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Deputy Police Chief Gary Brown files a whistleblower suit against City Hall, alleging he was fired for investigating the long-rumored Manoogian Mansion party. Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick denies the accusations. But while he’s on the stand, he’s asked a surprising, seemingly unrelated question — one that just might bring him down.
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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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In which a fictional pipe-smoking salesman invents a new quasi-religion for ironists, Discordians, and weirdos, and Ken believes he could have prevented the Trojan War. Certificate #31147.
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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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
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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