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    Richard Grenell Reveals Trump’s Plan to Rescue the ‘Dying Arts’
    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Kennedy Center President Richard Grenell suggested the iconic D.C. cultural venue’s recent success, spurred by the “commonsense” efforts of President Donald Trump, represents hope for an otherwise grim landscape for the arts. In a Friday evening interview with the Daily Caller News Foundation, Grenell emphasized the center, under the president’s leadership, has…
    Anthony Iafrate
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  • opinion

    Investors Approach Values-Based Hollywood Alternative to Produce Charlie Kirk Film
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Investors have approached Angel, seeking to front cash for a feature film about the life of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk after his assassination in Utah last week. “I’ve had multiple people call me already who have offered to fund Charlie Kirk’s story and to release Charlie Kirk’s story on…
    Tyler O’Neil
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  • opinion

    The Lewis-Tolkien Biography… For People Who Don’t Want to Read a Lewis-Tolkien Biography
    John Hendrix’s magically illustrated biography tells the tale of one of literature’s greatest friendships. Show, don’t tell, say the masters of literature. But in “The Mythmakers: The Remarkable Fellowship of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien,” author/illustrator John Hendrix asks the question, why not both? In the format of a graphic novel, or more precisely, a…
    Mark Guiney
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  • opinion

    How the Left Is Losing the Culture, From Tragedy to Taylor Swift
    The Left and the Right’s reactions to the events of this week provide a telling insight into why the Right has a hold on the culture, and the Left, decidedly, does not—from the tragic shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school to Taylor Swift’s engagement announcement. On today’s episode of “Problematic Women,” we begin with the tragic…
    Elise McCue
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  • opinion

    Conservatives Decry Plans for Smithsonian’s Latino Museum as a ‘Woke Abomination’
    One of the Smithsonian museums the White House singled out late last week for its egregious progressive narratives doesn’t even exist yet: the Latino Museum. And because it has given every indication that it will be another woke abomination, it should never come into being. So it’s a mystery why Republicans in the appropriations committees of both houses of Congress are thwarting President…
    Mike Gonzalez
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  • opinion

    Christopher Yates Pens Must-Read Thriller Novel of the Summer
    “The Rabbit Club,” the newest novel from Christopher Yates, America’s finest writer of thrillers, weaves a tale nearly impossible to put down. It includes Oxford University, secret societies, danger and suspense at every turn, and a sense of anticipation much needed in a world filled with instant gratification. Yates says penning novels with intricate story…
    Salena Zito
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  • opinion

    Trump’s Smithsonian Review Is Long Overdue
    The White House last week informed Lonnie Bunch, the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, that it’s putting the museums under review—in other words, adult supervision. The news came in a letter that amounted to a major front in the Trump administration’s war to retake the culture. As I wrote in an X post quoted by The New York Times, “Given the Smithsonian’s behavior in…
    Mike Gonzalez
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  • opinion

    Supermarket Giant Faces Backlash for Long History of Embracing LGBTQ Agenda
    A group of 80 pastors—Baptists, Lutherans, Pentecostals, Presbyterians, and more—are taking a stand against Kroger. The coalition of clergy sent a letter to interim Kroger CEO Ronald Sargent with an ultimatum: Drop the LGBTQ+ agenda or face a boycott. Kroger is already closing 60 stores over the next year and a half, so it’s bad timing for…
    Casey Harper
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  • opinion

    How Dare Anyone Question Wokeness at the Smithsonian Museums?
    The central strategy of media bias is defining your terms. The most obnoxious strategy of liberal journalists is defining the Republicans as ideological extremists engaging in culture wars and weaponizing partisan narratives for political victory. They pretend Democrats are nothing like this. The epic political battles of our time are between the ultraconservatives and the…
    Tim Graham
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  • opinion

    Trump Derangement Syndrome Grips Hollywood Writers
    The entertainment press found it very important to report that Hollywood thinks President Donald Trump is an authoritarian. This is still somehow considered “news.” Over 2,300 members of the Writers Guild felt compelled to speak out in an open letter because they believe in their “role in a healthy democracy.” In 2024, democracy was healthy…
    Tim Graham
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  • opinion

    WATCH: The Left Can’t Cancel ‘Elephant in the Room’ Sydney Sweeney
    The Left’s full-blown meltdown over Sydney Sweeney’s American Eagle jeans ad only left the actress more relevant than ever and American Eagle’s stock soaring. So, what did it do this week? The Left dug up Sweeney’s voter registration and “outed” her as a Republican. This would have resulted in a swift cancellation in years past….
    Elise McCue
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  • opinion

    Cleavage In a Bored Country
    Some countries have true, serious problems. Then there are countries that have national discussions over a buxom young white woman in a jeans commercial. Obviously, America is the latter. This week, the internet—and the media more generally—exploded over a commercial starring actress Sydney Sweeney for American Eagle. The spot features Sweeney, lying seductively on the…
    Ben Shapiro
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  • opinion

    WATCH: The Left Doesn’t Just Hate Sydney Sweeney’s Ad. It Hates You.
    American Eagle released a statement Friday afternoon regarding their controversial ad featuring actress Sydney Sweeney. The shocker? The company is refusing to apologize. The Left lost it over the ad campaign, calling it “Nazi propaganda” because she’s white, blonde, and the ad makes a pun about having “good genes” … and good jeans. This kind…
    Elise McCue
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  • opinion

    Reclaiming Hollywood: An Opportunity for Conservatives
    Superman is an alien conservatives should protect. I’m talking IP and icons here, so if James Gunn’s newest installment of the Superman franchise deserved critique, conservatives should not be shy. But because the Man of Steel properly understood soars higher than anything as a symbol for what America means, conservatives should use this moment to…
    Ty Ruddy
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  • opinion

    Bugs Bunny at 85: Bugs Reflected the Culture, Politics of the Times
    I know, I know. We have been in the midst of a blizzard of important domestic and world events this summer, from the final week of the Supreme Court’s term with a slew of important decisions to the fight over the “Big, Beautiful Bill” to the war in the Middle East and the Russian/Ukrainian conflict….
    Hans von Spakovsky
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  • news

    Trump Has a Demand for the Cleveland Guardians
    President Donald Trump has made it clear he wants the Washington Commanders to once more become the Washington Redskins, five years after the football team was forced by woke activists, local leaders, and NFL sponsors to change the name. He’s even threatened to tank the deal for a new stadium in Washington, D.C. Trump also…
    Rebecca Downs
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  • opinion

    The Superman We Need
    The new “Superman” movie is off to a promising start at the box office, and for conservative culture watchers, who scan Hollywood like a medical team outside the Wuhan lab waiting for the next COVID-19 outbreak, there’s one crucial question: Is this the superhero we want? Superheroes matter. They have always mattered. Since the days…
    James Carafano
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  • opinion

    ‘Superman’ Movie Burdened by Tedious Political Messaging
    The new “Superman” film would’ve been great if I didn’t know just how ridiculously liberal Hollywood was. In fact, if I could suspend my knowledge of our current “everything in entertainment must be political” world, I would’ve really enjoyed it. Unfortunately, all of the “reading in between the lines” commentary in the plot of the…
    Tim Young
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  • opinion

    Take It From a Former Hollywood Liberal: Giving Up the Democratic Party Won’t Hurt as Much as You Think
    Dear Democrats in Los Angeles, Mind if we have a little heart-to-heart? Oh, I hear you. “You’re a Trump supporter. You don’t have a heart.” No, I’m not offended. If I can deal with high school friends who think I stink like sweaty socks from a boys’ gym locker because of my politics, I can…
    Al Perrotta
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    Democrats Stage ‘Guerrilla Theater’ Pride Show Inside Kennedy Center in Protest of Trump
    Five Senate Democrats staged a Pride-themed night of “guerrilla theater” Monday at the Kennedy Center to protest changes to the institution under President Donald Trump. Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., booked a space at the venue earlier this month under the pretense of a “talent show,” failing to disclose the event’s true nature. Sens. Elizabeth Warren,…
    Elise McCue
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