EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a Look at How Reporters Push Transgender Ideology

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: Some media outlets have come under fire in recent years for buying into activists’ framing and talking points on so-called gender-affirming care, attempted transgender sex-change operations, hormonal interventions, and social affirmations, even for minors. Emails obtained by the organization Do No Harm, which combats gender ideology in the medical profession, provide a look at how that type of story is crafted. The organization obtained a June 15 exchange between Capital Times reporter Erin McGroarty, who specializes in “investigating disinformation” for the newspaper in Madison, Wisconsin,…

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LeVar Burton & MoveOn Drop “Read Banned Books” Exclusive Shirt for National Banned Book Week

Proceeds from the shirt, as worn by LeVar Burton, Ariana DeBose, Margaret Atwood, Maia Kobabe, W. Kamau Bell, Josh Malina, and Ann Patchett , Adina Porter, Baratunde Thurston, available at LeVarSaysRead.com will fund ongoing efforts to distribute free banned books and fight censorship. Washington, D.C. – Today MoveOn Political Action and LeVar Burton announced the release of a new original T-shirt for sale in support of their collaboration fighting book bans at the start of National Banned Book Week. The limited-edition Read Banned Books shirt features the likeness of the lifetime literacy champion LeVar Burton and is for sale here. The shirt will fund MoveOn’s Banned Bookmobile and…

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GQ on LeVar Burton’s & MoveOn’s “Read Banned Books” Exclusive Shirt for National Banned Book Week

“What they’re trying to do offends me at the root of who I am and what I’m about.” LeVar Burton, Rosario Dawson, Andy Cohen, Rita Moreno, Ariana DeBose, Margaret Atwood, Maia Kobabe, W. Kamau Bell, Amber Tamblyn, Josh Malina, Ann Patchett, Anthony Rapp, Jason Collins, Manny Fidel, Adina Porter, Franchesca Ramsey, Baratunde Thurston, Tess Gattsuto, Jessica Burbank, Akilah Hughes, Alimi Ballard, Travon Free, Piper Perabo,  Alysia Reiner, Chris Mosier, Lea Thompson, Angie Thomas, and Internet Today Washington, D.C. – As reported in GQ today, MoveOn Political Action and LeVar Burton released a new original T-shirt for sale in support of their collaboration fighting book bans for National Banned Book Week. The limited-edition Read Banned Books shirt features the likeness…

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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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