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The news to know for Wednesday, August 21st, 2019!
Today, we're talking about President Trump's plan to possible cut taxes, his comments about a certain religion, and a mystery in Russia.
Plus: why NASA plans to go to Jupiter's moon, Facebook's newest privacy option, and a new type of wireless headphones.
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...
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Read more:
Trump Cutting Taxes?: The Hill, WSJ, Fox Business
Comments about Jews: WaPo, NYT, AP, The Jerusalem Post
Denmark Trip Cancelled: BBC, CNN
Russia Radiation: NYT, CNN, AP, The Guardian
Jupiter Moon Mission: Engadget, BBC
Facebook Browsing History: Cnet, Business Insider, The Verge
Apple Card Available: CNBC, TechCrunch
New Wireless Headphones: TechRadar, Cnet
Netflix Season Alerts: The Verge
PayScale’s College Salary Report: CNBC, PayScale, Yahoo Finance
On The Gist, if Peter Navarro wants to criticize the Wall Street Journal, he really ought to read it once in a while.
In the interview, it’s easy to condemn the CIA’s post-9/11 interrogation techniques in retrospect. But as agency alumnus Philip Mudd puts it, “boy, back then, people said ‘take out the stops, make sure it doesn’t happen again.’” He talks about the relative effectiveness of harsh interrogation techniques, and why that shouldn’t be a factor if ever American forces countenance them again (answer: the issue is a moral one). Mudd is a former deputy director at the Counterterrorism Center and the author of Black Site: The CIA in the Post-9/11 World.
In the Spiel, there isn’t all that much conservative hand-wringing over the New York Times’ special coverage of historical slavery in America… but what’s there is pretty uninspired.
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The Trump administration’s decision to withhold funds from health providers that talk about abortions has led Planned Parenthood to leave the federal program Title X and go without the millions in funds that comes with it. We talk about what that means for the organization, and women across the country and in Illinois
Plus we look at the nonprofit I Grow Chicago, and the services and a safe space they provide for the residents of Englewood and beyond.
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