Month: November 2020

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The NewsWorthy - All Eyes on Georgia, Veterans Day & Fireballs in the Sky – Wednesday, November 11th, 2020

The news to know for Wednesday, November 11th, 2020!

We'll tell you about:

  • U.S. Senate races in Georgia: why the winners there mean so much for Congress and the country in 2021
  • the expected timeline for a COVID-19 vaccine
  • how the U.S. is honoring military veterans this Veterans Day
  • another named storm in this record hurricane season
  • why you may want to look at the sky this week
  • what to expect from country music's biggest night

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. 

Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com to read more about any of the stories mentioned under the section titled 'Episodes' or see sources below...

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Sources:

NC Senate Race Results: AP, USA Today, FOX News, Cunningham Statement

GA Runoffs: ABC News, NBC News, Axios

Biden Transition Team Blocked: Politico, NPR, WSJ, CNN, WaPo

U.S. COVID-19 Hospitalizations Hit High: NY Times, NPR, CNN, COVID Tracking Project

Fauci on Vaccine Availability: CNN, Bloomberg, Axios

Observing Veterans Day: VA.Gov, WaPo, Today, Arlington National Cemetery, NPS

Veterans Day Discounts: USA Today, Newsweek, VA.Gov

Another 2020 Hurricane Season Record: USA Today, WSJ, AP, NHC

Romaine Lettuce Recall: USA Today, NBC News, FOX Business, FDA

Apple Event Reveals: Engadget, TechCrunch, Reuters, AP, Apple

Country Music Awards Tonight: Vulture, Billboard, Rolling Stone, CMAs

Northern Taurid Meteor Shower Peaks: CNN, Cnet, Space.com

Work Wednesday: Americans Moving Due to Remote Work: Reuters, UpWork, NPR

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The Daily Signal - Here’s the Latest on Election Litigation

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito ordered county election boards in Pennsylvania to comply with guidance requiring them to keep ballots received after 8 p.m. Election Day "in a safe, secure, and sealed container separate from other voted ballots,” as Newsweek and other outlets reported Friday. How could Alito's directive affect returns for the presidential election?


Additionally, The Associated Press reported that 24 Wisconsin counties had completed canvassing of election results as of Monday morning, but that "all 72 must be in before President Donald Trump could call for a recount.” How long will that take, and will other states besides Georgia recount?


Jason Snead, executive director of the Honest Elections Project, joins the podcast to discuss.

We also cover these stories:

  • The Supreme Court hears arguments about ending Obamacare, but some conservative justices apparently don't see a need for the health care law to be repealed in its entirety.
  • Attorney General William Barr announces that prosecutors at the Justice Department can look into evidence of voting irregularities. 
  • Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., pledges that he will not support packing the Supreme Court with more justices or ending the Senate filibuster. 



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Brought to you by... - 59: The Pepski Generation

In 1990, PepsiCo made a deal with the Soviet Union for submarines, a cruiser, a frigate, and a destroyer. It was the largest agreement ever made between an American company and the USSR. But it wasn’t Pepsi’s first deal with the Soviets. For decades, one executive had been flying to the Soviet Union to meet foreign trade ministers, politicians, and regular Russians. At the height of the Cold War, he was determined to make a deal and bring two countries locked in a bitter conflict together.

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The Gist - Jeopardy, A Beloved Tradition

On the Gist, brokered by Russia.

In the interview, Claire McNear joins Mike to talk about her new book Answers in the Form of Questions: A Definitive History and Insider's Guide to Jeopardy! In it, McNear explains the history of the game, what it takes to be a contestant and maintain a storied winning streak, and how so much of Jeopardy’s DNA came from its late host - Alex Trebek. Claire is a staff writer at The Ringer.

In the spiel, former deputy FBI director Andrew McCabe testifies.

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Consider This from NPR - As Senate Hinges On Georgia, GOP Mostly Silent On Biden’s Victory

President Trump may be on his way out, but Republicans will have to rely on his voters to hold power in the Senate. If Democrats win two runoff elections in Georgia on January 5, they will win a narrow Senate majority.

Stephen Fowler of Georgia Public Broadcasting explains how Republicans in Georgia are attacking the state's election process.

LaTosha Brown, co-founder of the Black Voters Matter Fund, explains how Democrats in Georgia turned out voters in the presidential race.

In participating regions, you'll also hear a local news segment that will help you make sense of what's going on in your community.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - Really Big Telescopes

Since the dawn of time, humans have looked up at the night sky to watch the stars. ...and then nothing happened for hundreds of thousands of years until a guy by the name of Galileo Galilei point a telescope at the stars and saw a bunch of stuff that everyone had missed. Since then, we’ve increased the size of our telescopes so we can see more and more, further and further away. Learn more about the ever-increasing size of astronomical telescopes on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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The Commentary Magazine Podcast - Liberal Hypocrites

Today's podcast dives deep into the hypocrisy of those who are decrying the Trump effort to claim voter fraud when they spent four years saying Russians stuffed our ballot boxes and Stacey Abrams won Georgia in 2018 when she lost by 60,000 votes. More hypocrisies abound. We go through them and get pretty riled up. Give a listen.

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Time To Say Goodbye - National *phew* and your letters

Hello from a USPS mailbag!

This week, before getting into your letters, we reminisce about Saturday’s election news a.k.a the international dopamine-flood event. We “wow just wow” at the Democratic establishment’s (ridiculous and ridiculously premature) punch left, and swoon over AOC’s punch back in an interview with the New York Times. We also dissect a viral video of Tucker Carlson explaining why Butler, PA, and so many other places in the US (will) remain loyal to Trump.

Listener Questions

@irl_neil asks how “small business owners” fit into a broader progressive agenda. How should we confront the bootstraps values so popular with immigrant communities?

@hasui_SEA asks what the Biden administration might mean for the US–China Cold War-style tensions we often discuss on TTSG?

Listeners Henry and Cathy H. ask about the utility of the “Asian American” (or Asian Canadian) category from the perspective of South Asian and Southeast Asian immigrants.

M. asks about the racial landmines, circa 2020, that await her young hapa (mixed-race Asian) child.

Finally, Adriana and Ellen ask about the black–white binary in academia—within both the “diversity” bureaucracy complex and the ethnic-studies classroom.



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CBS News Roundup - World News Roundup: 11/10

The Trump administration hinders the transition of power as the Justice Department OK's investigations of voter fraud. More places see coronavirus spikes. The Supreme Court considers Obamacare. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.

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