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Justin Sparks has devoted his life to public service, although he never expected to find himself representing his St. Louis community in the Missouri House of Representatives. 

After spending his entire professional career in law enforcement, the St. Louis native felt a calling from the Lord and a desire to making a bigger impact. Last November, Sparks ran for office to represent District 110, which covers western St. Louis. 

Since taking office in January, he's emerged as a leader on top conservative priorities like reducing crime and fighting radical gender ideology. Sparks, a husband and father of six, spoke to The Daily Signal about the policy debates playing out in Missouri and why he encourages other Americans to get involved. Listen to the interview on "The Daily Signal Podcast" or read a lightly edited transcript below.

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

• House Speaker Kevin McCarthy sent a letter to President Biden this morning about the debt limit
• Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee today where he faced a slew of questions about the state of the southern border. 
• The U.S. is “not just in a competition” with the Chinese Communist Party, but also “in a conflict,” a leading hawk on China and Republican senator says. 
• Our colleague Mary Margaret Olohan reports that the suspect in the stabbing Saturday of a Senate staffer in broad daylight in Northeast Washington was released from prison a scant 24 hours earlier. 

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With hundreds of thousands of Israelis taking to the streets in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem over reforms to the judicial system proposed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, what are Americans to make of it?

"Well, basically, what Netanyahu is proposing is to make the appointments of the judges less political and their powers less sweeping. The Supreme Court has been a very sort of left-leaning element in the Israeli government," says Victoria Coates, senior research fellow in international affairs and national security with the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom at The Heritage Foundation. (The Daily Signal is the news outlet of The Heritage Foundation.)

"And so, it's a reform that a number of Israelis support, but making it somewhat more controversial is the fact that the prime minister himself is under investigation for various charges of corruption and bribery," Coates says. "And so, there is a perception—which I personally don't think is true—but that there's a broad public perception that he is trying to manipulate the courts for his own legal gain."

Coates further discussed the significance of the protests.

"I think it's really remarkable, and the estimates are as many as 700,000 people were out in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem last night, and that's a country of 9 million people," Coates says. "So, you're coming up on 10% of the country is participating in this. I think it certainly demonstrates how passionately Israelis feel about their politics and about their country, and the degree to which they feel participant in this process."

Coates joins today's episode of "The Daily Signal Podcast" to discuss why Netanyahu fired Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, whether the protests could have larger ramifications for Israel and other Middle Eastern countries, and what the response has been like from the Biden administration. 

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

• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed “to pause a divisive plan to overhaul the country’s judicial system until the next parliament session,” NBC News reports.
• The Biden family is once again taking heat over its business dealings in China. 
• Patriotism, religious faith, and having children are becoming less important to Americans, according to a new Wall Street Journal-NORC poll finds.
• A leaker posted parts of the codes behind Twitter’s platform online, the New York Times first reported
• Another train carrying hazardous materials derailed over the weekend. 
• Three students and three adults died in a shooting at a Nashville elementary school today, a spokesperson for the Metro Nashville Police Department confirmed to the Tennesean. 

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In a day and age when libraries are holding drag queen story hours and pro-transgender children’s books like “I Am Jazz” and “My Princess Boy” are being pushed on kids, pro-family content is needed more than ever. 

The new book, “She Is She” by Ryan and Bethany Bomberger explores and celebrates what it means to be female.  

Bomberger joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to share the inspiration for the new book, and to discuss the importance of protecting the identity of our kids within today’s culture.

Enjoy the show!

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

• All House Democrats and five Republicans vote against the “Parents Bill of Rights.” 
• Two women testify before Congress about the genocide of  Uyghur Muslins taking place Chinese Concentration Camps.
• Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., thinks the Chinese-owned app TikTok is a “security risk” and is in favor of banning it.

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Chaya Raichik, the creator of Libs of TikTok, says she has "had to file a few police reports from threats" that she received. 

"That's really part of the reason why I was anonymous to begin with, because as I started exposing all this stuff, the Left started coming after me and their reaction is not something that I ever expected," Raichik, author of the children’s book, “No More Secrets: The Candy Cavern," says. "And then when I saw that, the backlash and the way that they just wanted to silence me in any way they can, I was like, 'I think I'm going to stay anonymous because this is actually pretty scary.'"

"But then of course, I was doxxed, so my name was shared and I couldn't really be anonymous anymore. But I think at this point, I view it as sort of a compliment," Raichik says. 

Raichik adds: 

If you're not getting attacked, whether that's in the form of death threats or just in the form of name calling, harassment, insulting, bullying, if you're not being the victim of any that on the Right, then I think you're doing something wrong.

Raichik joins today's episode of "The Daily Signal Podcast" to discuss what she thinks has contributed to her page’s success over the last two and half years, the most outrageous video she's ever seen on TikTok, and her response to people who say that she's anti-LGBTQ. 

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

• The CEO of TikTok testifies before Congress and answers lawmaker’s questions on the security of the platform. 
• Former President Donald Trump created a “false expectation” that he would be arrested on Tuesday, according to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. 
• Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul says he would not vaccinate his children, citing health risks. 
• A new Texas bill would give $8,000 to each student in an education savings account.

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An American inventor is speaking out about a law he says has significantly affected the country's ability "to lead the world in innovation and stay ahead of our adversaries."

"We're a 501(c)(4) [tax-exempt organization], and our mission is to restore to America something that has been actually just totally destroyed by Big Tech," Randy Landreneau, president of US Inventor, tells The Daily Signal. "And what that is is that if you're an inventor and you invent something really valuable, and you get a patent on it, you're supposed to have the legal ability to stop a large entity from just taking it, and that is what our patent system was created for."

Landreneau has numerous patents and owns Complete Product Development, which is "a product design and prototyping company based in Clearwater, Fla.," according to his US Inventor biography page. 

"That's what worked so well in America for 200 years, what enabled us to lead the world in innovation and stay ahead of our adversaries, etc.," Landreneau says. "And Big Tech got a law passed about 10 years ago that really drastically destroyed that. It made it virtually impossible now to stop a large entity from simply taking what you had invented and patented."

Landreneau was referring to the America Invents Act, which was passed by Congress and signed into law in 2011 by then-President Barack Obama, who at the time said the “much-needed reform will speed up the patent process so that innovators and entrepreneurs can turn a new invention into a business as quickly as possible.”

Landreneau joins "The Daily Signal Podcast" to further discuss the U.S. patent system and some of the challenges he and other U.S. inventors are facing today. 

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

• Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis thinks he would beat President Joe Biden if he ran against him in 2024. 
• Manhattan DA’s office cancels grand jury meeting
• Newsmax is back on DirecTV after the two struck a new multiyear deal. DirecTV dropped the conservative outlet back in January. 
• The CEO of Moderna, Stephane Bancel, testified before the Senate earlier today.
• Former Vice President Mike Pence called for “common sense” reforms to Social Security and Medicare

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