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analysis
Is Project 2029 Democrats’ Revenge Tour 2.0?
Nationwide, Americans are struggling with affordability, public safety, and government waste—and Democrats’ big, bold solution is a revenge tour against President Donald Trump. During a Thursday on NewsNation’s “Katie Pavlich Tonight,” Daily Signal Senior Political and Legal Analyst Mehek Cooke argued that the Democratic Party’s new agenda, “Project 2029,” focuses more on opposing Trump than… -
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Panic Meeting Over Platner Reveals Dems’ Need to Change the Narrative
As the news cycle heats up with the U.S. Senate race in Maine and Democrat candidate Graham Platner, the party is searching for the right narrative. Over the weekend, The New York Times published an article detailing sexually explicit messages the candidate reportedly sent to women other than his wife while he was married. Also,… -
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Meet the ‘Wicked Witch of Woke’ and the ‘Queen of DEI’ Looking to Take Key GOP Seats
Two progressive Midwest candidates are moving forward as the Democratic Party picks for the U.S. House of Representatives in Iowa. The women’s pasts are proof that the party is sticking with woke ideology that may not align with nearly 80% of Iowa. Sarah Trone Garriott, seeking to unseat Rep. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa, and Christina Bohannan,… -
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Democrats’ New Golden Boy Is Already Imploding
Democrats thought they found their next political golden boy in Maine U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner, but they realized his campaign follows the same pattern as disgraced former Rep. Eric Swalwell—with an even worse résumé. Mehek Cooke, a national security and political analyst with the Daily Signal, joined Harris Faulkner on Fox News’ “The Faulkner… -
opinion
California Was a Paradise, Then Newsom Happened
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. People talk about the California disaster, but I don’t think we fully appreciate the severity and the manifestations of… -
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Just How Woke Is James Talarico’s Church?
It may come as no surprise that the Texas Senate candidate infamous for declaring that “God is nonbinary” attends a left-leaning church, but the religious home of James Talarico is so absurdly “woke” that Americans might be forgiven for questioning whether it is a church at all. St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas, has… -
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Newsom’s Reign of Madness: California’s Modern-Day Caligula
Just as the deranged Roman emperors—Caligula, Nero, and Commodus—turned the empire’s treasury and laws into weapons against their own people, Gov. Gavin Newsom now seeks to seize 100% of any federal compensation awarded to Californians harmed by government weaponization. Insulated by absolute power, these rulers squandered vast resources on vendettas, bizarre decrees, and self-glorification while… -
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City of Los Angeles Paid Alleged 18th Street Gang Member $58K as a ‘Peace Ambassador’
A convicted murderer and alleged gang member was being paid by Los Angeles taxpayers to patrol neighborhoods as a “peace ambassador” until federal authorities arrested him Friday morning. Now, city leaders are facing questions about how he got the job in the first place. Michael Angel Alvarez, 41, aka “Diablo,” was arrested on Friday during… -
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Mamdani Backs Primary Challenger Against Major Democrat Congressman
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is defying Democratic Party leadership as he seeks to overhaul the Big Apple’s congressional delegation, endorsing a socialist primary challenger against a prominent Democrat congressman in a race that exemplifies the party’s increasingly anti-incumbent and socialist spirit. On Thursday, Mamdani, who is affiliated with the Democratic Socialists of America,… -
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Hasan Piker Makes the Perfect Case of the Birthright Tourism Scam, GOP Rep Says
Self-described Marxist influencer Hasan Piker—who has advocated violence against capitalists while flying first class and reportedly charging up to $100,000 for speaking appearances—has drawn sharp criticism from Republican officials who accuse him of working against the United States. “I think we’re ultimately going to find that there’s a massive problem in this country with so-called… -
opinion
The Selective Outrage and Hypocrisy of Antisemitism
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. A lot of people who oppose Israel resent people who suggest they might be antisemitic, and that’s a legitimate criticism. They’re… -
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Key Health Agency Protects Conscience Rights, Combats Anti-Christian Bias
The federal agency devoted to health care has reorganized its civil rights office to restore key conscience protections and reverse the alleged anti-Christian bias under former President Joe Biden. “Faith-filled Americans should not be forced to choose between their profession and their conscience, and faith-based organizations should be able to operate on the same level… -
opinion
Jill Biden’s Rewrite of Husband’s Health History Exposes Media Lies
Jill Biden really wants you to believe that she just had no idea that President Joe Biden was in steep mental decline until it was revealed in front of the whole world. That laughable notion was the narrative she peddled in an interview on CBS News this Sunday, where she acted as if the infamous final debate… -
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The DNC’s Stephen Miller Meltdown Exposes a Party in Messaging Collapse
As Democrats continue sneering their way back to power, they sound less like a political party and more like an angry rage machine. They have a serious messaging, communications, and discipline problem. On the heels of a vile Memorial Day post blaming President Donald Trump for the deaths of fallen soldiers—which it later deleted—the Democratic… -
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Biden Sues Trump DOJ Over Audio Recording Release
The saga surrounding Joe Biden’s audio recordings continues, as lawyers for the former president on Tuesday filed a lawsuit in federal court to block the release of conversations that were part of an investigation into classified documents. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, seeks to block the Department… -
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California Dem Congressman Starts Prison Sentence for Fraud Conviction
Former Democrat Rep. TJ Cox of California started his yearlong prison sentence Wednesday after being convicted of wire fraud last December. His surrender date was scheduled to allow him to attend his child’s graduation. Cox, who represented California’s 21st Congressional District from 2019 to 2021, was found guilty of setting up illegal bank accounts between… -
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Congress Investigates Alleged Taxpayer-Funded Prison Sex Scandal Newsom Funded
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has launched an investigation to determine whether Democrats are using American taxpayer dollars to fund an online, abusive sex scandal catering to inmates on death row. All California prisoners are given “free” government-issued tablets meant for “education, rehabilitation, family communication, and reentry support proven to reduce crime,”… -
opinion
Victor Davis Hanson: What Did Democrats Say in Their 192-Page Autopsy?
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. The Democrats have an autopsy report that was just released that supposedly would explain why they lost the 2024 election. They… -
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Mamdani Plans to Seize Property From Bad NYC Landlords, but the Government Has Been the City’s Biggest Slumlord
The warmth of Mamdani’s collectivism is going to leave a lot of landlords and tenants out in the cold. On Tuesday, New York City’s socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a new city housing plan in which he provocatively said that for properties that have suffered through “chronic neglect,” the city will work to “transfer ownership”… -
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Georgia Gubernatorial Candidate Backs Men in Women’s Sports
Georgia gubernatorial candidate Keisha Lance Bottoms claims she would have vetoed legislation that prevents biological men from competing in women’s sports if she were governor. “I don’t respect the government making decisions about who should compete in athletics,” Bottoms told voters during a Democrat primary debate before she clinched her party’s nomination. The moderator interrupted…