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opinion
How Gold Saves the Dollar
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of the accompanying video from professor Peter St. Onge. Can we save the dollar before central banking kills it? Yes. It’s surprisingly easy. And, as you might expect, it involves gold. As federal deficits hit 8% of gross domestic product—unprecedented in peacetime—and our national debt hits $35… -
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Why Would a White House Reporter Ask About Muzzling Musk?
This is how much Elon Musk spooks big media. At Monday’s White House press briefing, a reporter asked White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre if the Biden administration was going to do something to muzzle Musk ahead of the billionaire’s scheduled conversation with Donald Trump via X that evening. After mentioning the impending Musk-Trump interview,… -
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Why More Americans Have Nowhere to Live
The cost of housing rose again last month, making it even more difficult for Americans to afford a home of their own. Inflation is just one of many problems creating a housing crisis in America. On today’s episode of “The Daily Signal Podcast,” James Burling, a property rights lawyer with more than 40 years of… -
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No Room at ESPN for Women Defending Women’s Sports
Turns out defending women’s sports is a no-go if you want a long career at ESPN. Samantha Ponder, host of “Sunday NFL Countdown,” has been fired, according to The Athletic. Supposedly Ponder, who was reportedly in a three-year, $3 million-plus contract, was axed “for financial reasons, as ESPN nears the conclusion of its fiscal year… -
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Columbia University President Resigns, but School’s Troubles With Leftist Protesters Far From Over
Columbia University President Minouche Shafik, in office for just over a year, announced Wednesday that she would resign her position amid continuing backlash over anti-Israel demonstrations on campus. Shafik had been a holdout who remained at the helm of a university after she and other school presidents appeared in a series of House hearings this… -
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1 More Way the Admin’s ‘Green’ Electricity Plan Will Cost Consumers Big: 91,000 Miles of New Transmission Lines
For over a decade, there has been a project proposal to build about 800 miles of transmission lines from Kansas through Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana to deliver wind-generated electricity to consumers. However, a recent Aug. 8 ruling by an Illinois court halts the planned construction of lines in that state. This project, known as the… -
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Asset Managers Leveraged Red State Pension Funds to Back ‘Racial Equity,’ Climate Agenda, Report Finds
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Several asset managers leveraged Idahoans’ pension funds to support a racial and climate agenda in 2022 and 2023, according to a report from a conservative watchdog group, the American Accountability Foundation. The Public Employee Retirement System of Idaho used six asset managers—Adelante Capital Management, AllianceBernstein, Brandes Investment Partners, Fiera Capital, Longview Partners,… -
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Biden and Harris Vow to Crack Down on Big Pharma, But There’s a Major Catch
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris slammed Big Pharma for “inflating the price of lifesaving medications” in a speech Thursday in Largo, Maryland. But Biden and Harris’ congressional campaigns received $9 million and $2 million, respectively, from 1990-2024. “Folks, this is a fight all of us have been fighting for a long time,”… -
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Kamala Harris on Snob Hill
Vice President Kamala Harris visited San Francisco on Sunday to hold a fundraising event at an elitist venue in one of its richest neighborhoods. Her event was at the Fairmont Hotel on Nob Hill. If you visit that hotel’s website, you will see that its cheapest room on a weeknight this time of year is… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Swiss Government Took His Daughter to Transition Her. This Father Is Fighting Back.
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Her parents had prepared a happy “welcome home” scene for their daughter to return to. Balloons. A nice dinner. Family. Her little brother eagerly awaited her arrival. But when they finally returned home that night from a public hospital in Geneva, Switzerland, their daughter was not with them. “She’s not coming… -
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‘Kindergarten Math’: Georgia Considers Rule to Match Counted Votes With Counted Voters
The Georgia State Election Board is mulling a proposed rule to ensure that the number of votes considered for counting equals the number of votes cast by voters. That might seem to be a minor administrative matter under normal circumstances. But less than three months away from the Nov. 5 presidential election in one of… -
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Distorting the Truth About Native Americans
American kids are now taught that before Christopher Columbus wrecked things, peaceful Native Americans protected the environment. Hollywood movies feed the narrative. Disney’s “Pocahontas” sings, “I know every rock and tree and creature has a life, has a spirit, has a name.” Political science professor Wilfred Reilly says that’s ridiculous. “Native American hunters gave names… -
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The Weird, Creepy, Surreal—and Dangerous—2024 Campaign
The already-long 2024 presidential campaign has become the strangest in modern history. Here are 10 unanswered questions that illustrate how and why we’ve entered this bizarro world: 1. How can Kamala Harris merely promise us fixes to come in 2025 for inflation and an open border when she is still vice president for another six… -
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EXCLUSIVE: California School District’s Ethnic Studies Course Trains Students for ‘Social Justice,’ ‘Activism’
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A Los Angeles County school district offers an ethnic studies course covering the “intersectionality” of “identity markers” such as race, gender, and sexual orientation. “Ethnic Studies aims to educate students on social justice themes related to ethnicity, identity, and the historical element that is the common denominator, while providing students with… -
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NYC on Track to Spend $10 Billion on Illegal Aliens Over 3 Years
New York City plans to spend $4.75 billion on resources for illegal immigrants over the next year, according to the mayor’s office. The city is on track to spend nearly $10 billion on illegal aliens over three years. The Big Apple’s “sanctuary city” laws protect many illegal aliens from deportation, making the city a top destination… -
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DEI Policies ‘Offensive’ to Military Members Who Just Want to Be Trained as Leaders, Expert Says
Diversity, equity, and inclusion measures have created their fair share of controversy. While some claim that DEI is “designed to make people of various backgrounds feel welcome” in the workplace, there have been numerous instances in which the opposite seems to be the case. In fact, countless experts have exposed DEI as none other than a “well-funded Marxist movement.”… -
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WATCH: Harris Spurns Trump’s Debate Offers
On the latest episode of “The Tony Kinnett Cast,” we cover the latest news from the biggest election in decades with the Harris-Walz campaign’s refusing to do multiple debates with former President Donald Trump, the economy’s shaky footing, and a new round of election data that no one is covering. With both sides blustering over… -
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2 New Ballot Initiatives Would Expand ‘Health’ Definitions to Legalize Abortion on Demand
Abortion initiatives in Missouri and Arizona will effectively ask voters to allow no restrictions on ending the lives of unborn children. Missouri and Arizona on Tuesday joined the list of states with abortion initiatives on the Nov. 5 ballot. Now, voters will decide pro-abortion measures in a total of eight states, the most on record… -
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‘Odds Are Against’ Trump in Lawsuit Vs. DOJ Over Mar-a-Lago Raid, Law Professor Turley Says
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley said Monday that former President Donald Trump would find it “difficult to prevail” in his potential $100 million suit against the Justice Department over a raid for classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida. Trump’s attorneys filed an administrative claim with the… -
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Leftist Slant of NPR Exposed Again by Trump Speech ‘Fact-Check’
How do voters know the prestige press is hopelessly partisan? For three weeks, Vice President Kamala Harris has been refusing all requests for interviews or press conferences, and that goes unpunished. Former President Donald Trump held a press conference, and he was absolutely punished. Taxpayer-funded National Public Radio demonstrated its ultraliberal tilt for the millionth…