Month: July 2019

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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - How Trump Is Trying to Outsource His Border Crisis

It was all lined up just how President Trump wanted. A "safe-third-country" agreement with Guatemala was nearly complete, but over the weekend it fell apart. This is the second time the administration has tried to negotiate a safe-third-country agreement with a Central American country. Why is this the thing the Trump administration wants? And where does it leave those who are desperate and seeking asylum in America?

Guest: Jonathan Blitzer, staff writer at the New Yorker. Read his story on how the negotiations between the Trump administration and Guatemala fell apart.

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Python Bytes - #139 f”Yes!” for the f-strings

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The NewsWorthy - Rally Chant, FaceApp Challenge & The Lion King (+ Future Moon Mission) – Thursday, July 18th, 2019

The news to know for Thursday, July 18th, 2019!

Today, we're talking about a new controversial chant at last night's Trump rally, and what to know about two votes in the House.

Plus: the extreme weather coming to half the country, what to know about the app behind the FaceApp challenge, and The Lion King hits theaters.

Those stories and many more in less than 10 minutes!

Then, hang out after the news for Thing to Know Thursday's bonus interview. We're talking about sending astronauts back to the moon by 2024. We discuss what's different this time compared to 50 years ago and how it will help us reach Mars next. NASA's Emma Lehnhardt shares behind-the-scenes...

 Today's episode is brought to you by Zola.

 

Sources: 

Trump Rally: Fox News, NYT, AP

Impeachment Vote: NBC News, The Hill

Contempt Vote: CBS News, NPR, The Washington Post

El Chapo Sentence: NPR, CBS News, WSJ

Overdose Deaths Down: NYT, Reuters, Washington Post

Heat Wave: Weather Channel, AccuWeather, NBC News

FaceApp Concerns: The Verge, USA Today, Cnet

Instagram Likes Test: The Verge, TechCrunch

Prime Day Record: Cnet, TechCrunch

2nd Richest Man Alive: Quartz, Bloomberg

Lion King Premiere: Variety, LA Times

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The Gist - The EPA Is Losing Its Mandate

On The Gist, Chance the snapper. 

In the interview, former EPA head Gina McCarthy expected the Trump administration’s backwardness on climate change—but not on no-brainers like limits on power plant mercury emissions and auto industry regulation, both of which were being complied with. “They’re just obsessed with undoing everything Obama did. You can tell this with Trump. He’s still somehow campaigning against Obama.” McCarthy was the EPA’s administrator from 2013 to 2017, and now teaches at the Harvard School of Public Health. 

In the Spiel, which mythical being is Trump most like?

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The Daily Signal - #506: The True, Behind-the-Scenes Story of the Kavanaugh Confirmation

Today, we feature "Problematic Women" host Kelsey Bolar's interview with "Justice on Trial" authors Mollie Hemingway and Carrie Severino. They share how Christine Blasey Ford hid her liberal past, what life was really like for the Kavanaugh family during the hearings and how Brett Kavanaugh, who came out of Bush world, decided he was going to fight hard.

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