EXCLUSIVE: Biden Nominee to Protect Son Hunter From Whistleblowers, Oversight Chair Says

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—President Joe Biden has nominated a former colleague of his son Hunter Biden—they worked together at a law firm representing Ukrainian energy company Burisma—to run an internal watchdog agency in his administration.  Biden tapped lawyer Hampton Dellinger on Tuesday to lead the Office of the Special Counsel, an agency that primarily investigates whistleblower complaints and misuse of federal office for partisan political ends. This move should raise concerns since it comes at a time when whistleblowers from the Internal Revenue Service and the Justice Department have…

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EXCLUSIVE: Chattanooga ‘Council Against Hate’ Relies on Far-Left Southern Poverty Law Center

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL — Tennessee’s third-largest city launched a council to oppose “hate” and “extremism” in 2018, and that council has repeatedly collaborated with the far-left Southern Poverty Law Center, which is notorious for branding mainstream conservative and Christian nonprofits “hate groups,” putting them on a “hate map” alongside the Ku Klux Klan. Then-Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke, a Democrat, launched the Council Against Hate in 2018. In doing so, he referenced a July 2015 shooting in the Tennessee city. “A city of creators will find new ways to…

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EXCLUSIVE: Majority of GOP, Independent Voters Want to End US Aid to Ukraine

A majority of Republican and independent voters oppose additional U.S. aid for Ukraine, according to new polling data released today and shared with The Daily Signal. By a margin of 54% to 29%, Republicans do not want Congress to provide funding and supply weapons to Ukraine. Among independents, opposition jumps to 56% with a mere 17% in support. Scott Rasmussen conducted the national survey of 1,000 voters from Aug. 2-3. Overall, a plurality of American voters—43% to 38%—oppose additional Ukraine aid. Voters are divided by party with 59% percent of…

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EXCLUSIVE: 217 Pages Reveal Obama Admin’s Building of Trump-Russia Narrative

Heavily redacted documents from the National Security Agency tell at least part of the story of a final-month rush by the outgoing Obama administration to torpedo the incoming presidency of Donald Trump.  The Daily Signal obtained 217 pages of documents from the NSA through a Freedom of Information Act request. The documents reveal that Obama administration officials, from Vice President Joe Biden down to several ambassadors and many officials in the Treasury and Energy departments, gained access to secret information about President-elect Trump’s incoming national security adviser, Lt. Gen. Michael…

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EXCLUSIVE: Biden Bribery Allegation Could Mean Impeachment, Republican Policy Chair Says

Impeachment is the only recourse if a government whistleblower’s allegation that President Joe Biden was part of a bribery scheme is true, said Rep. Gary Palmer, R-Ala., chairman of the Republican Policy Committee.  “You can’t prosecute a sitting president for crimes, so the only recourse—if this document exists, and we believe it does—is for the House to bring articles of impeachment,” Palmer told The Daily Signal in a phone interview Friday.  Palmer stressed that members of Congress need to see an FBI document that the unnamed whistleblower says alleges a…

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EXCLUSIVE: Medical Group Backs State AG’s Emergency Order on Transgender Interventions Amid Legal Threat

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey issued an emergency regulation Thursday restricting the use of experimental transgender interventions on minors. An organization of doctors, nurses, and health care professionals supported Bailey’s order, despite pro-transgender activist groups condemning it as based on “debunked claims” that ignore “medical evidence” and threatening a lawsuit to block it. “We absolutely support the efforts of Attorney General Bailey and his efforts to restrict transgender medical interventions,” Dr. Stanley Goldfarb, chairman of Do No Harm, told The Daily Signal in a statement Friday.…

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