Month: November 2020

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The NewsWorthy - Vote Counts Continue, More Congress Diversity & Election Comforts- Thursday, November 5th, 2020

The news to know for Thursday, November 5th, 2020!

We're talking about:

  • how more states have called projected winners in the presidential race
  • legal challenges that could mean it still might not be over even if a winner is declared
  • the balance of power in the House and Senate
  • how Joe Biden set a new election record
  • which Google searches spiked on election night
  • an explanation of the electoral college

All that and more in around 10 minutes...

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Sources:

Latest Presidential Race Results: Politico, AP

Record Number of Biden Votes: CBS News, USA Today

Trump Sues PA, MI, GA: AP, WaPo, WSJ, The Detroit News

USPS Untraced Ballots: WaPo, Politico Reporter, Reuters, Vox

Senate Balance of Power: CNN, WSJ, AP, Reuters

More Diversity in Congress: The Hill, Business Insider. NY Times

Oregon Decriminalizes Hard Drugs: AP, FOX News, NY Times

New MS State Flag Approved: NBC News, CBS News, AP

Americans Seek Comfort Food & Booze: CNN, Newsweek, Google Trends

Drake Set Billboard Record: AP, Billboard

Cosmic Radio Burst Source: AP, USA Today, Engadget, CNN

Thing to Know Thursday: Electoral College: AP, CBS News, USA Today

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The Daily Signal - Why More Hispanics Voted for Trump in 2020

President Donald Trump did historically well in terms of the Hispanic vote.  In both Texas and Florida, the Republican nominee did well among Hispanics. Per NBC News, “55 percent of Florida’s Cuban-American vote went to Trump, according to NBC News exit polls, while 30 percent of Puerto Ricans and 48 percent of 'other Latinos' backed Trump.” Nationally, he went from 28 percent among Hispanics to 32 percent.


What happened here? Were particular issues at stake in the 2020 election affected the Hispanic community’s votes? What about Trump's immigration policies? And lastly, is there even a Hispanic voting bloc--or should we look at these voters in a different way?


Mike Gonzalez, a senior fellow in the Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy at The Heritage Foundation, joins The Daily Signal Podcast to discuss all this and more. 


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60 Songs That Explain the '90s - Missy Elliott—“The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)”

Rob explores Missy Elliott’s breakout single “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” and the Hall of Famer’s singular career, highlighting her lasting influence on hip-hop and R&B as well as her longstanding partnership with legendary producer Timbaland.

Host: Rob Harvilla

Guest: Clover Hope

Producer: Isaac Lee and Justin Sayles

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Time To Say Goodbye - The neverending election

Hello from Philly, Berkeley, and Missoula!

In this #2020 special, we share our jaundiced views of the U! S! A! and the election as of Wednesday night, 24 hours after polls closed. 

Discussed:

* Tuesday night’s emotional roller-coaster

* Post-vote explanations based on racial and ethnic checkboxes

* “Jay Kang, (G.O.P.) political consultant”

* Propositions 22 and 16 in California

* Tammy’s feel-good corner a.k.a local measures to give us hope going forward

Links to stuff we mention:

* Exit polls (with the usual caveats) showing Trump’s gains with POC voters

* Jennifer Medina, of The New York Times, on the macho appeal of Donald Trump

* Aída Chávez, of The Intercept, with a pre-election look at Latino/a progressive organizing in Arizona, as well as her write-up on election night, with Ryan Grim

* Congratulations to TTSG friend Nikil Saval! He’s a progressive Democrat success story, the first Asian American member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, and we couldn’t be more proud! (ICYMI: our interview with Nikil)

How was Election Day/Night/Week for everyone else??? Terrible? Sleepless? Blasé? Send your comments, questions, and reactions to timetosaygoodbyepod@gmail.com or via DM @TTSGPOD!



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The Gist - The Day After

On the Gist, misguided Americans.

In the interview, Mike talks with Slate’s senior politics writer Jim Newell about the house races, what the democrat incumbents did wrong and why things appear to be a lot more like 2016, and theorizing that a republican controlled senate is what Biden actually wants. Plus, Jim and Mike’s thoughts on Mississippi’s new state flag.

In the spiel, how much does Fox News’ framing matter?

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Podcast production by Daniel Schroeder and Margaret Kelley.

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Consider This from NPR - Historic Turnout Leans Biden With Votes Still Being Counted

Early data suggests 160 million people voted this year — which would be the highest turnout rate since 1900. With an unprecedented number of those votes cast by mail, knowing the results of the presidential election on Tuesday was never a guarantee.

We know a little more about the results of congressional elections — and they are not great for Democrats. NPR congressional correspondent Susan Davis explains.

One thing we do know is that voters in 32 states decided on dozens of ballot measures, from legalizing marijuana to raising the minimum wage. Josh Altic with the website Ballotpedia has been tracking those measures.

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Up First on Apple Podcasts or Spotify
The NPR Politics Podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: ‘Economics Will No Longer Be the Handmaiden of Politics’ – A History of the Cypherpunks, Feat. Jim Epstein

An enlightening conversation with Reason’s Jim Epstein, who just released a four-part YouTube documentary on the cypherpunk movement.

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

Jim Epstein is the executive editor of ReasonTV podcasts, and the producer of the recent documentary “Cypherpunks Write Code.” 

In this conversation, he gives NLW a behind the scenes look on the interviews and conversations that went into the documentary, including how the cypherpunks started, schisms in the movement, and how the movement lives on today. 

Watch “Cypherpunks Write Code”


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Everything Everywhere Daily - Extremely Close Elections

Democracies have elections, and when you have elections sometimes you have close elections. Sometimes very close elections. Sometimes very very very close elections. I’m not talking about vote differences of a tenth of a percent, I’m talking about vote differences you can count on one hand…..if you are missing a few fingers. Learn more about the history of extremely close elections on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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