What A Day - The Endless Summer

As the summer weeks go by, and the virus rages on, the big question remains: How to go back to school in the fall.

Trump caused a minor crisis by criticizing the CDC’s recommendations on school reopenings and threatening to cut federal funding for schools that don’t reopen in person. 

The Supreme Court announced a ruling yesterday that will exempt businesses from covering birth control for employees if they have religious or moral objections. More SCOTUS decisions will come through later today. 

And in headlines: the Justice Department is moving forward with plan so to resume federal executions, Japanese theme parks ask riders not to scream, and some updates on the senior citizen Bachelor.

The Daily Signal - Author Argues African Americans Gained Ground Under Trump’s Leadership

President Donald Trump’s policies are helping minority communities across America. Today, Horace Cooper, senior fellow at the National Center for Public Policy Research and co-chairman of Project 21, joins the show to discuss his new book, "How Trump Is Making Black America Great Again: The Untold Story of Black Advancement in the Era of Trump." Cooper explains why he believes African Americans are advancing under Trump’s leadership. 


We also cover these stories:

  • The Supreme Court decides 7-2 that the Little Sisters of the Poor won’t be forced to provide abortion-inducing drugs or birth control to employees as part of the Catholic order's health care plan. 
  • The Supreme Court rules in favor of Catholic schools in a case balancing religious freedom with employment law. 
  • Alexander Vindman, a central witness in Democrats' effort to remove Trump, announces his retirement.


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Serious Inquiries Only - SIO246: That Harper’s Letter, with Eli Bosnick

A lot of prominent writers, journalists, thinkers, etc, have signed an open letter about "Cancel Culture." New dad and world's funniest podcaster Eli Bosnick is back on the show to break it down!

Here are links we discuss: brilliant New Republic Article; James Bennet Resigns as New York Times Opinion Editor; Harper's Editor Fired Over 'Sh*tty Men in Media' Story; Longtime Deadspin editor fired after controversial internal memo; Jeanine Cummins Syndrome; Pittsburgh Newspaper Bars Black Reporter From Covering Protests; UCLA Poli Sci Department Condemns Lecturer for Reading MLK's Letter from Birmingham Jail, Showing Video About Lynching; White professor investigated for quoting James Baldwin's use of N-word.

The Gist - Policing’s Big Picture

On the Gist, Karens receiving informal justice.

In the interview, Mike speaks with Barry Friedman, one of two investigators appointed by New York State Attorney General Letitia James to investigate the NYPD’s actions in protest activity. Founder of the Policing Project at NYU Law, Friedman is a legal scholar and author. In part one of the conversation, Professor Friedman discusses backend versus front end accountability within policing, the executive research forum standards and their guiding principles for use of force, as well as how to diversity police departments. Stay tuned for part two in tomorrow’s episode.

In the spiel, New York crime during Covid-19.

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Consider This from NPR - 3 Million Cases And Counting, U.S. Faces Same Problems From Beginning Of Pandemic

The U.S. Supreme Court has made it more difficult for women to get access to birth control. The opinion upheld a Trump administration rule that allows employers to use religious or moral reasons to deny birth control coverage.

The United States has more than 3 million confirmed cases of the coronavirus and is still facing the same problems from the early days of the pandemic, including a lack of PPE, slow testing and not enough contact tracing.

Doctors are using a new antigen test that is a faster way to spot people infected with the coronavirus. NPR's Rob Stein reports it's cheaper and simpler but may be less reliable.

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Man Dies In Joliet Police Custody, Whistleblower Stripped Of Badge

A Joliet police sergeant was placed on leave and stripped of police duties Monday after blowing the whistle on the death of a man held in police custody. CBS Chicago’s Dave Savini joins Reset with details of his ongoing investigation of the alleged cover-up in the death of Eric Lurry

CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: TikTok Doge Is Everything About 2020 Finance In One Story

This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com.

What’s old is new again!

What happens when you combine a mostly hibernating memecoin with the world’s most powerful (and controversial) meme platform, and throw in a new generation of daytraders that have become convinced that they can drive the price of anything up? 

The great TikTok Doge pump of 2020, of course. 

In this episode, NLW breaks down:

  • The history of Dogecoin
  • How TikTok became one of the most popular, influential, and controversial apps in the world 
  • Why the r/WallStreetBets, Davey Day Trader Global Global, and Robinhood Rally day trader movement perfectly set up this pump 
  • How #TikTokDogecoinChallenge began to trend 
  • What has happened to Dogecoin since the trend started
  • Why this all makes a weird sort of cynical sense


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Strict Scrutiny - Well Played, Sirs

*another airhorn* Leah and Melissa break down the Court's major contraception case. Welcome to Gilead!

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