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Two Years In, Inflation Reduction Act Proves to Be the Climate Boondoggle Critics Predicted
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—In a recent interview, World Energy Council Secretary General Angela Wilkinson told me that one of the main impediments to the energy transition today is a lack of what she calls “systems thinking.” “Energy transitions are a change in the organization of society,” she pointed out. “They’re not a simple case of swapping out one… -
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Elizabeth Warren’s Dangerous Push for a Truth and Healing Commission
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., long has used American Indian issues to further her own political goals—from controversially proclaiming herself to be of American Indian ancestry to enhance her academic career to today, when she exploits sensitive American Indian issues as part of her own racially divisive political ploys. As an example, look no further than… -
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Google Finally Gets Its Comeuppance
In a recent court order, federal district court Judge Amit Mehta said what most of us have suspected for years: Google’s market dominance in online searches isn’t a result of “happenstance,” but deliberate and intentional misconduct. As Mehta said in his Aug. 5 ruling: “Google is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to… -
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Group That Pushes Finance to Blacklist Conservatives Calls Debanking a ‘Conspiracy Theory’
The Southern Poverty Law Center, which pressures financial institutions to blacklist the mainstream conservative and Christian organizations it places on a “hate map” with chapters of the Ku Klux Klan, published an article purportedly “debunking ADF’s ‘debanking’ conspiracy theory.” Alliance Defending Freedom, the organization SPLC attacked, has raised the alarm about financial institutions denying banking… -
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Death Camp Survivor, Pro-Life Activists Convicted Over Peaceful Pro-Life Protest
A Michigan jury has found seven pro-life activists guilty of engaging in a conspiracy against rights and violations of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances, or FACE, Act for peacefully protesting outside of an abortion clinic. The charges against the pro-life activists were brought by President Joe Biden’s administration, specifically the Justice Department’s Civil… -
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From Inflation to Recession
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of the accompanying video from professor Peter St. Onge. Regime journalists across America wet themselves last week as year-on-year ticked below 3% for the first time since 2021. As The New York Times put it, “Easing inflation has Democrats tasting victory.” That’s quite a lot to taste… -
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Trump Will Promise to Ban Trans Surgeries on Minors Without Parental Consent
Editor’s note: Former President Donald Trump did not ultimately include these remarks in his Tuesday comments, but plans to discuss the topic more formally after the Democratic National Convention, a campaign spokesman told The Daily Signal. Former President Donald Trump plans to promise to punish doctors who perform attempted sex-change surgeries on children without parental… -
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On Israel, Kamala Harris Parallels 2008 Obama on Marriage
Kamala Harris supports Israel like Barack Obama supported traditional marriage in 2008. Just enough to win the election. On the surface, Obama claimed to support traditional marriage in 2008. “I believe that marriage is the union between a man and a woman,” he told pastor Rick Warren at the time. As the country learned later,… -
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What LA Times Calls ‘Harassing’ Trans Kids Is Simply a Request for Parental Involvement
More than 100 years ago, the Supreme Court recognized that the right to direct the care, education, and upbringing of one’s children is both fundamental and predates the Constitution itself. In 2000, it reiterated this premise, saying that the parental right was perhaps “the oldest of the fundamental liberty interests” ever recognized by the court…. -
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Allred vs. Cruz: 2 Opposing Visions for Texas’ Border With Mexico
Last month, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, warned voters not to be complacent and told the Lone Star State’s delegation to the Republican National Convention that “Texas is a battlefield.” In other words, Republican House and Senate victories aren’t guaranteed in a state that has voted for the GOP presidential candidate for 40 years. Cruz, a… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Case Could Make Unenforceable a Law That Prohibits Schools From Disclosing Gender Transitions to Parents
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A California mom's lawsuit against the school district that helped her daughter identify as a boy without her knowledge could block the enforcement of a new California law that mandates schools hide students' so-called gender identities from parents. The Center for American Liberty first filed a lawsuit against Chico Unified School… -
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Health Insurance Can Raise Prices of Care, These 2 Doctors Say
Health care can be more affordable when medical doctors don’t take health insurance, two doctors say. Dr. Josh Umbehr and Dr. Jules Madrigal join this episode of “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss health care reform opportunities that would give patients control over their experience. “We need to make health care more affordable in the first place so that… -
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3 Themes That Set the Tone for the DNC on Night One
Democrats gathered in Chicago, Illinois on Monday to kick off the first day of the Democratic National Convention with the ostensible theme “For the People.” Despite the theme, the stage was mostly dominated by political and cultural elites when compared to the Republican National Convention last month in Milwaukee. Rather, it was three other themes… -
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15 Things We Saw at the Democratic National Convention
CHICAGO—The Daily Signal is on the ground at the Democratic National Convention, where Democrats will formally nominate Vice President Kamala Harris for president and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz for vice president. We saw crowds begin to form on Sunday and filmed anti-Israel protesters breaking through the security perimeter on Monday. Here’s a list of what… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Daily Signal on Scene as Protesters Break Through Secret Service Perimeter at Democratic Convention
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Anti-Israel protesters broke through the first fence in the Secret Service perimeter around the Democratic National Convention in Chicago Monday evening. Daily Signal reporters Tim Kennedy and Tony Kinnett were on the scene live as it happened. The reporters captured footage of an anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian protester cutting part of the perimeter… -
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Meet the Democrats Holding Out on Harris
When President Joe Biden was deposed from his perch atop the Democratic ticket nearly one month ago, fellow Democrats and the corporate media were swift to take up arms for his endorsed successor, Vice President Kamala Harris. Despite the rapid convergence behind Harris, though, some Democrats are not as keen on Kamala as former House… -
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$27 Million for Biden Family Detailed in House’s Impeachment Report
President Joe Biden engaged in a “conspiracy to monetize” his public office as vice president and enrich his family by at least $27 million, according to three Republican-led House committees that oversaw an impeachment inquiry. Hours before Biden was set to speak Monday night at the Democratic National Convention, the House committees released the impeachment… -
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Is This Year’s Democratic Convention Going to Be a Repeat of 1968?
Editor's Note: Protests are building at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. In May, The Daily Signal's Jarrett Stepman wrote a short history of the 1968 DNC where—just like today—a Democrat incumbent president stepped down for a vice president. The party was deeply divided over the Vietnam War and today is divided about the war… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Congressman Calls FBI Director’s Bluff, Demands Evidence of Investigations Into Pro-Abortion Violence
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Rep. Chip Roy, chairman of the subcommittee on the Constitution and limited government, is calling on FBI Director Christopher Wray to explain discrepancies between his testimony to Congress and Justice Department prosecution data. Wray testified to Congress on July 24 that the FBI has focused more attention on pro-abortion violence against… -
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Is Kamala Harris Just as Bad as Joe Biden?
CHICAGO—As delegates and the media descend on the Windy City for the Democratic National Convention, Kamala Harris not only has to energize the base; she also has to convince the rest of America that she can mend a moribund economy and keep order as parts of the country seem hell-bent on chaos. That is, Harris has to convince voters…