Category: Republicans

House OKs Anti-‘Revenge Porn’ Bill Backed by Melania Trump

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The House of Representatives on Monday approved a bill against “revenge porn” by a 409-2 vote, in a showing of bipartisan support for legislation backed by first lady Melania Trump. Revenge porn is the malicious distribution of sexual images of a victim. Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., who argued the bill was “ripe for abuse,” and Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., were the only congressmen to vote against it. The bill was passed by the Senate unanimously in February. The Take it Down Act would impose legal penalties for creating deepfake artificial…

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Hogg Not Backing Down in DNC Family Feud Over Primarying Incumbents

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Just a few months into the job, Democratic National Committee Vice Chair David Hogg is already on the outs with party leaders, who are sharply critical of his efforts to unseat longtime incumbent Democrats. Hogg, who was elected one of five vice chairs on Feb. 1, first came to prominence in 2018 for his gun control activism after a mass shooting at his high school in Parkland, Florida. The 25-year-old has been calling for primary challenges against some older Democrat incumbents in order to give the party a new, younger…

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Harvard Still Wants Its DC Sugar Daddy

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“No government—regardless of which party is in power—should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue.” This defiant and bipartisan defense of the purity of education, delivered by Harvard President Alan Garber, sounds fantastic, right? After all, what society that pretends to value objectivity would dare to allow a government to control the educational decisions of private institutions? Barack Obama—blessed is he—agreed, celebrating Harvard as a shining beacon of academic freedom! “Harvard has set an example…

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Gov. Janet Mills Doesn’t Know It Yet, But She’s an ‘Insurrectionist’

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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. I want to wade into a very controversial topic. I want to be very careful. It’s the issue of whether biological men who have transitioned to the female gender should compete in female sports. And what is the reaction of those who say they should versus the federal government, under President…

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Trump’s Press Team Won’t Respond to Emails With ‘Preferred Pronouns’ in Signature

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Reporters often contact government officials to request statements or quotes on significant events or policies, but President Donald Trump’s press deputies have determined that one group of journalists won’t be getting a response to their emails. According to The New York Times, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt and other Trump administration communications officers have implemented a policy effectively ignoring emails from journalists who include their “preferred pronouns” in their email signatures. Leavitt explained, “As a matter of policy, we do not respond to reporters with pronouns in their bios.” She…

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Justices Hand Trump National Security Win That Protects Public From Illegal Alien Criminals

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On Monday night, a 5 to 4 majority of the Supreme Court not only dissolved the controversial temporary restraining orders issued by Judge James Boasberg of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, but the high court, in essence, took the case away from him. So much for any pending action by Boasberg to hold the government in contempt for deporting to El Salvador the gangbangers of Tren de Aragua (TdA), a vicious Venezuelan drug cartel that has been designated as a foreign terrorist organization. On March 14,…

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