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Is the Green New Deal dead or not? On the campaign trail, President Donald Trump repeatedly vowed to repeal what he called the “green new scam”—his pejorative for the various green energy subsidies and regulations instituted by former President Joe Biden, mostly through the Inflation Reduction Act. Members of the House Freedom Caucus—a conservative faction of the House of Representatives—told The Daily Signal that Trump has dealt the Green New Deal a blow, but it’s still on its last legs. The Freedom Caucus led the charge to phase out Biden-era green energy subsidies and tax breaks during debates over the “big, beautiful” budget reconciliation bill. “The fight against the Green New Deal is not over, by a long shot,” said Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., on stage at an event celebrating the caucus’ 10th anniversary. “Even today, the energy and water appropriations bill continued many of the aspects of the green new scam. It’s going to continue wind and solar.” Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Biggs added that the bill “is one more example of how this town is controlled by special interests at the very highest level,” adding, “We have got to stand up repeatedly.” Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., told The Daily Signal at the event that the Green New Deal isn’t dead, “but it needs to be.” “We are trying our best in every single opportunity to make sure that we rip it out—every root of it,” he said, adding: “Every single Republican voted against it when the Democrats put it on the floor and every single Republican should now be working with us … . What the green new scam has done is ensure that everybody’s energy prices are higher and that our grid is less reliable.” Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images) In July, Republicans passed the budget reconciliation bill that phased out subsidies for solar and wind energy projects. Rep. Keith Self, R-Texas, however, says that it was not the budget reconciliation bill, but Trump’s subsequent executive order, that practically killed the Green New Deal. The July executive order, “ENDING MARKET DISTORTING SUBSIDIES FOR UNRELIABLE, FOREIGN CONTROLLED ENERGY SOURCES,” followed discussions with Freedom Caucus members and directed the federal government to pull the plug on “unaffordable and unreliable ‘green’ energy sources and supply chains built in, and controlled by, foreign adversaries.” “After the executive order, I believe it’s pretty close to being dead,” said Self. “You can tell how dramatic the [executive order] was by the pushback they got from the states that think it’s jobs. So, that will tell you how close it should be to expiring, as in dead.” The state attorneys general of Rhode Island and Connecticut have sued the Trump administration for revoking permission for a nearly complete offshore windmill project. Rep. Keith Self, R-Texas (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images) One congressman who’s particularly passionate about ending Democrat-backed subsidies for green energy is House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris, R-Md. The sole Republican congressman from Maryland, Harris has for years railed against an offshore windmill project in his district, which he argues would be wasteful and disruptive to the tourism and fishing industries. The Trump administration is now moving to cancel that project. He suggested that energy sources such as wind and solar “are going to have to go it on their own” without government subsidies, but that certain other energy sources, such as geothermal and nuclear, will likely have to continue to be supported. House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris, R-Md. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) “Nuclear is probably something that we are going to have to invest in, geothermal, things like that,” he said. “So, there are aspects of that that will probably be preserved and that will be all right, but the subsidies for onshore wind and solar should go away, because they should be competitive without federal subsidies now. Of course, offshore wind never should have been subsidized and should just go away.” The post Deal or No Deal? Has Trump Driven Stake Through Heart of ‘Green New Scam’? appeared first on The Daily Signal.

Illinois state officials told the Department of Justice they won’t be turning over voter data, despite the Trump administration’s request. In a letter to DOJ officials Tuesday, Illinois election officials said that submitting the information would violate state law, risking Illinoisans’ privacy. “We take Illinoisans’ privacy very seriously; data breaches and hacking are unfortunately common, and the disclosure of sensitive information contrary to state law would expose our residents to undue risk,” wrote Marni M. Malowitz, general counsel for the Illinois State Board of Elections. The data demanded by DOJ include registered voters’ names, dates of birth, residential addresses, and either a state driver’s license number or the last four digits of their social security number. The state’s refusal comes amidst an escalating stand-off between state Gov. JB Pritzker and President Donald Trump, following the latter’s repeated threats to deploy the National Guard to help the state fight crime in Chicago. On Tuesday, Trump said in an Oval Office event, “We’re going in. I didn’t say when, we’re going in.” Pritzker responded on X, “There’s no emergency that warrants deploying troops in Chicago.” “I want to go into Chicago, and I have this embarrassing governor who doesn’t want us,” Trump commented Wednesday. That’s not the only scuffle between the state and the Trump administration. On Tuesday, the DOJ filed a complaint in federal court challenging Illinois state laws that offer in-state tuition and scholarships to illegal aliens. It says those laws illegally discriminate against U.S. citizens, violating both federal law and the Constitution. In the voter data dispute, Illinois State Board of Elections points to its August submission of its voter registration list, which contains the same information provided to political parties and includes some—but not all—the requested data.  But that list was rejected by the DOJ in an Aug. 14 letter demanding that Illinois provide the full information, which Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon said is “required under the Help America Vote Act.” The DOJ had set a deadline of Sep. 1 for Illinois to turn over the data. Since May, the DOJ has requested details about voters, elections, or election officials from at least 26 states, according to the Brennan Center for Justice.  On Tuesday, a South Carolina judge temporarily blocked the state election board from handing over its voter data, pending a hearing set for Sept. 9. Also on Tuesday, Michigan Department of State officials said they’d hand over some—but not all—of the information requested by the DOJ. The post Trump-Illinois Staredown Intensifies As State Denies Voter Data Request appeared first on The Daily Signal.

The U.S. Senate has wasted no time getting back to serving the American people after its six-week summer recess. With issues like the Sept. 30 deadline to have either a budget or a continuing resolution or risk a partial government shutdown on the agenda, Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia reminded us of the twisted view the Left has of our civil rights and how much control it wants government to have over them. During a nominations hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday, the former Democrat vice presidential candidate said, “The notion that rights don’t come from laws and don’t come from the government, but come from the Creator … that’s what the Iranian government believes. … So, the statement that our rights do not come from our laws or our governments is extremely troubling.” >>> Sign up for our Virginia email newsletter Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz took his Senate colleague to task regarding the obvious and sadly ironic point that it was Virginia’s Thomas Jefferson who first wove into our national DNA in the preamble to the Declaration of Independence that our rights come from our Creator. Cruz wrote on X: “The casual condemnation of America’s founding principle is exactly what is wrong with today’s Democrat Party. Government protects our God-given rights, it does not create or destroy them.” The casual condemnation of America’s founding principle is exactly what is wrong with today’s Democrat Party.Government protects our God-given rights, it does not create or destroy them. pic.twitter.com/f4QZ5KaegN— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) September 4, 2025 Let’s examine where Jefferson got that idea. Greek philosophers like Aristotle spoke of natural justice and natural rights existing apart from human laws and institutions. The Judeo-Christian tradition was extremely influential in the development of natural rights theory in the West. Biblical passages reference universal moral laws and suggest all people have inherent worth as creations made in God’s image. Jewish philosopher Maimonides spoke of divine law granting freedom and intellectual inquiry. And Catholic theologian and philosopher Thomas Aquinas wrote of an eternal divine law that gives rise to natural rights that apply to all humankind. Jefferson, a devout student of the Enlightenment, was well versed in the writings of philosopher John Locke, whose ideas on natural rights stemmed from his belief in natural law, a set of inherent principles governing human behavior, which he argued were granted by God. This is most certainly where Jefferson was influenced to this point of view. There was also a legal reason why Jefferson wrote this philosophy into the Declaration of Independence. This was a declaration of emancipation for the American colonists based on the principle that even the king of England was subject to the rule of law, and the “abuses and usurpations” Jefferson listed were the Continental Congress’ presentation of evidence to Parliament that he had violated the law. The argument was that the king was bound by law to protect the God-given rights of his subjects, and having failed that, the colonies no longer were legally bound to recognize his authority (or send him their taxes). So, what about Kaine’s view that rights come from the government? Where does that come from? Ironically, most who hold that theory point also to Locke. Yes, the same John Locke. In Locke’s “Two Treatises of Government,” which delivers the beginnings of natural rights theory, a young Jefferson first read of how the authority of government derives from a social contract between rulers and the governed, where individuals consent to the government’s power to protect their rights. Those who share Kaine’s viewpoint that rights come from government base it on the concept that rights only exist where there is a government to protect them. Therefore, if a government chooses to defend a “right,” it is therefore “granted;” and if it chooses not to, it never existed, or the government has, in essence, taken it away. Of course, the danger in this position is twofold. First, rights are fleeting. The government decides when and if you have them and when you don’t. Second, the government can—when, let’s say, its reelection is in jeopardy—begin to invent “rights,” like housing or health care, that it can then guarantee to attempt to gain the support of the populace. Think the Great Society. Here’s where Locke debunks Kaine’s position. Those “rights” that the American Left likes to invent require another citizen to perform some kind of labor to guarantee them—to build the dwelling to provide housing or to perform a medical treatment to provide health care. Locke steadfastly said that one cannot be compelled to provide a service without his consent, as it would imply a violation of his very freedom and his rights. Those who share Kaine’s modern philosophy of fleeting, government-granted rights go against the entire idea behind the American Revolution, against 250 years of America’s foundational principles, and against thousands of years of natural rights philosophy. Someone tell that to the senator who hails from Mr. Jefferson’s Virginia. The post Senator Says It’s ‘Extremely Troubling’ to Believe Rights Come From the Creator appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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On Thursday’s episode of the LARRY podcast, host Larry O’Connor welcomed MRC President David Bozell for an in-depth discussion titled “Inside The Media Cartel: Bias, Money & Blacklisting.” O’Connor began with glowing praise for MRC’s foundational role in media accountability: “I learned from two of the best, Andrew Breitbart and Brent Bozell, the founder of Media Research Center over 30 years ago … we expose their bias, we expose their tricks and their tactics.” He emphasized how MRC’s NewsBusters supplies crucial clips daily, adding, “We interact with video clips on this show every single day... and so many of the clips, I often have to say thank you, NewsBusters, for that clip.” Diving into MRC’s history, O’Connor asked, “When was Media Research Center founded, and what was the idea of Brent Bozell when he founded it?” Bozell shared the origin story from 1987 in a bar in Old Town Alexandria, chuckling: “Alcohol, the cause of and solution to all of life’s problems.” He explained how his father and conservative allies recognized media distortion during Reagan’s era: “The message may be filet mignon, but by the time it got to the networks and the media, it ended up being chop suey.” MRC began with a bi-monthly newsletter featuring biased quotes, evolving to more bold tactics, such as slipping critiques under reporters’ doors at the 1988 Republican National Convention in New Orleans. This created demand for alternatives, boosting figures like Rush Limbaugh, whom MRC fed clips via rudimentary tech — “holding rotary phones to VHS players.” O’Connor reflected on the media landscape’s monopoly in the late ‘80s, with only three networks and nascent CNN. He questioned why liberal outlets haven’t reformed despite exposure of their bias: “Do you ever wonder why the liberal media don’t sort of rethink their business model... and say, maybe we should be more fair?” Bozell responded, “The money is still too good for these guys. I think CNN is a billion dollars in the black.” He recounted a story of CNN’s president once seeking advice from Brent Bozell amid ratings woes, who suggested hiring Limbaugh with a blank check — advice ignored due to ideological resistance. A central topic was MRC’s pivotal role in defunding NPR and PBS. O’Connor credited MRC extensively: “Single-handedly ... the predominance of the argument against NPR and the federal funding was achieved because of your analysis showing the media over there was illegal.” “I appreciate the kudos on that, and I appreciate your effort on the show ... You’ve been carrying the flag for us,” Bozell replied. He also detailed MRC’s intensive work with Congress: “We delivered our talking points and data to them around 23 dozen times. But the night of the vote, there were still members of Congress texting us, ‘Can you please send us the data again?’” O’Connor also highlighted bias through omission, such as NPR's failure to cover the Hunter Biden laptop story. Bozell cited MRC’s 2020 polling of Biden voters: “If you had known about the Hunter Biden story, would your vote have been different? Across all seven swing states, enough voters would have flipped their vote because they had no idea about the Hunter Biden story.” Bozell detailed a decisive moment in dismantling public media funding came from an investigation into Kerrville, Texas, during the tragic flood that claimed over 100 lives. NPR and PBS lobbied Congress, claiming they were uniquely equipped to deliver emergency broadcasts in rural areas. MRC’s research debunked this as we contacted the Kerrville County Sheriff’s Department, confirming they appeared on every local outlet except Texas Public Broadcasting, which never sought an interview. Bozell called it “the final nail,” concluding a 40-year fight against PBS and NPR.  Bozell highlighted MRC’s expansive work, from archiving 1 million hours of TV news to combating tech censorship with CensorTrack’s 8,400 documented cases. He stressed emerging threats: “We’ve got to do to the Googles and the Apples and the Yahoos and the Microsofts what we’ve done to ABC and CBS and NBC. Essentially, we have to get into the reputational destruction business with these guys.” Google News, he said, favors liberal sources nine out of ten times. O’Connor encouraged a victory lap for MRC’s influence on Trump’s elections, crediting their decades-long fight. He wrapped with appreciation: “Thank you, NewsBusters and David Bozell, and Media Research Center for the great work you continue to do... we’re glad to be partners in that effort to draw attention to what the media continues to do because we the people deserve a free press in this country.”     David Bozell is the president of the Media Research Center and ForAmerica, a grassroots organization that mobilizes conservatives to advance policies prioritizing American sovereignty and values. Larry O'Connor is the host of "O'Connor & Company," airing weekday mornings from 5:00 to 9:00 AM on WMAL in Washington, D.C. He also hosts the daily "LARRY" podcast for Townhall Media. A seasoned media figure, O'Connor appears regularly on Fox News and Newsmax.

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