Month: July 2023

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The Gist - Muster The Cluster

The U.S. is supplying cluster munitions to Ukraine, even though many countries (though not our own, and none currently being invaded) have signed a treaty against them. Plus, the Supreme Court's "crisis of legitimacy." And we're joined by Mark Baker, a journalist who discovered himself to be the subject of interest to communist secret-police units in the 1980s. He has written about his experience as "Inter," his code name among the Czechoslovakian police.


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Consider This from NPR - The Impact of Cluster Bombs

Since the war began, military aid from the US to Ukraine has largely received bipartisan report. But a new planned 800 million dollar package has split Democrats and also riled up Human Rights Groups because of one weapon included in the package — cluster bombs.

More than a hundred countries, including allies of the US, have banned use of the weapon, which releases a large number of bomblets over a wide area. Unexploded bomblets pose a danger to civilians. The Biden administration is defending the decision, citing Ukraine's desperate need for ammunition.

To get a sense of the human cost of cluster bomb use during wartime, we take a look at Laos. Between 1964 and 1973, the U.S. dropped more than 270 million cluster bombs on Laos during the Vietnam War. Host Mary Louise Kelly discusses this with Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Lewis Simons, who reported from Asia and the Middle East for decades.

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Consider This from NPR - The Impact of Cluster Bombs

Since the war began, military aid from the US to Ukraine has largely received bipartisan report. But a new planned 800 million dollar package has split Democrats and also riled up Human Rights Groups because of one weapon included in the package — cluster bombs.

More than a hundred countries, including allies of the US, have banned use of the weapon, which releases a large number of bomblets over a wide area. Unexploded bomblets pose a danger to civilians. The Biden administration is defending the decision, citing Ukraine's desperate need for ammunition.

To get a sense of the human cost of cluster bomb use during wartime, we take a look at Laos. Between 1964 and 1973, the U.S. dropped more than 270 million cluster bombs on Laos during the Vietnam War. Host Mary Louise Kelly discusses this with Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Lewis Simons, who reported from Asia and the Middle East for decades.

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Consider This from NPR - The Impact of Cluster Bombs

Since the war began, military aid from the US to Ukraine has largely received bipartisan report. But a new planned 800 million dollar package has split Democrats and also riled up Human Rights Groups because of one weapon included in the package — cluster bombs.

More than a hundred countries, including allies of the US, have banned use of the weapon, which releases a large number of bomblets over a wide area. Unexploded bomblets pose a danger to civilians. The Biden administration is defending the decision, citing Ukraine's desperate need for ammunition.

To get a sense of the human cost of cluster bomb use during wartime, we take a look at Laos. Between 1964 and 1973, the U.S. dropped more than 270 million cluster bombs on Laos during the Vietnam War. Host Mary Louise Kelly discusses this with Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Lewis Simons, who reported from Asia and the Middle East for decades.

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The Daily Signal - TOP NEWS | Biden’s Angry Outbursts, President Meets with King Charles, Gender Study Censored | July 10

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


  • President Joe Biden meets with English Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and King Charles III. 
  • Biden is reportedly prone to yelling profanity at his staff. 
  • Well-known attorney Todd McMurtry joins a lawsuit against the Southern Poverty Law Center. 
  • An academic publisher retracts a scholarly article on rapid onset gender dysphoria. 
  • The former disgraced Olympic gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar is stabbed in prison. 


Relevant Links: 

https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/07/10/attorney-defamed-covington-catholic-teen-joins-legal-team-immigration-group-suing-splc/ 

And 

https://www.thefp.com/p/trans-activists-killed-my-scientific-paper 


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Federalist Radio Hour - Reporters Break Down Their Major New Report On Leftist Dark Money Scheme

On this episode of "The Federalist Radio Hour," Joe Simonson and Andrew Kerr, investigative reporters for The Washington Free Beacon, join Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss how Arabella, a dark money group, funds a vast network of left-wing activist organizations that operate under the guise of grassroots movements.

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Motley Fool Money - The NY Times Goes All In On The Athletic

The New York Times leaves its sports desk behind as it puts its might behind The Athletic.

(00:21) Jim Mueller and Deidre Woollard discuss: - Why the New York Times announced it is shutting down its sports department. - The future of sports coverage and sports entertainment. - The Barbie movie and the potential value of Mattel’s intellectual property.

(15:53) Ricky Mulvey and Asit Sharma look at some ultra-luxury businesses... and why they’re beating the market.

Companies discussed: NYT, DIS, RACE, RH, LVMUY, PPRUY, HESAY, MAT

Host: Deidre Woollard Guests: Jim Mueller, Asit Sharma Producer: Ricky Mulvey Engineers: Dan Boyd

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Helping Young People Get Back On Track After The Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic threw many young people off the path to graduation or getting jobs out of school. So, how do you reach the folks not in school or in the workplace? Reset checks in with Chalkbeat Chicago reporter Mila Koumpilova about her reporting on programs working to get these young people back on track.
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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Helping Young People Get Back On Track After The Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic threw many young people off the path to graduation or getting jobs out of school. So, how do you reach the folks not in school or in the workplace? Reset checks in with Chalkbeat Chicago reporter Mila Koumpilova about her reporting on programs working to get these young people back on track.