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    ‘The Sound of Regret’: Trey Gowdy Pens New Crime Thriller
    Former South Carolina Rep. Trey Gowdy has traded the halls of Congress for the shelves of your local bookstore. This Tuesday, he and co-author Christopher Greyson will release the crime thriller “The Sound of Regret,” a sequel to the bestselling novel “The Color of Death.” “For those of you who thought there were a couple…
    Al Perrotta
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    ‘Spoiled Brats’ Make Up the Leadership of the Progressive Left, Official Says
    Recent reports note that top members of the Democratic Socialists of America and a renowned Democrat political strategist have shown that the individuals are further from the struggling middle class than they claim. Morris Katz While Morris Katz is not a dues-paying member of the Democratic Socialists of America, the 26-year-old Democrat political strategist played…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    RVA Duck Fest Flocks to CarMax Park
    Ducks are popular guests at Richmond’s new baseball stadium. So far this year, the Eastern League’s Flying Squirrels have hosted the Akron RubberDucks 12 times and sport a 10-2 home record against the accommodating Cleveland Guardians farm team. The Squirrels are now biding their time after winning the first-half title and will host playoff games…
    Rich Tucker
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    The DEI Admissions Scam Is Catching Up With Elite Universities
    The higher education racket is being exposed in America as diminishing standards, collapsing public trust, and a cult-like, often unlawful devotion to DEI ideology pushes its mid-20th century model past the point of breaking. For several generations, going to a premier public or private university provided a smooth path to success for most Americans. Sure,…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Victor Davis Hanson: The Truth About Jason Arday’s Death
    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.   What or who killed Jason Arday? That’s the question that’s being asked in the English-speaking intellectual,…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    Survey: Gen Zers Use Investment Money for Sports Gambling
    THE WASHINGTON STAND—A recent survey of American retail investors reveals concerning trends in how the youngest generation of American adults treats its money. More than half (52%) of Generation Z investors said they had redirected investment money into sports betting over the past year, and 26% of Gen Z investors treat sports betting as an…
    Joshua Arnold
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    Gaming the System
    I had a personal friend lose his job programming a popular radio station and have to leave the United States in order to keep working because a record company representative took him to a New York Yankees game. The New York state attorney general decided that crime was so well under control in the state…
    Joe Thomas
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    NASCAR Roars Through Richmond
    Three-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Joey Logano led for 95 of the 400 laps at Richmond Raceway this weekend on his way to a narrow victory over Chase Briscoe in the Cook Out 400. “Kind of a fun, back-and-forth battle. Had some strategy there, too. A typical Richmond race,” Logano said afterward. It’s the third…
    Rich Tucker
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    Duke Law Case Shows Why the Fight Against DEI in Higher Education Isn’t Over
    The battle to end DEI in higher education is one that can only be won through attrition against a stubborn enemy that won’t back away from the ideology that created it. One might think that the Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard Supreme Court decision that prohibited racial discrimination in college admissions would have put…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    The Humiliating Fall of an ‘Expert’ on the Far Right
    One of America’s most influential “experts” on combating hate just got arrested on charges of fraudulently funneling cash to white supremacist groups and financing her romantic relationship with a leader of a neo-Nazi group. In a 2021 testimony to the House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Heidi Beirich declared, “There is no question that the major…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Trump Makes Appearance in Ohio as Patriot Games Conclude
    The Patriot Games came to a conclusion on Tuesday night at Spire Academy in Geneva, Ohio, where male and female high school athletes from all 50 states and some territories were competing for $125,000 scholarships. President Donald Trump, who announced the event last year as an initiative celebrating America 250, was present for the finale….
    Rebecca Downs
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    No Distinction Between Socialism and Communism, Survivors Say
    Daily Signal journalism fellow Pedro Boccalato Rodriguez-Aparicio and Manhattan Institute fellow Daniel Di Martino drew on their own experiences under Venezuela’s communist regime to expose the intentions behind the new push for “democratic socialism” in the United States. In a special Daily Signal podcast, the fellows explained how socialism and communism are the same, despite…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    WNBA Can’t Define Womanhood—but DC Residents Know Men Don’t Belong in Women’s Sports
    A task force for the Women’s National Basketball Association reached no conclusion on the definition of a woman after it met Wednesday to discuss eligibility rules for players. “Today’s meeting covered a wide range of topics, including ongoing discussions on transgender athletes and the continued hate and vitriol directed at players online,” a WNBA spokesman…
    Emma Dayton
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    BREAKING: Former SPLC CFO Arrested, AG Blanche Confirms
    Authorities arrested Heidi Beirich, the former chief financial officer of the Southern Poverty Law Center, Tuesday as part of the fraud case against the SPLC, Attorney General Todd Blanche announced. “My understanding is, today there was an arrest made and there is a new indictment that includes the former CFO of SPLC,” Blanche said in…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    AOC Laughs Off the ‘Woke 1’ Era. The Damage Was No Joke.
    Peak woke revealed a totalitarian mindset in America that raged out of control for a few years, until unpopularity, a little courage from the minority who stood against it, and the election of President Donald Trump in 2024 turned the tide against it. But leftists—especially ones running for office—are determined to rewrite history (they’re used…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Victor Davis Hanson: The WNBA Is at War With Its Biggest Stars
    Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of the latest edition 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: And the whole trans issue is coming up in the WNBA, and various coaches are like,…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    ‘Tony Kinnett Cast’: Wisconsin’s Francesca Hong, Democratic Socialists’ Next Superstar
    Tony Kinnett provides a stinging full supercut of the many moments of the democratic socialists’ next bartender darling: Francesca Hong, running for governor of Wisconsin.  Here’s his intro:  Tony Kinnett: Now that the socialists have won about a dozen primaries from state to federal levels, they’re getting really cocky.  And the latest campaign that they’ve put…
    Tony Kinnett
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    ‘Absolute Criminal’: Aaron Rodgers Unloads on Fauci After Senate Hearing
    Aaron Rodgers, NFL quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers, sat in a comfy, rotating chair next to Pat McAfee, head down as he listened to McAfee’s next question on ESPN’s “The Pat McAfee Show”: “Can you tell us about the mindset of coming into your last season? How do you view this year versus maybe the…
    Andrew Phelan
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    Aaron Rodgers Says What Millions of Americans Think About Fauci
    LATROBE, Pa.—I was standing a few feet behind Pat McAfee’s stage at Saint Vincent College on Monday afternoon when Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers delivered one of the most candid and authentic interviews you’ll ever watch. The Steelers had just finished their first padded practice of training camp, and McAfee was welcoming coaches and players…
    Robert B. Bluey
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    4 History Books to Read for America 250
    As a companion to the “Top Six Classic Books to Read for America 250,” consider these four history books recommended by evaluators from the “Heritage Guide to Historic Sites.”   Some focus on a particular individual, like Forrest McDonald’s biography of Alexander Hamilton, or an understudied era of history, like “The Political Culture of the American Whigs” by Daniel Walker Howe.   Others illuminate the American culture and creed, “the…
    Spencer Klavan | Daniel McCarthy | Yuval Levin | Wilfred M. McClay
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