Month: November 2019

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The NewsWorthy - Officials Must Comply, Uber Loses License & Netflix Saves Theater – Tuesday, November 26th, 2019

The news to know for Tuesday, November 26th, 2019!

What to know today about a major court ruling impacting which top official must testify, newly leaked documents about China, and three major company mergers.

Plus: new airport tech could mean shorter security lines, which city is kicking out Uber, and the movie theater actually thanking Netflix...

Those stories and 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 under the section titled 'Episodes' to read more about any of the stories mentioned or see sources below...

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Sources:

Judge: “Presidents are not kings”: NYT, Washington Post, Fox News, The Hill, Politico, CBS News

Docs Detail Detention Camps: AP, BBC, NYT, ICIJ

CO2 Hits Record High: NBC News, Cnet, USA Today

Airport’s “Digital Dog Nose”: CBS News

Three Major Mergers: Bloomberg, CNBC, CNN, Axios

Mississippi Lottery Allowed: ABC News, AP

Uber vs. London: CNBC, Reuters, WSJ

Facebook Pays for Surveys: Engadget, CNet, TechCrunch

Netflix Saves Iconic Theater: The Verge, Vanity Fair

Friends in Theaters: Entertainment Weekly

 

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The City - A New Reno | S2 E6

As old Reno disappears around them, Kamy, Stephanie, and Velma all try to find their bearings. 

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Pod Save America - Iowa Episode 2: The history and the rules

In episode two of this five-part miniseries on the Iowa caucuses hosted by Tommy Vietor and produced by Pineapple Street Studios, we’ll learn how violence at the 1968 Democratic National Convention led to Iowa becoming the first contest of the campaign season. We’ll take you to a house party with undecided voters and to an actual caucus location from 2016 to explain how the process works. And we’ll watch field organizers in action and learn how they hustle to get Iowans to commit to caucus.

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The Daily Signal - For 11 Years, She Lived as a Man

At age 19, Kathy Grace Duncan decided she was ready to live as a man. "Before I went to kindergarten, probably ages 3 to 4, I would ride my tricycle over to get my girlfriend, pick her up. We were going to get married," she recounts. "So I knew that I wanted to be a boy and I would play like a boy."


But eleven years after her gender transition, Duncan decided she was now going to live as a woman again. She joins the podcast to share what happened.


We also cover the following stories:

  • President Trump celebrated Conan, the dog instrumental in taking down a terrorist.
  • Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., isn't backing down on his calls for a look at the Bidens and Burisma.
  • A Massachusetts town wants to let 16 and 17-year-olds vote.


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Opening Arguments - OA336: Warren’s Wealth Tax & a CRA for SCOTUS?

Today's episode takes a deep dive into Elizabeth Warren's wealth tax. Is it constitutional? How will the arguments shape up? Listen and find out!

We begin, however, with an interesting proposal for a "Congressional Review Act" for the Supreme Court by law professor -- and professional Supreme-Court-fixer -- Ganesh Sitaraman. Will this proposal meet with more approval than Sitaraman's previous "lottery" idea?

Then we do a deep dive into the history of taxes in this country, looking at two very old cases -- one from 1895 (Pollock v. Farmers’ Loan & Trust Co., 157 U.S. 429), and one from way back in 1796 (Hylton v. U.S.). We also cover the Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act of 1894, as well as check in on the most recent Supreme Court tax ruling from Chief Justice John Roberts, the NFIB v. Sebelius 2012 Obamacare decision.

What do we learn from all that? Well, you'll just have to give it a listen!

After all that, it's time for the answer to what some are calling the easiest #T3BE question ever about falling off a ladder. Are they right? Was Thomas? There's only one way to know for sure!

Appearances

None! If you’d like to have either of us as a guest on your show, drop us an email at openarguments@gmail.com.

Show Notes & Links

  1. Please do participate in our favorite charity event of the year, Vulgarity for Charity! To participate, just donate $50 or more to Modest Needs, and then send a copy of the receipt to vulgarityforcharity@gmail.com along with your request for a roast. You can even request that Thomas & Andrew roast the victim of your choice.
  2. You can read Prof. Sitaraman's latest article in The Atlantic suggesting a "Congressional Review Act for the Supreme Court." (We previously broke down the Congressional Review Act way back in Episode 61.)
  3. We last touched on Prof. Sitaraman's "How to Save the Supreme Court" lottery proposal somewhat less favorably in Episode 294.
  4. Head on over to Elizabeth Warren's campaign site to read her "Ultra-Millionaire Tax" proposal.
  5. Resources for tax law: Hylton v. U.S. (1796); Pollock v. Farmers’ Loan & Trust Co., 157 U.S. 429 (1895), and NFIB v. Sebelius (2012).
  6. Finally, you can check out the scholars letters submitted in support of Warren's tax plan as well as the Johnson & Dellinger law review article, "The Constitutionality of a National Wealth Tax."

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The Gist - Paving the Way to Progressive America

On The Gist, Nikki Haley.

In the interview, Mike talks to Senator Sherrod Brown about his new book Desk 88: Eight Progressive Senators Who Changed America. They talk about these forgotten figures, what people can learn from them, and the power and limits of bi-partisanship.

In the Spiel, South Carolina.

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The Nod - Why We’re Watching Watchmen

Watchmen, the new superhero drama from HBO, contains some of the sharpest and most deliberate commentary on race currently on television. This week, Eric sits down with Watchmen writer Cord Jefferson (The Good Place, Succession) to talk about how Jefferson approached crafting Watchmen's explosive sixth episode, and what makes the show so singular in its unflinching look at race in America.

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