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In today’s hyperpolarized academic landscape, college students face an unspoken ultimatum: Conform or be cast out. New research by Forest Romm and Kevin Waldman, conducted between 2023 and 2025 at Northwestern University and the University of Michigan, reveals a chilling reality: Students are hiding their true beliefs to navigate the social and academic minefield of ideological conformity….
The socialist politicians are coming! In Minneapolis, democratic socialist Omar Fateh is favored to be Minneapolis’ next mayor. In New York City, bettors say there’s an 80% chance that socialist Zohran Mamdani will be the next mayor. “We have to continue to elect more socialists, and we have to ensure we are unapologetic about our…
A few weeks ago, I participated in a “Care-a-Thon” for the AFLAC Cancer and Blood Disorders Center of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. For 25 years, my flagship radio station, WSB Radio in Atlanta, has raised millions of dollars to fund resources for children battling cancer and blood disorders, funded research and meaningfully worked to improve…
President Donald Trump may be leaving office in January 2029, but he’s taking all the right steps to ensure his legacy lives much longer. His appearance at the Kennedy Center on Wednesday, announcing the 2025 honorees was just more proof that Trump understands it’s not enough to focus on politics if he wants to leave…
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…
“Destroying democracy”—the latest theme of the Left—can be defined in many different ways. How about attempting to destroy constitutional, ancient, and hallowed institutions simply to suit short-term political gains? So, who in 2020, and now once again, has boasted about packing the 156-year-old, nine-justice Supreme Court? Who talks frequently about destroying the 187-year-old Senate filibuster—though…
President Donald Trump cracked down on crime in the nation’s capital this week. On Monday, he declared a state of emergency in Washington through an executive order, temporarily placing the Metropolitan Police Department under federal control. He also deployed more than 800 National Guard troops, resulting in over 100 arrests so far. Trump’s move has…
In assessing the current controversy over Texas Republicans’ proposed redistricting of the state’s U.S. House seats, two historic facts should be considered. One is that the principle of equal representation by population is well established in American history. In 1787, the Constitutional Convention required the members of the House of Representatives to be apportioned according…
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…
On Tuesday, New York City radio host Sid Rosenberg asked Secretary of State Marco Rubio about whether the State Department intends to designate the Muslim Brotherhood and Council on American-Islamic Relations as terrorist organizations. Rubio responded that “all of that is in the works,” although “obviously there are different branches of the Muslim Brotherhood, so…
If you ever wondered what kind of person could work as a “deep state” actor, taking a paycheck from the taxpayer while opposing the people’s elected president from within the bureaucracy, look no further than Sean Charles Dunn. This 37-year-old worked as an international affairs specialist at the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, yet he allegedly…
It’s enraging. More than a decade after the Barack Obama administration tried to force the Little Sisters of the Poor to buy contraception for their employees, including abortifacient drugs, states are still hounding the nuns in court. At its heart, Obamacare was a massive welfare program meant to redistribute health care costs to the middle…
In Thursday’s address to Virginia’s Joint Money Committees, Gov. Glenn Youngkin delivered a clear message: Virginia’s economy is stronger than ever because of pro-growth, free-market policy choices. His speech is a master class in good governance and sound economic policy. We must not stray from the course he has set. Here are some key points from…
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. Recently, we discussed Dr. Luke Wood, the president of California State University of Sacramento, and a…
This week, the Virginia Police Benevolent Association announced its endorsements for the three statewide executive races in Virginia. One of the endorsements raised eyebrows, as it was for Democrat Abigail Spanberger for governor. Four years ago, the association endorsed Republican Glenn Youngkin, and in 2017, it endorsed Republican Ed Gillespie, and in 2013, it was…
What if I told you that your tax dollars helped prop up a massive left-wing political influence campaign that fed staff and policy ideas into the Biden administration and is now working to oppose President Donald Trump’s policies on immigration and his reforms to the bureaucracy? My book “The Woketopus: The Dark Money Cabal Manipulating…
WASHINGTON—In 2024, candidate Donald Trump pledged to “take over the horribly run capital of our nation in Washington, D.C., and clean it up, renovate it, and rebuild our capital city so that it’s no longer a nightmare of murder and crime.” On Aug. 11, President Trump announced he would federalize the district’s Metropolitan Police Department…
The silent majority in Washington, D.C., and across our nation is applauding. Even one crime is one crime too many. On Aug. 11, President Donald Trump, invoking Section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act passed by the United States Congress, declared a “crime emergency in the District of Columbia” and ordered the…
When President Donald Trump called a press conference on Aug. 11 to discuss how he would use emergency powers to federalize the Washington, D.C., police and deploy the National Guard, the knee-jerk anti-Trump media launched into complaining Trump was doing something dramatic about the crime-riddled District of Columbia. But the most obnoxious spin was dragging…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is upset with Texas. There’s a reason he should be upset. California companies are pulling up in droves and moving to the Lone Star State and elsewhere. But that isn’t what’s bothering him. Newsom cares about politics and power, not markets and business. He’s upset that the Texas Legislature is moving…