Month: June 2023

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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - We Need to Talk About Kevin McCarthy

Kevin McCarthy has always had his eyes on one job - Speaker of the House. But after Republicans won Congress’s lower chamber by a razor thin majority, the party’s right wing extracted major concessions before handing over the gavel. When the GOP accepted a deal with the Biden administration to raise the nation’s debt ceiling, House hardliners felt betrayed. Now McCarthy faces renewed attacks on his leadership from within his own party. With important legislation that still needs to be passed, and little wiggle room for dissent, how does McCarthy hang on?


Guest: Rachael Bade, POLITICO Senior Washington Correspondent


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The Daily Signal - INTERVIEW | The Revolt in Russia, Explained

The Wagner Group, mercenaries led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, revolted against the Kremlin over the weekend after its leader claimed the Russian military killed 2,000 of its fighters in Ukraine. 

Victoria Coates, a senior research fellow in international affairs and national security at The Heritage Foundation, explains that “the Wagner Group is essentially a private paramilitary group run by Prigozhin, who was actually imprisoned for corruption at the end of the Soviet Union and then somehow became [Russian President Vladimir] Putin’s private chef, and they established a very close relationship.” (The Daily Signal is the news outlet of The Heritage Foundation.) 

Coates also weighs in on whether she thinks the rank-and-file members of the Russian military have lost confidence in Putin. 

“Well, they’ve certainly lost confidence in the top control of the ministry, particularly [Sergei] Shoigu, the minister of defense, who was never popular,” she says. “And in a way, Putin’s kept him around because he isn’t popular, and he doesn’t threaten Putin’s popularity, and he was an offset to Prigozhin who was an offset to Shoigu.”

“So, that kind of arrangement has worked for a while, but if there is a greater perception within Russia than we realize of how poorly the Ukraine war has gone, given the way it was sold as a three-day war, inevitable triumph, that obviously has not turned out to be the case, and the casualties have been horrific. And if that is starting to sink in, he might have another Afghanistan-style situation on his hands, and this could be a real emblem of that,” Coates says. 

Coates joins today’s episode of “The Daily Signal Podcast” to further discuss the events that unfolded in Russia, and what they mean for Putin and his government.


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Pod Save America - Roe vs Republicans

The Republican presidential candidates and Joe Biden battle with each other over abortion a year after the Dobbs decision. The president road tests a new economic message and gets advice about his age from Hollywood. Texas Congressman Colin Allred stops by to talk about his Senate race against Ted Cruz. And later, Jon, Jon, and Tommy take a look at some feuds where it's tough to pick a side in a game called Billion Dollar Baby.

 

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Chapo Trap House - 744 – People Who Died (6/26/23)

The boys look at the Wagner Group failed(?) coup(??) of Russia(???) over the weekend(????). Then, some more on the submarine disaster, RFK Jr. and the people who believe current events as a factor of time’s linear progression are, in general, a “psyop”. TORONTO: tickets still available to our show there Thursday, August 17: https://www.ticketmaster.ca/event/10005ED4F0FB3932 Our friends Steven Donziger and Chris Smalls in association with Little Secret LA are going on tour this summer, find dates and tickets here: https://www.littlesecretla.org/hotlaborsummertour
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The Stack Overflow Podcast - The cofounder of Chef is cooking up a less painful DevOps

Adam is the cofounder and former CTO of Chef, which provides DevOps automation tools that help configure, deploy, and manage application infrastructure, including security and compliance.

Adam’s new venture, System Initiative, reimagines infrastructure-as-code as collaborative, open-source software. See what they’re up to on their blog, starting with Adam’s article DevOps without papercuts.

If you’re interested in playing with a developer build of System Initiative, submit your information here. You can also join System Initiative on Discord (and keep an eye on their open positions).

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NPR's Book of the Day - J. Ryan Stradal’s new novel pays homage to the supper clubs of the upper Midwest

J. Ryan Stradal knows about supper club culture in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and the rest of the northern midwest – he grew up in a town where those dining establishments blurred the lines between restaurant and social club, family and community. That culture is at the heart of his new novel, Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club, where main character Mariel has inherited one such supper club from her grandparents. In today's episode, Stradal tells Here & Now's Robin Young about how chain diners have impacted those familiar dinner spots and how his late mother inspired much of the novel.
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Read Me a Poem - “En Route” by Adam Zagajewski

Amanda Holmes reads Adam Zagajewski’s poem “En Route.” 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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It Could Happen Here - What To Put In Your IFAK

James and Danl talk about what to put in a first aid kit, what not to rely on, and where to get stop the bleed training. We will share IFAK details and links below and in a Twitter thread.

1. Reliable suppliers Chinook Medical (https://www.chinookmed.com/) North American Rescue (https://www.narescue.com/0 Rescue Essentials (www.rescue-essentials.com) 

2. Supplies 

Tourniquet: (https://www.rescue-essentials.com/combat-application-tourniquet-cat-gen-7/) 

Pressure dressing ( https://www.rescue-essentials.com/olaes-modular-bandage/)

Chest Seal (  https://www.rescue-essentials.com/hyfin-vent-chest-seal-twin-pack/)

Hemostatic gauze (https://www.rescue-essentials.com/quikclot-combat-gauze-z-folded-military/)

Packed Gauze (https://www.rescue-essentials.com/nar-responder-rolled-compressed-gauze/)

Lil’ sharpie (https://www.rescue-essentials.com/sharpie-mini-marker-black/) 

Emergency Blanket (https://www.rescue-essentials.com/rescue-essentials-emergency-blanket/) 

Gloves (https://www.rescue-essentials.com/ten-pairs-bear-claw-tan-nitrile-gloves/)

Shears (https://www.rescue-essentials.com/stainless-steel-5-5-emt-shears/) 

Pouch (you can also use a fanny pack) (https://lbxtactical.com/collections/medp/products/65?variant=31255204036706)

3. Some pre-made options 

https://www.narescue.com/all-products/medical-kits/uscg-mini-ifak.html (you will want to add a second chest seal) 

https://www.rescue-essentials.com/nar-eagle-ifak-combat-gauze/

https://www.rescue-essentials.com/fletc-ifak-with-components-module/ (If you don’t know how to use the NPA, don’t try!) 

4. Training

Stop The Bleed https://www.stopthebleed.org/training/

NOLS https://www.nols.edu/en/coursefinder/session_search/wilderness-medicine/

REI Wilderness Medicine (https://www.rei.com/events/a/outdoor-skills-wilderness-medicine) 

Red Cross First Aid For Severe Trauma (https://www.redcross.org/take-a-class/first-aid/first-aid-training/first-aid-classes/fast-training) 

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You're Wrong About - Renée Richards with Julie Kliegman

This week, Sports Illustrated’s Julie Kliegman volleys with Sarah about trans athlete Renée Richards’s fight for her right to play in the U.S. Open. They also dig into how the dialogue surrounding trans athletes has and hasn’t changed in the 40-plus years since. Plus, are tennis balls hollow? An investigation.

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