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https://soundcloud.com/dailysignal/the-daily-signal-podcast-episode-101 Today, on the first episode of The Daily Signal’s new weekday podcast, we discuss the terrible shooting in Texas, how Sen. Rand Paul was assaulted, and what surprising celebrity couple is going to church together. Links mentioned in show: Texas church shooting not racially or religiously motivated, officials say, noting ‘domestic situation’ (ABC News) Liberals…
Liberal billionaire Tom Steyer recently announced that he will be spending about $10 million on an ad campaign for Congress to impeach President Donald Trump. On top of the violation of many progressive policy goals, Steyer said that Trump should be removed from office because “people in Congress and his own administration know that this…
After nearly a decade since the 2008 financial crisis and collapse of the private label mortgage-backed securities market, the U.S. mortgage securitization market has remained almost exclusively within the domain of mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by Ginnie Mae, and the two government-sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac remain in…
What’s so controversial about Catholics believing Catholic teaching? A lot, according to some students at Georgetown University. In a clash that’s gotten nationwide attention, the campus’ liberal wing has been fighting to defund a conservative club that’s dedicated to ending the hook-up culture, fighting promiscuity, and defending natural marriage. And while these should be no-brainers…
This month marks the half-century of one of President Lyndon Johnson’s “Great Society” programs. It’s not the War on Poverty, Medicaid, or the Voting Rights Act. It’s public broadcasting. And it’s high time Congress stopped forcing taxpayers to subsidize it. When Johnson signed the Public Broadcasting Act on Nov. 7, 1967, he spoke of a…
With so much political tension across the country, it would probably help to sit down and have an open conversation. There’s just one problem. According to 71 percent of America, political correctness is silencing the discussions we need to have. That’s just one of the fascinating nuggets from Cato Institute’s 2017 Free Speech and Tolerance Survey,…
Editor's note: The Daily Signal's audience found much to like in an interview of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt conducted by Rob Bluey, our editor-in-chief. Today we focus on that among other environmental matters. Be sure to write us at [email protected].—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: What an outstanding interview. I'm so encouraged. Rob Bluey asked relevant, important…
Is early childhood development now a political issue? According to New York psychoanalyst Erica Komisar, author of a new book, “Being There: Why Prioritizing Motherhood in the First Three Years Matters,” it is. Speaking to The Wall Street Journal, Komisar said conservative news outlets “interviews me and loved me,” but the mainstream media … not so…
The Daily Signal’s Facebook Live show “Top 10” features the top news stories of the week, many of which often go underreported or misreported by the mainstream media. This week, Donna Brazile, former Democratic National Committee interim chairwoman, suggested the DNC rigged Hillary Clinton’s presidential nomination. And Michelle Obama criticized men this week, calling them out for being “entitled”…
Sweden, a country with a close defense relationship with the U.S. and NATO, hosted its largest military exercise in 23 years this September as a demonstration of deterrence against Russian aggression. U.S. forces played an important role and in doing so helped to strengthen the U.S. military position in Europe. Exercises are a key means…
In the several days after Tuesday’s terror attack in New York City, much political debate has centered on the Diversity Visa Lottery Program, which the terrorist used to enter the U.S. seven years ago. The diversity visa doesn’t make much sense and should be done away with, but it is not by any means a…
Following on the president’s campaign promise to invest $1 trillion in the nation’s infrastructure, the Trump administration has made it clear that it intends to draw heavily on private capital to reach that goal. However, a provision in the tax reform bill appears to run directly counter to the administration’s plan to pursue private financing…
The collapse of the Berlin Wall and the Soviet Union ended the Cold War, but it didn’t end the ongoing battle of ideas between liberty and collectivism. A recently released survey by the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation revealed some disturbing facts about what millennials think of communism and socialism. Some of the results are…
As the Houston Astros enjoy their World Series victory, taxpayers across the country have a reason of their own to celebrate this week. Buried in the tax reform bill is a provision that fixes an egregious loophole that sends billions in tax preferences to private sports stadium construction. The current tax code allows billion-dollar sports…
“I think he has done really a great job of outsmarting our country,” Donald Trump told Larry King in 2013. He was referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin and his policy in Syria. Long before he became president, Trump saw the pitfalls of U.S. policy toward Syria that entrapped the Obama administration. But now, even…
The Senate confirmed five new federal judges this week, bringing President Donald Trump’s total to date to 13 jurists. The Senate voted to confirm Amy Barrett from Indiana to the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Joan Larsen of Michigan to the 6th Circuit, Allison Eid of Colorado to the 10th Circuit, Stephanos Bibas of…
The GOP’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act makes a profound policy statement that is to be commended: The goal of the bill’s energy measures is “to move closer to a free-market energy agenda.” Free markets supply affordable energy, innovation, and a clean environment better than any heavy-handed regulatory approach to manipulate how people produce and…
The GOP tax plan, released Thursday, would take the long-overdue step of allowing parents to use elementary and secondary education expenses under 529 savings plans. This could help parents across the country access more education options for their children. The plan would effectively eliminate the existing Coverdell savings account program (which allows families to save for…