What A Day - Performance Enhancing Debates

Tonight is the first of three debates between Democratic nominee Joe Biden and President Trump. The debate will cover six major topics, which include the economy, the pandemic, and the integrity of the election, but notably, not the environment. We discuss what else to expect and how this debate could affect the election. 

Reports have revealed a strategy that the Trump campaigned allegedly used in 2016 to suppress Black voters by convincing them not to vote. The campaign sorted 3.5 million Black Americans into a category labelled “deterrence,” then targeted them with Facebook videos meant to cause cynicism and disaffection. 

And in headlines: the global coronavirus death toll passes 1 million, Uber wins back its license to operate in London, and a small village in Romania re-elects their deceased mayor.

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"Revealed: Trump campaign strategy to deter millions of Black Americans from voting in 2016"

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Short Wave - Fueled By Climate Change, Hurricanes Are Causing Industrial Accidents. Who’s Liable?

Fueled by climate change, hurricanes are becoming stronger and more frequent. Those storms have repeatedly led to spills and fires at chemical manufacturing plants along the Gulf Coast.

But can companies — and the people who work for them — be held responsible or even sent to prison for failing to adequately prepare for climate change?

NPR's Rebecca Hersher reported on that question, which is at the center of a recent lawsuit.

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The NewsWorthy - First Presidential Debate, Hospital Chain Cyberattack & Iconic Mansion on Airbnb- Tuesday, September 29th, 2020

The news to know for Tuesday, September 29th, 2020!

We have updates about:

  • tonight's first presidential debate between President Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden
  • major outages including one that impacted 911 in several states
  • what may have been the largest cyberattack on a U.S. hospital chain
  • new evidence of possible water on Mars
  • CDC guidance for the fall holidays
  • a mansion from a famous TV show becoming available on Airbnb

Those stories and more in just 10 minutes!

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First Presidential Debate Tonight: AP, NY Times, Reuters, Time

Massive 911 Outage Reported: The Hill, FOX News, Newsweek

Hospital Chain Cyberattack: NBC News, USA Today, TechCrunch, UHS

Microsoft 365 Outage: Reuters, CNN, Microsoft Tweet

Global COVID-19 Deaths Top 1 Million: Johns Hopkins, WSJ, BBC, Axios, CNBC

Tests for Low-Income Countries: AP, The Week, The Hill, WHO

Northern CA Wildfires: AP, Reuters, USA Today, NBC News, Axios, Cal Fire, NIFC.gov, Red Flag Warning, Red Cross Donations

Water Found on Mars: NBC News, AP, Full Report, Space.com

CDC Halloween Guidelines: USA Today, NPR, CBS News, CDC

CDC Recommends Virtual Thanksgivings: CBS News, FOX News, NY Post, CDC

Tampa Bay Lightning Wins Stanley Cup: AP, CBS Sports, FOX News, NHL

‘Fresh Prince’ Mansion on Airbnb: Forbes, Deadline, Variety, Airbnb Listing, Will Smith

The Daily Signal - Why House Republicans, and Maybe Some Democrats, Want to Remove Speaker Nancy Pelosi

Conservatives who make up the House Freedom Caucus last week forced a meeting of the House's entire Republican conference to discuss a motion "to vacate the chair," which is a push to force Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., to step down.


The Freedom Caucus has worked on this effort to remove Pelosi since July. What was the deciding factor in going ahead now? How does the motion to vacate work, especially given the House's Democrat majority? Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., chairman of the Freedom Caucus, joins The Daily Signal Podcast to discuss.


We also cover these stories:

  • The New York Times publishes an article detailing President’s Trump's income tax returns. 
  •  Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham says that confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett will begin Oct. 12. 
  • Chris Wallace, host of “Fox News Sunday,” will moderate tonight's first presidential debate tonight, but doesn't plan to fact-check either Donald Trump or Joe Biden. 



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The Stack Overflow Podcast - Chris Anderson on drones, driverless cars, and creating communities around code

Chris is the author of the New York Times bestselling books The Long Tail and Free as well as Makers: The New Industrial Revolution.

He is lso the CEO of 3DR, founder of the Linux Foundation's Dronecode Project, and founder of the DIY Drones and DIY Robocars communities, including the ArduPilot autopilot project.

Not surprisingly, he also created something called GeekDad.

If you want to get involved, you can learn how to build your own Donkey Car racer here.

No Compromise - Building The Kingdom Of God

In Episode 4: The Dorr brothers have become known for their network of ultra pro-gun Facebook groups. But their family name has also been connected to an extreme religious movement that has sought to eliminate public education, outlaw homosexuality and replace all laws with rules from the Old Testament. Lisa and Chris dig into the roots of the Dorr family to learn more.

Read Me a Poem - “Burnt Norton” by T. S. Eliot

 Amanda Holmes reads “Burnt Norton,” the first of T. S. Eliot’s Four Quartets. Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman.


This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch.



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Opening Arguments - OA425: ‘The Election That Could Break America’ ???

Let's talk about that Atlantic article that has really been scaring people. Andrew brings us his signature deep-dive, and why he's slightly optimistic that the fears in the article won't ultimately be borne out.

Up first, we preview a topic for another time, this really interesting lawsuit against Facebook regarding the Rittenhouse shootings.

Links: Trump will see what happens, Presidential Emergency Action Documents, OA370: Can Trump Cancel the Election? and Other COVID-19 Questions!, 19-465 Chiafalo v. Washington (07-06-2020), Faithless Elector State Laws, Trump’s Upcoming Refusal to Leave Office: The Good News, Trump’s Upcoming Refusal to Leave Office: The Very Bad News, Vox Will Trump leave office if defeated?, law review: preparing for a disputed election, 3 U.S. Code § 2 - Failure to make choice on prescribed day, 3 U.S. Code § 5 - Determination of controversy as to appointment of electors, 3 US Code § 15 - Counting electoral votes in Congress, Atlantic The Terrifying Inadequacy of American Election Law, Bush v. Gore.

Chapo Trap House - 458 – Too Fail To Fail (9/28/20)

We talk Trump’s tax returns and Felix reveals the nature of Chapo corporate structure. We also do some debate preview and discuss Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett. Not a lot of good news in this one, but join us tomorrow to live stream the 1st presidential debate so we can at least laugh together at two cranky old men calling each other liars for 2 hours. Debate Stream will start Tues. 9/29 a little after 8p.m. e.s.t. on twitch.tv/chapotraphouse

The Gist - Deliver Us From Trump

On the Gist, the attack on the Knights of Columbus.

In the interview, Mike talks with Philippe I. Reines, political consultant, longtime aid and former staffer of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. In light of the upcoming presidential debates between Trump and Biden, Reines details his debate preparation in 2016, shares some possible strategies that the Biden camp may be using to prepare, and what sort of tactics Biden could use to go for the jugular.

In the spiel, cult of Trump.

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