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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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WATCH: The Double Standards on Election Interference
On the latest episode of “The Tony Kinnett Cast,” we bring the metaphorical first-aid kit to the knife fight that has become this presidential election. With six weeks until that sacred American voting day, the swing states have reached a fever pitch. With Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy touring the commonwealth of Pennsylvania alongside its Democratic… -
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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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Israel Derangement Syndrome
Julie Hartman, a 24-year-old woman with whom I do a weekly podcast (“Dennis & Julie”), described the anti-Israel world perfectly: A vast number of people suffer from Israel Derangement Syndrome. The description is, of course, based on the widely cited “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” which supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party deride… -
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In Speech on Economy, Trump Calls for ‘New American Industrialism’
“To the autoworkers in Michigan, Georgia, and all other parts of our country, I am pinpointing you for greatness,” former President Donald Trump said in a campaign speech on Tuesday. In a rally held in Savannah, Georgia, Trump laid out his economic vision for the United States if he is reelected in November. His message… -
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Chicago Teachers Instructed to Pass Migrant Students Despite ‘Severe Academic Deficiencies’
Teachers in Chicago are the latest to voice their concerns over how illegal immigration is changing the landscape in America. Or in this case, how it’s shaping what’s happening in the classroom. According to WGN Radio, teachers in the city have revealed that “they were instructed by school administrators to give their migrant students a 70%… -
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GOP Sues Pennsylvania on Vote-by-Mail Ballot Rule
Pennsylvania may be the most hotly contested state in the Nov. 5 presidential election. And four years ago, it was the most controversial state for its lack of mail-in ballot standards. In the closing weeks of the 2024 election, Republicans have sued the office of Pennsylvania Secretary of State Al Schmidt for what they say… -
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EV School Bus Boondoggle: Report Calls $5B Biden-Harris Program a Gift to China
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The Biden-Harris administration’s $5 billion Clean School Bus Program uses up to four times more taxpayer dollars per school bus, and it benefits the Chinese Communist Party, a House report has revealed. The 51-page report from the House Committee on Energy and Commerce found promoting electric school buses and other electric vehicles enriches the… -
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Blinken Ignores Congress, Hobnobs With Elite at UN
Secretary of State Antony Blinken was a no-show at a congressional hearing Tuesday morning, triggering House Republicans to move toward holding the nation’s top diplomat in contempt of Congress. Blinken originally was subpoenaed Sept. 3 by House Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, for a hearing on the committee’s investigation into the Biden-Harris administration’s poorly… -
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Clinton-Appointed Federal Judge Orders Taxpayer-Funded Transgender Surgery for Indiana Inmate
A federal judge ruled that the Indiana Department of Corrections must pay for an incarcerated baby murderer to turn his penis into an imitation-vagina, on the pretext that the Eighth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, the one prohibiting cruel and unusual punishment, requires it. In 2001, 19-year-old Jonathan C. Richardson strangled his 11-month-old stepdaughter while her mother,… -
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Criticism of Project 2025’s Reforms of Federal Election Commission Is Ill-Informed, Dangerous
Those attacking me for my participation in Project 2025, for which I wrote the chapter on how the Federal Election Commission should be run, reveal their dangerous views approving of government overreach and abusive conduct by government law enforcement agencies. There’s no other way to interpret their criticism of me other than their disagreeing with… -
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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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Poll: Sheehy Tops Incumbent Tester in Montana Senate Race
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A new poll shows Republican challenger Tim Sheehy taking the lead over incumbent Sen. Jon Tester, a Democrat, in the battle for a U.S. Senate seat in Montana that pundits say could determine what party controls the U.S. Senate. Fully 50% of those polled said they would pick Sheehy over Tester… -
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Cease-Fire in Gaza Around Corner, Biden-Harris Admin Claimed. That Hope Proves Elusive.
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Even after multiple assurances from President Joe Biden over recent weeks and months that a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war could be right around the corner, U.S. officials reportedly are privately beginning to concede that Biden won’t be able to help secure a deal before his term ends. Hamas’ terrorist attacks on… -
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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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Bankruptcies Soaring Amid Worrisome Inflationary Economic Pressures
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of the accompanying video from professor Peter St. Onge. Small-business bankruptcies are up 61% on the year. It is a cackle-nomics miracle. The data comes from bankruptcy analyst Epiq, which reports that commercial filings for Chapter 11 bankruptcies soared to 4,553 so far this year. Meanwhile, total…