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opinion
Why the Media Deserves a Failing Grade During Biden’s First 100 Days
President Joe Biden waited longer to hold his first press conference than any other president in the past 100 years. After waiting 64 days, the media had a chance on March 25 to ask the president about his agenda. Tim Murtaugh, communications director for President Donald Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign, was disappointed by what he… -
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We Hear You: Georgia Elections, Baseball, and Woke Corporations
Editor's note: The misrepresentation of Georgia's new election law by politicians and activists on the left is a serious matter to The Daily Signal's audience. Here's a sampling of your reaction from the mailbag at [email protected].—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: Thank you for the many well-researched and incisive articles covering the lies and hypocrisy in… -
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Read Rep. Jordan’s Exchange With Fauci Over When Mask-Wearing Will End
Editor’s note: In a hearing Thursday held by the House Coronavirus Crisis Subcommittee, Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, went back and forth with Anthony Fauci, director of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Read their full exchange on masks, social distancing, and more. Rep. Jim Jordan: Thank you, Mr. Chairman, Dr. Fauci, when is the… -
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The Russian Bounty Story Erodes
Last June, the Trump-hating reporters who always wanted to underline that then-President Donald Trump was almost traitorously soft on Russia banged a can about a New York Times story headlined “Russia Secretly Offered Afghan Militants Bounties to Kill U.S. Troops, Intelligence Says.” Now the liberal Daily Beast website is offering a jaw-dropping assessment: “It was… -
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4 Myths About the Election Integrity Law in Georgia
The Heritage Foundation released a fact check Friday of some of the most egregious lies being echoed by members of Congress, the media, Hollywood, and corporate America about the new election integrity reform in Georgia. These reforms are about one thing—making it easier for American citizens to vote, while making it harder to cheat. <<The… -
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My Friend Denny Stong Might Be Alive Today If He’d Been Granted a Concealed Carry Permit
Ten people, including a police officer, were killed last month in a mass shooting at the King Soopers supermarket in Boulder, Colorado. I was shocked to learn that one of the victims was Denny Stong, someone I knew well. Stong and I had recently connected through our mutual love of history. Our joint fascination with… -
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Kristen Clarke Is Unfit to Be in Government
Kristen Clarke, President Joe Biden’s nominee for assistant attorney general of the United States, once promoted racist pseudoscientific quackery, arguing that the human brain was structured in a way that makes black people superior to white people, and that “human mental processes” in the brain have chemicals that imbue one race with “superior physical and… -
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‘A Pure Political Ploy’: Sen. Rubio Accuses Democrats of Trying to Pack Courts for Their Own Agenda
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., criticized legislation introduced by Democratic members of Congress intended to add four justices to the Supreme Court. Rubio told Fox News Thursday that the bill is a “political ploy” that serves the Democratic Party’s political agenda. He added that issues with the court sprang up once the conservatives made up a… -
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Biden Administration’s Rank Partisanship Won’t Cancel Trump’s Vaccine Accomplishments
President Joe Biden has been taking a bit of a victory lap lately. He is telling the nation that we will have enough vaccine supply for every adult by the end of May and that his administration is on track to meet his stated goal of 100 million vaccinations in his first 100 days. According… -
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Far From Southern Border, Illegal Immigration Hurts Idaho, Lawmaker Says
Rep. Russ Fulcher, R-Idaho, isn’t from a southern border state, but he says illegal immigration still adversely affects the Gem State. “I mean, drug and sex trafficking impacts everyone,” Fulcher says. “And we’re feeling the effects of that,” he adds. “Our citizens, our taxpayers as well. We have to pay for services through federal taxes… -
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These 107 Corporations Signal Opposition to Election Integrity
The top executives of some of the largest corporations on the planet released a statement on Wednesday saying they support “democracy.” If that sounds bland and terribly nonspecific, you get the gist of the statement, which was the product of a summit of more than 100 CEOs and executives. The summit was convened in response… -
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Teacher Turns Student Questions About ‘Saving Private Ryan’ Into Annual Veterans Tribute
Harrison Kessel was in eighth grade when he interviewed World War II veteran John Eloff. Kessel was a shy boy who liked history but was intimidated at the prospect of asking a combat veteran to divulge his war stories. “I was terrified,” Kessel, now a college student, says in a video as he recounts the… -
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Biden’s Border Security Pick Backs Amnesty, Opposes Wall
President Joe Biden’s pick to run border security has tweeted or spoken regularly against the Trump administration’s immigration policies, supported a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants, and opposed a border wall. Chris Magnus, the police chief of Tucson, Arizona, is Biden’s nominee for commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Magnus also has cited… -
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Why Biden’s China Strategy Is Destined for Failure
The U.S. relationship with China under the Biden administration is off to a rocky start if the first high-level meeting between the two nations is any indicator. President Joe Biden, who cast himself as someone who would smooth relationships with foreign adversaries, can’t have been happy to see the American delegation embarrassed by the Chinese during a recent summit in… -
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Manchin Should Be ‘For the People’ of West Virginia With a Vote Against HR 1
Here is the question that Sen. Joe Manchin, West Virginia Democrat, needs to answer: Is he going to vote in favor of a bill that takes away the power of his constituents—his voters—and their elected state legislators to decide what rules govern elections in their state? Because that is exactly what HR 1, which represents a federal takeover… -
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How to Start a War
Wars often arise from uncertainty. When strong countries appear weak, truly weaker ones take risks they otherwise would not. Sloppy braggadocio and serial promises of restraint can trigger wars, too. Empty tough talk can needlessly egg on aggressors. But mouthing utopian bromides convinces bullies that their targets are too sophisticated to counter aggression. Sometimes announcing… -
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Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Cashes in on ‘Systemic Racism’
Patrisse Cullors is a co-founder of Black Lives Matter. About her background, she said in 2015: “The first thing, I think, is that we actually do have an ideological frame. Myself and Alicia [Garza, BLM co-founder,] in particular are trained organizers.” Cullors also said: “We are trained Marxists. We are super-versed on, sort of, ideological… -
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Federal Court Issues Commonsense Win for Campus Religious Group at Wayne State
Campus groups, students, and professors who aren’t interested in kowtowing to groupthink on issues concerning their own faith and constitutionally guaranteed rights have had a run of good luck lately in federal courts. Just a few days ago, in a lengthy opinion, Judge Robert Cleland of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of… -
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Chinese-Made Drones in US Are Spying on Us. Congress Must Put an End to This.
It’s a basic concept of national security: Don’t invite a hostile nation to imbed its gifts into the innermost sanctums of your society. That was true long before the Trojans wheeled the Greek’s gift of a horse into the city of Troy some 3,000 years ago, and it is no less true today. Still, like… -
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NCAA Tries to Intimidate States Eyeing Bans on Biological Males in Women’s Sports
In case companies hadn’t noticed, now isn’t exactly a good time to drop a bombshell about radical politics. Either the NCAA hasn’t been paying attention to the massive uproar in Georgia, or it doesn’t seem to grasp the intensity of the pushback. Either way, most Americans (including the moderate ones) are fired up about the…