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opinion
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… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: The Left-Wing Unicorn Hunt for the White Male Working-Class Voter
The last Democrat candidate to appeal to the white working-class voter was former President Bill Clinton. He needed every one of those voters in his 1992 and 1996 races. Yet he still failed to win 50% of the popular vote because of Ross Perot’s third-party candidacy. Since then, the Democrat brand has lost the white working-class vote in… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: President Trump Sparked the Counterrevolution to End the Destruction of America
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. I’d like to speak today about revolutionaries and counterrevolutionaries. Whether we realize it or not, we’ve been in a progressive revolutionary cycle for about… -
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From Viral Hearings to Key Bills, Brandon Gill’s Doing What It Takes to ‘Save the Country’
Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, is a freshman congressman known for his viral moments at Capitol Hill hearings. He had another such moment Tuesday as he sweetly, but devastatingly, dissected the director of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History over her woke stewardship of the taxpayer-funded entity. Shortly after the exchange, Gill spoke with… -
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K-12 Schools in California Need a DEI Audit
Watchdogs are discovering racist school curricula around the country, and these investigations can’t move fast enough. Kentucky and Indiana schools have been under the spotlight this summer, revealing the worst fears of American parents. The next stop should be California. In July, the Indiana Family Institute and the Kentucky state auditor released audits on schools… -
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American Psychological Association Pushes Bias on College Campuses
Professional associations drive progressive bias into college classrooms, and this needs to stop. Accreditation is not just a tiresome administrative routine. It’s a seal of approval that drives access to student loans, official diplomas, and occupational licenses. The Trump administration’s work to reform accreditation should give lawmakers new energy to challenge progressive orthodoxy. Start with the American… -
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These 2 Companies Control 90% of a Critical Market. Now Congress Wants Answers.
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Two private companies currently dominate more than 90% of the proxy advisory market, controlling significant influence over corporate America, and Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, is demanding answers. In a letter obtained by the Daily Signal to acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and Andrew N. Ferguson, chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, Jackson points to specific examples of… -
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Gill: ‘Intellectually Incoherent’ Democrats Defending DEI Are on the ‘Wrong Side’
Congressional Republicans are still fighting against illegal diversity, equity, and inclusion policies entrenched in American education institutions. At a congressional hearing on Tuesday titled “Combating DEI in American Institutions,” Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, analyzed how DEI is illegal and ineffective. After the hearing, he told the Daily Signal that the “intellectually incoherent [Democrats]” were defending… -
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New York Times Countersues Trump Admin in DEI Hiring Case
The New York Times filed a countersuit in response to litigation by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission accusing the media outlet of discriminatory hiring practices. The EEOC sued the Times in May, alleging it discriminated against a white male editor seeking a promotion. The commission asserted that the Times bypassed its standard interview process in… -
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Indiana Watchdog Releases DEI Audit. This Is a Model for States Across the US.
Last year, many Indiana public school teachers promised to end racist diversity, equity, and inclusion practices in schools. If successful, such assurances and the policies that follow would be models for other states. How’s it going? Turns out, the racism in public education runs deep. This week, the Indiana Family Institute released an audit of… -
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What DEI Means to You
To most Americans, diversity, equity, and inclusion is an abstract, boring idea they don’t have time to worry about. But I’ve written a book on it—“The Ten Woke Commandments (You Must Not Obey)”—and I’m here to tell you why you should be paying attention to DEI. DEI means that when you apply for a job… -
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Bernie Moreno Has Had Enough of Cincinnati’s DEI: ‘Must Be a Better Steward of Public Funds’
Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, is taking issue with a new policy adopted by the Cincinnati City Council, the DEI Procurement Ordinance, calling it “potentially illegal and wasteful” in a July 2 letter to Democrat Mayor Aftab Pureval. Moreno went into detail about the waste involved, writing that “the DEI Procurement Ordinance expands an already bloated… -
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Victor Davis Hanson Breaks Down the Decline of Race Relations in America
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’ve had a lot of discussion about racial relations, and the consensus from left to right seems constant and uniform… -
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A Meritocracy, if You Can Keep It
The structure of a nation’s economy touches each citizen. It influences how citizens make life-altering decisions, from college commitments to career choices. In America, our economic order has long been undergirded by the assumption of meritocracy. Meritocracy is a simple concept: Those who work hard and excel will be rewarded, and the fruits of one’s… -
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For the Love of DEI, Virginia Democrats Inject Race Into Tourism
The Virginia House of Delegates just released its final draft of the 2026 budget. Buried in a civil war on data centers, lifting marijuana restrictions, and giving themselves a 150% pay raise, Democrats are also seeking to spend millions on DEI tourism. Virginia legislators are busy working out the 2026 budget. After months of back… -
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‘Racial Discrimination, Pure and Simple’: Trump Administration Challenges Reparations Plan in Illinois
The Trump administration has struck another blow against DEI, this time issuing a lawsuit against a “first of its kind” racial reparations program in Illinois. In 2019, the city of Evanston, Illinois, approved a “Local Reparations Restorative Housing Program” that was set to hand out tens of millions of dollars to residents—or the descendants of… -
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Trump Administration Puts an End to DEI in Business Loans. Here’s Why That’s a Big Deal.
The Trump administration is steadily—and one might say quietly—dismantling the discriminatory DEI deep state. On Thursday, the Small Business Administration released a proposed rule that would end racial discrimination in federal contracting under the category of being “socially disadvantaged.” It’s a huge win for those who support equality before the law. “Under the new rule,… -
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SHOT TO THE HEART OF DEI: How the Trump Admin Is Dismantling the Legal Basis for Government-Endorsed Discrimination
The Department of Justice under President Donald Trump just took a pivotal step toward removing government-endorsed discrimination from America’s legal system and undermining the institutional apparatus of critical race theory. Critical race theory teaches that America is systemically racist and that even racially neutral policies are truly racist if they result in better outcomes for… -
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Explaining Britain’s ‘Sickly Reversed’ George Floyd Moment
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. There was a murder in Britain in the town of Hampshire that’s got worldwide news because it’s kind of… -
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Why Britain’s ‘DEI Police’ Watched a 19-Year-Old Boy Die in Front of Their Eyes
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’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. Victor Davis Hanson: That’s the first video I couldn’t finish. It was just sick. To remind everybody what happened, we had…