The Daily Signal Podcast

Emilee Carpenter, a Christian wedding photographer, had to turn to her lawyer when asked about her religious beliefs about marriage because New York law prevents her from speaking about those beliefs in conjunction with her business.Carpenter and her lawyer, Kellie Fiedorek, sat down last week with The Daily Signal at the National Religious Broadcasters Convention in Orlando to discuss the wedding photographer's lawsuit challenging a New York law compelling her to speak in favor of same-sex weddings.

On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: The House of Representatives will vote on the debt ceiling bill this eveningUtah Republican Rep. Chris Stewart has announced he’s resigning from Congress due to his wife’s health concerns. Our colleague Mary Margaret Olohan is reporting that an athletic organization beloved by legendary Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully is condemning the Dodgers’ decision to promote an anti-Catholic group posing as transgender and queer nuns. Mary Margaret’s story: https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/05/31/athletic-org-tied-legendary-dodgers-announcer-condemns-anti-catholic-move/ Relevant LinksListen 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/podcastsSign up for The Agenda newsletter — the lowdown on top issues conservatives need to know about each week: https://www.heritage.org/agenda

A Christian former professor who almost got fired for ostensibly creating a "suicidal environment" for LGBT students in the classroom is now running an organization dedicated to helping college students maintain their faith in a hostile environment."We've moved beyond, in this country and especially at universities, free speech," Corey Miller, president and CEO of Ratio Christi, told The Daily Signal in an interview last week at the National Religious Broadcasters Convention in Orlando. "This is talking about free thought, cognitive liberty, and if you even think the wrong things, if your organization or individual members in the organization think the wrong things apart from the Gestapo viewpoint, the politically correct viewpoint, then you could be targeted."Enjoy the show!

On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Republican Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania, the chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus said on Tuesday that the debt ceiling deal brokered by President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy "fails completely." Ryan Walker of Heritage Action discusses the latest updates on the debt ceiling debate.House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Fox News this morning that he’ll move to hold FBI Director Christopher Wray in contempt if he doesn’t provide a document subpoenaed by the House Oversight and Accountability Committee.The Carter Center announced on Tuesday that the former first lady, Rosalynn Carter, has dementia. Relevant LinksListen 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/podcastsSign up for The Agenda newsletter — the lowdown on top issues conservatives need to know about each week: https://www.heritage.org/agenda

Michael Farris, founder of the Home School Legal Defense Association, warns that the Left's redefinition of words leads to totalitarianism. Farris, who also founded the Convention of States, spoke with The Daily Signal Podcast at the National Religious Broadcasters Convention, along with Convention of States President Mark Meckler.

The return to civilian life can be an extreme challenge for men and women who have served in the military, says veteran Jim Lorraine, president of America's Warrior Partnership. America's Warrior Partnership works to build relationships with veterans and provide them with the tools and support they need to succeed after their military service. The veteran organization uses a four-step plan to connect, educate, advocate, and collaborate with veterans and prevent veteran suicide. Lorraine joins the podcast today to share his own journey of adjusting back to civilian life after over 20 years of military service, and to explain how America's Warrior Partnership is working to prevent veteran suicide. Enjoy the show!

Missouri Senator Josh Hawley said parents have confirmed transgender horror stories from the St. Louis gender clinic in the wake of a shocking whistleblower report. Hawley spoke about the gender clinic probe, the debt ceiling fight, and his new book on Manhood in an interview with The Daily Signal Podcast shortly before his speech at the National Religious Broadcasters Convention in Orlando, Florida.

A “doctrine of demons” is invading Christian churches across America, twisting the Bible to advance leftist ideologies that divide people, warns a pastor and author of the book “Woke Jesus: The False Messiah Destroying Christianity.” “I think it is a doctrine of demons,” Lucas Miles, pastor of Nfluence church, tells The Daily Signal Podcast at the National Religious Broadcasters Convention in Orlando Monday. “I mean, its intention is to divide people.” He warns that “woke Christianity” or “progressive Christianity” or “the Christian Left” boils down to a false version of the faith tracing back to a Marxist sub-structure” that reframes the faith in terms of oppressors and oppressed.Enjoy the show!

On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Two House Democrats vote with Republicans to pass a resolution aimed at overturning President Joe Biden’s Student loan forgiveness plan. The Supreme Court issues a unanimous 9-0 decision. The ruling limits the power of the federal government to regulate bodies of water. Lawmakers pass a bill aimed at stopping the alarming number of fentanyl deaths happening across the country. Tennessee is sending 100 National Guard troops to the southern border. Relevant LinksListen 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/podcastsSign up for The Agenda newsletter — the lowdown on top issues conservatives need to know about each week: https://www.heritage.org/agenda