Month: June 2023

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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Samuel Alito and The Billionaire

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Amicus is coming at you again with an emergency episode. Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Mark Joseph Stern to process ProPublica’s latest reporting on a growing theme of conservative supreme court justices with a penchant for luxury travel at the expense of billionaires (who also happen to be close friends with Leonard Leo of the Federalist Society). Dahlia and Mark also examine Justice Samuel Alito’s eye-popping pre-buttal of ProPublica’s piece about his Alaskan fishing trip with billionaire GOP donor Paul Singer, which Justice Alito chose to publish in the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal. 

Dahlia’s book Lady Justice: Women, the Law and the Battle to Save America, is also available as an audiobook, and Amicus listeners can get a 25 percent discount by entering the code “AMICUS” at checkout.

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The Daily Signal - TOP NEWS | Hunter Biden to Pay Less Child Support, John Durham Testifies Before Congress, Justice Alito Responds to ProPublica | June 21

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


  • Former Special Counsel John Durham testifies before Congress.
  • Justice Samuel fires back at the news site ProPublica after it published an article raising concerns over issues related to recusal and gift disclosures. 
  • The National Assessment of Educational Progress says math and reading scores are down for 13-year-olds. 
  •  Hunter Biden reportedly reaches an agreement with the mother of his daughter regarding child support payments.
  • There are rumors in Washington D.C. that Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.V., is going to launch a campaign for president as a third party candidate. 


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CoinDesk Podcast Network - THE HASH: Court Examiner Says FTX’s Bankruptcy Fees Already Topped $200M; Could Stablecoins, DeFi be in SEC’s Crosshairs Next?

This episode is sponsored by PayPal.


The most valuable crypto stories for Wednesday, June 21, 2023.

"The Hash" explores today's top stories in crypto, including FTX’s bankruptcy fees already topping $200 million, according to a court-appointed examiner. Separately, Berenberg's recent research suggests stablecoins and DeFi are likely to become the next targets in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)'s crypto crackdown. And, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is proposing common conditions for retail payments with digital money on a distributed ledger.


See also:

FTX’s Bankruptcy Fees Already Topped $200M, Court Examiner Says 

Stablecoins, DeFi Likely to Be SEC’s Next Targets in U.S. Crypto Crackdown: Berenberg

Central Banks Propose CBDC, Stablecoin Standards With Amazon, Grab Running Trials


This episode has been edited by senior producer Michele Musso and the executive producer is Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is “Neon Beach.”


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Motley Fool Money - EVs Get Supercharged

Rivian, Ford, and General Motors are all on-board to make cars that can use Tesla’s charging standard. But this collaboration won’t slow down the competition in electric vehicles any time soon. 

(00:12) Asit Sharma and Dylan Lewis discuss:

- Why Rivian, Ford, and General Motors are signing on to make cars work with Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS).

- What’s behind Tesla’s 140% jump in shares so far in 2023

- Hyuandai’s $28B 10-year commitment to EVs and the Chinese government’s new $72B tax break program.

NOTE: In the discussion, we accidentally refer to the combined charging standard as “CSS” instead of “CCS”

(12:30) Ricky Mulvey caught up David Johnston, a vice president of asset protection and retail operations for the National Retail Federation to take a look inside retail crime syndicates and what's being done to stop them.

 

Companies discussed: TSLA, F, GM, LOW, TGT, HD, CVS

Host: Dylan Lewis

Guests: Asit Sharma, David Johnston, Ricky Mulvey

Producer: Ricky Mulvey

Engineers: Tim Sparks

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Planet Money - Twins (classic)

Twins are used to fielding all sorts of questions, like "Can you read each other's minds?" or "Can you feel each other's pain?" Two of our Planet Money reporters are twins, and they have heard them all.

But it's not just strangers on the street who are fascinated by twins. Scientists have been studying twins since the 1800s, trying to get at one of humanity's biggest questions: How much of what we do and how we are is encoded in our genes? The answer to this has all kinds of implications, for everything from healthcare to education, criminal justice and government spending.

Today on the show, we look at the history of twin studies. We ask what decades of studying twins has taught us. We look back at a twin study that asked whether genes influence antisocial behavior and rule-breaking. One of our reporters was a subject in it. And we find out: are twin studies still important for science?

(Note: This episode originally ran in 2019.)

Our show today was hosted by Sally Helm and Karen Duffin. It was produced by Darian Woods and Nick Fountain. It was edited by Bryant Urstadt.

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The Bulwark Podcast - Andrew Weissmann: Jack Smith Cometh

Special Counsel Jack Smith is racing the clock, Justices Alito and Thomas seem to be taking cues from Donald Trump's "What are you gonna do about it?" approach to following rules, Republicans are against the IRS and gun laws unless Hunter is involved, and Barr's about-face is way too little, way too late. Andrew Weissmann joins Charlie Sykes today.

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Federalist Radio Hour - ‘You’re Wrong’ With Mollie Hemingway And David Harsanyi, Ep. 52: Ask Us Anything, Part 1

Join Federalist Editor-in-Chief Mollie Hemingway and Senior Editor David Harsanyi as they answer your hard-hitting questions. How did Mollie become a conservative? How does David pronounce his last name? Who are the best voices to follow for news? If Mollie and David were in a band, which instruments would they play? And what are their favorite states?
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CoinDesk Podcast Network - MARKETS DAILY: Crypto Update | Crypto up as Institutional Players Apply for Spot Bitcoin ETFs

Institutions are back and they’re flooding into crypto. “Markets Daily” looks at the latest ETF updates.

Today's Stories: 

Crypto Exchange Gemini to Expand Asia-Pacific Operations to Capture 'Next Wave' of Growth

Invesco Reapplies for Bitcoin ETF, Advocates for More Crypto Investment Products

Crypto Exchange Backed by Fidelity, Schwab and Citadel Launches With Additional Investors

EU Commission Brushes Off Data Act Fears by Crypto Industry

Digital Euro: The Bill Is Ready but Politicians Aren't Convinced

Markets Links: 

BRN00 | Brent Crude Oil Continuous Contract Overview | MarketWatch 

Bitcoin Crosses $29K for First Time in Over a Month

Bitcoin Trendline Breakout Suggests Continued Rally to $30.4K: Analyst

This episode was hosted by Adam B. Levine. “Markets Daily” is executive produced by Jared Schwartz and produced and edited by Eleanor Pahl. All original music by Doc Blust and Colin Mealey.

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