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EXCLUSIVE: Judge Blocks DAR From Dissolving Texas Chapter That Opposed Transgender Policy
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A Texas judge blocked the national Daughters of the American Revolution from dissolving an 84-year-old chapter that helped lead an internal revolt against the society’s transgender policy. “The court’s order is an important victory for the Martha Laird Chapter and the women who stood up for the principle that a women’s… -
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Trump Teases Controversial Deal With Democrats on Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants
President Donald Trump said he would like to work with the new Democrat majority in Congress on a plan to give some illegal immigrants legal status. While Trump never used the word amnesty in an interview with CBS News’ Ross Douthat that aired on Sunday’s “60 Minutes,” he said many illegal immigrants who are working… -
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Conservative Senators Secure Support to Force Leadership Reckoning After Midterm Defeat
Summary A group of Senate Republicans is urging the Senate Republican Conference to delay Senate leadership elections after the party’s major midterm defeat. After receiving support from enough senators to require a Senate Republican Conference meeting, Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin sent a letter to Senate Republican Conference Chairman Tom Cotton and Senate majority leadership… -
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Socialism, Affordability, and the Future of Capitalism
Summary The blue wave did more than hand Democrats a political victory. It delivered two warnings: For Republicans, it was a signal that adequately addressing Americans’ affordability concerns requires decisive action and tangible results, not just rhetoric. For the country, it offered a glimpse into where the Democratic Party is headed. Americans woke up Wednesday… -
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EXCLUSIVE: How Trump Is Fighting Drug ’10 Times More Potent Than Fentanyl’
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—President Donald Trump’s drug czar says she is working with the Chinese government to keep cychlorphine, a drug “10 times more potent than fentanyl,” off the streets. Cychlorphine has killed an estimated 140 Americans since it entered the United States in 2025, including 53 deaths in Tennessee alone. The actual number… -
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A Time for Ruthlessness: Lame-Duck Session Should Finish Work of Lazy-Duck Senate
“Wipeout?” “Bloodbath?” “Demo-Katrina” is more like it. The Times-Picayune’s one word headline the day after that hurricane drowned New Orleans also suits this occasion: “CATASTROPHIC.” The national walloping that Republicans suffered Tuesday is almost beyond words. Democrats took the U.S. House, not shockingly, although gaining 42 seats as of Sunday night surely surprised even the… -
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3 States Reject Gambling Measures Despite Record Lobbyist, Ad Spending
Summary THE WASHINGTON STAND—Amid a vast expansion in unregulated “prediction market” and sports betting platforms that has sent gambling addictions soaring in recent years, Tuesday’s midterms saw voters reject ballot measures that would have expanded gambling in three states. In Nebraska, a measure that would have legalized online sports betting via the state’s licensed racetrack… -
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California Gets Four More Years. The Baseline Stays.
Summary With one-party rule in California for more than 20 years, voters again handed Democrats a supermajority. But for the average person, the question is straightforward: Will they get any real break on the issues that have dominated voters’ minds for years? Former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra defeated Republican challenger Steve Hilton… -
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Democrats Eye Musk, Miller Probes After Midterm Rout
WASHINGTON, Nov 8 (Reuters) – Tech megabillionaire Elon Musk and President Donald Trump’s newly appointed White House chief of staff, Stephen Miller, will likely be targets of congressional probes when Democrats take control of Congress in January, a senior lawmaker said on Sunday. California Representative Robert Garcia, who is in line to chair the powerful House Oversight… -
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Republicans: Stop Demonizing Young White Men
Tuesday’s midterms were a massive repudiation of Republicans, and no group sent a louder message than young men. Young voters shifted left by more than 30 points from 2024, the largest swing of any age group, according to The New York Times. Young men swung nearly 40 points toward Democrats, just two short years after moving… -
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GOP Insiders Look Past Trump’s Kingmaking Toward 2028
A week ago, Vice President JD Vance looked like the probable heir apparent to President Donald Trump. After Tuesday’s midterm losses, some in his party think he’ll have plenty of competition in the upcoming presidential race. The defeats have shaken the assumption that Trump will be able to hand-pick his successor, according to interviews… -
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America Just Elected the ‘Gayest Congress’ Ever, a Blue Wave of Many Colors
The 120th Congress is set to break a few records, including what is being touted as the “gayest Congress” in American history. Eighteen Democrats who identify as LGBTQ+, including two senators, are set to be sworn into Congress in 2027. “The American people have made their voices heard. The 120th Congress will officially be the… -
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The Pursuit of Happiness
Summary How can I achieve happiness? This is a crucial question in human life, but it can be a difficult one to answer. Thankfully, we can learn much from the great philosophers and theologians of the Western tradition when trying to understand how to be happy. For many of these figures, including the ancient Greek… -
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The Policies That Drew Millions to Texas Are Now Under Attack
Texas has built a reputation as a bastion of freedom. No state income tax, a low cost of living, and huge corporate growth have drawn millions of people, adding 2.6 million residents since 2020 alone. The Dallas area has even taken the moniker “Y’all Street,” championed as a capitalist refuge from socialism in New York… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: Why Do They Despise Musk?
As the midterms approached, the Left went nearly berserk in its hatred of trillionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk. Yet its escalating venom would have been almost inconceivable before 2022, when Musk publicly declared that he would be voting Republican. Before Musk’s recent political reversal (he voted for both Hillary Clinton in 2016 and Joe Biden in… -
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Another Crisis?
“There is an epidemic of suffering!” says New York Gov. Kathy Hochul. “A mental health crisis!” says Vice President JD Vance. Alarmist media agree: “Mental health crisis among U.S. teens,” reports The New York Times. The Wall Street Journal: “America’s mental health is worsening.” As usual, when the media and politicians agree, the proposed solution… -
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Blue Wave Embarrasses Leftist Claiming Trump Would End Elections
We had a midterm election in which the Democrats and the Left were wildly successful. There is one way in which this makes some of them look either deeply stupid or dishonest. Many of them who rejoice now tried to claim there wouldn’t be any more elections if Donald Trump won in 2024, or that… -
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How the Parthenon Became a Temple to Democracy
Summary For 30 years after the Persians burned Athens in 480 B.C., the rubble sat untouched atop the city’s great stone Acropolis. The Greeks had sworn to leave it there as a reminder of what they had lost and what might come again. The great statesman Pericles, however, finally persuaded his fellow citizens that the… -
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Texas Republican Urges Abbott to Rein in Governor’s Emergency Powers Before Hinojosa Takes Office
Summary Republican state Rep. Brian Harrison is calling on Gov. Greg Abbott to call a special session to rein in executive emergency powers before Democrat Gina Hinojosa is sworn in. Harrison’s call came after Hinojosa was elected the next governor of Texas on Nov. 3. In Texas, the governor has broad authority to declare a state of… -
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Iran War Was Seldom Mentioned by Virginia Republicans on the Stump
Virginia is proud to host the largest Navy base in the world. Naval Station Norfolk is home to 149,000 military-related personnel. There are 75 ships and 134 aircraft based there. Many of those sailors and pilots have been or may soon be deployed to the Persian Gulf region to take part in ongoing military actions…
