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Brad and Hilary Scott run a family jewelry business. They sell jewelry across state lines – and that’s become a huge liability. A recent Supreme Court says they—and other businesses—have to pay sales taxes to other states, which could potentially ruin small businesses like theirs. Daniel Davis recently spoke to them at the annual meeting of the American Legislative Exchange Council in Phoenix. We also cover the following stories: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announces the House is moving forward on impeachment. Pelosi also has a heated exchange with a reporter. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell promotes the importance of religious freedom. The Daily Signal podcast is available on Ricochet, iTunes, Pippa, Google Play, or Stitcher. All of our podcasts can be found at DailySignal.com/podcasts. If you like what you hear, please leave a review. You can also leave us a message at 202-608-6205 or write us at letters@dailysignal.com. Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information

Schools are increasingly moving in a radical direction on sex-ed, LGBT activism, and more, "When we're talking ... about the transgender issues and education, you have to realize that you can bring those subjects up in any area. It can be taught in history, it can be taught during reading time," says Lydia Gutierrez, a second grade teacher, and chair of the National Education Association Conservative Educators Caucus. She wants to help parents understand how to both help their own children and how to work within the system for change. We also cover the following stories: We cover the highlights of Wednesday's House Judiciary Committee impeachment hearing. The Trump administration takes action on food stamps. The incoming Georgia senator says the "abortion on demand agenda is immoral." The Daily Signal podcast is available on Ricochet, iTunes, Pippa, Google Play, or Stitcher. All of our podcasts can be found at DailySignal.com/podcasts. If you like what you hear, please leave a review. You can also leave

Amid declining church attendance, and cultural storms, do Americans still take faith seriously? "We're a no longer deeply Christian country that is not yet post-Christian and is still heavily influenced by Christianity," says Ross Douthat, a New York Times columnist and author. We also cover the following stories: House Democrats release a new impeachment report. President Trump has a strained exchange with French President Macron. Facing charges over his use of campaign dollars, Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., pleads guilty. The Daily Signal podcast is available on Ricochet, iTunes, Pippa, Google Play, or Stitcher. All of our podcasts can be found at DailySignal.com/podcasts. If you like what you hear, please leave a review. You can also leave us a message at 202-608-6205 or write us at letters@dailysignal.com. Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“After I began to volunteer with this alderman and learn the ways of the Democratic Party … I began to question some of the narratives,” says Gianno Caldwell, author of “Taken for Granted: How Conservatism Can Win Back the Americans That Liberalism Failed.” He found himself wondering, “Why is it that although these politicians come every year during election time, why is it the conditions and the communities never get better?” That was the beginning of his journey to the right.  We also cover the following stories: ·        The Supreme Court hears the first major gun rights case in almost a decade. ·        President Trump criticizes Democrats for having impeachment hearings during a NATO event. ·        Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg says social media shouldn't censor politicians. The Daily Signal podcast is available on Ricochet, iTunes, Pippa, Google Play, or Stitcher. All of our podcasts can be found at DailySignal.com/podcasts. If you like what you hear, please leave a review. You can also leave us a messa

For the past 16 years, Herbie Newell has been the President and Executive Director of Lifeline Children’s Services, an organization that serves vulnerable children around the world. Newell shares his views on the child welfare system, how his organization approaches finding homes for kids in need and how they train and equip parents who want to adopt.  Newell also discusses Lifeline’s international outreach (un)adopted, a program that helps children right in their home country. Through powerful stories of children they have worked with, Newell explains how they are equipping children for successful futures. Whether you are looking to adopt or not, learn how you can be a part of changing the lives of vulnerable children. To learn more or be apart of their programs, go to Lifelinechild.org. Also on today's show:   We read your letters to the editor. You can leave us a message at 202-608-6205 or write to us at letters@dailysignal.com. And we share a good news story about an act of kindness at a diner that reve

What does it mean to truly be educated? Great Hearts Academies, a series of charter schools in Texas and Arizona, is focused on a classical curriculum. "We are trying to provide a form of education where our students' loves are tapped into. They begin to learn to love what is true. They are drawn to what is beautiful. They recognize that goodness is desirable and they want it for themselves," says Robert Jackson, the chief academic officer of Great Hearts Academies. The Daily Signal podcast is available on Ricochet, iTunes, Pippa, Google Play, or Stitcher. All of our podcasts can be found at DailySignal.com/podcasts. If you like what you hear, please leave a review. You can also leave us a message at 202-608-6205 or write us at letters@dailysignal.com. Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What actually happened at the first Thanksgiving? And how did our memory of it, over the centuries of American history, get tinged with a bit of “fake news”? Today we're re-playing a special Thanksgiving podcast episode. Tracy McKenzie, author of “The First Thanksgiving: What the Real Story Tells Us About Loving God and Learning from History,” joins us to discuss the holiday. The Daily Signal podcast is available on Ricochet, iTunes, Google Play, or Stitcher. All of our podcasts can be found at DailySignal.com/podcasts. If you like what you hear, please leave a review. You can also leave us a message at 202-608-6205 or write us at letters@dailysignal.com. Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Identity politics and group mentality is driving the left today, says David Limabugh, author of the new book, “Guilty By Reason of Insanity.” “You can’t watch an award show without these people obsessing on race, gender, sexual orientation,” Limbaugh says. “That’s all they care about. And that they even wrap that into their Marxist economic idea that it’s all related to oppression and oppressed and oppressor and victim and victimizer. It’s really a negative, sad way to look at the world. And yet that is what drives leftism today.” We also cover the following stories: ·        President Trump has pardoned this year’s turkeys. ·        A new study shows a surprising numbers of deaths among Americans aged 25 to 64. ·        Robert DeNiro criticizes President Trump as a “fake president.” The Daily Signal podcast is available on Ricochet, iTunes, Pippa, Google Play, or Stitcher. All of our podcasts can be found at DailySignal.com/podcasts. If you like what you hear, please leave a review. You can also leave us a m

At age 19, Kathy Grace Duncan decided she was ready to live as a man. "Before I went to kindergarten, probably ages 3 to 4, I would ride my tricycle over to get my girlfriend, pick her up. We were going to get married," she recounts. "So I knew that I wanted to be a boy and I would play like a boy." But eleven years after her gender transition, Duncan decided she was now going to live as a woman again. She joins the podcast to share what happened. We also cover the following stories: President Trump celebrated Conan, the dog instrumental in taking down a terrorist. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., isn't backing down on his calls for a look at the Bidens and Burisma. A Massachusetts town wants to let 16 and 17-year-olds vote. The Daily Signal podcast is available on Ricochet, iTunes, Pippa, Google Play, or Stitcher. All of our podcasts can be found at DailySignal.com/podcasts. If you like what you hear, please leave a review. You can also leave us a message at 202-608-6205 or write us at letters@dailysignal.

Andrew Beckwith calls the Massachusetts ROE Act what it is--infanticide. Beckwith, President of the Massachusetts Family Institute, explains why this bill would endanger women’s health and remove restrictions that would allow abortion up to, and even during, delivery. Beckwith also discusses his institute’s effort to stand against transgender legislation. And he explains a new Massachusetts law that places a counseling ban on licensed mental health professionals, stopping them from helping children feel comfortable in their own bodies. Also on today's show:   We read your letters to the editor. You can leave us a message at 202-608-6205 or write to us at letters@dailysignal.com. And we share a good news story about a young mother that Students for Life of America helped get back into college. To get involved with Students for Life of America, or learn how they can help educate you on title IX and connect you with resources, click here.    The Heritage Foundation is now accepting applicants for the spring

As impeachment hearings draw to a close, witnesses have failed to produce hard evidence of wrongdoing on the part of President Donald Trump. Heritage Senior Legal Fellow Hans von Spakovsky will join the podcast to unpack what we learned this week—and what to expect going forward. We also cover the following stories: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu indicted on charges of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust. Senate approves a stopgap bill to prevent government shutdown. House Democrats demand Trump fire top advisor Stephen Miller. The Daily Signal podcast is available on Ricochet, iTunes, Pippa, Google Play, or Stitcher. All of our podcasts can be found at DailySignal.com/podcasts. If you like what you hear, please leave a review. You can also leave us a message at 202-608-6205 or write us at letters@dailysignal.com. Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"They are searching for every haystack they can possibly find in hopes that there's a needle somewhere that they can bring forward and say, 'A-ha, we have something to impeach him,'" says Rep. Jody Hice, R-Ga. "And the American people are seeing it for what it is." Tune in for a special bonus podcast interview. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Since the beginning of November, Cody Howdeshell has been in Hong Kong, delivering first aid to the protesters. He's seen some of the violence first hand: the Hong Kong police, he says of one time, "went in and they beat these kids that were already half dead with their nightsticks and began to absolutely tear them out with no mercy, probably dislocating limbs, and shoved them against the wall and arrested them." He joins the podcast to share why the protesters want freedom and more, what he thinks will happen in the long term, and what he believes Americans should learn from Hong Kong's experience. "Nothing in communism is voluntary, and it has to be enforced with violence at the end of the day against those that would preserve their own freedom and liberty," Howdeshell says. We also cover the following stories: What happened during Ambassador Gordon Sondland's hearing. Jussie Smollet is fighting Chicago in the courts. Once again, Californians are facing power outages. The Daily Signal podcast is avail

 Health care continues to be a top issue for Americans -- but it’s not getting much attention from Congress. Rep. Greg Murphy, a urologist and House member, brings a unique perspective to the health care debate. We also cover the following stories: Why Chick-fil-A's surrender in the culture wars is so depressing. What happened during Tuesday's impeachment hearings. Colleges students protest economist Art Laffer. The Daily Signal podcast is available on Ricochet,iTunes, Pippa, Google Play, or Stitcher. All of our podcasts can be found at DailySignal.com/podcasts. If you like what you hear, please leave a review. You can also leave us a message at 202-608-6205 or write us at letters@dailysignal.com. Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Charles Mitchell, who leads the Commonwealth Foundation in Pennsylvania, is worried about children's access to charter schools in the Keystone State. "Our governor has declared war on opportunity for Pennsylvania families," Mitchell says, referring to Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf. "He's issued 11 executive orders, the plain intent of which is to put the kibosh on charter schools." We also cover the following stories: Supreme Court plaintiff Mark Janus discusses workers' rights. Two impeachment hearings will occur today. Chick-fil-a makes a notable change in its charitable giving. The Daily Signal podcast is available on Ricochet,iTunes, Pippa, Google Play, or Stitcher. All of our podcasts can be found at DailySignal.com/podcasts. If you like what you hear, please leave a review. You can also leave us a message at 202-608-6205 or write us at letters@dailysignal.com. Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Should students go straight to college after High school? Tommy Nelson, Senior Pastor of Denton Bible Church, would argue no. “Colleges now are trying to make you a living, but not a life,” he says. To combat this problem, Nelson has created GAP, a 9-month leadership program where high school graduates can learn theology, life skills, job skills, and more before attending a university. In today’s episode, Nelson discusses why he started GAP, how it operates, and how we can prepare young people to stand against the rise of secularism on college campuses. Visit https://www.dbcmedia.org/ to learn more about GAP. Also on today's show:   We read your letters to the editor. You can leave us a message at 202-608-6205 or write to us at letters@dailysignal.com. And we share a good news story of a sergeant who ran a race, saved a life, and got engaged all in one day.    The Heritage Foundation is now accepting applicant for the spring 2020 semester. Apply here! The Daily Signal podcast is available on Ricochet, Appl

"Democrats are intent on impeaching President Trump for something. It really doesn't matter to them what it is," says Heritage Foundation legal scholar Tom Jipping. He joins the podcast to explain why lawyers, not lawmakers, are doing much of the questioning, what's next for the impeachment process, and what the main takeaways are from the hearing Wednesday. We also cover the following stories: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggests President Trump's actions are worse than President Nixon's offenses. At least two people were killed in another school shooting. Pop star Ellie Goulding has backed down after demanding Salvation Army donate to an LGBT group. The Daily Signal podcast is available on Ricochet,iTunes, Pippa, Google Play, or Stitcher. All of our podcasts can be found at DailySignal.com/podcasts. If you like what you hear, please leave a review. You can also leave us a message at 202-608-6205 or write us at letters@dailysignal.com. Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info

“I consider myself a liberal. I still consider myself a feminist,” says writer Meghan Daum. But the past few years have left her shaken. “I did not feel that the new left was necessarily representing my values all the time. There was a sort of purity-policing that interestingly we used to associate with the right," she says. Between #MeToo, smugness on social media, the Covington high schooler incident, and an interest in the so-called "intellectual dark web", Daum is carving out her own political path. We also cover the following stories: What happened during the first public impeachment hearing. Hillary Clinton says Margaret Thatcher wasn't worthy of being in her new book about gutsy women. Disney is warning viewers of its older films that they may contain outdated cultural depictions. The Daily Signal podcast is available on Ricochet,iTunes, Pippa, Google Play, or Stitcher. All of our podcasts can be found at DailySignal.com/podcasts. If you like what you hear, please leave a review. You can also lea

In 2000, Al Gore won the popular vote--and lost the election. Cue a renewed interest from the left in demolishing the Electoral College. Now 15 states and the District of Columbia have joined the National Popular Vote Compact. Trent England, director of Save Our States, joins the podcast to discuss what his group is doing to increase enthusiasm for the Electoral College. We also cover the following stories: The first public impeachment hearing is today. The Supreme Court rejected a major gun case. A new study details the amount of media bias against President Trump. The Daily Signal podcast is available on Ricochet,iTunes, Pippa, Google Play, or Stitcher. All of our podcasts can be found at DailySignal.com/podcasts. If you like what you hear, please leave a review. You can also leave us a message at 202-608-6205 or write us at letters@dailysignal.com. Enjoy the show!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When she was 21 years old, Claire Culwell found out a huge secret about her past: her biological mom had tried to have an abortion when she was pregnant with Claire and her twin. While Claire's twin didn't survive, Claire did--and that revelation changed her life,."I knew that I couldn't stand for what abortion does. And so, I chose to take a stance and to speak out," she says. Plus, Dan Bartkowiak of the Pennsylvania Family Council joins the show to discuss what's going on in the Keystone State. The Daily Signal podcast is available on Ricochet,iTunes, Pippa, Google Play, or Stitcher. All of our podcasts can be found at DailySignal.com/podcasts. If you like what you hear, please leave a review. You can also leave us a message at 202-608-6205 or write us at letters@dailysignal.com. Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices