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The pandemic hasn’t stopped the flow of migrants to the U.S.-Mexico border. But it has prompted an emergency crackdown on asylum seekers, and critics of the Trump administration say the policy is violating U.S. law.
Guest: Adolfo Flores, reporter for BuzzFeed News.
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The pandemic hasn’t stopped the flow of migrants to the U.S.-Mexico border. But it has prompted an emergency crackdown on asylum seekers, and critics of the Trump administration say the policy is violating U.S. law.
Guest: Adolfo Flores, reporter for BuzzFeed News.
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The news to know for Monday, August 24th, 2020!
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2 Gulf Coast Hurricanes: WSJ, AP, Reuters, Austin American Statesman, New Orleans Advocate, NOAA on Marco, NOAA on Laura
CA Wildfires Growing: LA Times, SF Gate, AP, NY Times, Cal Fire
Plasma Treatment Authorized: WSJ, AP, ABC News, Reuters, Axios
House Approved Postal Service Bill: AP, FOX News, Politico, Trump Tweet, The Hill
Postmaster General to Testify Again: The Hill, WaPo, CNN
RNC Preview: AP, WaPo, Politico, Variety
Kellyanne Conway Leaving White House: The Hill, NBC News, Reuters, Conway Statement
Tik Tok will Sue Trump Admin: CNBC, Engadget, CNN
Kobe Bryant Day: LA Times, Sports Illustrated, BET
BTS Breaks YouTube Record: Billboard, Variety, Engadget, YouTube
New National Zoo Panda Cub: WaPo, Reuters, FOX News, Panda Cam
Money Monday: Pandemic Back-to-School Spending: AP, CNN, CNBC, PYMNTS, NRF, Deloitte
Should climate change policy be subject to a cost-benefit analysis leading to a variety of policy choices? Or is it so critical that the only "proper" path is immediate and extreme carbon reduction, regardless of the costs and the impact of those measures on the welfare of the population? Bjorn Lomborg's new and controversial work, False Alarm: How Climate Change Panic Costs Us Trillions, Hurts the Poor, and Fails to Fix the Planet (Basic Books, 2020) leans strongly in the direction of the former. Conducting that analysis, he comes to some shocking conclusions, notably that the "optimal" mix of global warming and economic activity sees a 6 degree or so increase in global temperatures by the end of the century. Yes, shocking.
Other than some low-hanging fruit in carbon reduction through a global carbon tax, he argues that the economic math of more severe carbon reduction is challenging. Instead, Lomborg advocates more investment in poverty reduction that allows people at risk of suffering from climate change to better adapt to higher temperatures and more extreme weather. Less controversially, he supports a massive increase in green energy R&D.
Some NBN listeners will likely disagree with Lomborg's stance, perhaps with his basic cost-benefit framework and most certainly with his conclusions, but all participants in the debate should be aware of this approach.
Daniel Peris is Senior Vice President at Federated Investors in Pittsburgh. Trained as a historian of modern Russia, he is the author most recently of Getting Back to Business: Why Modern Portfolio Theory Fails Investors. You can follow him on Twitter @Back2BizBook or at http://www.strategicdividendinvestor.com
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The Republican National Convention begins tonight, predominantly featuring speakers who are Trump’s employees or blood relatives. This weekend, Trump announced that the FDA granted emergency use authorization to a blood plasma treatment for COVID-19… we discuss what that means.
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy testified to the Senate on Friday in his first appearance since the abrupt changes to USPS's operations. On Saturday, the House passed a bill that would give the postal service emergency funding. DeJoy is set to testify to the House today.
And in headlines: police shootings in Louisiana and Wisconsin, California wildfires continue with less prison labor than normal, and Tennessee’s governor makes some forms of protest a felony.
As the Republican National Convention kicks off today, it's time to take a look at what a Trump re-election might look like with longtime political commentator Bill Kristol. They discuss how the President's handling of the pandemic will play out in the campaign, if the party is forever changed by his presidency and why Bill thinks the margin of victory matters almost as much as who wins. Plus, a frank discussion of race and racism in Trump's Republican party.
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Lucas’ newly released book, “Abuse of Power: Inside the Three-Year Campaign to Impeach Donald Trump,” dives deep into the left's plot to remove the president from office and the key players involved in the partisan effort.
Lucas joins the podcast to discuss his book and how the American people should view Trump’s impeachment.
Also on today’s show, we read your letters to the editor and share a good news story about a 107-year-old woman who has beaten both the Spanish flu and COVID-19.
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This is a special extra episode of the podcast, not one of the “proper” five hundred. A book I’ve written, on the TV series The Strange World of Gurney Slade, has just become available for pre-order from Obverse Books, so to publicise that I’ve done an extra episode, on the pop music career of its star, Anthony Newley. The next normal episode will be up in a day or two. Transcript below the cut.
Erratum: In a previous version of this episode, I mentioned, in passing, my understanding that Newley was an alcoholic. This has been strongly questioned by some fans, who took offence at the suggestion, and as it was utterly irrelevant to the point I was making I have deleted those three words rather than cause further offence. (more…)