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• Secretary of Defense Austin visits Israel to pressure them to scale down ground military operations.
• IDF announces massive military tunnel in Gaza.
• The Vatican makes a declaration on blessing gay couples.
• The Blackrock investment first faces a new lawsuit over ESG investment practices.
• Harvard scrubs DEI website.

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A Pennsylvania Moms for Liberty leader will file defamation lawsuits to restore her good name after she was falsely accused of harassment in what she calls an orchestrated smear campaign.

Nicole Marie Prussman, chairwoman of the Monroe County, Pennsylvania, chapter of the parental rights group, received a citation for harassment in April, after news reports of the charge came out in March.

Although a magistrate court judge initially found Prussman guilty without a proper fair trial, the case was dismissed on appeal when the state ruled that Prussman's accuser failed to corroborate her alleged evidence.

Yet the news outlets that reported the charges against Prussman have not reported her acquittal. Now, the Coalition for Liberty, a nonprofit dedicated to combating cancel culture, will represent her in court as she goes on the offensive. The Coalition for Liberty has not clarified which individuals or entities it plans to sue on Prussman's behalf, but it has vowed to bring litigation against anyone who broke the law in defaming her.

Prussman became the target of "a very organized hit job by a group called Stop Moms for Liberty," Doug Turpin, president and board chair of Coalition for Liberty, told "The Daily Signal Podcast." "They planned this. You can even see online how they were getting their members to plot to file harassment charges against Moms for Liberty all across the country. This was a deliberate attempt to cancel Nicole [Prussman] simply because she was speaking out on behalf of children because of inappropriate and highly sexual content."

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TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down:

• Rep. Elise Stefanik launches a probe into a D.C. judge. 
• The Biden administration issues a directive for federal employees to travel green
• Border Patrol issues a warning about explosive devices found at the southern border.
• Former First Lady Melania Trump speaks about her experience as an immigrant to the U.S.

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History and civics education in America is languishing. A troubling number of Americans can't even pass a U.S. citizenship test. 

Pioneer Institute's recent poll findings on the topic are "pretty sobering,” explains Chris Sinacola, the organization's director of communications and media relations. 

The Pioneer Institute, a think tank based in Massachusetts, offers solutions for how schools and educators can ignite a passion for American history and solve the civics crisis facing the country in a new book, “Restoring the City on a Hill: U.S. History & Civics in America's Schools.” 

In Pioneer's poll, Massachusetts residents were asked questions drawn from the citizenship test. 

The questions were about “things that new citizens, or aspiring U.S. citizens, need to know and they need to get 60% to pass,” Sinacola says, adding that “the average score among our citizens was 63%."

"So you can say, 'Yay, we passed, we can all remain citizens,'” he says, but it is a bit of an “indictment” when some Americans don’t know how long a U.S. senator's term is or even how many members the Senate has.

“It's a bit of a warning sign,” Sinacola says. 

Sinacola joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss America’s social studies crisis and how to correct the the course. 

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TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down:

• The House passes the annual NDAA.
• McConnell blasts Harvard’s Gay, condemns “moral rot” in universities.
• House officially condemns university presidents’ antisemitism testimony.
• Teacher’s lawsuit on pronouns moves forward.
• Boston Mayor defends holiday party invitation that excludes whites.

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David Newman sent a text to a friend the morning of Oct. 7. Something terrible had happened. Word quickly spread among Newman’s group of friends, who had known each other since high school.

Newman had traveled to the music festival close to the border of Gaza on Friday night. It was supposed to be a fun weekend with his girlfriend “celebrating life,” something Newman was very good at and loved to do, according to friend Gidon Hazony. 

Hazony later learned that Hamas had murdered Newman, 25, on Oct. 7, but not before saving nearly 300 lives, including the life of his girlfriend. 

Newman’s actions that day, and the atrocities Hazony and so many in Israel witnessed on Oct. 7, led Hazony, David Gani, and several of their friends to quit their jobs and start a nonprofit called Soldiers Saves Lives. The organization is working to collect tactical and humanitarian aid for Israel Defense Forces. 

According to the group’s website, they have supplied more than 20 “IDF units and civilian response teams with protective and self-defense gear.”

Gani, who serves as board chair and CFO/CTO of Soldiers Save Lives, and Hazony, president of the organization, recently traveled to Washington D.C. to raise support and awareness for their mission to provide IDF soldiers with needed supplies. They join the podcast today to explain how to partner with them, and to honor the legacy Newman leaves behind. 

Learn more about Soldiers Save Lives here: https://www.soldierssavelives.org/

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TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down:

• Hunter Biden failed to speak at a closed-door House hearing, but made a speech instead
• The Supreme Court took up another abortion case
• The Supreme Court is also looking into a Jan. 6 case that could affect Trump

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White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre doesn’t often call on James Rosen to ask questions at her briefings. But when Newsmax’s chief White House correspondent gets an opportunity, he makes the most of it.

 

“If you can do it well, you can make news,” Rosen explained to “The Daily Signal Podcast.”

 

The veteran reporter, who got his start in local news before becoming a national correspondent, has covered his share of Washington, D.C., press conferences—from the State Department to Congress and now the White House.

 

Just days before Thanksgiving, on Nov. 20, Rosen was pleasantly surprised that Jean-Pierre called his name.

 

“I might regret it, but go ahead,” she told him.

 

Rosen proceeded to ask about President Joe Biden’s “dismal job approval ratings.” Jean-Pierre’s answer surprised members of the White House press corps, Rosen said, because she admitted that “we’re not going to change the minds of Americans.”

 

The Daily Signal Executive Editor Rob Bluey asked Rosen about that exchange and other topics on this episode of “The Daily Signal Podcast.”

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TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down:

• Speaker of the House Mike Johsnon speaks about advancing Biden impeachment inquiry. 
• Harvard University decides to retain Gay as president
• Zelensky makes stop in DC to make plea for aid
• Florida school punished for allowing male to play in female sports
• The last Republican debate before Iowa may be canceled

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No generation struggles with mental health more than Generation Z, those born between 1997 and 2012. 

Only 41% of Gen Z respondents said they're "thriving" in a Gallup and Walton Family Foundation poll released earlier this year and reported by CNN, but 60% of millennials surveyed said they were thriving when asked at the same age.

When questioned about their mental health and well-being, only 20 in every 100 Gen Zers say it is excellent. 

Clinical psychologist Chloe Carmichael says Gen Zers' mental health issues likely stem from multiple factors, such as “false social standards that social media creates [and] the stifling of free speech."

About the latter, Carmichael says that "as a clinical psychologist, I believe freedom of expression and being able to verbalize your thoughts is really good for your mental health.” 

The psychologist also points to “a decline in religiosity” among the young generation as a reason for growing depression and anxiety, as well as the extended period of social distancing and isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Carmichael joins this episode of “The Daily Signal Podcast” to explain the factors that led to today's mental health crisis and what can be done to address such underlying causes. 

And with Christmas around the corner, Carmichael also offers some tips and tricks for how we all can navigate family and challenging relational dynamics over the holidays.  

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