Political Commentary & Opinion
Analysis, commentary, and opinion essays on politics and policy from The Daily Signal’s contributors and experts.
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opinion
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… -
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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… -
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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… -
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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,”… -
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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… -
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UN Move Would ‘Sell Our Sovereignty to Globalists,’ GOP Lawmakers Warn
House Republicans are standing up to what they call a push by the United Nations and its World Health Organization to extinguish U.S. sovereignty and free speech. Reps. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., and Bob Good, R-Va., led a press conference with fellow GOP congressmen on the first day of Constitution Week to oppose ongoing initiatives of… -
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President Biden’s Incredible Vanishing Act Reveals Who’s Really in Charge of the Government
The president of the United States, often referred to as the “leader of the free world” and the “commander in chief,” seems not to be his own man. President Joe Biden, who ostensibly wields the awesome power of the Oval Office, yielded to a loud pressure campaign demanding that he step aside in the 11th… -
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‘Stumbling Toward Utopia’: How the 1960s Took a Wrecking Ball to American Family
Up until the 1960s, the traditional nuclear family—one man, one woman, and at least one child—was seen as the societal ideal. But in the 1960s, the American family came under withering attack and has never been the same since—resulting in myriad societal problems that seem to spiral increasingly downward with each passing year. The Great… -
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Held Hostage in Syria, He Says ‘Everything’ Was Taken From Him, but His ‘Faith Was Absolute’
Syria was one of the last countries left on Sam Goodwin’s list. He was young and on a mission to join a small group of people alive today who have visited every country in the world. By 2019, Goodwin had already traveled to 180 countries, including those with hostile regimes in Iran, North Korea, and… -
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‘They’re Eating the Cats,’ and the Second Assassination Attempt: How Toxic Rhetoric Can Be
Less than a week after Vice President Kamala Harris claimed “it’s up to the American people to stop him,” referring to Donald Trump at their presidential debate, Secret Service thwarted a second assassination attempt targeting the former president at his golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida. Just over two months after an assassin opened fire… -
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Kamala Harris Gave Vague Answers During Interview With Black Journalists, ABC News Correspondent Says
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—ABC News’ senior White House correspondent Selina Wang on Tuesday said Vice President Kamala Harris often did not offer detailed responses during her National Association of Black Journalists interview. Harris spoke with NABJ member journalists in Philadelphia about the Israel-Hamas war, the economy, and other issues during the roughly 45-minute interview. Wang noted Harris’… -
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The Left Lauded Voting by Mail in 2020, but Now It’s a Bipartisan Concern
In the 2020 presidential election, the Left staunchly promoted voting by mail and scoffed at critics of the option. In 2024, however, Democrat and Republican election officials, as well as an inspector general, are raising concerns about whether the U.S. Postal Service is prepared for mail-in ballots. Last week, election officials from both major parties… -
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‘Car Insurance’ for Cancel Culture: Here’s What to Do If You Get Smeared Like Nick Sandmann
Todd McMurtry was a lawyer, but he had never practiced defamation law before legacy media outlets demonized 16-year-old Covington Catholic High School student Nick Sandmann for the crime of “smirking” while wearing a Make America Great Again hat. Now, McMurtry has published a book about defamation law—a book he recommends as a kind of “car… -
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Hezbollah Members Targeted With Explosive Pagers
At least nine people were killed Tuesday when pagers that were used by hundreds of members of the Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon and Syria exploded in what appeared to be a simultaneously planned attack, The Associated Press reported. CNN estimated that 2,800 were wounded in the attack that occurred at about 3:30 p.m. local… -
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WATCH: Pager? I Hardly Know Her!
On the latest episode of “The Tony Kinnett Cast,” we discuss pagers in Lebanon and examine the complete failure of two separate interviews with Vice President Kamala Harris and what they mean for both the Biden-Harris administration and the Harris-Walz campaign. Speaking of the campaign, where is the bump in polls after the debate, and… -
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Conservative Think Tank Debunks Harris’ Claim That Late-Term Abortions Don’t Happen
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Late-term abortion is happening all the time, despite Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris' denial at last week's debate, according to a memo from a think tank founded by former Vice President Mike Pence. Thousands of babies who could survive outside the womb are aborted every year, the memo from Advancing… -
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Why Does Big Tech Oppose the Kids Online Safety Act?
Imagine driving your kids through a city plastered with graphic, inappropriate billboards—images that assault their innocence at every turn. You’d try everything to protect them: blacking out car windows, taking detours. But no matter how hard you try, you can’t shield them entirely. Now, imagine families petitioning their city council to restrict public obscenity, simply… -
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Taylor Swift’s Endorsement of Harris Has Had Minimal Effect, Poll Finds
The night of the presidential debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, pop star Taylor Swift decided to use her platform to endorse the Democratic nominee. But as some have pointed out, it did not seem to have the impact the Left thought it would. The singer, widely known for her catchy tunes… -
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Matt Walsh Exposes ‘Anti-Racist’ Grift Industry in Film ‘Am I Racist?’
Conservative commentator Matt Walsh’s movie “Am I Racist?” is a hybrid of mockumentary in the tradition of “Spinal Tap” and his signature ironic take on the inanities of our age. Walsh’s message in “Am I Racist?” is simple: Although racism in America is a faint ghost of its historic self—as professor Wilfred Reilly told Walsh,… -
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Given Its Past, Oppose the United Nations’ ‘Pact for the Future’
Every September, world leaders travel to New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly. While the floor speeches garner the most attention, most often the real action happens in meetings between the leaders and high-level meetings where governments finalize and agree to various statements and agreements. This year, the Summit of the Future is…