What Next | Daily News and Analysis - Democrats Can Still Play Hardball
Senate Republicans are almost certainly going to fill Justice Ginsburg’s vacant Supreme Court seat ahead of the election. It may look like Democrats are backed into a corner but they have ways to check a SCOTUS supermajority.
Guest: Jamelle Bouie, New York Times opinion columnist
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More or Less: Behind the Stats - Covid curve queried, false positives, and the Queen?s head
A scary government graph this week showed what would happen if coronavirus cases doubled every seven days. But is that what?s happening? There?s much confusion about how many Covid test results are false positives - we explain all. Plus, do coffee and pregnancy mix? And the Queen, Mao, and Gandhi go head to head: who is on the most stamps and coins?
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NBN Book of the Day - Rachel M. Gillum, “Muslims in a Post-9/11 America” (U Michigan Press, 2018)
Muslims in a Post-9/11 America (University of Michigan Press, 2018) examines how public fears about Muslims in the United States compare with the reality of American Muslims’ attitudes on a range of relevant issues. While most research on Muslim Americans focuses on Arab Muslims, a quarter of the Muslim American population, Rachel Gillum includes perspectives of Muslims from various ethnic and national communities—from African Americans to those of Pakistani, Iranian, or Eastern European descent. Using interviews and one of the largest nationwide surveys of Muslim Americans to date, Gillum examines more than three generations of Muslim American immigrants to assess how segments of the Muslim American community are integrating into the U.S. social fabric, and how they respond to post-9/11 policy changes. Gillum’s findings challenge perceptions of Muslims as a homogeneous, isolated, un-American, and potentially violent segment of the U.S. population.
Despite these realities, negative political rhetoric around Muslim Americans persists. The findings suggest that the policies designed to keep America safe from terrorist attacks may have eroded one of law enforcement’s greatest assets in the fight against violent extremism—a relationship of trust and goodwill between the Muslim American community and the U.S. government. Gillum argues for policies and law enforcement tactics that will bring nuanced understandings of this diverse category of Americans and build trust, rather than alienate Muslim communities.
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What A Day - Naked Ballots & Afraid
America has passed the grim milestone of 200,000 deaths in the COVID-19 crisis, which was made far worse by Trump’s abjectly poor leadership. The FDA is expected to roll out new, more rigorous standards for approving the coronavirus vaccines following concerns that Trump would try to push out an unsafe drug.
As the election approaches, there have been a deluge of legal cases seeking to address how people can vote during the pandemic. We discuss legal battles in four swing states: North Carolina, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania.
And in headlines: a Black man in Wisconsin is suing police after being held at gunpoint in his own home, the Trump administration tries to re-impose UN sanctions on Iran against the UN’s will, and millions of dollars in mask fines for NFL coaches.
Show links:
"They're called 'naked ballots': Here's why they could play a pivotal role in the election"
https://www.wtae.com/article/theyre-called-naked-ballots-heres-why-they-could-play-a-pivotal-role-in-the-election/34114663#
Info & volunteer opportunities in Pennsylvania:
https://votesaveamerica.com/state/pennsylvania/
In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt - The Governor with the Secret Formula on COVID (with Governor Andy Beshear)
Andy talks to Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, a Democrat governing in a largely red state with its share of income and health challenges. Beshear lays out his simple leadership formula: kindness. They talk about how the country could be unified in a COVID-19 response and the impact of Breonna Taylor's death in Louisville. Plus, they reflect on the life and legacy of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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Check out these resources from today’s episode:
- Learn more about what Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death could mean for the Affordable Care Act: https://www.vox.com/21446256/ruth-bader-ginsburg-death-supreme-court-obamacare-case
- Click here to view the chart Andy mentions in today’s episode comparing health insurance coverage rates in Kentucky and Tennessee: https://www.kff.org/other/state-indicator/adults-19-64/?activeTab=graph¤tTimeframe=0&startTimeframe=10&selectedDistributions=uninsured&selectedRows=%7B%22states%22:%7B%22kentucky%22:%7B%7D,%22tennessee%22:%7B%7D%7D%7D&sortModel=%7B%22colId%22:%22Location%22,%22sort%22:%22asc%22%7D
- Read more about Kentucky’s efforts to enroll more and Black and Hispanic residents in Medicaid: https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/elections/kentucky/2020/08/11/state-launches-effort-get-health-coverage-black-hispanic-folks/3343542001/
- Are you hoping to vote in the 2020 election? Are you confused about how to request an absentee ballot in your state? This website can help you with that: https://www.betterknowaballot.com/
- Pre-order Andy’s book, Preventable: The Inside Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the U.S. Coronavirus Response, here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250770165
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The news to know for Wednesday, September 23rd, 2020!
We'll tell you about:
- another grim milestone in the coronavirus pandemic and what's expected to happen next
- the deal that may help the U.S. avoid a government shutdown
- why Louisville, Kentucky is declaring a state of emergency
- NASA's plan for the next moon mission
- which county was named healthiest in the country
- TIME 100 list
- a unique dating app just for pets
Those stories and more in about 10 minutes!
Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you.
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U.S. Surpasses 200,000 Covid-19 Deaths: AP, Reuters, CBS News, ABC News, WSJ, Axios, Johns Hopkins
Louisville Declares Emergency: Louisville Courier-Journal, WaPo, Reuters, AP
One Week Until Shutdown: Politico, WaPo, WSJ
Next Week’s Debate Topics: NBC News, Reuters, Politico, FOX News
Trump and China UN Speeches: BBC, NY Times, FOX News, White House
China to go Carbon Neutral: AP, Bloomberg, The Hill, United Nations
NASA Unveils Plan for 2024 Moon Mission: USA Today, BBC, CNN, NASA
Healthiest Communities in the U.S.: CNN, USA Today, US News & World Report
Time 100: Most Influential People: Time, USA Today, EW, ABC
‘Dating’ Website to Connect Pets: Fox News, NY Post, Pinder, Pet Costume Center
Work Wednesday: More Companies Address Mental Health: Forbes, Fast Company, VentureBeat, GeekWire, Microsoft
The Goods from the Woods - “The Corona Diaries #85”
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 85. Sitting in with us again today is our hilarious next door neighbor, Daniel Magden! Follow him on Twitter @MagdenDaniel and check out his podcast "Reefer Sadness". Music at the end is "Ironic" by Alanis Morissette.
