Chicago author Mikki Kendall talks about her new book and offers a critique of how modern feminism continues to fail marginalized women, and offers ideas on how that can be changed.
Pod Save America - “Trump hits the Hydroxy.”
The President takes a dangerous drug to own the libs, Ted Cruz gets in a Twitter fight with the pod, our new Change Research poll shows Joe Biden with a small lead in Michigan, and Republicans are done with helping the economy. Then Dave Weigel of the Washington Post talks to Dan about the digital strategies shaping the Biden and Trump campaigns.
Science In Action - Covid-19 vaccines
There are more than 100 different Covid-19 vaccine trials currently going on. We look at which seem to be the most promising with Helen Branswell from Stat News.
And we examine a very old idea, using antibodies from one virus – in this case Sars, to counter another virus Sars-CoV-2 , which causes Covid-19. Davide Corti from Vir Biotechnology says a version of these antibodies offers potential for both vaccination and treatment.
Race and Covid-19, there seems to be a link between ethnicity and susceptibility to the virus which can’t be easily explained away by economic factors. That's the finding from a study of nearly six million people in the US conducted by epidemiologist Chris Rentsch from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
And social distancing in ancient times, how plagues and pandemics in the past seem to have been defeated using similar behavioural adaptations to those we are current employing. Archaeologist Shadreck Chikure has seen the evidence in sites across Africa.
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SCOTUScast - Trump v. Mazars USA and Trump v. Vance – Post-Argument SCOTUScast
Three cases before the Supreme Court consider the ability of grand juries and congressional committees to subpoena the personal tax records of the President. In Trump v. Mazars USA and Trump v. Deutsche Bank, three House committees subpoenaed the President’s tax records. In Trump v. Vance, a local grand jury has subpoenaed these tax documents as well. There are several issues at play in determining if these subpoenas are valid.
The Supreme Court has also asked the parties to brief whether these congressional subpoenas are the kind of dispute between the branches that the court should avoid.
To discuss the case, we have Devin Watkins, Attorney at the Competitive Enterprise Institute.
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The Supreme Court has also asked the parties to brief whether these congressional subpoenas are the kind of dispute between the branches that the court should avoid.
To discuss the case, we have Devin Watkins, Attorney at the Competitive Enterprise Institute.
As always, the Federalist Society takes no particular legal or public policy positions. All opinions expressed are those of the speakers.
CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: ‘Dismantle the Euro to Save Europe’ Feat. Tuomas Malinen
This episode is sponsored by ErisX, The Stellar Development Foundation and Grayscale Digital Large Cap Investment Fund.
The European Union and the euro are part of the most ambitious political and economic experiment of the 21st century. The COVID-19 crisis, however, has exacerbated growing questions of political will and political legitimacy and led some to wonder if the eurozone can survive.
Tuomas Malinen is the CEO of GnS Economics, a macroeconomic advisory firm, and Adj. Professor of Economics at the University of Helsinki. In this interview, he and NLW discuss:
- Why the European debt crisis was actually a “morally corrupt bank recapitalization project”
- Why negative interest rates and quantitative easing made the European banking sector particularly weak even before the pandemic
- Why the German Constitutional Court’s battle with the European Central Bank has major implications for the entire euro system
- Why European leaders are pushing for deeper integration when citizens want more lightweight integration
- Why European nations would be more likely to support one another in bilateral arrangements rather than through forced solidarity
- Why the only way to save the European Union might be to let the euro fade away
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SCOTUScast - Maine Community Health Options v. United States – Post-Decision SCOTUScast
On April 27, 2020, the Supreme Court held by a vote of 8-1, in the case Maine Community Health Options v. United States, that The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s now-expired “Risk Corridors” statute—which set a formula for calculating payments to healthcare insurers for unexpectedly unprofitable plans during the first three years of online insurance marketplaces—created a government obligation to pay insurers the full amount of their computed losses; and the petitioners properly relied on the Tucker Act to sue for damages in the Court of Federal Claims.
The judgment reversed and remanded the case to the courts below. The opinion was written by Justice Sotomayor on April 27, 2020. Justices Thomas and Gorsuch joined the court's opinion except for Part III-C. Justice Alito filed a dissenting opinion.
To discuss the case, we have Julia Mahoney, Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law.
The judgment reversed and remanded the case to the courts below. The opinion was written by Justice Sotomayor on April 27, 2020. Justices Thomas and Gorsuch joined the court's opinion except for Part III-C. Justice Alito filed a dissenting opinion.
To discuss the case, we have Julia Mahoney, Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law.
The Goods from the Woods - “The Corona Diaries #32” with Ed Greer
Three L.A. comedians are quarantined in a podcast studio during a global pandemic. There is literally nothing to be done EXCEPT make content. These are "The Corona Diaries" and this is Episode #32. Our special guest today is comedian Ed Greer from The Nerd G.O.A.T. Podcast! Check out Ed's podcast, his YouTube show "Reboot It" and follow him on all social media @EdGreerDestroys.
Hayek Program Podcast - Peter Boettke & Alain Marciano on the James Buchanan Archives
CBS News Roundup - World News Roundup: 05/21
Worldwide COVID cases hit five million as a new report says deaths could have been prevented. Gunfire at an AZ mall. Floods cut off Michigan communities. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.
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The Intelligence from The Economist - Swimming against the currency: Turkey
A central bank struggling for independence, dwindling foreign reserves to prop up the currency and a president who just hates rates: Turkey’s economy looked shaky even before covid-19. Online dating carries on apace amid lockdowns, and it seems people are forging more emotionally intimate bonds. And the risk that humans might pass the coronavirus to their primate cousins.
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