Political Commentary & Opinion
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Number of Americans Who Want to Outlaw Child Sex Changes Spikes
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Almost three-fourths of voters say it should be illegal to subject children to transgender medical interventions, according to a new poll from Napolitan News Service. The percentage of voters surveyed who oppose child sex changes—which include so-called puberty blockers, hormone regimens, and irreversible surgeries—increased by 10 points since August. The majority… -
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A Lesson for Democrats: Don’t Be Weird
A lot of you people sound nuts. It is unsurprising that a Trump campaign ad featuring the tagline “Kamala is for they/them. President Donald Trump is for you” was effective in the 2024 presidential campaign. Indeed, a pro-Kamala Harris PAC says the spot, which featured a clip of Harris endorsing state-funded sex-change operations for prisoners,… -
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CNN’s Stelter Inadvertently Exposes Legacy Media Cluelessness
After the decisive Republican victory on Election Day, one question bouncing around in conservative circles was: Will this lead the liberal media to change their ways? Will they reflect on how they are not in any way the “mainstream” media? It's unlikely. They believe all their own bravado about being on the front lines against… -
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Rape and Suicide Increase With Religious ‘Nones,’ Groundbreaking Research Shows
The legacy media often portrays the rise of irreligion as harmless—merely a matter of Americans owning up to their declining belief in God—but a groundbreaking new study reveals a terrifying correlation between the increase of Americans who identify with no religion and upticks in rape and suicide rates. The Ph.D. sociologist who uncovered this connection… -
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Artificial Intelligence App Pushed Suicidal Youth to Kill Himself, Lawsuit Claims
Sewell Setzer III was just 14 years old when he died. He was a good kid. He was playing junior varsity basketball, excelling in school, and had a bright future ahead of him. Then, in late February, he committed suicide. In the wake of this heartbreaking tragedy, his parents searched for some closure. They, as… -
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Eco-Activists May Have Inadvertently Gutted One of Their Favorite Regulatory Systems
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Eco-activists sued the federal government to stop activity they didn’t like, but a bombshell Tuesday ruling in that case from a federal appeals court may end up weakening a regulatory system that has served environmentalists well for years. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled in Marin Audubon Society v…. -
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Heritage Foundation President Proposes ‘Taking Back Washington to Save America’
According to Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts, one question that conservatives often fail to ask is: How do we fix the broken government system in Washington, D.C.? Roberts addressed that and much more in his new book “Dawn’s Early Light: Taking Back Washington to Save America” and on conservative talk radio’s “The Mark Levin Show” on… -
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Why Latinos Deported Harris From the White House
Latinos left the Democratic Party in a mass exodus last week, costing Vice President Kamala Harris the presidency. The 13-point Latino shift toward President-elect Donald Trump noticed along the Rio Grande indicates Harris’ campaign failed to make Latinos forget the peril caused by her and President Joe Biden’s open border. The Latino red wave surfaced in South Texas…. -
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Laken Riley’s Roommates Testify at Murder Trial of Illegal Alien Accused of Killing Georgia Nursing Student
Wearing a plaid, button-down shirt and headphones, Jose Ibarra looked ahead and listened to an interpreter translate from English to Spanish as a friend of Laken Riley's took the witness stand at the illegal alien's trial for her murder. “How would you describe your relationship with Laken?” a prosecuting attorney asked Lilly Steiner on Friday morning in… -
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How Helene Gave Way to ‘Hurricane Snafu’ in the Carolinas
It wasn’t as if the Tar Heel State didn’t see Hurricane Helene coming. On Sept. 25, one day before Helene stormed ashore, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper declared a state of emergency as the storm’s path showed it churning northward toward Appalachia after making landfall in Florida. Yet that advance declaration was not followed by any… -
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3 Pro-Life Policies to Watch for in Trump’s Second Term
Donald Trump is the most pro-life president in U.S. history. No other leader of the free world has matched his commitment to defending life, from defunding abortion providers to decisively reshaping the Supreme Court. As we look to a second Trump term, two pro-life policies are likely to take center stage and immediately should be… -
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Restoring Deterrence Will Prevent Endless Wars
On Jan. 3, 2020, the Trump administration conducted a drone strike near Baghdad International Airport, killing Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani. Soleimani had a long record of waging surrogate wars against Americans, especially during the Iraq conflict and its aftermath. After the Trump cancellation of the Iran Deal, followed by U.S. sanctions, Soleimani reportedly stepped… -
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The Democratic Gerontocracy Forgets the Lessons of Its Youth and Maturity
Here’s another way to look at why Republicans swept the 2024 elections: It’s the fault, only partly, of course, of the gerontocracy of the Democratic Party. Going back through history, it’s hard to find a time when a party’s leadership was so far along in years. The founder presidents retired in their mid-60s. Andrew Jackson… -
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How Trump’s Youthful Cabinet Is Shaping the Future of America’s Politics
When one considers Donald Trump’s Cabinet selections announced thus far, there are a few themes that emerge. One discernible theme, which has been the subject of constant teeth-gnashing all week, is the unorthodox or perhaps outright surprising nature of some of the picks. Tulsi Gabbard, tapped as our next director of national intelligence, is not… -
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Democrats, It’s Going to Be OK
Dear Democrats, It is going to be OK. It really will. You’ll have the midterms in two years. There’ll be another presidential election in four years. Those of you reading this insisting there will be no more elections are no better than the idiots on my side who think 2020 was stolen and that if… -
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‘ROTTEN TO A CORE’: 5-Year FEMA Veteran Reveals Woke Bias at Disaster Relief Agency
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is under fire after a supervisor directed staff to avoid helping Florida residents with signs supporting Donald Trump, but that incident illustrates a larger culture of woke priorities undermining FEMA’s central mission, according to one current employee and one former employee who spoke with The Daily Signal on condition of… -
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Firing Incompetent and Woke Generals Is Necessary, Not ‘Fascism’
Firing incompetent generals is a good thing. In fact, it might be what the military needs right now to regain the confidence of the American people. According to a number of reports, President-elect Donald Trump will be creating a commission to review leaders in the military with the assumption that many of the top brass… -
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Florida Sues FEMA Officials Over Hurricane Helene, Milton Failures
THE CENTER SQUARE—The state of Florida is suing current and former federal employees personally for allegedly ignoring storm victim households solely because of their political affiliation. Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody sued current and former Federal Emergency Management Agency officials for “conspiracy to discriminate” against Florida hurricane victims because they expressed support for President-elect Donald… -
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What Happened? What’s Next?
Two weeks ago, I wrote: “There seems to be only one thing about which all Americans agree … that something is very wrong in our nation.” My point then was that all the polling data has been pointing in one direction—Americans of all persuasions are not happy with what’s happening in, and the direction of,… -
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Why Is PBS Allowed to Be Mangle-MAGA TV?
Nothing underlines the partisan nature of PBS right now more than The Atlantic magazine being allowed to take over the long-running “Washington Week” program in August 2023. This was not a hostile takeover but a deeper branding of what PBS is—taxpayer-funded mangle-MAGA TV. Four years ago, The Atlantic tried to take Donald Trump down with…