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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Tech Won't Save Us - Jobs Suck, But Not Because of Automation w/ Aaron Benanav

Paris Marx is joined by Aaron Benanav to discuss why jobs are getting worse because the economy’s slowing down, not because technology is speeding up, and why that requires a vision of post-scarcity centered around human relationships instead of technological change.

Aaron Benanav is an economic historian and social theorist. He is a post-doctoral researcher at Humboldt University of Berlin and author of “Automation and the Future of Work.” Follow Aaron on Twitter as @abenanav.

Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter.

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Also mentioned in this episode:

  • Prop 22 passed in California, stopping gig workers from becoming employees
  • Paris explains the limits of a basic income, how Aaron’s book helps us think about the future, and the problems with luxury communism
  • Aaron explains why automation isn’t wiping out jobs
  • Aaron’s science fiction reading list: “The Dispossessed,” “The Word for World is Forest,” and “Always Coming Home” by Ursula K. Le Guin; “Red Star” by Alexander Bogdanov; “Hard to be a God” and “Noon: 22nd Century” by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky; “News from Nowhere” by William Morris; “Looking Backward” by Edward Bellamy; “The Conquest of Bread” by Peter Kropotkin; “Trouble on Triton” by Samuel R. Delaney; “Star Maker” by Olaf Stapledon; and “Utopia” by Thomas Moore.

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What A Day - Another Brick In The Blue Wall

Joe Biden now has the most votes of any presidential candidate in history, and he’s won two more key states in his path to 270 electoral votes: Michigan and Wisconsin. We’re still waiting on calls in five battleground states: Arizona, Nevada, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina. We discuss where things stand, and how the two campaigns are responding. Spoiler alert: one is being dignified and the other is trying to derail the democratic process.

Meanwhile, things aren't looking so good for Democrats in the Senate. Susan Collins won re-election in Maine, making the chances of a Dem majority much slimmer.

And in headlines: the US sees over 100,000 new COVID cases in a single day, passage of California’s Proposition 22 sends ride-share stocks soaring, and re-examining the gender roles of hunter-gatherers.

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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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In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt - The Path to a New Beginning – Calling the Race (with Jessica Yellin)

Andy is joined by Jessica Yellin to break down where we are on the precipice of history. They walk you through what's yet to be counted, what may end up in court, what Trump may do next, and what Biden should do next. And not to be lost: what this all means for COVID-19. Brew another pot of coffee – this may take a while.

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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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