Month: August 2020

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The Daily Signal - What’s Really Going on With the US Postal Service

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has called lawmakers back early to vote on legislation centered on the U.S. Postal Service. Pelosi and the Democrats asked Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and Postal Service Board of Governors Chairman Robert Duncan to come before the House Oversight and Reform Committee on Aug. 24, fast-tracking a hearing originally set for mid-September.


What is really going on with the Postal Service? Is it true that the Postal Service is removing sorting machines to sabotage mail delivery before the November election? David Ditch, a research associate in budget and transportation issues at The Heritage Foundation who focuses on federal spending and fiscal policy, joins "The Daily Signal Podcast" to discuss.


We also cover these stories:


  • A group of Democrat and Republican lawmakers asks House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to focus on issues faced by minorities and women during the coronavirus pandemic. 
  • Texas Gov. Greg Abbott proposes legislation to prevent cities in the state from defunding their police departments. 
  • Wildfires in California are forcing hundreds of residents to evacuate and Gov. Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency. 

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The Gist - Prosecuting the Past?

On the Gist, Trump is trying to steal the mail.

In the interview, New York Times opinion columnist Michelle Goldberg is here as we keep discussing the Democratic National Convention this week. She and Mike talk about the sorts of progressive policies Biden might adopt from his primary opponents, and if a future Biden administration should follow up on the prosecutions Trump’s DOJ ignored.

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Consider This from NPR - Chaos And Confusion: The President, The Postal Service, And Voting By Mail

For months President Trump has tried to suggest voting by mail is not reliable, while 'absentee' voting is. There's no difference.

NPR's Pam Fessler reports some states are trying to make the process easier by tweaking the deadline by which ballots must be postmarked.

And reporter Frank Morris explains what's happening to hundreds of mail sorting machines that have been taken out of service at postal locations around the country.

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Big Technology Podcast - From Gezi Park to Black Lives Matter, with Zeynep Tufekci

Social media-fueled protests are a force to be reckoned with in politics today. Movements like Occupy Wall Street, the Arab Spring, and Black Lives Matter have drawn millions into the streets in protest of central authorities. But can these movements be effective in the long term? Alex sits down with the field's leading writer and researcher, Zeynep Tufekci, to talk it through.

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: S&P5 vs. S&P 500: The Real Story of the Stock Market Recovery

The S&P 500 has recovered to hit new all-time highs but how real is it, and how are leading finance minds interpreting the recovery?

This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io.

Today, NLW debuts a new format: “10 Takes in 10(ish) Minutes.” 

In this analysis, he looks at 10 takes surrounding the S&P 500’s return to positive territory on the year, including:

  • Great American comeback
  • Market disconnect and widening inequality 
  • Don’t fight the Fed
  • To the Stoolies go the spoils
  • Stock splits and SPACs
  • It’s Tech vs. everything else
  • Cantillon insiders FTW
  • A new era of global liquidity?
  • You’d have done better with gold
  • You’d have done a lot a lot better with bitcoin

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