Political Commentary & Opinion
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opinion
Why the 1960s Are to Blame for America’s Cultural Crisis
On today’s episode of “The Daily Signal Podcast,” Tim Goeglein discusses his new book, “Stumbling Toward Utopia: How the 1960s Turned Into a National Nightmare and How We Can Revive the American Dream.” Goeglein’s book explores the dramatic cultural, social, and political shifts of the 1960s and how those changes continue to impact American society… -
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The Greatest Scandal in Modern American History That No One Cares About
A little over eight weeks ago, President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential race, despite being the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee and only true primary vote recipient. He was forced out by the party elite, who watched his debate with former President Donald Trump and saw what most of America already knew: that… -
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‘Bogeyman’: Democrats Use Project 2025 Hearing to ‘Cover Up Their Lack of an Agenda,’ Lawmakers Say
House Democrats blamed abortion bans and Donald “Trump’s Project 2025” for pregnancy-related tragedies in an unofficial, Democrat-only “hearing” Tuesday, even though every state law limiting abortion includes an exception to protect the life of the mother. “Every single woman who has died from Trump abortion bans should be alive today,” said Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass.,… -
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ActBlue, a Top Processor for Dem Donors, Faces House Probe
THE CENTER SQUARE—A top processor of political donations for Democrats, ActBlue, is facing an investigation by the Republican-led House over concerns that the donation processing service is being used to circumvent campaign finance laws. The House Oversight and Accountability Committee launched the investigation, citing “reports of potentially fraudulent and illicit financial activity” in a letter… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Democrats Struggle to Defend Obsession With Project 2025
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Why are Democrats wasting time plotting against a policy agenda called Project 2025 when Donald Trump has his own initiative, dubbed Agenda 47? A woman raised this question in an online webinar hosted Friday by Georgia Democrats, shedding light on the problem with the Left’s obsession with Project 2025. Project 2025… -
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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… -
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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… -
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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… -
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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… -
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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… -
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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,"… -
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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…. -
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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… -
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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… -
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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… -
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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… -
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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… -
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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… -
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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… -
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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…