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opinion
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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DOJ FRAUD CHIEF: Fraudsters Should Fear a 6 A.M. Knock on the Door
In an exclusive interview, Daily Signal legal analyst Mehek Cooke discussed with Assistant Attorney General Colin McDonald why the Justice Department launched its inaugural state partnership roundtable in Ohio, how data sharing could help investigators identify fraudsters who target multiple government programs, and why other states should join the effort. This transcript has been slightly… -
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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… -
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Ohio Becomes First State to Share Business Data With Feds to Hunt Fraudsters
COLUMBUS, Ohio—Ohio will be the first state in the country to share its corporate registration records with the Justice Department’s new National Fraud Detection Center, as fraud scandals continue to drain taxpayer dollars nationwide. The first-of-its-kind partnership will give federal investigators immediate access to the state’s public business registration data, which could help expose shell… -
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IN BED WITH NEO-NAZI: New Indictment Exposes Leftist Group’s Scandalous Relationships With White Nationalists
The Southern Poverty Law Center allegedly paid at least three people who wanted to leave the white supremacist movement not to do so, according to the Justice Department’s superseding indictment handed down Tuesday. A federal grand jury in April had indicted the SPLC on charges of wire fraud, bank fraud, and conspiracy to conceal money… -
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ACLU Funnels Millions Into Abortion Ballot Initiative in ‘Reckless Disregard’ for the Law, Watchdog Says
The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation has poured $2.5 million into a pro-abortion and pro-transgender ballot initiative campaign in Missouri after receiving millions from foreign sources. A watchdog group alleges the donations are in direct violation of the state’s law. Americans for Public Trust filed a complaint with the office of Missouri Attorney General Catherine… -
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Reps. Clyde and Boebert: No Warrants, No FISA
When there’s a real chance of protecting Americans’ privacy, the deep state always runs the same playbook. Slow walk votes on reforms. Allow the clock to run out. Highlight a potential national security scare. And reiterate the status quo while calling it reform. That’s why we must deliver real reforms before the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance… -
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Cooke: Transparency Should Not Be Sacrificed in Charlie Kirk Court Proceedings
Mehek Cooke, the Daily Signal’s senior national security and legal analyst, argued that transparency must remain a central priority in the Charlie Kirk assassination case, following a ruling by a Utah judge that an upcoming hearing in the case must remain open to the public. Judge Tony Graf ruled Monday that the upcoming preliminary hearing… -
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Still Wearing a Bandage, Pam Bondi Walks Into Committee Epstein Investigation
Former U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi sat down for her second round of interviews with the House Oversight Committee Friday amid investigations into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein—despite undergoing treatment for thyroid cancer. Bondi underwent surgery in May. She wore a throat bandage from the surgery on her walk to the committee hearing. She testified… -
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Chicago’s Leftist Mayor Says You Can’t Arrest Your Way to Safety. Yes, You Can.
A spate of “teen takeovers” in Chicago over Memorial Day weekend highlighted a serious, growing phenomenon that now plagues cities across America. Unfortunately, solutions aren’t on the way as Mayor Brandon Johnson, a far-left Democrat, decided to shift blame away from the criminals. More on that in a bit. A so-called teen takeover is when large mobs… -
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Here’s How the IRS Is Taking on the Networks Potentially Funding Antifa
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told reporters Thursday that the Internal Revenue Service and the FBI have made substantial progress on investigating the networks funding Antifa leftist agitators, and he mentioned one concrete policy change that could undermine nonprofits’ ability to prop up the violent movement. “In October, the Treasury Department started working with the FBI… -
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A Hidden Camera, a Catholic Pitcher, and a Baseball Team Now Under Scrutiny
The Washington Nationals made news for something other than their play on the baseball field this week. Sean Hudson, the team’s director of community relations, was caught on a hidden camera by James O’Keefe making disparaging comments about pitcher Trevor Williams, who is Catholic. O’Keefe posted footage Tuesday on X of Hudson alleging the team… -
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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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DC Area Police Investigate Swatting Incident Targeting a Supreme Court Justice
The Fairfax County Police Department in Northern Virginia is investigating a swatting call at the residence of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett Wednesday night. “Yesterday evening at approximately 9:02 p.m., officers responded to a swatting call at the residence of U.S. Supreme Court Justice in Fairfax County,” the department’s public information officer told the… -
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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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‘Who Are These Masked Men?’
Mark Twain is credited with saying, “History doesn’t repeat, but it rhymes.” Such is the case with several semi-related incidents in Virginia Beach. First, as I have testified to in earlier columns, not only was I there for what are called the “Unite the Right” riots in Charlottesville, but for the years leading up to… -
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New Texas Clinic Flips the Left’s Gender Narrative on Its Head
People who have been hoodwinked by transgender ideology and the medical establishment telling them to physically damage their own bodies in pursuit of a false identity may have a strong new remedy. The Department of Justice and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced last week a seismic shift in medicine. For the first time, a… -
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Gunman Killed After Firing at White House Security Checkpoint
A gunman was killed and a bystander wounded in an exchange of fire that occurred at a White House security checkpoint about a block from the West Wing. The suspect, 21-year old male Nasire Best, was shot by Secret Service agents and died on the way to the hospital. “Shortly after 6 p.m Saturday an… -
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Murder Case at Senior Facility Sparks Negligence Litigation
A Maryland murder case involves a suspect ruled not competent to stand trial and a civil negligence lawsuit against a suburban Washington, D.C., senior living center that asserts the crime could have been prevented. Robert Gorham Fuller Jr., 87, was shot and killed on Feb. 14 at Cogir of Potomac in Potomac, Maryland. Fuller was… -
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New California Bill Aims to Close Loophole in Child Online Extortion Cases
A growing crime, where adults extort minors using other minors, has increased significantly in recent years, catching the attention of state Sen. Tony Strickland and Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes, and motivating them to introduce a bill to stop it. “This is a growing crime, in fact, it has grown over 125 percent—adults using minors…