
More than a third of American Muslims deny the rapes and murders committed by the Hamas terrorist organization in Israel occurred, according to a poll first reported by The Daily Signal earlier this month. Just over a year after the Oct. 7 attacks and a week before the Nov. 5 presidential election, Muslim-American voters who…Audrey Streb -
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After Backlash, Bezos Explains Why Washington Post Won’t Endorse Harris
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Amazon founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos said Monday that the Post’s decision not to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris is in response to a larger issue of media credibility being eroded. Bezos pointed to the recent surveys on trust and public reputation, with media institutions consistently ranking near the bottom,…Mariane Angela -
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How ‘Rare’ Are Sex-Trait Modification Surgeries on Children?
As recently as two years ago, only three states banned surgeries on children to address gender dysphoria, up from just one a year earlier. Today, exactly half the states have such bans, and more are considering them. The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments in a Tennessee case challenging those bans on Dec. 4….Jay Greene -
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Andrew Klavan Examines American Culture Through New Mystery Novel
Podcast host for The Daily Wire and bestselling author Andrew Klavan’s newest mystery novel examines American culture without being a political book. “I’ve sort of taken the issues out so that I’m not lecturing people on what I think, how I think they should vote, or what I think they should think, and just describing…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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Kamala Harris’ Indirect Connection to the Menendez Brothers Case
Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon is the sort of progressive prosecutor who thinks it is his job to curb mass incarceration. Last week, the L.A. DA announced he is reviewing the sentencing of Lyle and Erik Menendez, who were convicted of the savage shotgun killing of their parents in 1989 and sentenced to…Debra Saunders -
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Leftist Policies Have Increased Crime, Left First Responders at Highest Risk in Past 20 Years
With violent crime on the rise, the past three years have been increasingly perilous for law enforcement officers. In honor of National First Responders Day on Monday, it’s important to protect the brave men and women preserving public safety by sounding the alarm on the policies of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris,…Brandy Perez -
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Democrat-Donating FBI Agent Hunted Jan. 6 Protest Cases
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—An FBI agent who investigated multiple Jan. 6 cases contributed more than $7,000 to Democrat candidates and causes, including President Joe Biden’s 2020 race, campaign finance records show. FBI Special Agent Clarke G. Burns also donated six times to The Lincoln Project, a political action committee that opposes Donald Trump, who…Fred Lucas -
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EXCLUSIVE: Rubio Demands Transparency as NIH Seems to Hide Effects of ‘Gender-Affirming Care’
The National Institutes of Health could be hiding the effect of puberty blockers, drugs that often are given to minors as part of so-called gender-affirming care, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., suggested Monday in a letter to the agency’s director obtained by The Daily Signal. In his letter to NIH Director Dr. Monica Bertagnolli, Rubio draws…Bradley Devlin -
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What Does It Mean to Be ‘Woke’?
“Woke.” You keep using that word, but I don’t think it means what you think it means. A new survey shows that while most Americans think they know what “woke” means, they don’t actually have a firm grasp of the concept behind the term. I’d argue that the definition in my forthcoming book, “The Woketopus:…Tyler O’Neil -
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The Left’s New Approach: Hide the Science
Forget following the science. Now it’s about hiding the science—at least when it comes to experimental gender transition medical procedures for children. “U.S. Study on Puberty Blockers Goes Unpublished Because of Politics, Doctor Says,” blares a New York Times headline earlier this week. This study, which involved putting 95 children struggling with gender dysphoria on…Katrina Trinko -
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‘Every Issue Must Be Understood First as a Family Issue’
“The fight for our nation is ultimately a fight for our families,” Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts says. A culture besieged by anti-family elite institutions drives Americans who are raising kids to the political right, he said. Roberts made his remarks in a speech aired on this week’s episode of his podcast, “The Kevin Roberts…Christina Lewis -
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How to Strengthen Media Integrity Through Collaboration
Uri Berliner’s exposure of National Public Radio, James Bennet’s truth-telling about The New York Times, and the recent outrage at CBS News over the editing of a Kamala Harris interview are just the latest signs of something we’ve all been seeing for over a decade. Online newspapers and other electronic outlets that used to speak…Roy Maynard -
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FEMA Needs a Fact-Check: Here It Is
At every turn, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have used the Federal Emergency Management Agency to facilitate mass illegal migration rather than preparing the agency to fulfill its mission of disaster response. Hurricane Helene wreaked havoc on communities in Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas in September. Since then, the pain and suffering…Brandy Perez -
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Democrats Nervous as Kamala’s Poll Numbers Dive
Was it just a coincidence that Vice President Kamala Harris showed up, 15 minutes late, to be interviewed by Fox News anchor Bret Baier a day before Nate Silver’s poll aggregation website showed her chances of winning the election slipping below 50%? Probably not. What may link Harris’ slide in the polls and her tardy…Michael Barone -
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1 Fish, 2 Fish, Red Fish, Coup Fish: The 200th Episode of ‘The Tony Kinnett Cast’
I’m going to risk the wrath of my editors to write something a touch more familiar than usual for this episode: Thank you so much for your support of “The Tony Kinnett Cast,” and the work we’ve been able to do providing you daily news and analysis with the Hoosier snark so many “flyover country”…Tony Kinnett