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A group of Republican lawmakers is working to strip all DEI programs out of the government through legislation they call the Dismantle DEI Act. “This bill goes through the federal government and works to remove the officers, the programs” centered on DEI, or diversity, equity, and inclusion, Rep. Michael Cloud, R-Texas, says. Cloud and Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, along with 20 other members of Congress, introduced the Dismantle DEI Act to end the use of taxpayer money to fund programs that Cloud says are discriminatory in nature. DEI programs “make race the very first lens in which you interpret everything,” Cloud said, adding that millions in taxpayer dollars are being spent on something that “produces no value for anyone.” Cloud joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to explain how the Dismantle DEI Act would work if passed and enacted. The Texas lawmaker also discusses growing threats along the southern border and how his fellow Texans view the border crisis. Enjoy the show!

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump to face off in their first debate of the 2024 election.Lawmakers questioned a top Department of Homeland Security official on growing concerns over terrorists crossing the southern border. The Supreme Court releases its decision in a large abortion case out of Idaho. The American Academy of Pediatrics has worked “very closely” with a transgender medical activist group called the World Professional Association of Transgender Health.Republican support for same sex marriage has fallen in the past two years, according to Gallup polling. Relevant Linkshttps://dailycallernewsfoundation.org/2024/06/26/exclusive-top-pediatric-org-quietly-colluded-with-trans-ideologues-to-push-child-sex-changes-emails-show/https://news.gallup.com/poll/646202/sex-relations-marriage-supported.aspx Listen 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

Parents—not schools—should be in control of how they introduce and discuss the cultural push for radical gender ideology to their children, says Alleigh Marré, executive director of the American Parents Coalition. The Daily Signal spoke to Marré at the Road to Majority Conference of the Faith & Freedom Coalition on Friday, Marré discusses social media, the Biden administration's efforts to radically reinterpret Title IX, and defending family values with “The Daily Signal Podcast.” Enjoy!

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: The Supreme Court issues its ruling on the free speech case Murthy v Missouri. New York voters oust Far-left Squad member Jamaal Bowman.Terrorist organization ISIS helps illegal immigrants enter the US. Biden administration official Rachel Levine pressures a health organization to remove age limits for transgender surgeries on minors.The Democratic National Committee sends millions to law firms involved in the legal campaign against former President Donald Trump, Relevant Links:https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/06/26/breaking-supreme-court-strikes-injunction-preventing-government-pressuring-big-tech-suppress-free-speech/https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/06/25/squad-member-jamaal-bowman-loses-primary-race/https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/06/26/unmasked-new-docs-reveal-rachel-levine-backs-scrapping-transgender-surgery-age-limits/ Listen 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/podcasts

The 52nd anniversary of Title IX was on Sunday, but the Biden administration changed the interpret of the federal law prohibiting sex-based discrimination in federally funded education programs to allow male in female spaces. Florida Commissioner of Education Manny Diaz Jr. joins The Daily Signal Podcast to discuss how the rule change harms girls, and how states can follow Florida's lead in fighting back. Diaz is a former state legislator, as well as a teacher, administrator, and coach.

A Republican congresswoman from Texas succeeded in amending the annual National Defense Authorization Act to prevent the Pentagon from subsidizing abortions with taxpayer dollars. Rep. Beth Van Duyne's amendment to the $883.7 billion fiscal 2025 NDAA would block President Joe Biden’s Defense Department from using federal funds to reimburse abortion-related expenses. Van Duyne told The Daily Signal her amendment would roll back Biden's illegal Department of Defense travel policy issued in a memo on Oct. 20, 2022, which she said was "in clear violation of historic bipartisan norms and current law."

Long before Hamas’ horrific Oct. 7 attack on Israel, the Jewish homeland was already a flash point of controversy on college campuses and among an increasingly anti-Israel segment of younger Americans who make up Gen Z.Jeff Myers, president of Summit Ministries, had taken note of the troubling trend and embarked on a trip to Israel just about 100 days after the Oct. 7 attack to meet with Jews and Arabs, peace activists, and soldiers.He’s now written a new book, “Should Christians Support Israel? Seeking a Biblical Worldview in an Impossible Situation,” which Summit Ministries is making available for free with a donation.“Jews have a physical presence in the land of their history,” Myers said. “Whether you agree with how it happened or how they are stewarding it, this is the reality. It is also a reality that Israel is under attack from every quarter in a battle between competing worldviews. The history of Palestine, the religion of Islam, and the aims of the apocalyptic rape-and-death cult called Hamas all figure in a larger struggle for truth. This is what we urgently need to understand.”Myers spoke with The Daily Signal at the Road to Majority Policy Conference last week about why he’s dedicating his time to helping Christians understand the Israel-Palestine conflict. Listen to our conversation on today’s episode of “The Daily Signal Podcast.”

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: The Supreme Court announces that it will hear a case related to a ban on gender treatments for minors in Tennessee.Pro-abortion activists use the two year anniversary of Roe v. Wade being overturned to announce a $100 million dollar campaign aimed at bringing a federal abortion law back.  If elected again, Former President Donald Trump says he plans to establish a task force to investigate anti-Christian bias.  The Justice Department’s assistant attorney general for civil rights Kristen Clarke is hit with three ethics complaints and a criminal referral. Russia threatens the U.S. after Ukraine carried out strikes on Russian-occupied Crimea. Russia says the rockets used in the attack were U.S.-made. Relevant Links: https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/06/22/trump-vows-task-force-investigate-anti-christian-bias/Listen 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