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TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: For the first time in 18 years, Republicans in the Senate have a new leader. President-elect Donald Trump appoints Tulsi Gabbard, Marco Rubio, Pete Hegseth, and others to cabinet.  The Department of Health and Human Services spends tens of millions of dollars annually on DEI expenses. The president of the host country of the 2024 U.N. climate change conference defends fossil fuels. A federal judge temporarily halts a Louisiana law requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom  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

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: President-elect Donald Trump started announcing his administration.  Protesters gathered over the weekend in Washington, D.C., Pittsburgh, New York City, Portland, and Seattle.  Six of America’s largest companies have executives on the boards of hospitals that perform child sex-change procedures. . Judge Juan Merchan paused all deadlines in President-elect Donald Trump’s New York case. MSNBC has seen a sharp 54% drop in primetime viewership since Donald Trump won the election. 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

President-elect Donald Trump won 46% of the Hispanic vote in the 2024 presidential election, a record for any Republican presidential candidate in recent history, according to Reuters. Trump did not have success with Hispanic voters because of “anything conservatives did,” but rather “things that the Left has done,” according to Mike Gonzalez, author of “A Race for the Future: How Conservatives Can Break the Liberal Monopoly on Hispanic Americans.”  The “Left has actually done 95% of it of the work” of driving Hispanics to the Republican Party “by going crazy, completely crazy over woke issues that are completely rejected by Hispanics,” he said.  Gonzalez, who serves as a senior fellow at The Heritage Foundation, joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss the central issues that drove Hispanic voters across the aisle to Trump.

In this special Saturday edition, former White House press secretary Sean Spicer and The Daily Signal's Rob Bluey discuss the evolving media landscape, particularly the rise of independent media outlets and their impact on legacy media. Spicer reflects on his experiences as White House press secretary and the importance of adapting communication strategies in the current political climate. He emphasizes the need for the upcoming Trump administration to recognize the significance of independent media and to hire strategically to have an effective communications operation. And he shares insights from his own journey into independent media and the unique perspective he brings to political analysis. Key Takeaways: Independent media is becoming increasingly influential in politics. Trump's media strategy signals a shift away from legacy media. The trust in media is at an all-time low. Spicer's independent journey allows for more authentic communication. The importance of hiring strategically in the White House communications team. Long-form podcasts are a growing medium for political discourse. The media's bias affects public perception and trust. Spicer emphasizes the need for transparency in media. Engaging with independent media can enhance communication strategies. The future of media will likely involve more direct audience engagement. Learn More: The Sean Spicer Show SeanSpicer.com Election 2024 Coverage w/Sean Spicer Keywords: independent media, Trump, legacy media, Sean Spicer, election 2024, media trust crisis, communication strategies, political analysis, podcasting, media landscape

Top News for Friday, Nov. 8, 2024.    On today’s show, we cover these stories making news:    Susie Wiles will serve as the next White House chief of staff after successfully guiding President-elect Donald Trump’s winning campaign. Trump tapped Wiles for the job Thursday, making her the first woman in history to hold that role.   While the dust is still settling from the 2024 election, Senate Republicans are tasked with choosing who will lead them in their new majority. Republican Mitch McConnell of Kentucky is stepping down from his leadership job after 18 years.  Democrats are having a hard time coping with Vice President Kamala Harris’ defeat. That’s particularly true in Washington, D.C., where she won over 92% of the vote. The Daily Signal’s Elizabeth Mitchell and Tim Kennedy hit the streets of D.C. to talk with locals about the loss.    Coming tomorrow: An interview with former White House press secretary Sean Spicer on the media’s role in the 2024 election.    Make “The Daily Signal Podcast” your trusted source for the news. Subscribe today on your favorite podcast platform and never miss an episode.

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Biden delivers remarks to the American people following his vice president’s election defeat.  Donald Trump’s victory is due in part to his strong performance among Latino voters. How is the corporate media responding to such a significant victory for Trump?  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

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Former President Donald Trump officially wins the 2024 presidential election.  Republicans take control of the Senate and are projected to win the House.  Kamala Harris concedes.  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

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: It’s election night, and Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump neck and neck in the polls.  Police board up DC ahead of potential violence in the aftermath of the election.  New York Times tech staffers went on strike this week and remain on strike on this Election Day Tuesday.  Several left-wing district attorneys could soon find themselves out of a job. Elon Musk warns that if Kamala Harris wins the presidential election, she might shut down X. 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

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Donald Trump and Kamala Harris make their final appeals to voters.  The Harris campaign is in trouble with the Federal Communications Commission over her SNL appearance.  Trump faces backlash after a remark he made in Lititz, Pennsylvania about the “fake news.” 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

It’s not the people flooding across the southern border affecting Arizonans, but rather what some of the illegal immigrants carry with them.    Illegal aliens don’t stay in his state, according to Pinal County, Arizona Sheriff Mark Lamb. Instead, they travel to “California, Massachusetts, New York, Chicago, Iowa, Alabama,” the sheriff rattles off. “But what we are feeling is, just like every state and every American family, we're feeling the effects of fentanyl,” he said.    An estimated 74,702 people died from fentanyl poisoning in America in 2023, a slight decline from the 76,226 fentanyl related deaths in 2022, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.    Lamb argues that the fentanyl crisis should be discussed more in the news and during the 2024 presidential election but is not because “to talk about it would mean you'd have to accept responsibility to it, and to accept the responsibility would cost you an election.”    The Harris campaign did not respond to The Daily Signal’s request for comment.    The sheriff joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss what to expect on election night in Arizona, one of seven swing states, and the role the border crisis is playing the way Americans are voting this election.

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: The corporate media claims former President Donald Trump suggested during a campaign event that Liz Cheney should have guns "trained on her face."  Mark Cuban is a businessman and a vocal Harris supporter. During an interview on ABC’s “The View,” Cuban claimed Trump never has inteligent women around him.  In October, the U.S. economy added 12,000 jobs. But Dow Jones has estimated 100,000 jobs would be added in October. Relevant Links https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2024/10/31/rip-jazz-shaw-1959-2024-n3796530#google_vignette 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

Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Mich., said he has seen a political shift in the swing state of Michigan. “It's interesting to see how Michigan has just grown in importance, and as a crossroads,” Huizenga told The Daily Signal, “quite literally the road to the White House, the road to the Senate [Republican] majority, and the road to our own majority in the House of Representatives, I think runs right through Michigan.”

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Pollster Frank Luntz says Biden’s ‘garbage’ comment might damage Harris’ campaign.  Trump says he will “protect the women whether they like it or not.” Multiple concerns over voter fraud are being raised less than a week before the election.  Relevant Links https://justthenews.com/accountability/whistleblowers/retribution-irs-agent-who-blew-whistle-biden-family-given-ultimatum 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

Russia and North Korea have a long history of partnership, but it is unclear if the relationship “is a true alliance or more a marriage of convenience,” according to Bruce Klingner, a senior research fellow in the Asian Studies Center at The Heritage Foundation.   “The longer it goes on, it seems a bit more of an alliance,” Klingner says. “The two leaders, [Vladimir] Putin and Kim [Jong Un], signed a strategic partnership agreement earlier this year where they pledged to help defend each other, and Putin has sort of cited that as a reason for justifying North Korean troops being there because they're defending Russia against attacks by not only Ukraine, but he claims NATO,” Klingner explains.  The Pentagon announced Monday that North Korea has sent about 10,000 troops to Russia to aid in Russia’s fight against Ukraine.  In exchange for troops, Klingner says North Korea is receiving “funding, getting cash, both direct and indirectly, likely food deliveries, fuel deliveries, and what is particularly worrisome is concerns that it may also be getting military technology.”  Klingner joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss the relationship between Russia and North Korea and what the two countries' latest partnership means for the war in Ukraine.

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Kamala Harris makes her closing argument on the National Mall Tuesday. Biden calls Trump supporters “garbage” on Tuesday.  Sen. JD Vance tells The Daily Signal transgender medical interventions for minors are “crazy” at a rally in Holland, Michigan, on Tuesday.  Muslim Americans in Dearborn, Michigan, say they are unsure how they will cast their vote. The Supreme Court grants an emergency stay allowing Virginia to keep illegal aliens off the voter rolls. 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

It’s a race to 270. With just six days until the 2024 presidential election, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are seeking to motivate voters in key swing states across the nation in hopes of picking up enough support to earn 270 electoral votes and claim victory.  Trump will speak to voters Wednesday afternoon in North Carolina’s 1st District, a region that is anticipated to determine which candidates win the state’s 16 electoral votes. Harris will only be an hour away, holding a rally in Raleigh, North Carolina.  In addition to North Carolina, states to watch on election night include Pennsylvania, Arizona, Nevada, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Georgia. And Heritage Action for America Executive Vice President Ryan Walker argues that Harris should not count on winning Virginia, despite the fact that President Joe Biden easily carried the state in 2020. The razor-thin margins in the swing states indicate that it may take several days for the American people to know who their next president will be, and some states, like Nevada, pose a unique challenge to determining a winner.  On Monday, the Nevada Supreme Court affirmed a lower court decision that mail-in ballots with no postmark can be received and counted until three days after the election.  There is, however, a chance the winner will be known on election night, according to Walker. "I think that the energy and enthusiasm gap is such this year that we'll know a significant amount of information going into Election Day," Walker said. "And if we can extrapolate those numbers and compare them to Election Day results in previous years or get some initial data on exit polling, there is a chance that the winner could be declared on election night despite some of these states having late arrival votes that they're still counting." Walker joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss the key issues on the minds of voters this election, and to predict when the presidential election will be called.

Top News for Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024.    On today’s show, we cover these stories making news:    Former President Donald Trump held a press conference at Mar-a-Lago today, where he offered a "pre-rebuttal" to Vice President Kamala Harris' planned speech in Washington, D.C., tonight.   The Washington Post is receiving backlash for its decision to not endorse any candidate for president this cycle.  Steve Bannon walked out of federal prison in Danbury, Connecticut, today. The former Trump advisor served a four-month sentence for defying a subpoena in the congressional investigation into the Jan. 6 protest at the U.S. Capitol.  Steve Bannon walked out of federal prison in Danbury, Connecticut, today. The former Trump advisor served a four-month sentence for defying a subpoena in the congressional investigation into the Jan. 6 protest at the U.S. Capitol. Coming tomorrow: An interview with Ryan Walker, executive vice president of Heritage Action for America.    Make “The Daily Signal Podcast” your trusted source for the news. Subscribe today on your favorite podcast platform and never miss an episode.

Podcast host for The Daily Wire and bestselling author Andrew Klavan's newest mystery novel examines American culture without being a political book. "I've sort of taken the issues out so that I'm not lecturing people on what I think, how I think they should vote, or what I think they should think, and just describing the anger, the division, the ideological capture that's taking place," Klavan tells The Daily Signal.

Top News for Monday, Oct. 28, 2024.    On today’s show, we cover these stories making news:    Donald Trump draws thousands of supporters to Madison Square Garden in New York ahead of campaign stops in Georgia and Pennsylvania. The event featured appearances by Hulk Hogan and Melania Trump.  EXCLUSIVE: FBI Special Agent Clarke G. Burns, who investigated Jan. 6 cases, donated over $7,000 to Democrat candidates and causes, including Biden's 2020 campaign and the anti-Trump Lincoln Project.  The Wall Street Journal reports on left-wing activists preparing for potential unrest in the event of a Trump victory, including organizing women's safety teams and stockpiling abortion medication.    Plus, a couple of quick hits:  Sen. Marco Rubio is questioning the NIH about potentially concealing puberty blocker study results.  Washington Post staff and readers react to Jeff Bezos' decision to not make a presidential endorsement this year.    Coming tomorrow: An interview with Daily Wire podcast host and bestselling author Andrew Klavan about his new book, "A Woman Underground."    Make “The Daily Signal Podcast” your trusted source for the news. Subscribe today on your favorite podcast platform and never miss an episode.

Pollster Scott Rasmussen of RMG Research breaks down the latest polling data eight days before the 2024 presidential election. He explains why former President Donald Trump currently has an edge over Vice President Kamala Harris, analyzes crucial swing states including Pennsylvania and North Carolina, and explains the growing diploma divide in American politics. Rasmussen also reveals surprising insights about elite voters' views, emerging campaign issues, and potential election day wildcards. A must-watch for understanding the state of the presidential race and key Senate battlegrounds. Key topics: Current state of presidential and Senate races Analysis of must-win states Impact of economic concerns on voting The growing education divide in American politics Voter trust in election outcomes Potential October surprises