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    Democrats Beclown Themselves by Defending SPLC Amid KKK Funding Scandal
    The Southern Poverty Law Center, which makes its money by exaggerating “hate” to scare donors and by comparing conservatives to the Ku Klux Klan, was itself funding Klan members—and now major Democrats are beclowning themselves by defending it. Like a dog returns to its vomit, so Democrats return to the ridiculous claim that the SPLC…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Trump Administration Is ‘Looking Beyond the SPLC’ to Broader ‘Marxist’ Network: Chip Roy
    Rep. Chip Roy told The Daily Signal that the Justice Department’s indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center, while a welcome move, represents just one step in a broader effort the administration has undertaken against leftist groups. “The indictments are an enormously important step forward and an indication that the administration is taking this seriously,”…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Blowing the Lid Off of the Left’s Charlottesville Narrative
    President Donald Trump never defended white nationalists in the infamous 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, but a leftist group in league with Trump’s 2020 opponent, President Joe Biden, was funding the white nationalists under the table. According to the Justice Department’s new indictment, the Southern Poverty Law Center—which raises money by presenting…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Bruce Springsteen’s Land of Hope and Dreams No Longer Welcomes All
    The first time I heard Bruce Springsteen play “Land of Hope and Dreams” during his reunion tour of 1999, I nearly wept. Summoning the spirit of Woody Guthrie’s “Bound for Glory” and The Impressions’ gospel-tinged “People Get Ready,” the soul-soaring number evoked America as a train, with “this train” welcoming “saints and sinners,” “losers and…
    Al Perrotta
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    The SPLC Was Paying the Ku Klux Klan, DOJ Indictment Claims
    The Southern Poverty Law Center has raised money for decades claiming to dismantle white supremacy, but it funneled millions of dollars to white nationalist groups, including the Ku Klux Klan, according to a federal indictment handed down Tuesday. The SPLC claims it was funding informants inside the extremist groups. While the SPLC “purports to fight…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    EXCLUSIVE: Consumer Group Wants Insurers Investigated for ‘Woke’ Policies
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A consumer advocacy organization is asking the House Oversight Committee to examine whether major insurance companies are allowing wokeness to shape business decisions. Consumers’ Research President Will Hild wrote a letter to Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., claiming that large insurers are “leveraging their market power, corporate governance practices, and public-facing programs to…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    ‘Hollywood for Ugly People’ Finally Gets a Taste of Celebrity Treatment
    It’s often said that Washington, D.C., is Hollywood for ugly people. Well, Congress is finally getting the Hollywood treatment it has been longing for. While lawmakers are on spring break, the entertainment news outlet TMZ has joined the scrum that is covering news on Capitol Hill. As members of Congress left Washington, D.C., for a…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Is Hollywood’s Political Preaching Era Drawing to an End?
    The Washington Stand—Recent years have seen a number of Hollywood stars toss out their soapboxes and urge their fellow celebrities to simply shut up about politics. During President Donald Trump’s first term, superstar and then-“it” girl Jennifer Lawrence was an outspoken critic, frequently weighing in on political matters, describing the Trump presidency as “the end of the…
    S.A. McCarthy
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    Massie Questions ‘Woke’ Opponent’s Conservative Credentials
    Rep. Thomas Massie released an ad Tuesday questioning his primary opponent’s conservative credentials. Massie, R-Ky., who has an 83% lifetime score from Heritage Action, pointed out that Ed Gallrein, who is now endorsed by President Donald Trump, changed his voter registration from Republican to Independent in 2016, the year Trump won the Republican Party’s presidential…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    Tim Tebow’s Mistake: Empowering a Radical Left Politician on Child Protection
    For years, Tim Tebow has been working with state and federal officials to raise awareness to help get laws passed to end human trafficking and child pornography. It’s a cause that is super commendable—for sure. And he’s on the verge of success. Just last month, legislation meant to strengthen investigations of sexually abusive images of…
    Rob Maness
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    5 Egregious Examples of Leftist Earmarks in Shutdown-Ending Funding Bill
    The bill President Donald Trump signed in order to end the government shutdown also included mandatory spending that will contradict his policy goals. The $1.2 trillion package included funding for specific entities—some of which the Trump administration is currently threatening to defund. Other funded entities provide legal defenses for illegal aliens facing deportation, while some…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    EXCLUSIVE: DHS Slams ‘Gross’ ICE Rhetoric at Grammys
    The Department of Homeland Security on Monday shot back at criticism of immigration enforcement from celebrity artists at the 2026 Grammy Awards.   “It’s gross Hollywood would choose to demonize our law enforcement as they are putting their lives on the line to arrest murderers, pedophiles, rapists, kidnappers, and robbers from our communities,” Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia…
    Virginia Allen
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    ‘We Were Anti-Nazi, but Not Anti-Communist’: Hollywood’s ‘Come to Jesus’ Moment That Never Was
    In this wide-ranging edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” guest host Jack Fowler sits down with Elizabeth Spalding, chairman of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, to confront the forgotten truths of communism’s deadly legacy. From Hollywood’s willful blindness to the rise of socialism at home, Spalding explains why communism and socialism…
    Jack Fowler
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    Foreign Aid Bill: Bridge Financing for the Radical Left?
    On Thursday night, the U.S. House of Representatives passed its National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act 2026. The bill provides the foreign aid industry $50 billion in taxpayer funding, $20 billion over the president’s budget request. The foreign aid industry praised it “as a long-awaited break for a beleaguered development community.”…
    Max Primorac
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    Hollywood vs Individualism
    Many popular movies make a constructive point: If you work hard enough and push through tough times, you can achieve your dreams. In “The Pursuit of Happyness,” a struggling father tells his son, “Don’t let anyone tell you, you can’t do something.” The movie is a true story about a man who overcomes homelessness and…
    John Stossel
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    EXCLUSIVE: New ‘Pendragon Cycle’ Trailer Pulls Back the Curtain on ‘Intersection of Great Art and Christian Values’
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Daily Wire is releasing a new trailer for its forthcoming series “The Pendragon Cycle: Rise of the Merlin,” which producer Dallas Sonnier celebrates as representing “the intersection of great art and Christian values.” The trailer highlights the character of Merlin (played by Tom Sharp), who, in the telling of Stephen…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    ‘60 Minutes’ Acts as Handmaid to a Feminist ‘Titan’
    The self-appointed enforcers of “progressive” media indoctrination are satisfied that CBS hasn’t yet changed the tone of “60 Minutes,” which they call a “crown jewel” of the Dan Rather Network. Tom Jones at the Poynter Institute was pleased that Sunday’s show still featured two “fair and factual” stories that criticized President Donald Trump. That’s not…
    Tim Graham
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    Take Note From Sydney Sweeney, Republicans
    Sydney Sweeney has great jeans—and, apparently, also great PR training. When a journalist from GQ pressed Sweeney on her controversial denim campaign for American Eagle, Sweeney demonstrated how to navigate the carefully laid traps that leftists have successfully used on dissidents for years—until now.
    Elise McCue
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    Is NFL’s Pick of Bad Bunny for the Super Bowl Going to Backfire Against the Woke?
    Bad Bunny isn’t all that bad. After all, the rapper and singer’s concert residency in Puerto Rico added over $200 million to the economy. That said, the announcement that he would headline the halftime show at the next Super Bowl engendered no end of controversy with the kickoff still over three months away.   Over 50,000 fans have already signed a petition demanding Bad Bunny step…
    James Carafano
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    ‘10 Woke Commandments’ New Book Says Americans Should Break
    The radicalized political Left has adopted a number of “woke commandments,” according to author Simon Hankinson.   From demonizing borders to the erasure of history and gender, the radical Left has repeatedly rejected common sense, Hankinson asserts in his new book “The Ten Woke Commandments You Must Not Obey.”   A researcher and writer by trade,…
    Virginia Allen
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