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The January 6th Committee met in prime time last night for its final hearing of the summer. They went moment-by-moment over the 187 minutes where former President Donald Trump failed to stop the mob. Brian Beutler, Crooked’s own Editor-in-Chief and host of the pod Positively Dreadful, joins us to recap the hearings so far.
And in headlines: the House passed legislation to codify access to contraception, a judge blocked Louisiana’s abortion ban for the third time, and New York state health officials discovered the first known polio case in the U.S. in nearly a decade.
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We'll describe the picture lawmakers painted of President Trump the day the Capitol was being attacked and a new bill making birth control pills a federal right: why it's unlikely to become law.
Also, what to know about the first reported case of polio in the U.S. in nearly a decade.
Plus, why a beloved type of butterfly is on the brink of extinction, the changes coming to your Facebook and Instagram apps, and the mega millions jackpot that keeps growing: how much someone could win tonight.
The economic crisis facing the nation is disproportionately hurting small businesses. Mom and pop shops are struggling to stay afloat in the face of historic levels of inflation. Against this backdrop, Democrats have proposed raising taxes on pass-through entities—small businesses including sole proprietorships, partnerships, limited liability companies, and S corporations.
To Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., that's just insanity.
"It's a terrible time to also talk about raising taxes," says Paul. "Businesses are reeling from the inflationary rising costs; now, they would have an additional tax."
Paul has been going around the country talking with small-business owners who want relief from inflation and high taxes.
"They're very concerned, not only with the inflationary input, but adding a tax to this when small business is tenuous, and they're still coming out of the lockdowns," he says.
The Kentucky lawmaker adds that this tax hike would have unintended consequences that Democrats aren't thinking of.
"One of the unintended consequences will be closure of businesses and increased unemployment and exacerbation of the recession," he says. "This is something that we will fight steadfastly against and do everything possible not to let this happen to the American people."
Paul warned that "if we do nothing, there's a possibility inflation gets worse. I think that's the most likely scenario. I think between now and the election, we're going to see a worsening of inflation."
Also on today's show, Heritage Foundation economics expert E.J. Antoni discusses the possible consequences of inflation on the American people and how long we might be dealing with the issue.
We also cover these stories:
President Joe Biden has contracted COVID-19.
The House of Representatives passes the Right to Contraception Act.
Senate Democrats introduce a bill to end the federal prohibition of marijuana.
The U.S. Coast Guard and local law enforcement intercept a sailboat carrying more than 150 illegal immigrants off the southern coast of Florida.
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The Food and Drug Administration allows faster drug approvals based on preliminary study data if the drug fulfills an unmet medical need. But the speedy approval comes with a promise that the drugmaker does another clinical trial once the drug is on the market to prove it really works. If not, the FDA can rescind the approval. How are the companies doing and how well does the agency enforce that system?
Pharmaceuticals correspondent Sydney Lupkin investigated the 30-year track record for accelerated approvals. Today, her findings on stalled trials and missing evidence.
Today's episode features two books that reach deep into the animal world. First, E.O. Wilson sits down with Robert Seigel to discuss how the narrative of war is used in his story featuring ants, called Anthill. Then writer Ed Yong talks with Ayesha Roscoe about trying to show the experience of life through a different perspective – animals – in An Immense World.
