Month: August 2019

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The Daily Signal - #536: A New Citizen Shares Her Journey

This week, we're featuring a few top news item and then an episode of "Problematic Women." This week, Heritage Foundation scholar Romina Boccia talks about what it was like going through the citizenship process and what becoming a U.S. citizen means to her.


We also break down:

—Taylor Swift doubles down on her support for the Equality Act, calling out President Donald Trump and the White House.

—Planned Parenthood’s new ad campaign, “Bans Off My Body,” probably features your favorite band.

—The left’s politicization of billionaire philanthropist David Koch’s death.

—The College Board’s announcement that it won’t move forward with plans to include a “diversity score” with SAT testing.


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The Gist - The Mystery of Ivanka Trump

On The Gist, journalist and podcast host Lauren Ober was shocked to realize Chelsea Manning is back in jail.

In the interview, Ober talks with journalist Vanessa Grigoriadis about the new podcast Tabloid: The Making of Ivanka Trump. What’s it like to go from aspiring socialite to familial lackey? Is there any room for pity? And when is she headed for Burning Man?

In the Spiel, female political fashion.

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Cook County State’s Attorney ReadyTo Expunge Pot Records

Tens of thousands of people in Cook County have a hard time getting a job, finding housing, or moving on to become productive citizens after a conviction for a marijuana-related offense. But when weed becomes legal in Illinois on January 1, many of those convictions will be expunged. This will break down some of the barriers so that these people can better provide for themselves and their families. Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx talks about the work that her office is doing in tandem with San Francisco-based Code For America to make these expungements happen.

Plus WBEZ education reporter Sarah Karp answers some of the questions we couldn’t get to with CPS CEO Janice Jackson yesterday.

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The Best One Yet - Costco’s absurd China debut, Smucker’s peanut butter problems, and the cigarette re-merger

Costco just opened up its first physical store in China and the reaction was huge (the store had to close early). Smucker’s dropped 8% on word its peanut butter is facing price cut problems (and other nut-butters). And Altria and Philip Morris used to own the tobacco industry together, but now they may re-merge because nearly every trend is anti-cigarette. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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The Intelligence from The Economist - Ex-Seoul-mate: Japan-South Korea spat escalates

Century-old discord is never far from the surface for the two countries, but the latest flare-up risks disrupting stability in the region. We estimate how much the grounded Boeing 737 MAX plane is costing airlines, suppliers and the planemaker itself: about $4bn a quarter. In other no-fly news, Greta Thunberg, a Swedish climate activist, arrives in New York by boat. We examine data showing that she’s not the only Scandinavian with “flight shame”.
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The NewsWorthy - Abortion Law Blocked, Adversity Score & Google Maps Update – Wednesday, August 28th, 2019

The news to know for Wednesday, August 28th, 2019!

Today, we're talking about a judge blocking a new abortion law, a change to a type of SAT score, and a damaging storm heading for Puerto Rico.

Plus: we're talking about Facebook's new 'local alerts,' Google Maps new ride-sharing feature, and how you can book a flight via text.

Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you. 

Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com to read more about any of the stories mentioned under the section titled 'Episodes' or see sources below...

Today's episode is brought to you by www.Blinkist.com/news 

  

Sources:

Epstein’s Accusers: Washington Post, NYT, ABC News, CNBC

Abortion Law Blocked: NBC News, CNN, The Hill 

SAT Score Change: WSJ, NBC News

Dorian Update: CBS News Live Coverage, AP

Facebook Local Alerts: USA Today, Cnet, Local Alerts Request Form

Ninja + Adidas: The Verge, Bleacher Report, Engadget

Spirit Airlines + What’s App: CNBC, FOX Business

Google Maps Update: The Verge, Engadget

Irishman in Theaters: Hollywood Reporter, Forbes

Robot-Proof Your Job: Entrepreneur, CNN, Oxford Economics, Fox Business  

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The Daily Signal - #535: Recent Grad Details How Colleges Promote Hookup Culture

In the opening weeks of fall, a number of colleges now feature what they call “Sex Week”, a week in which risky and irresponsible sexual behaviors are encouraged and even facilitated. It’s a trend many parents will be stunned to learn about -- to unpack the phenomenon, today we’ll hear from Kara Bell.


We also cover these stories:

• Two U.S. senators say they were denied visas to travel to Russia on a congressional delegation.

• Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's office rejected $22 million in aid money to help fight wildfires in the Amazon rainforest.

• A federal judge on Tuesday blocked a recently passed Missouri law that banned abortion after 8 weeks.


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