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Debra Saunders

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The End of the First Week of the Second First Year

The End of the First Week of the Second First Year

WASHINGTON—What did President Donald Trump learn during his four-year hiatus from the White House? For one thing, he seems to have learned how to...

27.01.2025 6

The Daily Signal

Debra Saunders

A Well-Deserved Takedown of the California Political Class

A Well-Deserved Takedown of the California Political Class

Actress Sara Foster captured the rage of many Angelenos who have watched their city burn from the Palisades to Altadena in one social media post:......

14.01.2025 30

The Daily Signal

Debra Saunders

Trump Takes the World Stage. Embrace the Chaos.

Embrace the chaos—that’s my formula for dealing with Trump 2.0, especially on the world stage. If you thought that the second time around...

11.01.2025 3

The Daily Signal

Debra Saunders

Quiet Quitting: Joe Biden’s Disappearing Presidency

The Wall Street Journal ran a story Thursday under the banner “How the White House Functioned With a Diminished Biden in Charge.” Tuesday’s New...

24.12.2024 20

The Daily Signal

Debra Saunders

It Feels Like Trump Already Is President

President-elect Donald Trump said so many things on the campaign trail that critics warned would hurt him in November. Yet he won the popular vote....

23.12.2024 10

The Daily Signal

Debra Saunders

Joe Biden’s Work-From-Home Bureaucracy

WASHINGTON—“Washington is still operating as if it’s March 2020. The headquarters of most agencies remain largely abandoned,” Sen. Joni Ernst,...

11.12.2024 5

The Daily Signal

Debra Saunders

Transgender Activists Look in the Mirror and See a Movement That Helped Defeat Kamala Harris

WASHINGTON—There’s been a change in Washington since Donald Trump won the election. Democrats have begun to wonder about some of their more extreme...

02.12.2024 5

The Daily Signal

Debra Saunders

Don’t Be a Turkey on Thanksgiving

“My Mom Voted for Trump. Can We Let It Go?” Read the headline for The New York Times’ “The Ethicist” piece Friday. The family dynamic no doubt is...

27.11.2024 10

The Daily Signal

Debra Saunders

The 2024 Angle to the Menendez Brothers Saga 

Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon is the sort of progressive prosecutor who thinks it is his job to curb mass incarceration. Last...

29.10.2024 3

The Daily Signal

Debra Saunders

Who Wants to Increase the National Debt? Both Trump and Harris

It’s been a little over a week since the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget sent a letter to Kamala Harris and Donald Trump suggesting the...

16.10.2024 2

The Daily Signal

Debra Saunders

Veep Debate Was Media Narrative-Buster: Showing Substance, Vance Won

This time the oddsmakers got it wrong. Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was their betting favorite going into Tuesday night’s vice presidential...

04.10.2024 20

The Daily Signal

Debra Saunders

6 Hostages Murdered. Put Heat on Hamas, Not Netanyahu. 

WASHINGTON—A reporter asked President Joe Biden if he thought Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was “doing enough” as the president...

05.09.2024 2

The Daily Signal

Debra Saunders

Kamala Harris Is No Joe Biden. Or Is She?

CHICAGO—As delegates and the media descend on the Windy City for the Democratic National Convention, Kamala Harris not only has to energize the...

19.08.2024 4

The Daily Signal

Debra Saunders

Democracy Dies in Darkness—or in White House Press Corps

This is how much Elon Musk spooks big media. At Monday’s White House press briefing, a reporter asked White House press secretary Karine...

16.08.2024 4

The Daily Signal

Debra Saunders

It’s Too Late, Joe

WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden’s letter announcing that he is standing down from the general election documented all the reasons the incumbent had...

23.07.2024 2

The Daily Signal

Debra Saunders