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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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    Cracker Barrel and Its Shadow
    One of Aesop’s best-known and most-beloved fables is the story of “The Dog and the Shadow,” which goes like this: “It happened that a Dog had got a piece of meat and was carrying it home in his mouth to eat it in peace. Now on his way home he had to cross a plank…
    Stephen Soukup
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    America’s Children Need Heroes Again
    Every child is looking for someone to become. The only question is where he will find that person.  For generations, American schools helped with that quest by introducing students to heroes—men and women whose courage, perseverance, and devotion to principle shaped the nation.  George Washington’s voluntary resignation of his military commission after the Revolutionary War was…
    Michael Freund
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    Issues Between Amy Acton, Progressives Get Worse
    This week, Dr. Amy Acton’s team held a virtual meeting nearly a month after the Ohio Democrat gubernatorial nominee offered comments on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision upholding state laws protecting women’s sports. As Acton told the Toledo Blade on June 30, “I do not support boys playing in girls sports. This is already settled…
    Rebecca Downs
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    Vance Announces Massive Fraud Crackdown at Historic Camp David Cabinet Meeting
    At the first-ever live-streamed Cabinet meeting from Camp David, Vice President JD Vance, leader of the administration’s new anti-fraud task force, announced record-breaking levels of fraud against the American people. “We have identified $230 billion of fraud that’s being perpetrated against the American people, and we have halted $56 billion,” Vance announced at Friday morning’s…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    ABC Complains of ‘Retaliation’ by Trump Administration
    WASHINGTON, July 30 (REUTERS)—Walt Disney-owned ABC said on Thursday that the Federal Communications Commission’s threat to revoke the network’s broadcast licenses is part of an unprecedented campaign of intimidation over broadcast content the Trump administration dislikes. ABC said that the Trump administration agency’s nearly unprecedented decision to order an early license review of the eight…
    Reuters
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    Victor Davis Hanson: Race-Based Hiring Changed Higher Education
    Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of Thursday’s 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: I mentioned a couple of episodes ago our friend Bill Jacobson with Legal Insurrection. He has some efforts aimed…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    What Happened to the Bold Women Who Rallied for Sophie Cunningham in Seattle
    Sophie Cunningham, an Indiana Fever shooting guard, found fame last month for not backing down on the court, and now she and her fans are facing full-court pressure for saying that men shouldn’t be allowed to play in women’s sports. On July 28, fans of Cunningham hosted a rally outside of Climate Pledge Arena in…
    Francesca Cella
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    Ossoff No Moderate Democrat, Aligned With DSA, Collins Says
    Sen. Jon Ossoff presents himself as a typical Democrat out on the campaign trail, but his Republican opponent and some political analysts say he’s closer to a Democratic Socialists of America dream candidate. Since being elected in 2021, Ossoff has sided with the democratic socialists in more ways than one, threatening to undermine the very…
    Rebecca Buis
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    Chincoteague Ponies Hit the Beach
    Virginia’s most famous roundup is underway at Chincoteague Island. The 101st annual pony swim brought about 150 adult wild ponies and more than 60 foals that live on Assateague Island down to the channel, where they swim across to Chincoteague during “slack tide” (when there is no current) so the young horses can be auctioned…
    Rich Tucker
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    Victor Davis Hanson: The Real History Behind Homer’s ‘Odyssey’
    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. This is Victor Davis Hanson for the Daily Signal.   Homer’s epic poem, “The Odyssey,” is in the news lately, primarily because Christopher Nolan has produced a three-hour, and I…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    The SPLC’s ‘Hate Map’ Is Still Used to Limit Giving to Conservative Organizations
    The Southern Poverty Law Center’s descent from its once-vaunted role as a sentinel against extremism has been precipitous and ironic. An organization whose “hate map” promiscuously equates parental rights groups such as Moms for Liberty with neo-Nazi organizations now stands indicted by the Department of Justice on charges of wire fraud, false statements, and conspiracy…
    Allen Mendenhall | Christopher Lynch
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