Tag: Tom Cotton

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    Democrats Follow Their Leader, Refusing Moral Clarity on Platner

    Hours after Graham Platner, Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Maine, was accused of sexual assault, his party abandoned him. While Democrats claim to be taking the moral high ground, their timeline says otherwise. Monday afternoon, Politico reported another Platner scandal the political world had sensed was coming after he canceled his campaign events for…
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    Religious Freedom at Stake in Spain 

    Imagine a government deciding which parts of a church are sacred. The altar, yes. The nave, no. The chapels, the dome, the atrium, the vestibule, and great bronze doors—no as well. The faithful may pray here, but not there, and only after passing through a state-run exhibition with a political and ideological message before entering. It might sound invented, but it is happening right now in Spain. …
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    Immigration Enforcement Finally Arrives, and It’s Long Overdue

    I’ve spent time on both sides of a badge. I worked private security and executive protection, and in 1992, I drove in the presidential motorcade for President George H.W. Bush after the Los Angeles riots while working on an Assembly campaign with Young Republicans. I earned my California EMT license in 1992. I know what…
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    Atrocious Supreme Court Ruling Makes SAVE America Act Life or Death Choice for GOP

    Unless Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., secretly works for the Democratic National Committee, he must bring the SAVE America Act back to the floor and move Heaven, Earth, and—if necessary—Hell to pass and speed it to President Donald Trump for signature. The U.S. Supreme Court’s calamitous embrace of late-arriving mail-in ballots makes this urgent matter even more vital. With sincere apologies…
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  • Florida Just Showed Us How to Fight Back Against Media Blacklists

    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis put his signature on the state’s new budget last week and tucked inside is a provision worth celebrating. State agencies in Florida are now barred, for a second straight year, from hiring advertising firms that use “misinformation” ratings to decide which news outlets deserve ad dollars and which don’t. I’ll be…
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    Restoring Obscenity Regulation: Lessons From America’s Founding Era

    Americans born after the mid-1990s have lived their entire lives in a world awash with hardcore pornography. Never has so much pornography been so available to so many at so little cost. Our laws leave much pornography effectively unregulated. Our technology, especially smartphones, brings portable, private porn shops to everyone’s phone. Like today, there were…
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    Filthy Rich Democrats JB Pritzker, Ro Khanna Attack the Wealthy

    Democrats are at a crossroads as Democratic Socialists of America candidates win primaries, even unseating incumbents. Particularly vexed are well-off Democrat politicians as the DSA engages in its war against the wealthy. Two prime examples: Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and California Rep. Ro Khanna. Pritzker is a billionaire in a party that demonizes wealth. Khanna,…
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    Not Just West Virginia or Idaho: Supreme Court Protects Women’s Sports in Several States

    As part of the cases handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court this term, the six conservative justices delivered a win for women’s sports last week. While the cases came out of West Virginia and Idaho, the high court’s majority sent a message that reverberated in 25 states, including Ohio. In the combined cases of…
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  • ‘LAWFARE’: New Orleans Democrats Get Arrest Warrant Against Republican Attorney General

    Republicans are condemning as “lawfare” the efforts of Democrat New Orleans officials to arrest Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill amid a dispute about a new law’s interpretation.   “Targeting a sitting attorney general for carrying out her official duties is a dangerous attempt to weaponize the legal system against elected officials with whom they disagree,” Adam Piper,…
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    How California’s ‘Teen Takeover’ Crime Trend Is Spreading

    One of California’s wealthiest and safest cities descended into chaos over the Independence Day weekend after a social media-fueled “teen takeover” led to more than 400 arrests, an officer being struck by a mortar firework, and the looting of a grocery store. According to Newport Beach city officials, thousands of unruly juveniles and young adults…
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    Even After SCOTUS Citizenship Ruling, Trump Has These Options to Fight Birth Tourism

    Although the Supreme Court ruled in favor of birthright citizenship last week, the Trump administration and Congress could still take action to reduce the effect of the policy. Vice President JD Vance endorsed a proposal to restrict birthright citizenship in the U.S. territories, citing Roger Severino, vice president of economic and domestic policy at The…
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    Inspiring the Next Generation of Patriots: Constituting America Brings the Constitution to the Classroom

    “Something so beautifully crafted deserves our respect and attention.” So said Carson Quinn when accepting his award for winning Constituting America’s “We the Future” competition, part of the organization’s effort to bring the U.S. Constitution into the classroom.  Constituting America offers a variety of awards to grade school, middle school, high school, and college students. The worthy winners exemplify…
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  • Mamdani’s Sour Independence Day Address Shows How Little He Understands America

    This Independence Day, countless Americans celebrated our country’s 250th anniversary in countless jubilatory ways, from grilling in the backyard to going to fireworks shows and even traveling to Mt. Vernon to pay respects to the Father of Our Country. But a certain socialist mayor of New York City took the occasion to deliver a speech…
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    Virginia Town Became Home to Roadside Islamic Rally

    The town of Woodbridge, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, D.C., was recently home to a public roadside march of Islamic supporters who chanted sayings in a foreign language, beat their chests, and flew flags written in Arabic. The scene was captured in a video posted on X. Amy Mek, founder of the Rise, Align, Ignite,…
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    Why the NATO Summit in Ankara Matters to the US

    President Donald Trump is in Turkey this week to meet with heads of state representing our allies from across the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. In the wake of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s announcement of a six-month review of U.S. force allocations to the European theater titled “NATO 3.0,” leaders from across NATO are preparing…
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    Socialism Is Targeting the Foundations That Made America Great

    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.   One question that came up constantly during this 250th anniversary Fourth of July celebration was whether we were gonna make it…
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    Ex-Girlfriend Accuses Graham Platner of Sexual Assault

    Graham Platner, Democrat nominee for U.S. Senate in Maine, has been accused of sexual assault by his ex-girlfriend. Platner has denied the allegations. As first reported by Politico, 41-year-old Maine resident Jenny Racicot dated Platner nearly five years ago. Over the course of three detailed interviews spanning two weeks, she detailed the 2021 alleged assault….
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    DSA Boasts—on July 4—That It Has More Members Than Any Socialist Organization in US History

    While America was celebrating the 250th anniversary of its Founding, the Democratic Socialists of America celebrated becoming what it calls the “largest socialist organization in United States history.” Its declaration was made on X: “On July 4, 2026, Democratic Socialists of America passed 120,000 members, making us the largest socialist organization in United States history…
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    Utah Prosecutors Present Case Against Man Accused of Charlie Kirk’s Murder

    PROVO, Utah, July 6 (Reuters)—A police officer at the university where prominent conservative U.S. activist Charlie Kirk was killed last year testified on Monday that he observed what looked like a “sniper pad” atop the building from which the fatal shot was fired, as prosecutors began laying out their case that a Utah man should…
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    Texas Lawmaker Calls for Special Session to Combat Birth Tourism After Supreme Court Ruling

    After the U.S. Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship, a Texas lawmaker is calling on the Legislature to convene a special session to combat birth tourism. Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that birthright citizenship may remain in place, with Chief Justice John Roberts writing that the 14th…
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