Month: October 2019

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - The Overstock Conspiracy

Like Amazon, eBay or multitudes of others, overstock.com is a company that allows consumers to buy goods online, often at a deep discount. The CEO, Patrick M. Byrne, resigned in August of 2019 -- and not for the usual reasons executives resign. The company wasn't closing down, and Byrne wasn't retiring to spend time with his family. So what happened? Join Ben and Matt as they explore the strange story of Patrick Byrne, the FBI, spies, honeypots and (allegedly) the Deep State.

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The Best One Yet - China vs. the NBA, Domino’s focuses on “carryout” pizza, and One Medical preps to IPO

Domino’s already fights in the Pizza Wars and Delivery Wars — now it’s focused on takeout (they prefer “carryout”) to win. A Houston Rockets’ tweet has China angry at the NBA, and now companies are getting involved. And One Medical is our Unicorn of the Day: the $1.5B tech-ish doctor chain now wants to IPO 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 - Sorry state: Kashmir on lockdown

Two months after India’s Hindu-nationalist government stripped the state of Jammu and Kashmir of its autonomy, 7m people are still in limbo. How will it end? Could America’s angrily partisan politics be explained by a rise in loneliness? We visit the Midwest to find out. And, companies are going big on “financial wellness” initiatives for their employees.
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What Next - What Next | Daily News and Analysis – America’s Top Elections Official Isn’t Happy

The Federal Election Commission was designed to prevent the parties from going rogue with overly punitive campaign finance regulations. But what’s paralyzed FEC is something less partisan, and more principled: Democrats think the government should enforce campaign spending laws. Republicans don’t.

Guest: Ellen Weintraub, Federal Election Commission Chair.

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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - America’s Top Elections Official Isn’t Happy

The Federal Election Commission was designed to prevent the parties from going rogue with overly punitive campaign finance regulations. But what’s paralyzed FEC is something less partisan, and more principled: Democrats think the government should enforce campaign spending laws. Republicans don’t.

Guest: Ellen Weintraub, Federal Election Commission Chair.

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The NewsWorthy - White House Letter, Supreme Court Split & Victoria’s Secret First – Wednesday, October 9th, 2019

The news to know for Wednesday, October 9th, 2019!

What to know today about the White House's letter to lawmakers,  the major question before the Supreme Court and why the NBA and China aren't getting along.

Plus: YouTube's milestone, a Victoria's Secret first, and who's watching you at work...

Those stories and many more in less than 10 minutes!

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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Sources:

White House Letter: WSJ, Washington Post, NYT (full letter)

Supreme Court Split: USA Today, Vox, ABC News

NBA vs. China: NYT, CNN, USA Today

October Snow Storm: Weather Channel, USA Today, AccuWeather

NorCal Power Outage: CNN

Medicare + Apple Watch: CNBC, The Verge, 9to5Mac

YouTube Surpasses Netflix: The Wrap

YouTube Political Ads: The Verge, WSJ

Google, Move the Music: Variety, Engadget

Victoria’s Secret First: E! News, USA Today, WWD

Lego Recycling: Fox Business, AP

Work Wednesday: USA Today 

 

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The Daily Signal - What You Need to Know About Trump’s Syria Move

Heritage Foundation foreign policy expert Jim Carafano weighs in on President Donald Trump’s decision to move troops around in Syria, after talking with the Turkish president. Carafano explains how this will affect the Kurds, whether it could boost ISIS, and why we’re in Syria in the first place.


We also cover these stories:

  • Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., says he’s inviting Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s lawyer, to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee about Ukraine.
  • Over half of the country is on board with starting an impeachment inquiry, according to a new poll from The Washington Post and Schar School.
  • Sexually transmitted diseases are increasing in the United States.


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