Month: June 2022

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What A Day - The “Abject Failure” Of Law Enforcement At Uvalde

The January 6th House committee held its fourth hearing on Tuesday, and we learned more about the effort to overturn the election by former President Donald Trump himself as well as two Republican congressmen.  Arizona’s House of Representatives Speaker Rusty Bowers testified that the pressure applied by Trump and his team was continuous, and that they weren’t taking no for an answer.

It’s been a month since the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas, but we’re still learning more about how responding officers allowed so much time to pass before entering the classroom and shooting the gunman. Steve McCraw, head of the Texas Department of Public Safety, testified to a state Senate committee that the police response was an “abject failure.”

And in headlines: Colombia elected its first leftist president, healthcare providers began giving the first dose of COVID vaccines to young children, and the Supreme Court ruled that Maine can't exclude religious schools from state funding.

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The Daily Signal - Inflation Continues to Clobber Us. Can the Fed Help?

Americans continue to suffer from sky-high inflation. In an attempt to avert some of the worst consequences, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell raised interest rates by .75%.

But is this enough? And what else can the Biden administration be doing to curb inflation?

Dave Brat, dean at the Liberty University School of Business and a former Virginia congressman, thinks this is a good start, but that officials must do more. Brat, whose doctorate is in economics, also says it's mostly the Fed's fault anyway for getting us into this situation in the first place.

"The Fed's had 0% interest rate for 10 years and created this everything bubble," Brat says. "So now it's not just real estate, it's stocks, bonds, commodities. Everything's overvalued and it's going to pop. And that's a disaster. So the Fed's walking a tight rope."

Brat joins "The Daily Signal Podcast" to discuss the intricate workings of the U.S. economy and what the Fed and the Biden administration can be doing to fix it.

We also cover these stories:

  • The director of the Texas Department of Public Safety tells state senators that law enforcement's response to the Uvalde school shooting was an "abject failure."
  • Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor accuses the court's conservative members of eroding the barrier between church and state.
  • Twitter’s board recommends to shareholders that they go ahead with selling the company to entrepreneur Elon Musk for $44 billion.



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Money Girl - Dealing with Debt: Expert Tips for Using a Balance Transfer Credit Card

Ever wonder if using a balance transfer credit card could help you get out of debt faster? Laura interviews Mary Gameng, MBA and Credit Card Specialist with Citizens, and answers a listener question. 

Here are a few topics Mary and Laura talk about on this week's show:

  • How many Americans have credit card debt and how much.
  • Steps to create a debt pay-off plan.
  • Ways using a balance transfer card can improve your finances.
  • How card issuers evaluate you when applying for a transfer card.
  • Whether using a transfer card can hurt your credit.
  • Shopping tips for finding the best balance transfer card offer.

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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - Why Biden Can’t Ice Out Saudi Arabia

On the campaign trail, Joe Biden called Saudi Arabia a “pariah” and said its ruling regime should be held accountable for the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. But now, rising oil prices have caused President Biden to soften his tone and plan a visit to Saudi Arabia next month. How much can the U.S. really demand of its allies?


Guest: Gregory Gause, head of the Department of International Affairs at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University.


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Amarica's Constitution - The Real Steal, Part 2 – Special Guest Vikram D. Amar

This episode presents Part 2 of our series on the grave threat that “Independent State Legislature” theory presents to the Republic, and why it is completely, irrefutably wrong.  We welcome Dean Vikram Amar, who co-authored with Akhil their current article, about to be published in Supreme Court Review, which is already widely cited in the media and in forthcoming articles by other scholars.  This article attempts to put to rest ISL theory by showing how it is wrong from every conceivable angle of analysis.  We take up that analysis, beginning with the text, history, and structure of the Constitution, and then through an ingenious analysis of actual practice.  We have been saying that this issue is coming, and by all accounts, it’s here. 

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Short Wave - ‘Smell Ya Later, COVID!’ How Dogs Are Helping Schools Stay COVID-free

A Massachusetts elementary school welcomes "Huntah," the COVID-sniffing dog. Scientist-in-residence Regina Barber talks with NPR science reporter Ari Daniel about how a specialized K-9 unit is helping keep kids in classrooms.

For more of Ari's reporting, check out "Dogs trained to sniff out COVID in schools are getting a lot of love for their efforts."

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NPR's Book of the Day - A new book shows how the South – and its history – shapes our nation

Frye Gaillard and Cynthia Tucker are old enough to remember Jim Crow in the South. But they recognize the part of the country they grew up in for both its flaws and its significant role in the history of the country. In their new book, The Southernization of America, Tucker and Gaillard make an argument about how the South shapes the nation's political and cultural landscape – for good and bad. In an interview with Debbie Elliott on Weekend Edition Saturday, they discuss the South's problematic contradictions and pushback now by some against learning about them.
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It Could Happen Here - Pedagogy of the Oppressed Ft. Andrew

Andrew leads a discussion on Paulo Freire's book Pedagogy of the Oppressed.

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