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Hunter Biden has been found guilty on all three of the felony charges he faced, but the case, according to Mike Howell, smells of "corruption."  “What's happening with Hunter [Biden] is essentially they picked the lowest level thing that didn't connect to [President] Joe [Biden], the thing they could paint in the light of addiction, the most sympathetic light, as a means to absolve him for guilt in everything else,” says Howell, executive director for the Oversight Project at The Heritage Foundation.  “What the American people really care about, what I care about, is not that Hunter [Biden] was a crackhead,” Howell, also an investigative columnist for The Daily Signal, said, but “the corruption in the federal government, that Joe Biden and his family were running an international pay-to-play influence-peddling scheme in some of the most corrupt regions of the world, to include Ukraine and the [Chinese Communist Party].” Howell joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to argue why the guilty verdict in the Hunter Bide

Description:  TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: A jury finds Hunter Biden guilty in the criminal trial concerning his purchase of a gun in 2018. The FBI suspends an employee’s clearance after the FBI sent a questionnaire about the employee’s political views.  The trial of New Jersey Democrat Sen. Bob Menendez continues.  Democrats are gearing up to attack The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025, which aims to provide the next Republican presidential administration with qualified personnel and policy solutions.  U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken calls on Hamas to accept the cease-fire deal that is currently on the table.  The vice president of Malawi dies in a plane crash, along with nine others.   Relevant Links Listen to other podcasts from The Daily Signal: https://www.dailysignal.com/podcasts/ Get daily conservative news you can trust from our Morning Bell newsletter: DailySignal.com/morningbellsubscription   Listen to more Heritage podcasts: https://www.heritage.org

The European Union may have just taken a big step to the political right, and the Biden administration should take note, Nile Gardiner says.  “I think that the Biden White House is going to be very nervous, looking at the results in Europe, because European voters have overwhelmingly turned against a lot of the left-wing dogma and agenda, not only [that] Europe leads, but the same agenda that is pursued by the Biden administration,” says Gardiner, director of the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom at The Heritage Foundation.  The European Parliament held elections Thursday through Sunday, in which millions of Europeans cast their ballots across 27 countries, and Europe’s conservatives won big.  “I would describe the election results over the weekend as nothing short of a political revolution within Europe—a firm rejection of socialist ruling elites,” says Gardiner, who prior to joining Heritage in 2002 was foreign policy researcher for former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. In response to this “po

Description:  TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Prosecution and defense attorneys deliver closing arguments in Hunter Biden’s criminal trial.  Thousands of pro-Palestine protesters gathered around the White House, and some deface statues.  LGBTQ activists hold a gay pride parade for kids.  The European Union may have just taken a big step to the political right.  The IDF rescues four Israeli Hostages from Gaza. Relevant Links https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/06/10/montgomery-county-parents-bring-babies-elementary-schoolers-kids-pride-parade/ Listen to other podcasts from The Daily Signal: https://www.dailysignal.com/podcasts/ Get daily conservative news you can trust from our Morning Bell newsletter: DailySignal.com/morningbellsubscription   Listen to more Heritage podcasts: https://www.heritage.org/podcasts Sign up for The Agenda newsletter — the lowdown on top issues conservatives need to know about each week: https://www.heritage.org/agenda Hosted on Acast. See acast.c

Nellie Bowles is an old-fashioned journalist, the type who wants to actually experience for herself the events she reports on. In her new book, "Morning After the Revolution: Dispatches from the Wrong Side of History," Bowles chronicles going to Seattle's Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, where anarchy reigned during the summer of 2020. She attends anti-racism trainings. She writes about what it was like to be a reporter for the New York Times who was trying to be a good journalist, and how she was forced to consult a "disinformation expert" to change her reporting. Bowles, a lesbian and a former Hillary Clinton booster, also chronicles her own evolution as she reports. Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Description:  TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Hunter Biden’s daughter Naomi testifies in her father’s federal gun trial.  About 272,000 jobs were added to the U.S. economy in May. President Joe Biden delivers another speech in Normandy bearing a striking resemblance to President Ronald Reagan’s 1984 Normandy speech. The Biden administration indicates a doctor after he blew the whistles on sex change procedures against monitors.  Jim Carafano reviews the 2023 film “Godzilla Minus One.”  Relevant Links https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/03/07/after-he-blew-whistle-on-gender-treatments-for-minors-federal-government-came-after-him/  Listen to other podcasts from The Daily Signal: https://www.dailysignal.com/podcasts/ Get daily conservative news you can trust from our Morning Bell newsletter: DailySignal.com/morningbellsubscription   Listen to more Heritage podcasts: https://www.heritage.org/podcasts Sign up for The Agenda newsletter — the lowdown on top issues conservatives need

Some universities are repealing and replacing their diversity, equity, and inclusion policies.  At the end of May, the University of North Carolina system voted to repeal and replace its DEI policy for a new policy that “aims to ensure efforts to support students on UNC System campuses do not infringe on academic freedom, equal opportunity, or institutional neutrality,” according to the university.  In Utah, the state recently passed legislation to halt all DEI activities in the state’s universities.  Conservatives have long raised concerns over the harmful implications of DEI programs, which Bob Woodson argues are “institutionalizing racism in the name of addressing social injustice.” Woodson, founder of the Woodson Center and author of “Red, White, and Black: Rescuing American History from Revisionists and Race Hustlers,” says “it’s insulting to black America to assume that social justice can only be achieved by changing the rules, dumbing down standards, and compromising the basic integrity. We fought in t

Description:  TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: ​​Thursday marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day.  Illegal aliens are registering to vote in the U.S. President Joe Biden says he has known Russian President Vladimir Putin “for over 40 years.” The Governor of California is proposing cutting the public safety budget as the state is struggling with a large deficit. We are still learning more about the COVID-19 vaccine. But a new report indicates a troubling trend of increased mortality rates after the widespread distribution of the vaccine.  Relevant Links Illegal Aliens Voting Report: https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/06/06/despite-liberals-hysterical-denial-aliens-are-registering-and-voting/  COVID-19 Vaccine Study: https://bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/bmjph/2/1/e000282.full.pdf  Listen to other podcasts from The Daily Signal: https://www.dailysignal.com/podcasts/ Get daily conservative news you can trust from our Morning Bell newsletter: DailySignal.com/morningbellsubscripti

The mayor of Miami has an ambitious goal—to reach a “functional zero” homeless population within his bustling city.  “We reached functional zero veteran homeless, and I realized … that we could, we should, take it a step further and get to a functional zero,” says Mayor Francis Suarez, a Republican who leads Florida’s second-biggest city. Miami is partnering with several organizations—including Hermanos de la Calle, Lotus House, and Camillus House—to meet the varied needs of the homeless and create a model that other cities could duplicate to tackle their own homelessness crises.  But Suarez says addressing homelessness extends beyond meeting the physical, mental, and emotional needs of the homeless—cities must also create an economic environment that allows all citizens to thrive.  If city leaders want to effectively address homelessness, Suarez argues, they also must consider a “broader macroeconomic reality” that plays a role in creating or alleviating the problem. To this end, the mayor says Miami’s gover

Description:  TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: The Daily Signal’s Mary Margaret Olohan hits the top of the LGBTQ category on Amazon for her book on transitioners. A 75-year-old woman is going to jail for praying at an abortion clinic. Ballot registration issues plague Nevada according to a watchdog. Biden is in swift mental decline according to lawmakers interviewed in a Wall Street Journal report. Relevant Links https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/05/10/stories-young-people-whose-bodies-were-sacrificed-altar-gender-ideology-cult/  https://nypost.com/2024/06/02/us-news/biden-admin-offers-mass-amnesty-to-migrants-as-it-quietly-terminates-350000-asylum-cases-sources/ Listen to other podcasts from The Daily Signal: https://www.dailysignal.com/podcasts/ Get daily conservative news you can trust from our Morning Bell newsletter: DailySignal.com/morningbellsubscription   Listen to more Heritage podcasts: https://www.heritage.org/podcasts Sign up for The Agenda newsletter — the lowdo

Instagram’s parent company, Meta, knew the harm the platform was inflicting on minors and did nothing to mitigate it, according to a lawsuit filed against the social media giant.  In 2023, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti filed a lawsuit against Meta Platforms Inc., calling on the company to prioritize the protection of minors. “Over about the last 15 years, the mental health of American teenagers has plummeted in anxiety, suicidality, depression, sleep deprivation—all these metrics that show something is not right,” Skrmetti told "The Daily Signal Podcast." “Not only do we have experts who say it was social media, there have been a variety of leaks from within the social media companies that indicate they knew that it was having this negative effect,” he says.  While Skrmetti says that “social media [are] not inherently bad,” and the lawsuit is not intended to micromanage platforms such as Instagram, it’s Meta’s responsibility to make its products "safe for kids.” Skrmetti joins “The Daily Signal

Description:    TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down:  President Biden issued an executive order capping asylum cases at the border. Testimony begins in the case of Biden’s son, Hunter Biden. Vermont restricts adoptions for Christian couples, lawsuit claims. Attorney General Merrick Garland was grilled by Congress. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi wins re-election.   Relevant Links https://nypost.com/2024/06/02/us-news/biden-admin-offers-mass-amnesty-to-migrants-as-it-quietly-terminates-350000-asylum-cases-sources/     Listen to other podcasts from The Daily Signal: https://www.dailysignal.com/podcasts/ Get daily conservative news you can trust from our Morning Bell newsletter: DailySignal.com/morningbellsubscription   Listen to more Heritage podcasts: https://www.heritage.org/podcasts Sign up for The Agenda newsletter — the lowdown on top issues conservatives need to know about each week: https://www.heritage.org/agenda Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informa

The Heritage Foundation founded The Daily Signal 10 years ago this week. The group filled a void in media at a time when few conservative news outlets existed. A decade later, the Washington, D.C.-based news outlet is entering a new chapter and aiming to expand its influence.  “We are so excited that with the blessing of The Heritage Foundation, The Daily Signal is now its own independent media organization,” Rob Bluey, the news outlet's president and executive editor, explains on “The Daily Signal Podcast.”  The move to become its own organization, according to Bluey, provides The Daily Signal with the opportunity to grow its team, acquire White House and congressional press credentials, and offers more editorial freedom to cover elections and campaigns.  From its inception, The Daily Signal has had a mission that aligns with The Heritage Foundation, according to Bluey, and “I think that the conservative principles that have guided Heritage will continue to guide The Daily Signal in the future, even as an in

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: President Biden’s son Hunter Biden is in court for three felony gun charges.  Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies before Congress.  A technical issue at the New York Stock Exchange led to some major fluctuations in stock prices as trades of some stocks were brought to a halt.   The New York Post breaks the news on the administration’s “mass amnesty” for illegal aliens.  Mexico elects Claudia Sheinbaum as the first female president of the nation.  Relevant Links https://nypost.com/2024/06/02/us-news/biden-admin-offers-mass-amnesty-to-migrants-as-it-quietly-terminates-350000-asylum-cases-sources/ Listen to other podcasts from The Daily Signal: https://www.dailysignal.com/podcasts/ Get daily conservative news you can trust from our Morning Bell newsletter: DailySignal.com/morningbellsubscription   Listen to more Heritage podcasts: https://www.heritage.org/podcasts Sign up f

For the past 18 years, Senate Republicans have had one leader: Mitch McConnell took the job in 2006 and has retained it ever since. But with his decision to step down from the post after November’s elections, there are three Republicans vying to replace him. One of them is Sen. Rick Scott of Florida. He was first elected to the Senate in 2018 and ran against McConnell two years ago. He’s now competing with Sens. John Cornyn of Texas and John Thune of South Dakota to win the support of his Senate Republican colleagues. The Daily Signal invited all three senators to discuss their plans, and Scott was the first to accept our request. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Legal expert explains what’s next following former President Donald Trump’s conviction.  Israel proposes a temporary ceasefire.  The United Kingdom announces a ban on puberty blockers for minors.  A Kentucky high school student gets in trouble over his comments about Christ during a graduation speech.  Why “The Spiderwick Chronicles” is a great movie choice for the family this weekend.  Relevant Links Listen to other podcasts from The Daily Signal: https://www.dailysignal.com/podcasts/ Get daily conservative news you can trust from our Morning Bell newsletter: DailySignal.com/morningbellsubscription   Listen to more Heritage podcasts: https://www.heritage.org/podcasts Sign up for The Agenda newsletter — the lowdown on top issues conservatives need to know about each week: https://www.heritage.org/agenda Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

America is facing a “high threat level” for a terrorist attack because of the crisis at the southern border, says the head of a group working to curb illegal immigration. “It does not take a lot of people to inflict an extraordinary amount of damage,” said Julie Kirchner, executive director for the Federation for American Immigration Reform, citing the 19 terrorists that carried out the attacks on 9/11.  Kirchner says more incidents are happening across America that should raise alarm bells over the threat illegal immigration poses to the safety of the nation. At the beginning of May, for example, two Jordanian illegal aliens attempted to breach a U.S. military base in Quantico, Virginia.  One of the men is reported to have crossed the southern border in April and another overstayed a student visa. The two men tried to drive onto the base “and only due to the quick thinking of some of these guards were they stopped,” Kirchner said, adding that “people need to understand what's going on, because this is a nati

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: The jury for former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial finds him guilty on all 34 counts.  The Supreme Court issues a ruling siding with the National Rifle Association. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei writes an open letter to American University students taking part in pro-Palestine protests, telling them ​​"You are standing on the right side of history.”  The economy is doing worse than experts predicted.  Relevant Links Listen to other podcasts from The Daily Signal: https://www.dailysignal.com/podcasts/ Get daily conservative news you can trust from our Morning Bell newsletter: DailySignal.com/morningbellsubscription   Listen to more Heritage podcasts: https://www.heritage.org/podcasts Sign up for The Agenda newsletter — the lowdown on top issues conservatives need to know about each week: https://www.heritage.org/agenda Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.

Unlikely alliances are forming across America as Catholics, Protestants, Orthodox Jews, classic liberals, and traditional conservatives are all troubled by a spreading political ideology that has abandoned reason, the author of a new book on the subject says. Americans are seeing a contingent on the Left that “has gone completely mad,” says Jay Richards, co-author of “Fight the Good Fight: How an Alliance of Faith and Reason Can Win the Culture War.”  “We're not dealing with a kind of Walter Mondale-John F. Kennedy liberalism of the 1960s,” he explains. “We're dealing with a radical postmodernism, and we call this 'woke ideology' because we don't have a word for it, but it really is radical, and it's all about basically destabilizing the current order.” Issues such as diversity, equity, and inclusion curriculums in schools and gender-identity ideology have “awakened” Americans across political and faith divides, says Richards, who also serves as director of the DeVos Center for Life, Religion, and Family at T

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: The Trump hush money trial has reached its conclusion Justice Alito says he won’t recuse himself in election of Jan. 6 cases Sen. J.D. Vance questions the gag order used in Trump’s trial. Rep. ELise Stefanik demands answers about why Judge Merchan keeps getting Trump-related cases. Relevant Links Listen to other podcasts from The Daily Signal: https://www.dailysignal.com/podcasts/ Get daily conservative news you can trust from our Morning Bell newsletter: DailySignal.com/morningbellsubscription   Listen to more Heritage podcasts: https://www.heritage.org/podcasts Sign up for The Agenda newsletter — the lowdown on top issues conservatives need to know about each week: https://www.heritage.org/agenda Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices