Month: April 2023

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Why Are Prescription Drug Prices So Damn High?

Americans spend roughly $1,300 every year on prescription drugs. The Kaiser Family Foundation found that cost leads people to not fill prescriptions, skip doses or cut their pills in half to ration the medicine. Reset learns why drug prices are so high, and offers recommendations on how to navigate options for lowering the amount you pay monthly.
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Consider This from NPR - How Sudan’s Democratic Dreams Were Dashed

Just a few years before the violence and chaos currently engulfing Sudan, it seemed to be on a tenuous path toward democracy.

NPR's Emmanuel Akinwotu explains how two rival generals who had promised to transition the country to civilian rule are instead tearing it apart in a bloody power struggle.

In participating regions, you'll also hear a local news segment to help you make sense of what's going on in your community.

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The Daily Signal - TOP NEWS | GOP Senators Opposes Feinstein Replacement, Disney’s “Pride Nite,” COVID-19 Origins Hearing, DeSantis-Disney Feud | April 18

On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down:


  • Republicans are standing in the way of Democrat efforts to temporarily replace Democrat Sen. Diane Feinstein of California on the Judiciary Committee.
  • The House Oversight and Accountability Chairman laid much of the responsibility for the COVID-19 pandemic on Dr. Anthony Fauci during a hearing today.
  • Fred Lucas' reporting: https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/04/18/after-china-firmly-opposes-this-hearing-on-covid-19-origins-here-are-4-takeaways/
  • The United Nations said in a March report that “sexual conduct involving persons below the domestically prescribed minimum age of consent to sex may be consensual in fact, if not in law.”
  • Disney has announced its first-ever pride night in June. 
  • Former President Donald Trump is speaking out against DeSantis’ feud with Disney. 


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Focus on Africa - Despair as Sudan ceasefire is broken

Intense fighting has continued in Sudan, casting doubt over whether the rival military factions will commit to a 24-hour the humanitarian truce. We hear from the vice-president of the Doctors’ Union on the targeting of hospitals, and the inability to treat the injured. Plus, the leader of Tunisia's opposition Ennahda Party has been detained, and the authorities have banned meetings at all of its offices.

And the ruling Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement (CPDM) celebrates sweeping the board in the recent senatorial elections, but what will that mean for democracy in the country?

Presenter: Bola Mosuro Producer: Patricia Whitehorne

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Motley Fool Money - “It’s the vanilla ice cream of the banking sector.”

Now that all of the Big Banks have reported earnings, what stands out?

(00:21) Bill Mann discusses: - Warren Buffett's recent comments about holding Bank of America - CEO Brian Moynihan's persistence - Johnson & Johnson's dividend hike and guidance boost - Nvidia's unsurprising pricing power

(11:14) Robert Brokamp and Alison Southwick answer your questions about mortgages, recessions, and employee stock options.

Companies discussed: BAC, JNJ, PG, NVDA

Host: Chris Hill Guests: Bill Mann, Alison Southwick, Robert Brokamp Producer: Ricky Mulvey Engineers: Dan Boyd, Rick Engdahl

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - THE HASH: SEC Chair Gensler Grilled Over Crypto Policy; Who’s Winning and Losing in Global Crypto Shuffle?

This episode is sponsored by Filecoin Foundation.


The most valuable crypto stories for Tuesday, April 17, 2023. 

"The Hash" tackles today's hot topics: SEC Chair Gary Gensler is defending his crypto policies before lawmakers on Capitol Hill. Will it be too late to convince crypto firms to stay in the U.S. instead of moving offshore? Gala Games' v2 airdrop date is announced.

See also:

Congressional Republicans Criticize SEC Chair Gary Gensler's Crypto Approach Ahead of Hearing

Rainbow Helps Users Slide Into the Crypto Economy

Gala Games to Airdrop Version 2 Tokens in May

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Connect with the Filecoin community at the Filecoin Network Base in Austin, April 24-26, ahead of Consensus 2023. Register today at networkbase.io/austin. And find us on the Consensus show floor in the Protocol Village, presented by Filecoin Foundation. 

See you in Austin! 

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Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 at Consensus 2023, happening April 26-28 in Austin, Texas. Come and immerse yourself in all that Web3, crypto, blockchain and the metaverse have to offer. Use code THEHASH to get 15% off your pass. Visit coindesk.com/consensus.

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Federalist Radio Hour - ‘You’re Wrong’ With Mollie Hemingway And David Harsanyi, Ep. 42: An Aging Congress

Is Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on his way out of Congress? Join Federalist Editor-in-Chief Mollie Hemingway and Senior Editor David Harsanyi as they discuss the return of several previously absent federal legislators to the upper chamber, analyze how the abortion issue affects elections, and scrutinize the deep state's reaction to the recent Ukraine documents leak. Mollie and David also discuss the corruption that plagues corporate media outlets and share their culture picks for the week.
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SCOTUScast - Dept. of Ed. v. Brown & Biden v. Nebraska – Post-Argument SCOTUScast

On February 28, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in two cases challenging the Biden Administration's student loans forgiveness program: Board of Education v. Brown and Biden v. Nebraska.

In August 2022, the Biden Administration's Department of Education announced plans to forgive up to $20,000 in federal student loans for borrowers who qualified. In order to do this, the DOE relied on the HEROES Act, which allows the government to modify student loans, among other things, during a national emergency.

Both cases challenge this action. Biden v. Nebraska involves a challenge to the Executive action from six states who contend they will suffer direct harm based on a loss of tax revenue. In Department of Education v. Brown, two individual borrowers, one of whom has loans that are fully intelligible for forgiveness under the program, and one of whose loans only qualify for part of the maximum relief possible, also challenge the legitimacy of the program.

The Court is faced with two questions in both cases: first, do the challengers, whether they be the states or the individual borrowers, have standing to sue? The Biden administration contends neither of the respondents possess standing. Second, assuming the Court decides there is standing to sue, the Court will face the question “Does the plan exceed the statutory authority available to the Secretary of Education, and adopted in a procedurally proper manner?”

We will break down and analyze how oral argument went in both cases in this program.

Featuring:
Mark Chenoweth, President and General Counsel, New Civil Liberties Alliance