Politics

Kristen Clarke Asked for Statement During Nomination, Ex Says

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Justice Department’s Kristen Clarke allegedly reached out to her ex-husband Reginald Avery in May 2021, he told The Daily Signal, asking him for a statement saying that she was not a domestic abuser during a nomination process where she did not disclose her past arrest. The revelation is significant given […]

Don’t Assume Jurors in Blue Manhattan Can’t Be Fair to Trump

Having served on three Manhattan juries, I would not be surprised if the 12 men and women hearing New York vs. Donald J. Trump acquit him of all charges. During two civil actions and one criminal case, my fellow jurors were serious, professional, and movingly civic-minded. A quiet, solemn patriotism infused our deliberations. Several jurors said that we […]

How Boston Moves to Clear Foreign Nationals From Voter Rolls

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A foreign national named Paul registered to vote at a local office of the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles and records show that he voted, although he says his American wife voted after being accidentally checked in under his name.  Another noncitizen, Najib, also was registered to vote at a motor […]

A Wake-Up Call for Gen-Xers on Social Security

In just nine years, the oldest Gen-Xers will reach Social Security’s normal retirement age of 67. But they will have a rude awakening when they learn that the program’s trust fund is empty, leaving it able to pay out only as much in benefits as it takes from the paychecks of those then working. That’s […]

Pelosi Schooled by Banjo Player at University Debate

Nancy Pelosi might have won the battle, but the war is a different story. On a trip to England in April, the former House speaker kept up her crusade against former President Donald Trump’s brand of politics by arguing at an Oxford University debate that “populism is a threat to democracy.” Her side got more […]

NYT Polls Find Trump ‘Has Upended the Electoral Map’

This has to be galling to the Gray Lady. The New York Times, one-time newspaper turned better known now as a vehicle for Democratic propaganda, devoted a front-page report Monday to the state of polls for the presidential election. And it must have been painful to publish. In five of six battleground states, former President […]

‘NextGen Marxism’ Drives College Protests

The protests in the summer of 2020 after George Floyd’s death in police custody and today’s antisemitic, pro-Palestine protests on college campuses are rooted in the same ideology of Marxism, Katharine Gorka says.  Marxism preaches that the world “is divided between oppressor and oppressed,” says Gorka, co-author with Heritage Foundation scholar Mike Gonzalez of the […]