TAKEN: California Took Away a Widow’s Teenage Daughter to Transition Her 

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A mother in California lost her daughter to the foster care system in 2016 after she wouldn’t support the then-14-year-old girl identifying as a boy.  “I lost my husband, but this was worse than losing my husband, because I had my rights taken away,” the mother told The Daily Signal. Years later, the daughter regrets attempting to transition, and her mother warns other parents against allowing minors to make irreversible changes to their bodies. The mother of two, whose husband had died years earlier, was accused…

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ROUNDUP: More Republican Collusion and Corruption Propping Up Spoiler Candidates

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A story from the Associated Press this week details how Republican operatives are propping up Cornel West and Jill Stein’s campaigns in key states to boost Donald Trump’s chances at the presidency. This includes gathering signatures for the candidates, representing them in court, and swindling folks into signing on to be electors.  For months, Republicans have gone all in on their national strategy to get West on the ballot in swing states to boost Donald Trump. West has continually used lawyers and MAGA consultants who have ties…

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Congress returns soon — but not for very long

When Congress returns next week after a long summer recess. It will only have 13 working days in September, before the end of the federal fiscal year. For a preview of what they’re likely to do, Bloomberg Government congressional reporter Maeve Sheehey joins the Federal Drive with Tom Temin. Interview transcript: Tom Temin When Congress returns next week after a long summer recess, it will only have 13 working days in September before the end of the federal fiscal year. For a preview of what they’re likely to do, Bloomberg…

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Trump’s Red-Pill Podcast Tour

One weirdness of listening to Donald Trump talk for any length of time is that, amid the syllable minestrone, he occasionally says something that is both intelligible and honest. One such moment came during his appearance on the popular podcast hosted by the computer scientist Lex Fridman this week. “To get the word out,” Trump said, is important in politics, and television was becoming “a little bit older and maybe less significant.” The online sphere—podcasts and forums such as Spaces, on X—has usurped its importance. “I just see that these…

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WATCH: The Tortoise and the Harris

On the latest episode of “The Tony Kinnett Cast,” we take a look at a classic fable, “The Tortoise and the Harris”—er, I mean “the Hare.” Does expending all of your electoral credibility in the first three weeks of a campaign leave you with more options, or fewer? What happens to both the election and the world stage if the bets on a powerhouse U.S. economy fracture and falter? Matt Sharp, senior counsel for the Alliance Defending Freedom, joins us to discuss the legal battles raging between red and blue…

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