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Will Noncitizen Vote Be Decisive in 7 Battleground States? Here Are the Numbers.
Noncitizens number in the hundreds of thousands in each of the seven most fiercely contested battleground states expected to decide the Nov. 5 presidential election, and research suggests more than 1 million of them could vote nationally if past voting patterns continue. Of the seven battleground states, Georgia has the largest number of adult noncitizens…Fred Lucas -
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Democrats’ Sham ‘Hearing’ Aims to Smear Project 2025
Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign publicly admitted two months ago that it was deliberately misleading voters about Project 2025. Now, House Democrats will join the chorus in feigning outrage. Led by Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., the party’s Steering and Policy Committee—which isn’t an official House committee—plans to hold a fake “hearing” Tuesday about Project…Robert B. Bluey -
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Majority of Democrats Vote Against Bill That Would Deport Sex Offenders
THE CENTER SQUARE—The U.S. House passed a bill last week to deport and make inadmissible criminal foreign nationals convicted of domestic violence and sex-related offenses, including sex crimes against children. It passed with bipartisan support but with the majority of Democrats, 158, voting against it. The bill would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act “to provide that aliens who have been…Bethany Blankley -
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9th Circuit Again Drops Ball on Title IX, Males in Women’s Sports
Women and girls seeking equal opportunity in scholastic athletics have notched a few significant wins this year against the Department of Education over its massive rewrite of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. Title IX is the brief, 50-plus-year-old civil rights law that prevents sex discrimination in any publicly funded education program. The…Sarah Parshall Perry -
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WATCH: The Sun Belt Might Outshine the Rust Belt
On the latest episode of “The Tony Kinnett Cast,” we watch the battle for the swing states of the Rust Belt—Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin—take Kamala Harris’ campaign’s attention away from the swing states of the Sun Belt—specifically, Arizona and Nevada. Will that refocusing levy a massive shift in the polls—or is this more media humbug…Tony Kinnett -
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Mom of D1 Volleyball Player ‘Devastated’ Biological Male Athlete Threatening Daughter’s Safety, Opportunities
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The mother of a Division 1 women's volleyball player sent an open letter to university presidents Sunday asking them to support female players who are boycotting a volleyball team with a male player who identifies as transgender. "Safe and fair play in the Mountain West Conference women’s volleyball teams has failed,"…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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If Elected, Harris Will Carry Biden’s Torch as ‘Most Pro-Union President’
Remember when then-candidate Joe Biden promised to be “the most pro-union president you’ve ever seen”? It’s been a go-to line during his presidency. And as his term draws to a close, he claims to have delivered. True, under Biden’s leadership, the National Labor Relations Board went after some of the unions’ biggest enemies: Amazon, Starbucks, and American auto manufacturers, for example….David Osborne -
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Mom of Collegiate Volleyball Player ‘Devastated’ Biological Male Athlete Threatening Daughter’s Safety, Opportunities
The mother of a Division I volleyball player who will face a male athlete this season said the NCAA is threatening her daughter’s safety by allowing a transgender person to compete against women. “They have worked so hard for this, and to have that stripped away, to play with a male athlete, is unthinkable,” Idaho…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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Lawyers Use Class-Action Lawsuits to Fund Their Pet Causes on the Left
Have you gotten a letter that says, “You may be entitled to compensation”? I get a bunch. One claimed my union (New York state forced me to join) probably cheated me on medical insurance. I didn’t think they did, but I filled out the forms. I got a check for $557. Great! Except … my…John Stossel -
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When Character Assassination Becomes the Real Thing
If Democrats didn’t believe they’d put former President Donald Trump in an assassin’s crosshairs the first time, they have no excuse for pleading innocent now. Ryan Routh, the suspect who hid in the bushes at Trump’s West Palm Beach golf club waiting for his shot at the former president—AK-47-style rifle at the ready, serial number…Daniel McCarthy -
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New Docs Shed Light on Air Force’s ‘Goal’ to Reduce ‘White Male Population’ Joining Officer Ranks
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The Air Force finally handed over a trove of documents pertaining to its sweeping “goal” of reducing the number of white male applicants in a popular officer program after spending months stonewalling requests for their release. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman C.Q. Brown—at the time the highest-ranking member of the Air Force—issued…Jake Smith -
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‘PUTTING A TARGET ON MY BACK’: Tim Pool Explains Why He’s Suing the Kamala Harris Campaign for Defamation
Podcaster Tim Pool filed a defamation lawsuit against Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign Thursday. Pool says he has faced an increase in death threats and that suspicious people have been monitoring his place of business, two developments he finds alarming after two assassination attempts against former President Donald Trump. "It's putting a target on…Tyler O’Neil -
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The Harris Campaign Is Pure Run-Out-the-Clock Cynicism
Cynically running out the clock has been the overarching principle of the entire abbreviated 105-day presidential campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris—ever since President Joe Biden, at the 11th hour, dropped out in July. Harris seems unwilling or unable to answer any impromptu question that she has not been previously prepped for. Her answers at…Victor Davis Hanson -
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Kamala Harris Had Minority ‘Journalists’ at ‘Hello’
The easiest thing in the world to predict is that Vice President Kamala Harris is going to be coddled by minority journalists. If you speak the mantra “diversity, equity, inclusion”—and let’s add “history”—you’re rooting for a Harris victory. So, when Harris finally consented to a sit-down with three liberals at a Philadelphia NPR station for…Tim Graham -
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Why Are the Nutjobs Trying to Kill Political Opponents All Left-Wingers?
In Aug. 2012, a left-wing MSNBC aficionado named Floyd Lee Corkins armed himself with a handgun and extra magazines. He drove to the Washington, D.C., headquarters of the socially conservative Family Research Council, planning to shoot it up. Corkins, who later cited the Southern Poverty Law Center for the proposition that the FRC is an…Josh Hammer -
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Reasons Young Women Embrace the Left Don’t Reflect Well on These Women
Last week, The New York Times featured an article headlined “How the Last Eight Years Made Young Women More Liberal.” According to every poll, since 2016 there has been an unprecedented political/social gender gap between young American women and men. Here is how the Times reported it: In 2001, young men and women had similar…Dennis Prager -
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‘Classic Union-Busting Behavior’: Laid-Off SPLC Employees Reveal Internal Dissension at Far-Left Smear Factory
This summer, the Southern Poverty Law Center laid off about a quarter of its staff, and former SPLC employees revealed more information about those layoffs this week, accusing the organization of “classic union-busting behavior.” Former employees of the SPLC’s education arm, Learning for Justice, published an open letter Tuesday outlining their experiences in the lead-up…Tyler O’Neil -
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WATCH: Harris Scrapes the Bottom of the Barrel
On the latest episode of “The Tony Kinnett Cast,” we take a closer look at the fake high of the U.S. stock market after a slight rate reduction from the Federal Reserve. At last, we scrape the bottom of the barrel in this election cycle as both candidates pull out all of the stops for…Tony Kinnett -
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Attorney General Puts Himself in the Crossfire of a Partisan Political Campaign
Attorney General Merrick Garland broke precedent just weeks before the November election, delivering politically charged remarks at the U.S. Attorneys’ National Conference in Washington—pointedly speaking publicly rather than privately in a departure from his usual practice. “Our norms are a promise that we will not allow this department to be used as a political weapon,”…Julie Kelly -
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5 Things You Need to Know About the Fed’s Rate Cut
The Federal Reserve’s decision to cut interest rates marks a new chapter in the D.C. Cartel’s long march toward the bankruptcy of our nation. Although the Fed’s move to cut rates and expand the money supply may provide some relief from higher interest rates for consumers and businesses, it does so at the expense of…Richard Stern