Month: January 2021

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The NewsWorthy - FBI Warns All 50 States, Belichick Rejects Award & Quibi Shows Comeback- Tuesday, January 12th, 2021

The news to know for Tuesday, January 12th, 2021!

We have updates about:

  • the FBI's memo to law enforcement agencies warning of more threats that could impact every state
  • why at least a dozen Capitol Police officers are under investigation
  • House Democrats taking the first formal step to impeach President Trump again and what Republicans are saying about it
  • why an NFL coach turned down a rare lifetime honor
  • the phrase Facebook decided to ban
  • who is taking over shows from the short-lived Quibi app

Those stories and more in just 10 minutes!

Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com or see sources below to read more about any of the stories mentioned today.

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Sources:

FBI Braces for State Capitol Violence: ABC News, NBC News, CNN

Inauguration Security Plans: WaPo, Politico, The Hill, USA Today

House Introduces Impeachment: NY Times, Reuters, The Hill, WSJ

Trump Visiting Border Wall: AP, Texas Tribune, ABC News

Two Capitol PD Officers Suspended: CNN, NPR, NBC News, USCP, WaPo

DHS Secretary Steps Down: NPR, CNBC, FOX News, Chad Wolf

NBA Cancels More Games: CBS News, AP, NBA, ESPN

Bill Belichick Declines Medal of Freedom: USA Today, AP, ESPN

Facebook Banning “Stop the Steal”: The Verge, WSJ, NBC News, Facebook

Twitter Removes QAnon Accounts: NY Times, WaPo, Twitter

Parler Sues Amazon: NPR, WSJ, Politico

Roku Buys Quibi Content: Ars Technica, USA Today, The Verge, Variety

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What A Day - It’s The Companies You Keep

The business community is responding to the siege on the Capitol by suspending contributions to lawmakers who didn’t vote to certify the election results, or in some cases, suspending political donations altogether.

Security concerns continue to arise following the events of last week, including armed protests that the FBI says are being planned in all 50 state capitals between now and the inauguration. We talk about the effort to ramp up security around the country.

And in headlines: Rudy Giuliani’s license to practice law is at risk, the State Department re-designates Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, and Patriots coach Bill Belichick won’t accept the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Trump.

Show Links:

"More corporations suspend donations to Republicans who objected to Electoral College vote"

https://popular.info/p/update-more-corporations-suspend

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The Daily Signal - What You Need to Know About Big Tech’s Crackdown on Trump, Parler

Following the mob violence at the U.S. Capitol last week, Facebook suspended President Donald Trump from its platform, and Twitter followed suit shortly thereafter.


Over the weekend, Google and Apple removed Parler, a social media platform widely used by conservatives, from its app stores. Then, Amazon suspended Parler from its web services Sunday evening. Now, many Americans are voicing their concerns over the power such platforms have to limit free speech. 


Klon Kitchen, director of the Center for Technology Policy at The Heritage Foundation, joins the show to explain why Twitter and Facebook say they banned the president, and why Google, Apple, and Amazon are actively suppressing Parler.


Kitchen also explains what laws and reforms are needed to keep the power of technology giants in check. 


We also cover these stories: 

  • Democrats file an impeachment article against Trump, citing the Jan. 6 unrest at the Capitol.
  • Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., asks that Sens. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and Ted Cruz, R-Texas be removed from the Senate following their attempts to object to the certification of the 2020 presidential election.
  • The social media platform Parler sues Amazon after being suspended from Amazon Web Services. 


Enjoy the show!



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The Stack Overflow Podcast - What would you pay for /dev/null as a service?

How could you not love a team with a bio like this: "We’re a young and dynamic team of messy data-scientists who have failed at being employed on the real market. Our experience in losing data and throwing files away is more than amazing! Over the years, we have managed to get rid of so much important data at home and even at work." Find out how you pay other people to throw your data away here.

The New York Times reports on the rising prices of old computers and their parts. Retro-computing is fun, especially when you're stuck at home for...feels like a while now.

Stack Overflow memes have made it to Tik Tok, and it is joyous.

To round things out we chat about our love of e-ink, the desire to buy a reMarkable 2, and this amazing piece of digital wall art.

This week's lifeboat badge winner is Gordon Larrigan, who answered the question:  How can you sort an array of arrays in JavaScript?

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Read Me a Poem - “To His Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell

Amanda Holmes reads Andrew Marvell’s poem, “To His Coy Mistress.” 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 - OA455: Trump is Going to Prison in Georgia

Just when you think shows can't get any more positive, we've got another happy one for ya! It's perfect phone call #2 (that we know about) and Andrew thinks there is a rock solid case for Trump for prison! Before that we discuss Marcus's motion to withdraw. He wrote a conspiracy BS article in the Federalist that we can't even link on Twitter because it gets blocked.

Links: Trumps full phone call, Turley: It’s legally absurd to claim Trump committed crime in call with Georgia election officials, Georgia Code 21-2-604, 21-2-562, § 45-11-1

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The Gist - Militias in the Mitten State

On the Gist, several Republicans predicted years ago Trump’s actions would lead to violence, but they’re sticking with him anyway. One of them is Ted Cruz.

In Remembrances of Things Trump, Trump denounces a Swedish terrorism attack that never happened.

In the interview, Mike is joined by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. They talk about insurrection at the Capitol building in D.C., and in Michigan, and how rallies and big talk got them there. Nessel also explains her decision to seek sanctions against attorneys who filed lawsuits claiming debunked election fraud in the state. 

In the spiel, Trump may be off Twitter, but his supporters don’t have to go far to get their message out. It’s called podcasting. Ever heard of it?

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Illinois Speaker Mike Madigan Is Down, But Don’t Count Him Out

After more than three decades at the helm, Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is suspending his campaign to retain his powerful leadership position. Madigan won only 51 votes in a closed-door roll call held Sunday by House Democrats.

Reset discusses what led to Madigan’s decision and what it means for the future of the Democratic Party in Illinois.

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