Oct 17, 2018
Good morning from Washington, where the “mainstream” media usually look to bloody President Trump though they rarely questioned his predecessor. Documents in a lawsuit reveal details on how President Obama’s administration sought to kill legitimate businesses, Kelsey Harkness shows. Two key Senate Republicans enjoy applause from some of The Heritage Foundation’s biggest supporters, Fred Lucas reports. A fire chief axed by Atlanta for acting on his Christian faith collects cool cash, Monica Burke writes. Plus: Nolan Peterson on war as a way of life in Ukraine, Dennis Prager on encountering American exceptionalism, and Betsy DeVos and Jeff Sessions on their priorities.
Chief Who Was Fired for Marriage Views Wins Major First Amendment Victory
Former Atlanta fire chief Kelvin Cochran wrote and self-published a 162-page Christian devotional—on his own time—that included a few paragraphs on the biblical view of sex and marriage.
When I First Realized America Is Exceptional
The left regards efforts to assimilate all Americans into one American identity as a form of "white supremacy."
Unsealed Choke Point Documents Show Obama Administration Was Far From Scandal-Free
Court papers show Obama administration bureaucrats used bias and threatening language to bully regulators into choking off payday lenders from the banking system.
Why Do Millennials Like Socialism? Betsy DeVos Cites Lack of Civics Education
“I recall visiting a classroom not too long ago where one of the teachers was wearing a shirt that said, ‘Find Your Truth,’ suggesting that, of course, truth is a very fungible and mutable thing instead of focusing on the fact that there is objective truth,” the education secretary says.
McConnell, Graham Recount Highlights, Lowlights of Kavanaugh Fight
“What we learned is how far in the tank the press is for Democrats,” says Sen. Lindsey Graham.
Under Shadow of Russia's War, Ukrainian Veterans and Families of Fallen Try to Move On
“My war is still going on, and I don’t know when it will finish,” says Ivan Kharkiv, a 24-year-old Ukrainian combat veteran who served from 2014 to 2016 in some of the war’s deadliest battles.
The Daily Signal Podcast: Jeff Sessions Discusses Direction of the Courts
In our exclusive interview, Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks about activist judges and how President Trump is transforming the judicial system.
Killing the Electoral College Would Alienate Half the Country
The Founding Fathers had utter contempt for democracy. James Madison, in Federalist Paper No. 10, said that in a pure democracy, “there is nothing to check the inducements to sacrifice the weaker party or an obnoxious individual."
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