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opinion
The Fight Against ESG Is the Fight Against Cultural Marxism
Summary This is a story I’ve told before, but it’s worth telling again, in light of recent news. Exactly seven years ago today, I sat in a room full of people who had, in my estimation, the power to decide the fate of Western civilization. If that sounds a little hyperbolic, well, maybe you’re right…. -
opinion
Social (In)Security
“We will always protect Social Security, Medicare!” says President Donald Trump. That would be nice. But when I look at these programs’ balance sheets, I don’t see how he’s protected anything. Both Social Security and Medicare are on track to run out of money. Politicians mostly ignore the problem. Worse, progressives like Sen. Bernie Sanders… -
opinion
Midterms: Closing Argument
Summary Heading into Election Day on Tuesday, here are the four most important reasons to vote for patriotic populist candidates: Sovereignty After America endured the madness of the open border of former President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance brought sanity back to migration policies and enforcement. According to DHS, we’ve now seen the lowest annual encounters… -
opinion
The Real Affordability Question
Summary One word is echoing in all discussions of the upcoming midterm elections: affordability. When pundits talk about affordability, they almost always start and end with the pump, the grocery store, and the housing market. That framing has two problems. First, most Americans are busy working, raising children, and paying bills. They do not carry… -
news
First Senior Trump Official Backs Trump Accounts With Donation
The head of the IRS and the Social Security Administration just became the first senior Trump administration official to donate to Trump investment accounts. On Thursday morning, Frank Bisignano announced that the Bisignano Family Fund will donate $250 to every child ages 2 to 8 in his hometown ZIP code in hopes that it “encourages… -
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‘Systemic Marginalization’ of ‘Transgender Women’: Inside the Woke NIH Grants Trump Slashed
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The National Institutes of Health under the Trump administration has slashed more than $1 billion of woke Biden-era grants studying “economic-based empowerment” for “transgender women,” lowering “transgender men’s” voices, and more, the Daily Signal has learned. The NIH has terminated about 1,000 grants, adding up to $1,020,711,506 in savings. Another approximately… -
opinion
Victor Davis Hanson: Why Is Carney Choosing China Over America?
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for the Daily Signal. We’re into five or six months now of the Canadian-American trade wars. It’s kind of… -
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Affordability Is the Economic Test Washington Can’t Ignore
Summary Midterms are often used to understand the mood of the country, and this one is no different. As we barrel toward Election Day, many commenters say that this year’s midterms are a referendum on the economy—and affordability is certainly top of mind for households across the nation. Americans don’t experience the economy in spreadsheets… -
opinion
France Is the Future Khanna Wants. Look How That’s Going
“This is what happens when nations let wealth and power accumulate in the hands of a few,” says prospective 2028 presidential candidate and socialist Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., about the mass rioting and social unrest unfolding in France. As with most issues, Khanna has it backward. It’s Democrat economic and social ideas that have destabilized… -
analysis
The Raised Eyebrow and the Closed Account
Summary In Washington, power is most potent when it’s least visible. A statute can be read, a regulation challenged, an order defied in court. But a regulator’s arched eyebrow leaves no paper trail, invites no judicial review, and is, for a bank that must face the same examiners year after year, every bit as persuasive… -
analysis
Heritage Launches New Forum to Unite Competing Voices on the Right
The Heritage Foundation is welcoming conservatives from across the movement to participate in a three-day policy conference to identify problems and solutions for the future of the conservative coalition. The Forum 2026 will be held at the Gaylord National Harbor in Maryland this November, just a week after the midterm election. From “old guard hawks,”… -
opinion
Schiff’s Telling Shift on Taxes
A family in Ohio has worked hard and sacrificed for three generations to keep their small-town grocery store in business, serving a community they live in and love. A billionaire in California who invests some of his money in the movie industry lives in a beachside mansion in Malibu. For which of these two entrepreneurs… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: The Iran War Is Not an ‘Endless War’
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of a segment from today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes. Victor Davis Hanson: I get really tired of the Left and some of the Right because they… -
opinion
Don’t Hire the Arsonists to Fight the Affordability Fire
Voters are angry about the cost of living, and they have every right to be. With Republicans in full control of Washington, they expect a fast reversal of the Biden years. But voters’ anger should not be mistaken for amnesia. Americans clearly remember who started the affordability fire burning through families’ wallets. My new League… -
news
Small Business Administration’s Million Dollar Pitch Competition
Five small businesses competed in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 20 for the chance to receive their share of $1 million. The Million Dollar Pitch Competition was organized by the U.S. Small Business Administration as part of the Freedom 250 celebrations. Thousands of businesses applied for the competition, but only five were brought to Washington to… -
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Democrats vs. Affordability
The Virginia General Assembly was going to convene on Monday, Oct. 26, to nominate and vote on judges for the Court of Appeals. The process is backlogged, and four seats needed to be filled when state Sen. Scott Surovell announced the date. Here’s the boring part. This session didn’t have the restrictions of a gubernatorial… -
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As Iowa Senate Race Tightens, Outside Groups Pour Millions Into Attack Campaigns
Over a hundred million dollars have flooded the Iowa Senate race from outside spenders. Instead of supporting the candidate they want to win, they are throwing money at opposing the one they want to lose. Republican Rep. Ashley Hinson is going head-to-head with Democrat state Rep. Josh Turek to take retiring Republican Sen. Joni Ernst’s… -
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DSA Sets Its Sights on a New Form of Organizing
The Democratic Socialists of America is training members to form “militant tenant unions” to organize renters against landlords, with the stated goal of “mass organization.” The DSA’s Housing Justice Commission is asking members to apply for its program to train “tenant organizers” and support the formation of “militant tenant unions” rather than mere building-level tenant… -
analysis
Customers Pay for Virginia’s Policies on Power Production
Virginia’s federal elections will be finished in less than two weeks, but some state-based issues are likely to keep simmering long after Election Day. Examples include the state’s policies governing data centers and how the electricity to power those centers—and the homes of millions of citizens—is generated. A court in Goochland County hosted a pretrial… -
opinion
Money Talks When Money Walks
This November, California voters will decide whether a fraction of the state’s population should pay a 5% wealth tax to help fund public programs. Proposition 40 would make roughly 200 of the richest Californians bail out the state’s deficits and save the budget for another year of easy spending. California is not the only blue…