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opinion
How Marxist Left Captured Higher Education
The mission of a university is to discover truth and transmit that essential knowledge to future generations. That has been achieved by what we call in the West the Socratic dialogue—that is, ferreting out what is good, true, and beautiful by testing ideas in an academic setting. None of that is possible in an educational… -
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Time to End the Fed and Its Mismanagement of Our Economy
Every major economic downturn of the last 110 years bears the mark of the Federal Reserve. In fact, as long as the Fed has been around, it has swung the economy between inflation and recession. Yet Americans, surprisingly, have tolerated it. But we shouldn’t expect that to go on forever. We had three central banks before the Fed, and… -
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The BorderLine: Boggled by Biden’s Border Crisis? Relax, AOC Is in Charge
The BorderLine is a weekly Daily Signal feature examining everything from the unprecedented illegal immigration crisis at the border to immigration’s impact on cities and states throughout the land. We will also shed light on other critical border-related issues like human trafficking, drug smuggling, terrorism, and more. ———————————————————- For most of his 50-plus years in politics,… -
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Biggest Hits, Misses in 2nd GOP Presidential Debate
Seven GOP candidates took to the debate stage Wednesday night at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, for the second Republican presidential debate. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, former Vice President Mike Pence, former New Jersey Gov. Chris… -
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How Border Crisis Became Focus of Federal Spending Debate and What Elon Musk Has to Do With It
The crisis at the U.S. southern border is now being closely linked to Congress passing annual spending bills. Congress has until Saturday to pass the 12 government spending bills for fiscal year 2024, or a short-term funding bill, in order to avoid a government shutdown, but some Republican lawmakers say they won’t support funding the… -
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7 Key Moments From Second 2024 GOP Primary Debate
Seven Republican presidential candidates on Wednesday night took the stage for their second debate, this time at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. Fox News Channel host Dana Perino, Fox Business Network host Stuart Varney, and Univision anchor Ilia Calderon co-hosted the two-hour debate, which often turned highly contentious, with the candidates… -
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‘DISRESPECTFUL’: Ron DeSantis Shoots Down Moderators After Question About Kicking Someone ‘Off the Island’
Fox News Channel host Dana Perino noted that former President Donald Trump enjoys a clear polling lead over his opponents in the 2024 Republican presidential primary, and she urged the GOP hopefuls onstage in California to identify another candidate they would kick “off the island.” “It’s now obvious that if you all stay in the… -
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‘Join the Ultimate Strike Against the Globalist Class’: 6 Takeaways From Trump’s Michigan Speech
Donald Trump was back in Michigan on Wednesday night, speaking to a crowd connected with the automotive industry as the United Auto Workers union continued its strike of the Big Three automakers. Trump, who is seeking the Republican presidential nomination again and a rematch with Joe Biden in 2024, made a pitch to a traditionally… -
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BREAKING: DeSantis Will Support 15-Week Federal Protections for the Unborn
Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ campaign confirmed to The Daily Signal on Wednesday evening that he will support 15-week protections for the unborn. In audio of the debate following DeSantis’ response to an abortion question, candidate Sen. Tim Scott can be heard asking DeSantis if he would support legislation banning abortions of babies after 15… -
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DeSantis Swings at Trump for Skipping Debate: ‘Donald Trump Is Missing in Action’
Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis swung at former President Donald Trump for skipping Wednesday night’s GOP primary debate. “You know who else is missing in action?” he asked, after critiquing President Joe Biden. “Donald Trump is missing in action.” “He should be on this stage,” he insisted. “He owes it to you to defend his… -
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Vivek Ramaswamy Slams Victimhood Mentality, Urges Workers to Picket at White House
Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy urged workers to picket in Washington, D.C., in front of President Joe Biden’s White House. Ramaswamy spoke Wednesday evening at the 2024 GOP primary debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. “I understand that hardship is not a choice,” he said. “But victimhood is a choice. And… -
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Watch the 2024 GOP Primary Presidential Debate
Tonight at 9 p.m. Eastern, seven Republican candidates will be on stage to debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. On the stage will be Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former Vice President Mike Pence, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, former New Jersey… -
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Former National Intelligence Head Calls for Intel Agency Reform
America’s intelligence agencies urgently need reform after embedded political partisans infiltrated them, according to former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe in an interview with The Heritage Foundation released Wednesday. In recent years, both the FBI and the CIA have engaged in unwarranted surveillance of American citizens, particularly those who hold conservative viewpoints. Ratcliffe talked… -
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GMU’s President Gets It Wrong: DEI Has Overtaken His School
Does having a bevy of officers who push race, sex, and LGBT victim/oppressor theories on university students enhance or detract from their learning? This is the question that George Mason University’s president, Gregory Washington, never addresses in his unusually public criticism of our report for The Heritage Foundation on the extravagant “diversity, equity, and inclusion”… -
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EXCLUSIVE: California AG Defies Court Order on Transgender Parental Notification, Lawyers Say
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—California Attorney General Rob Bonta has defied a court order by directing school districts to adopt policies that allow them to hide a student's claimed transgender identity from parents or guardians, despite a federal judge's ruling that such policies likely violate the U.S. Constitution, lawyers say. Bonta, a Democrat, sent a… -
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Election Watchdog’s Lawsuit Claims Hawaii Breaks Law on Voter Rolls
An elections watchdog group is suing Hawaii, claiming that the state breaks federal law on maintaining voter registration lists. Public Interest Legal Foundation filed the lawsuit alleging that Hawaii’s Chief Election Officer Scott Nago violated Section 8 of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, which requires states to regularly update voter registration rolls. The… -
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Senate Republican Leaders Silent as Democrats Undermine House Efforts to Fight Border Crisis Amid Shutdown Battle
Senate Republican leaders have declined to comment on the bill that Senate Democrats introduced to fund the government through Nov. 17 that avoids a government shutdown but that also fails to address the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border. In introducing the bill, the Democrats undermine House Republican efforts to convince President Joe Biden to address… -
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Network ‘News’ Predictably Blames Republicans in ‘Shutdown Showdown’
The nightly “news” cannot be expected to offer you an “explainer” on anything happening in Washington. Their ratings gurus would tell them that trying to educate the audience on how Congress works, for example, would result in eye rolls and channel flips to “Wheel of Fortune.” What they call “news” is more accurately described as… -
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The Battle to Prevent a Government Shutdown Revolves Around One Key Issue, McCarthy Says
If President Joe Biden wishes to avoid a government shutdown, he should sit down with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and hammer out a plan to secure the U.S.-Mexico border, McCarthy said at a news conference Wednesday. “I want to sit down with the president to solve that border,” McCarthy told reporters. The speaker addressed the… -
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Missouri Transgender Center Shuts Down Over SAFE Act Liability Provision
The Washington University Transgender Center at St. Louis Children’s Hospital has stopped providing gender-transition procedures for minors, it announced earlier this month, due to a provision in the Missouri SAFE Act that “creates unsustainable liability” for its operations. The law was passed earlier this year and became effective on Aug. 28. In June, an analysis by The College Fix found that…