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    Taking a Big Gamble
    The thing about gambling is that you convince yourself that the truism “The House always wins” doesn’t apply to you. This is what gets gamblers in trouble. This is why the house always wins. That is until the house starts losing. Virginia has tied an awful lot of its future tax collections to gambling and…
    Joe Thomas
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    Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation to Host First-Ever Anti-Communist Film Festival
    The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation will host its first-ever Anti-Communist Film Festival beginning Oct. 1.   Elizabeth Spalding, Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation chairman, said the selected movies are meant to appeal to a wide variety of audiences of all ages and genre preferences.  The festival will open with “Pilecki’s Report,” a Polish movie…
    Malia Loock
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    Victor Davis Hanson: ‘Inclusive’ Stanford University Caught Red-Handed Using AI to Race Swap Student
    Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to Victor Davis Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes. Jack Fowler: Victor, let’s talk about—you ever heard of Stanford University, Victor?  Victor Davis Hanson: I have some recollection of it. …
    Victor Davis Hanson
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  • Professor Censored Over Mock Land Acknowledgment Speaks Out Against University ‘Orthodoxy’ After Court Win
    A Washington state computer science professor who won a First Amendment lawsuit against his university over its response to his mock land acknowledgement says the campus culture that fueled the controversy remains firmly entrenched. “It’s kind of scary. They broke the law. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the “9th Circuit said you broke the…
    Tyler O’Neil
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  • news

    GOP Takes Aim at Sherrod Brown’s Radical Record on Transing Minors
    In the “toss-up” special election race for the U.S. Senate in Ohio, former Democrat Sen. Sherrod Brown’s record is coming back to haunt him when it comes to transgender procedures for minors. Before he was defeated by now-Republican Sen. Bernie Moreno in 2024, Brown had served for three terms in the U.S. Senate. Although his…
    Rebecca Downs
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    Alito Steps Aside in Supreme Court Climate Showdown After Left-Wing Groups Question His Energy Investments
    Justice Samuel Alito has recused himself from an environmental case set to be argued on Monday before the Supreme Court, months after left-leaning groups accused him of a potential conflict. In the case of Suncor Energy Inc. v. County Commissioners of Boulder County, the question before the court involves the use of state tort laws…
    Fred Lucas
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    Victor Davis Hanson: The Counterrevolution, Explained
    Decorated historian, Hillsdale college professor and Daily Signal senior fellow Victor Davis Hanson explained the reasoning behind his New York Times bestseller “The Counter-Revolution” during Heritage Action’s Sentinel Summit in Orlando on Saturday. As Hanson stated in both his video appearance at the summit and in his book, the Left’s challenge is to create a…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    Marcy Kaptur at Odds With Both Sides Over Record on Trans Issues
    In what looks to be one of Ohio’s most hotly contested races, a vulnerable Democrat incumbent is taking heat from both sides over her record on trans issues. Last week, Lucas County Democrats publicly called out Rep. Marcy Kaptur, of Ohio’s 9th Congressional District, for an ad touting her vote on the issue. Lucas County…
    Rebecca Downs
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    Hollywood Feminist Makes Over Jesus to Sound Like Meryl Streep  
    Conservatives expressed grave concern when director Greta Gerwig happily announced that her forthcoming movie “Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew” would star Meryl Streep as the voice of Aslan—the lion that author C.S. Lewis clearly used as a Christ figure.  This kind of gender confusion gives off vibes of James Talarico announcing that God is “nonbinary.” She’s…
    Tim Graham
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    ‘No Child Should Be Exposed’: DOJ Settles With 6 Hospitals to End Gender Surgeries on Minors
    Opponents of “gender transition” surgeries on minors applauded a Justice Department settlement with at least six major hospitals to stop the practice. The Department of Justice has announced settlements with six hospitals, The New York Times reported, to stop doing the surgeries and hormone treatments for minors. “The Department of Justice has done incredible work…
    Fred Lucas
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    Victor Davis Hanson: A Midterm Elections Update
    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 about five weeks from the midterms, and maybe we should have another update. Both…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    What ‘Run Hide Fight: Infidels’ Teaches Hollywood—and Us 
    On Sept. 20, The Daily Wire released its new movie “Run Hide Fight: Infidels.” Daily Wire, a conservative media company based in Nashville, produces a variety of podcasts, television series, and full-length motion pictures. Without a Hollywood budget, Daily Wire ventures into waters no other filmmaker dares.   Daily Wire podcast host Matt Walsh has made…
    Simon Hankinson
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  • news

    CatholicVote Raises Alarm About Leftist Groups ‘Created to Manipulate Believers’
    Powerful organizations on the left created and helped sustain a nonprofit called Faith in Public Life in order to replicate the organizing power of the Religious Right, but the group announced that it will be closing its doors on Oct. 31. Jeanné Lewis, the group’s CEO, attributed the closure to fundraising issues, saying that the…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Conservative Lawmakers Demand the WNBA Define What a Woman Is
    A group of House Republican lawmakers sent a letter to the Women’s National Basketball Association on Friday, demanding that the league define what a woman is. The letter, drafted by Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind., and signed by Reps. Erin Houchin, R-Ind.; John Rose, R-Tenn.; Zach Nunn, R-Iowa; and Sheri Biggs, R-S.C., sent the letter to…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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  • opinion

    The ‘Modern-Day Lynching’ Hoax—and the Elephant in the Room 
    Nearly 60 Democrat members of Congress signed a letter to sound an alarm: Black Americans are being found hanging, including some from trees, in a wave of possible “modern-day lynchings.”  Their letter to the Justice Department and the FBI stated, “The series of deaths raise significant suspicion of foul play given the role of lynching…
    Larry Elder
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  • opinion

    Both Parties Aiming to Lose the Midterm Election
    This election is a contest to see which party can do its best to lose. Looking forward from mid-September, President Donald Trump’s Republicans seem to be well ahead at this. But the Resistance (or don’t they call themselves that anymore?) Democrats are putting up a contest. Second-term presidents tend to make political mistakes by doing…
    Michael Barone
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    The New York Times Accidentally Revealed Why Higher Ed Won’t Get Rid of DEI
    America’s top universities can’t quit and won’t quit DEI no matter how unpopular it is with the American people. A recent editorial in the New York Times titled “This California Educational Juggernaut Doesn’t Need the SAT,” highlighted the mentality that has led to the erosion of merit in our nation’s top schools and the flagging…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Hasan Piker: US Worse Than Al-Qaeda When It Comes to Terrorism
    Just days after America commemorated the 9/11 attacks that killed 3,000 of its citizens, influencer Hasan Piker declared the United States a greater purveyor of terrorism than the ones who did the deed. Appearing on “The Axios Show,” Piker, who previously declared “America deserved 9/11,” confirmed his earlier statement that “America is the top dog…
    Al Perrotta
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  • news

    Professor Who Celebrated Charlie Kirk Murder and Villainized ‘White Men’ Still Works for University
    Carnegie Mellon University has not fired professor Uju Anya, instead allowing her to take “voluntary professional leave” after a string of “offensive and objectionable” social media posts celebrating the anniversary of Charlie Kirk’s assassination. A Daily Signal review of publicly available university records shows that Anya is still an associate professor of second-language acquisition and…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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  • analysis

    ‘ANTI-DEMOCRATIC’: Nonprofits That Received Tax Dollars Unite to Oppose Rules Cracking Down on Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
    Organizations that received federal funding under President Joe Biden and previously sued President Donald Trump’s administration have now joined a coalition letter opposing the White House’s proposed grantmaking reforms. The White House Office of Management and Budget proposed the reforms to crack down on the wasteful and ideological spending of taxpayer dollars exposed by the…
    Tyler O’Neil
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