CBS News Roundup - World News Roundup: 02/02

President Biden and Republicans Senators look for common ground on a stimulus plan. Clearing away two feet of snow in the Northeast. Mitch McConnell takes on a controversial Georgia Congresswoman. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.

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The Intelligence from The Economist - As a general rules: Myanmar’s coup

The army already had plenty of political power, but following a landslide election loss it dramatically seized more. After five years of democracy, will the country abide a return to military rule? The wind-power boom has driven a scramble for balsa wood—harming the Ecuadoreans who live where it grows. And a better way to test the language skills of would-be citizens. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer

The Best One Yet - “How ya like dem Apples?” — Short-selling’s Matt Damon moment. Nintendo’s 13-year record. Nike’s artful Zucking.

WallStreetBets just used American Airlines stock to get back at shorting hedge funds (we’re getting Good Will Hunting vibes). Ninendo enjoyed its best quarter in 13 years, but we think it needs to pull a disney. And Nike just pulled off the first artful Zucking: it’s stealing like an artist from Crocs. $NKE $NTDOY $CROX Here’s the Google form to submit your voice-recorded SnackFacts (Black History Month) https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Hu00HOlQ-qb6S7Jx4CgnGOfzrA67_j_SLFqxvFKinEQ/edit Want a shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/KhUAo31xmkSdeynD9 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What Next | Daily News and Analysis - The Marjorie Taylor Greene Problem

Dubbed “the QAnon candidate,” Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has her Republican colleagues doing some major handwringing. But does her presence on Capitol Hill actually represent a war within the GOP or more of a polite disagreement? 

Guest: Greg Bluestein, political reporter at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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The NewsWorthy - Dueling Relief Proposals, Silver Market Frenzy & Groundhog Day- Tuesday, February 2nd, 2021

The news to know for Tuesday, February 2nd, 2021!

We have updates about:

  • the latest efforts to pass another coronavirus relief bill; two options are on the table now
  • what one congresswoman said that has some lawmakers from both parties condemning her views
  • whether silver could be the new GameStop
  • what's next for that East Coast storm
  • how you could win a ticket to space and help children with cancer at the same time

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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Relief Bill Talks: WaPo, NBC News, Axios, Reuters, GOP Proposal, White House Proposal

U.S. COVID-19 Progress: NY Times, CNN, AP

Rep. Taylor Greene Controversy: The Hill, NY Times, ABC News

Reddit Traders Target Silver: USA Today, WSJ, BBC

Winter Storm Update: Accuweather, AP, CBS News, NWS

Groundhog Day: AP, People, Watch Livestream

Dustin Diamond Dies: USA Today, Variety, Fox News

Ticket to Space Raffle: The Verge, NBC News, NY Times, SpaceX

Short Wave - The Lost Joys Of Talking To Strangers

With a lot of us stuck at home, trying to physically distance from each other, one part of daily life has largely disappeared: bumping into strangers. On today's show, Maddie talks with Yowei Shaw, co-host of NPR's Invisibilia, about the surprising benefits of stranger interactions. And Short Wave tries out QuarantineChat, a workaround to our current strangerless existence. (Encore episode)

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NBN Book of the Day - Richard Lachmann, “First Class Passengers on a Sinking Ship: Elite Politics and the Decline of Great Powers” (Verso, 2020)

Being a great power almost seems to invite discussion of decline: whether you are declining, what can be done to prevent or arrest it, and what the consequences of decline might ultimately be. The United States has not managed to escape from any of this analysis, but understanding how imperial and hegemonic decline has played out historically often does not inform these discussions. Is the United States an empire, or it better described as a hegemon? What’s the meaningful difference, especially in the current content of the United States’ global position?

Richard Lachmann’s First-Class Passengers on a Sinking Ship: Elite Politics and the Decline of Great Powers (Verso, 2020) explores these questions. Lachmann examines prior explanations of great power decline and finds them wanting for a variety of different reasons. Lachmann instead focuses on a series of factors that first of all enable hegemony, but also the factors that ultimately cause its collapse. Lachmann examines the cause of the Netherlands and the British Empire before examining how these factor are currently at play in the United States.

Zeb Larson is a recent graduate of The Ohio State University with a PhD in History. His research deals with the anti-apartheid movement in the United States. To suggest a recent title or to contact him, please send an e-mail to zeb.larson@gmail.com.

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What A Day - The Needle And The Doses Done

The daily pace of vaccinations is picking up, with some states working faster than others. We talk about states that have given the most shots per capita, and what’s led them to succeed relative to the country at-large.

Following the 2020 election, Republicans at the state level are doing all they can to pass laws to suppress the vote, particularly vote-by-mail. It’s also a redistricting year. We explain.

And in headlines: police in Rochester pepper sprayed a Black 9-year-old girl while she was handcuffed, Facebook and Apple feud over data privacy, and Robinhood got 2.4 billion in funding yesterday.

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