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    Apu Is Back on ‘The Simpsons,’ but Don’t Forget Why He Disappeared
    Summary After nearly a decade in cartoon purgatory, “The Simpsons” is resurrecting Apu from the woke graveyard of canceled characters. “The Simpsons” show, which—let’s be honest—should have been wound down about the time when those now reaching the legal drinking age were born, announced the Indian cartoon character’s return on X with a preview of…
    Jarrett Stepman
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  • news

    WNBA Disqualifies ‘Men’ From Playing but Still Can’t Define What a ‘Woman’ Is
    The Women’s National Basketball Association declared two former male professional basketball players ineligible to join the league because they aren’t women. However, the league did not provide a definition of “woman” in its announcement.  While responding to an inquiry from several members of Congress about player safety and the league’s definition of a woman, WNBA…
    Malia Loock
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  • opinion

    The Socialists Want to Hold Congress Hostage
    Hakeem Jeffries has a problem. The Democratic Socialists of America is already discussing what it will demand in exchange for helping him become the next speaker of the House of Representatives. And it isn’t being subtle about it. An Oct. 14 article in the DSA’s magazine Democratic Left was titled “Socialists in Congress Should Hold…
    Michael Freund
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  • opinion

    Democrat Senator Says the Quiet Part Out Loud About Making Trump Admin Jobs Radioactive
    As Democrats eye the prospect of taking back power in Washington, they seem intent not just on investigating President Donald Trump’s administration, but also on launching a cancel culture campaign that scares prospective young staffers away from public service. Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., may have said too much last week at the University of Chicago…
    Tyler O’Neil
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  • opinion

    Victor Davis Hanson: Europe Lost 2 World Wars—and America Inherited Its Self-Hatred
    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. Sami Winc: “It seems to me that postmodernism or French philosophy instilled in my sons the notion of oppressed-oppressor. Rationality is…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    Inside Biden’s DOJ: How LGBTQ Activist Groups Helped Set the Agenda for the Civil Rights Division
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Newly released documents reveal the extent to which LGBTQ activist groups helped set the agenda for the Justice Department under President Joe Biden. The DOJ Civil Rights Division’s LGBTQI+ Working Group convened quarterly stakeholder meetings with organizations including the American Civil Liberties Union, the Human Rights Campaign, Lambda Legal, the Southern…
    Tyler O’Neil
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  • news

    4 Major Banks Used SPLC in Adverse Decisions Affecting Conservative, Christian Groups, Federal Review Finds
    Four of America’s largest banks relied on the Southern Poverty Law Center in decisions affecting conservative and religious organizations, according to a newly released federal debanking report. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency report, released Wednesday, details instances involving JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, PNC Bank, and TD Bank, all of which referenced the…
    Tyler O’Neil
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  • news

    Documentary Claims Muslims Want America to Be Islamic State 
    Muslims in America want to transform the country into an Islamic state governed by Sharia law, according to Daily Signal contributor Steve Cortes’ latest documentary, “Muslims and Michigan: Opposites Don’t Attract.”  In his 20-minute YouTube film, Cortes takes to the mosque-lined streets of Dearborn, Michigan to warn audiences about how Muslim politicians use their power…
    Malia Loock
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  • opinion

    The War on Columbus Was Never Really About Columbus
    Christopher Columbus is having a revival thanks to President Donald Trump and the good sense of the American people. This is a remarkable change from just a few years ago, when it seemed likely that the country was ready to purge Columbus, the Founding Fathers, and pretty much any notable figure from our past. It…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    The Activist Pipeline That Explains Why Biden’s DHS Only Investigated 496 Visa Overstays Despite Getting 3.1M Tips
    The many ties between the Biden administration and immigration activist groups likely help explain why Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested only eight people out of more than 3.1 million visa overstay leads, according to a Department of Homeland Security inspector general report. The report attributes the low number of investigations, in just 496 visa-overstay cases,…
    Tyler O’Neil
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  • opinion

    Rubio’s Rousing Athens Speech Highlights the Infrastructure Demonizing the West
    The West has lost faith in itself, embracing an ideology of mediocrity rather than its God-given inheritance of self-government, prosperity, and excellence. When Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered a clarion call for the West to re-embrace its heritage, amid a backdrop of the Parthenon in Athens on Wednesday, he simultaneously indicted the universities, activist…
    Tyler O’Neil
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  • opinion

    Dear Zach Bryan: We Went Home. They Did Not on Oct. 7.
    Zach Bryan looked out over 73,538 people, a Gillette Stadium record, and told us he hoped this was the best night of our lives. I was in the crowd. He had already made it impossible. The night had everything a night like that is supposed to have. A family caravan for the fans among us….
    Andrew Olivastro
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  • news

    AFT Dues Funded Left-Wing Infrastructure, From the Center for American Progress to the Clinton Foundation
    The American Federation of Teachers doesn’t just spend money directly supporting Democrats; it also funds a network of left-leaning nonprofits that advance Democrat causes. According to its annual filing with the Department of Labor, the AFT gave $250,000 to the Center for American Progress, a left-leaning public policy organization. It gave $100,000 each to: Emily’s…
    Tyler O’Neil
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  • opinion

    The Left Has a Political Violence Problem
    They say politics can be murder. For a disturbing number of Americans on the left, that seems to be an adage taken literally. A new poll from the progressive Center for Strategic Politics indicates just how far some Democrat voters are willing to go to see President Donald Trump removed from power. Or, as the…
    Douglas Blair
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  • opinion

    France Bowed by School Riots
    When I was U.S. consul general in Marseille, France, from 2017–2020, I visited countless schools across the south. One was the Lycée de la Méditerranée, a high school in the city of La Ciotat on the Mediterranean coast. By French standards, it was a tough school, though it would not have seemed so in comparison…
    Simon Hankinson
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  • opinion

    Back to Business at Delta? 
    On March 25, 2021, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed the Election Integrity Act of 2021, a law designed to codify some of the emergency measures put in place during the 2020, COVID-19-year election and to increase election security more generally. The most “controversial” provisions of the law were a requirement that an ID be presented…
    Stephen Soukup
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  • analysis

    Squad 2.0
    The Daily Signal has learned from top Democrat staffers that the 120th Congress will include a new “Squad” of Democratic Socialists of America members, called “the bloc,” with at least seven anti-capitalist members. The bloc will include two of the remaining members of the original Squad, Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich. The…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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  • opinion

    The Leftist Tilt of ‘Mamdani Night Live’  
    The People’s Republic of Late-Night Comedy will do its part to boost Democrats during the midterm election season. See the season debut of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live.” New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is not on the ballot, but these comedians are deeply in love with the radical leftist Muslim, so they feel compelled to…
    Tim Graham
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  • news

    Corporate Giving Giant Silently Cuts Off SPLC While Retaining Filter Based on Its ‘Hate’ List
    The corporate charitable giving platform Benevity has reportedly made the Southern Poverty Law Center ineligible for charitable giving, even while still offering a tool by which its corporate clients can screen out organizations the SPLC brands “hate groups.” Critics say the SPLC, which gained its reputation by suing the Ku Klux Klan into bankruptcy, now…
    Tyler O’Neil
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  • opinion

    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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