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Russia has threatened to use nuclear weapons against Ukraine. How serious are those threats? Is the United States prepared to respond in the face of a nuclear attack? And what role do China and North Korea play in the discussion of nuclear war? “We've been hearing threat after threat, nuclear threat after nuclear threat against Ukraine,” Patty-Jane Geller, a Heritage Foundation senior policy analyst in nuclear deterrence and missile defense, says.“Is the threat likely? Probably not. I don't see how using a nuclear weapon against Ukraine would really help [Russian President Vladimir] Putin and help his war aims. The Ukrainians aren't going to surrender. But that doesn't mean that the chances that he'll use a nuclear weapon are zero, either," she says.Geller joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to explain the true threat of Russia’s nuclear arsenal, and why North Korea is testing its missile capabilities. Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Secretary Mayorkas was aware Border Patrol agents didn’t “whip” migrants before White House press briefing  President Biden issues a warning to Saudi Arabia and addresses criminal charge allegations against his son, Hunter September’s producer price index ACT scores drop to a historic low Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For Laura Allen and her family, illegal aliens crossing through their ranch is one of the “unique aspects” of living on the border, she said. The illegal aliens who cross through her ranch are “criminals, they've got criminal histories, they're not good people, and they are to be feared,” said Allen, who is not related to this reporter. The Allen ranch, located about 170 miles west of San Antonio in Val Verde County, has been in the family for over 100 years.  “It was bought in 1920 by [my husband’s] great-grandfather and the family has been actively ranching it all that time,” Allen, 54, said.  Allen, the former judge of Val Verde County, says that over the years, her husband's family has watched the situation with illegal immigration change. “Years ago, when my mother-in-law and my father-in-law built their home out here, which was in the ’50s, it was not uncommon for [illegal aliens] to come up to the house and be looking for work or looking for a meal or something like that,” Allen said. “Generally, they didn't have issues. They didn't have problems with anybody.” “Nowadays, the people that we see crossing, they don't want to come anywhere near us. They don't want to be seen, they don't want to be detected. We catch them on game cameras with big, huge backpacks that you could almost carry a person in, which we're sure are drugs,” she said, adding: “They come through in the cover of darkness and they want to get out undetected.” Allen joins "The Daily Signal Podcast" to explain the realities of life on the southern border. Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Tulsi Gabbard announces she’s leaving the Democratic Party. University of Florida students protest the school’s presidential candidate Ben Sasse. Uvalde school district superintendent announces plan to resign. Nissan sells assets in Russia to the Russian government for one Euro. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

American corporations are increasingly taking sides on political issues—and it seems they’re often embracing socialist ideas rather than the free market.That’s led former Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad and others to create the American Free Enterprise Chamber of Commerce. The group launched earlier this year to put the focus back on pro-business policies and limited government—rather than woke ideas pushed by activists on the left.Gentry Collins, CEO of the American Free Enterprise Chamber of Commerce, comes to the job after serving as the national political director at both the Republican Governors Association and the Republican National Committee. He spoke to "The Daily Signal Podcast" about the organization. A lightly edited transcript is below.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: The Mayor of New York City declares a state of emergency. Mayor Eric Adams announced Friday that there is a “humanitarian crisis” of asylum seekers in the Big Apple.  Exactly how serious is Russia’s nuclear threat right now? Accoring to President Joe Biden, it’s very serious.  Republican Congressman Jim Jordan of Ohio and Mike Johnson of Louisiana are launching a congressional inquiry into the Justice Department.  Republican Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse is reportedly retiring soon.  Kanye West says he is pro-life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mollie Hemingway, editor in chief of The Federalist, joins the “Kevin Roberts Show” to discuss the state of the conservative movement, foreign policy, the threat of the growing administrative state, and more. Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts interviews Hemingway in front of a live audience. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: DOJ charges 11 pro-life activists with violating FACE Act Michigan state board approves a $175 million tax exemption request for Chinese Communist Party-affiliated Gotion, Inc. Former police officer opens fire on a daycare in Thailand, killing at least 36 Study finds 66 clinics across 15 states stopped offering abortions 100 days after Roe reversal New York judge temporarily blocks part of a state gun law at Gun Owners of America request Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Supreme Court is back. The nine justices will be hearing several blockbuster cases this term and weighing in on everything from affirmative action to election districts, and even a case that involves Californian’s access to bacon. “Last term was certainly a very big term with big cases,” Zack Smith, Heritage Foundation legal fellow, says, adding he suspects this “term will shape up to be an equally as important term in many ways.” Smith and GianCarlo Canaparo, Heritage Foundation senior legal fellow, join the show to discuss the big Supreme Court cases to watch this term. Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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