We Don’t Need More Evidence That Police Can’t Be Trusted. We Need Real Safety.
“Refund police.” This is the most inventive tagline Joe Biden and Democrats were able to come up with in response to the demands that arose from the rebellion in Minneapolis two years ago in summer 2020, after George Floyd became the latest casualty of the Minneapolis Police Department’s relentless war against Black people. That summer’s […]
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Cancellation of Corinthian Loans Is Only the Beginning of Student Debt Abolition
The Biden administration’s recent cancellation of $5.8 billion in loans held by 560,000 borrowers who attended Corinthian Colleges did not materialize out of the blue — it came after years of collective action supported by a debtors union called the Debt Collective. And while all of us in this movement have rejoiced at the news […]
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Conservatism and the American Future
On this Saturday edition of “The Daily Signal Podcast,” three guests join us to discuss fault lines and emerging issues within American conservatism regarding culture, economics, and how the decline of important institutions continues to roil our society. Sam Gregg, research is part of our trio of commentators. director at the Acton Institute; Arthur Milikh […]
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The Chesa Boudin Inflection Point in the Fight for Civilizational Sanity
Chesa Bodin is, to any reasonable degree, a nutjob. Conservatives could not create a more perfect political villain in their petri dish, even though they tried. Boudin is that caricaturable. Boudin’s parents were Weather Underground domestic terrorists and, following the 1981 Brink’s Robbery in New York state, convicted as cop-killers. They were incarcerated (Boudin’s father […]
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Slavery Reparations for Confederate State of … California?
California is infested with violent crime, failing schools, America’s highest gasoline prices (a stunning $9.60 per gallonMendocino), and a 1,200-year-record drought. Al fresco vagrants—too many of them mentally ill and/or addicted to drugs and alcohol—populate ramshackle tent cities that breed lawlessness, squalor, and chaos. Rampant wildfires burn the Golden State to a crisp and pump […]
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Michigan GOP Candidate for Governor Arrested for Involvement in Jan. 6 Attack
Just weeks after a number Republican candidates in Michigan were removed from the primary election ballot for failing to obtain enough signatures on nomination papers, a GOP candidate who qualified was arrested for his involvement in the breach at the U.S. Capitol building in January 2021. Ryan Kelley was arrested at his home on Thursday […]
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House GOP Unites Against Condemning White Supremacy Behind Buffalo Shooting
Every Republican in Congress voted against Wednesday’s House measure that condemned the recent mass shooting at Buffalo, New York, and denounced the white supremacist theory which allegedly motivated the shooter. Rep. Jamaal Bowman’s (D-New York) measure, which passed 218 to 205 largely by party lines, explicitly condemns the “Great Replacement” theory — a bunk White […]
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Mega-Donors Have Given $284+ Million to Super PACs Ahead of Midterms
“Guardian angel” donors have poured $284.6 million into 36 super PACs during the 2022 midterm cycle, according to a new analysis by OpenSecrets. These angel donors contributed more then 40% of the total funds raised by a Super PAC. In some cases, superPACs are almost entirely funded by angel donors. The vast majority (98%) of […]
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Climate Change Was Already Causing Hunger to Spike. Then Russia Invaded Ukraine.
On May 28, 2022, a destroyed wheat warehouse was seen in Kopyliv Oblast, Ukraine. Dogukan Keskinkilic/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images The conflict in Ukraine is causing food shortages around the world. Climate change was already causing widespread food insecurity long before Russia invaded Ukraine. The number of people in crisis or facing famine globally is […]
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Uvalde Hires More Police After 60 Cops Took 77 Minutes to Act in School Shooting
Uvalde plansIn the wake of the Robb Elementary School shooting, more school police officers were needed. reportsThe officers who arrived on the scene waited over an hour before they could enter the building because children were locked inside. On Thursday, Hal Harrell, the superintendent of the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District, announced that the district’s […]
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