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Rep. Chip Roy: Time to 'Unapologetically' Talk About America's 'Greatness' Jul 08, 2020

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In the midst of protests, riots, and attempts to tear down our nation's monuments, Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, recently took time to visit monuments across the country, stopping at Independence Hall, Fort McHenry, the Jefferson Memorial, the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial, Theodore Roosevelt Island, and the U.S. Capitol. He joins The Daily Signal Podcast to talk about why he chose to do this during one of the most turbulent times in recent American history.

Roy also discusses how he thinks America should think and respond to attacks against the country’s history and her Founding Fathers.

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Dr. Anthony Fauci isn’t confident in our nation's ability to handle the coronavirus.
New York, New Jersey and Connecticut added three more states to their mandatory quarantine list.
The president of Brazil has come down with coronavirus.

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Frederick Douglass Statue-Toppling Is About 'Creating Chaos' Jul 07, 2020

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A Frederick Douglass statue is one of the latest victims in a long string of monument defacement over the past several weeks.

On the 168th anniversary of Douglass’ famous speech, "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?,” his statue was torn from its base in Rochester, New York and significantly damaged.

The Rev. Dean Nelson, chairman of The Frederick Douglass Foundation, joins the show to discuss the statue's defacement, the significance of Douglass’ 1852 speech and what the abolitionist might say to us today were he still with us.

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The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that states can’t keep their representatives in the electoral college from ignoring voters’ wishes when they elect a president.
The Dakota Access pipeline is being shut down.
President Trump weighed in on NASCAR'S decision to ban the confederate flag.

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How Extended COVID-19 Lockdowns Pose a Serious Threat to Mental Health Jul 06, 2020

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Americans' mental and emotional health can't be ignored in the fight against COVID-19.

Dr. Elinore McCance-Katz, assistant secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services for mental health and substance use, joins the show to explain the physiological effects of extended isolation.

McCance-Katz is both an epidemiologist and a psychiatrist. That enables her to have a uniquely holistic perspective about the most effective way to protect the whole health of Americans during the pandemic.

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We also read your letters to the editor and share the words of President Ronald Reagan on July 4, 1986, as he reminded Americans of where we came from and the importance of unity to maintain our national strength.

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Gingrich Calls on Conservatives to Focus on 'Black Success,' Not 'White Guilt' Jul 02, 2020

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How will historians look back at 2020? "I think it's a decisive moment and I don't think we know yet how it's going to work out," says former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

"Once you start tearing down statues, somebody hates the next statue, the statue after that," adds Gingrich, author of "Trump and the American Future: Solving the Great Problems of Our Time." "And then you end up with a statue that was built by freed slaves as a tribute to the man who freed them, Abraham Lincoln, is now inadequate, according to people who don't have a clue what the Civil War was like, what Lincoln did, or how gigantic the change was. So you basically have barbarians."

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Seattle police are disbanding the CHOP zone.
President Trump tweets about the New York Times article that Russia is paying bounties for dead Americans in Afghanistan.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks out against China's new crackdown on Hong Kong.

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Students, Faculty Target Professor for Writing Honest History of Black Lives Matter Jul 01, 2020

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Views that part from far-left progressivism apparently aren't tolerated any longer by many colleges and universities. Bill Jacobson, founder and publisher of Legal Insurrection and professor of law, joins The Daily Signal Podcast to explain why he is being publicly shamed for writing the truth about the Black Lives Matter coalition.

Jacobson, who also directs the Securities Law Clinic at Cornell Law School, wrote a blog post in June explaining the tainted history of the Black Lives Matter movement, as well as another post about “anti-American, anti-capitalist activists” who started the movement. For this, Jacobson received a public rebuke from the dean of the law school and faces a student-led effort to boycott his class.

We also cover these stories:

Dr. Anthony Fauci delivers a stern warning that America needs to change its approach to COVID-19.
The Supreme Court issues a 5-4 win for families on school choice.
The European Union won't allow visitors from America this summer.

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Matt Schlapp Responds to Cancel Culture's Attempt to Silence Him Jun 30, 2020

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Cancel culture strikes again! Matt Schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative Union and founder of the consulting firm Cove Strategies, has received a great deal of backlash after speaking out against some of the left-wing progressive beliefs of the Black Lives Matter Coalition. Schlapp joins the podcast to discuss the dangerous road cancel culture could take America down.

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The Supreme Court ruled Monday that the president now has the authority to fire the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau chief.
The Supreme Court has struck down a Louisiana law demanding abortion providers have hospital admitting privileges.
Iran is putting out an arrest warrant for President Donald Trump and others involved in the drone strike that killed top Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani in January.

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A Young American's Take on Why Electoral College Remains Best Way to Elect President Jun 29, 2020

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The best method for electing the president of the United States, debated by the Founding Fathers, is a bone of contention generations later. Today, many call the Electoral College outdated. But Carly Terry, a new high school graduate from Nassau County, Florida, argued in an award-winning essay that the Founders settled on the Electoral College for a reason, and it remains the best way to elect the president.

Terry was awarded a $10,000 scholarship from the U.S. Constitution Scholarship Foundation for her essay as a senior in defense of the Electoral College. She and Howard Pines, a founder of the organization, join the podcast to discuss precisely why we shouldn't abandon the Electoral College.

Also on today’s show, we share your letters to the editor and a good news story about the prayer gatherings taking place around the country since the death of George Floyd.

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Hispanic Pastor Calls on Church and Government to Bridge Racial Divide Jun 26, 2020

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There is no easy answer to America’s racial and political divide. But one thing is clear, healing in America will require both the church and government leaders taking action to build bridges in our nation.

“Silence is not an option. Complacency makes us complicit,” The Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference and a member of the National Coronavirus Recovery Commission, said in a statement after the killing of George Floyd. Rodriguez joins the podcast to explain the need for a national commission to address the broken trust between the African American community and law enforcement, and the role of the church during this critical time in history.

Rodriguez also discusses some of the latest work of The Heritage Foundation's National Coronavirus Recovery Commission.

We also cover these stories:

Attorney General Bill Barr said there are about 500 open investigations looking into crimes committed in the past weeks following riots in the wake of George Floyd's death.
Texas is pumping the brakes on its reopening plan amid a spike in new coronavirus cases.
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday 7-2 that people who are seeking asylum in the United States do not have the right to have a hearing in a federal court before being deported.

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Jarrett Stepman on Past Eras of Statue-Toppling Jun 25, 2020

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Modern America is far from the only place where mobs have torn down statues. "During the French Revolution there were attacks on statues," says Jarrett Stepman, author of "The War on History." "Of course, that devolved into attacks on people." Stepman discusses France's history of statue-toppling, Lincoln's warnings on mob rule, and more.

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The D.C. Circuit Court orders the dismissal of the case against Michael Flynn.
New York and two other states put quarantine restrictions on visitors from states with a certain number of COVID-19 cases.
A Wisconsin state senator is attacked by a group by the state capitol.

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Andy Ngo Spent 5 Days in CHOP. Here’s What He Saw. Jun 24, 2020

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Andy Ngo, the editor at large for the Canada-based Post Millennial, who was badly beaten by antifa in June 2019, spent five days undercover in Seattle’s so-called Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ), also known as the Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP). It's a self-declared "autonomous” and cop-free zone.

Ngo joins the podcast to discuss what he saw, the recent shooting in CHOP, the claims that the violence has been from "a right-wing attack," and more.

We also cover these stories:

President Donald Trump plans to issue an executive order to protect statues from destruction by radical protesters.
Trump said that “autonomous zones” like the one declared in Seattle that has seen shootings and at least one death will not be tolerated in Washington, D.C.
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan announced on Monday that police will slowly return to the city's East Precinct police station. It’s located in Seattle’s Capitol Hill area dubbed CHAZ or CHOP after being taken over by protesters demanding that the police department be defunded.

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