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Lesson of Pennsylvania: Biden 2020 Was the Fluke, Not Trump in 2016
President-elect Donald Trump’s win two weeks ago in Pennsylvania was always right in front of you if you were objectively listening to the concerns of the people and the data showing the most important, but misread trend of all: The Republican Party had now become the party of work. In interview after interview, waitresses, welders,… -
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10 Examples of Defensive Gun Use Show It’s Time to End War on Lawful Gun Owners
Major gun control groups are already lamenting the outcome of the Nov. 5 election, decrying the results as detrimental to public safety. In reality, though, President Joe Biden’s yearslong war on law-abiding gun owners repeatedly and wrongfully placed them at the center of the federal government’s target. But ordinary lawful owners of firearms never have… -
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Heritage President Kevin Roberts Can’t Thank Harris Campaign Enough
In the aftermath of a presidential election campaign in which Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts and The Heritage Foundation were constantly in media headlines, Roberts joined “The Signal Sitdown” to discuss his new book “Dawn’s Early Light.” In my interview with Roberts, we reflect on the election results and the unorthodox, previously unimaginable coalition that… -
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‘War on Gender’: GOP Lawmakers Forge Game Plan to Protect Children From Transgender Ideology
Republican lawmakers laid out their game plan to purge transgender ideology from American society at a Wednesday panel discussion. Republicans will soon introduce the STOP Act, or the Safeguarding the Overall Protection of Minors Act, to prohibit transgender medical interventions for children, said Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan. “Everybody changes after you get your hormones,” Marshall… -
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Democrats Sold 2024 as ‘Last Election,’ but Now Promise ‘Peaceful Transfer’ of Power?
John Adams demonstrated what a transfer of power ought to look like in America when he handed over the presidency to his successor, Thomas Jefferson. The 1800 presidential race between Adams and Jefferson was an intense battle between two friends-turned-adversaries. But despite a contentious press and a heated political climate, neither the Federalists nor the… -
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Michigan Democrats Want to Teach Minors About Abortion as ‘Family Planning’ Option
Michigan Democratic lawmakers have sponsored a bill to remove the state’s ban on teaching abortion as a “method of family planning” from the sex education curriculum. State Rep. Rachel Hood, D-Grand Rapids, introduced an overhaul of Michigan’s sex ed standards, crossing out the sentence: “Clinical abortion shall not be considered a method of family planning,… -
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Biden Met 3 Times With Leader of Genocidal Regime
President Joe Biden met last week for the third time with Chinese President Xi Jinping—the leader of a regime Biden’s own administration has repeatedly declared is engaging in genocide. No White House statement about any of these three meetings has indicated that Biden specifically made this genocide an issue with Xi. The day before Biden… -
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Call Your Governor: Florida College Shows How to Reform Woke Public Universities
A new book out this week gives a blueprint for freedom-loving governors to fight back and stop the waste of taxpayer money subsidizing public universities that are cesspools of Marxism and propaganda undermining Western civilization. This book, which supplies a path out, is titled “Storming the Ivory Tower: How a Florida College Became Ground Zero… -
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SEE YOU IN COURT? Babylon Bee Weighs ‘Legal Action’ After SPLC Doxxes Anonymous Writers
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Christian satire site The Babylon Bee is considering legal action after the Southern Poverty Law Center revealed the names of anonymous contributors who write for Not the Bee, the satire site’s real-news partner. “We are considering all our options, including legal action,” Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon told The Daily… -
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Congressman: Pete Hegseth Must Reform ‘Woke’ Military
As Democrats deride President-elect Donald Trump’s choice of Pete Hegseth to lead the Department of Defense, one congressman says Hegseth is just the man to turn the Biden-Harris administration’s “woke and weaponized” military into a “strong and focused” fighting force. Trump’s proposal to remove underperforming or politicized generals would actually depoliticize a Pentagon that once… -
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‘Women Deserve Women’s Only Spaces’: Johnson Says Capitol Bathroom Access Should Be Based on Biological Sex
House Speaker Mike Johnson signaled support for banning incoming Rep. Tim McBride, who identifies as a woman and wishes to be called Sarah, from women’s spaces in the Capitol, in comments Wednesday. “All single-sex facilities in the Capitol and House Office Buildings—such as restrooms, changing rooms, and locker rooms—are reserved for individuals of that biological… -
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Trump Responds to Laken Riley Murder Conviction
Jose Antonio Ibarra has been found guilty of murdering Georgia nursing student Laken Riley. Ibarra, 26, is an illegal alien from Venezuela. He waived his right to a jury, leaving his fate in the hands of Superior Court Judge H. Patrick Haggard, who sentenced Ibarra Wednesday to life in prison without parole. Haggard found Ibarra… -
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Laken Riley Murder Case Highlights Systemic Failures in Justice System
Editor’s note: A Georgia judge on Wednesday morning found Jose Antonio Ibarra, an illegal alien from Venezuela, guilty on all 10 counts in the murder of nursing student Laken Riley. Ibarra, who faces life in prison, waived his right to a jury trial. The trial of the man accused of brutally murdering 22-year-old Laken Riley… -
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Texas Lawmaker Urges GOP to ‘Get the Nerve’ to Repeal Law That Biden Weaponized Against Pro-Lifers
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Rep. Chip Roy said Congress should vote by the end of the year to repeal the law used by the Biden Department of Justice to throw pro-lifers in prison. “Obviously, we need to move the bill forward, and it would be critical because of what we’re seeing with respect to the… -
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EXCLUSIVE: 26 Medical Societies Have Issued Political Calls to Action on Topics Like Racism, Climate Change
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The majority of American medical societies have released statements infusing political ideology into their missions, according to a new study by medical watchdog Do No Harm. Out of 28 medical specialty societies, 26 have adopted official positions relating to affirmative action or racism, climate change, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, immigration… -
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Democrats Make Last-Minute Push to Confirm Controversial Biden Judicial Nominees During Lame Duck Session
THE DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Senate Democrats are pushing to confirm more than two dozen of President Joe Biden’s remaining judicial nominees during their final weeks in the majority, including several with controversial records. The Senate has already confirmed four judges during the lame duck session: Judge Mustafa Taher Kasubha to the District of Oregon, Judge Embry Kidd to the… -
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Mandate vs. Meltdown
On the latest episode of “The Tony Kinnett Cast,” the transgender battle finally makes it to the halls of Congress, President-elect Donald Trump prepares his first 100 days, and President Joe Biden plays Jumanji. It all culminates in a spectacular battle between the voters’ mandate via Trump versus the meltdown of long-time bureaucrats and legacy… -
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Bragg Won’t Drop Trump’s ‘Hush Money’ Sentencing, But May Suspend It for 4 Years
THE CENTER SQUARE—Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said Tuesday that his office will oppose President-elect Donald Trump's motion to dismiss his felony conviction in New York. Bragg said that despite plans to oppose Trump's motion, his office would agree to hit pause on the proceedings pending the judge's decision on Trump's motion to dismiss. Bragg also… -
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US Government Is ‘World’s Largest Child Sex Trafficking Organization,’ Former Border Patrol Agent Claims
Sitting before members of Congress on Capitol Hill Tuesday, retired Border Patrol agent J.J. Carrell told the lawmakers that the “United States federal government is the world’s largest child sex trafficking organization in modern history.” Carrell served in the Border Patrol for 24 years, retiring as a deputy patrol agent in charge of the San Diego… -
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Conservative Group Encourages GOP House to Ban Trans Rep-Elect From Using Women’s Facilities
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Republicans weighing their options to protect female-only spaces on Capitol Hill amid the election of the first transgender member of Congress are receiving support from a key conservative organization. A memo from the American Principles Project circulated on Capitol Hill and first obtained by The Daily Signal encourages Republicans in Congress…