Seattle’s socialist-in-chief is no longer laughing about chasing away businesses and wealthy residents. But the attitude adjustment may be too little, too late. Just a few weeks ago, Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson infamously giggled when asked if she was concerned about wealthy residents fleeing Seattle because of her policies. “I think the claims that millionaires are going […]
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The recent Chinese-American summit, as I’ve spoken elsewhere, has raised anxieties that there is a tension between an establishment United States and a rising power, China. And a lot of people who I would call declinists say, “Well, China’s gonna replace us.” Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to […]
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GOP Congress Goes After the ‘Ethnic Scam’ Crippling America Republicans are discovering billions of taxpayers’ dollars going to waste, being spent fraudulently, and abused by American bureaucracy systems, specifically the welfare state. Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, is leading the fraud investigations, rooted in immigration policy issues, in Congress. “A lot of this is being done by foreigners,” Gill […]
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Open Seat Turns Into a Brutal Toss-Up That Could Decide the Senate The 2026 Michigan U.S. Senate race is wide open after incumbent Democrat Gary Peters announced he won’t seek re-election. This seat in a state Donald Trump narrowly won in 2024 is shaping up as one of the most competitive battles on the map. […]
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Leftists’ Favorite “Tax the Rich” Fantasy Just Keeps Failing Everywhere It’s Tried The usual suspects on the left can’t stop drooling over wealth taxes. Punish success, soak the “billionaires,” and watch the government magic money machine solve every problem from student loans to climate reparations. It’s the same tired class-warfare script they’ve been running for […]
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Trust, but Don’t Verify? FDA’s New Inspection Policy Causing Dramatic Increase in Food Recalls A century ago, the U.S. federal government made a straightforward decision: If you sell food to Americans, the government will verify that it is safe. Not by reviewing self-submissions. Not by relying on self-representations, but by showing up and seeing for […]
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Trump’s Border Policies Deliver What Biden’s Never Could The Department of Homeland Security dropped the April 2026 southwest border numbers on May 15, and they are nothing short of historic. U.S. Border Patrol recorded just 8,943 apprehensions — a 94% drop from the Biden administration’s monthly average and 96% below the December 2023 peak. Daily […]
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Because America Clearly Needs More Lectures on Socialism. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spent years insisting she had zero interest in higher office beyond her safe House seat. Now the signals scream otherwise. The 36-year-old democratic socialist is leaving the door wide open for a 2028 presidential run, despite her earlier hand-wringing about the hatred women of color […]
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Governor Abigail Spanberger, the former CIA officer turned Virginia Democrat, couldn’t wait to sign another gun-control bill that treats law-abiding citizens like potential criminals while criminals keep their illegal guns anyway. On May 15 she inked legislation banning the future sale, manufacture, transfer, and importation of so-called “assault firearms” and magazines holding more than 15 […]
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Fauci & Top Officials Under Fire Over COVID-19 Claims Jack Fowler: OK, Victor, just to torture people further with the sound of my voice, here’s the headline: CIA whistleblower alleges cover-up of COVID-19 lab leak intelligence by scientists who repeatedly concluded that a lab accident caused the COVID-19 pandemic, but more senior bureaucrats watered down and suppressed their […]