Month: August 2023

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Consider This from NPR - What Do Mitch McConnell’s Silent Episodes Tell Us?

For the second time this summer the top Republican in the Senate, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, abruptly went silent at a news conference.

He was about to answer a question from a reporter when he suddenly froze up. He seemed unable to speak. An aide then stepped in, trying to keep things moving along.

The senator's silences have raised concerns about his mental fitness – and larger questions about an aging Congress.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Dr. Ann Murray, the Movement Disorders division chief at the Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute at West Virginia University.

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Consider This from NPR - What Do Mitch McConnell’s Silent Episodes Tell Us?

For the second time this summer the top Republican in the Senate, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, abruptly went silent at a news conference.

He was about to answer a question from a reporter when he suddenly froze up. He seemed unable to speak. An aide then stepped in, trying to keep things moving along.

The senator's silences have raised concerns about his mental fitness – and larger questions about an aging Congress.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Dr. Ann Murray, the Movement Disorders division chief at the Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute at West Virginia University.

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This Machine Kills - 279. The Power of Wellness Capitalism (ft. Tamara Nopper, Eve Zelickson)

We are joined by Tamara Nopper and Eve Zelickson —— from the Data & Society Research Institute —— to discuss their excellent primer on Wellness Capitalism. This is the pure ideal of TMK crossovers as we lay out how an intricate tangle of things —— the organization of social reproduction by capital, the power dynamics of labor-boss relations, the cultures of personal responsibility and behavioral choices, the technocratic authority of baroque administrative systems, the actuarial governance regime of risk management —— all come together to control access to, and degrade the quality of, essential services for human life and society. ••• Wellness Capitalism: Employee Health, the Benefits Maze, and Worker Control | Tamara Nopper, Eve Zelickson https://datasociety.net/library/wellness-capitalism-employee-health-the-benefits-maze-and-worker-control/ ••• Follow Tamara: https://twitter.com/tamaranopper ••• Follow Eve: https://twitter.com/zel_eve Subscribe to hear more analysis and commentary in our premium episodes every week! https://www.patreon.com/thismachinekills Hosted by Jathan Sadowski (www.twitter.com/jathansadowski) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (www.twitter.com/bigblackjacobin). Production / Music by Jereme Brown (www.twitter.com/braunestahl)
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The Gist - I WAS WRONG: The Central Park Karen

In May 2020, Amy Cooper had her dog off leash in New York City's Central Park, when a black bird watcher name Christian Cooper asked her to leash her dog. In response, Amy Cooper said she would call the police and tell them that "an African American man" was threatening her. A video of the incident went viral, and "the Central Park Karen" was born. Only, the story was more nuanced than the media had led many to believe about what had really transpired that day, and it was reporter Kmele Foster who dug into this story and found levels of detail which, upon reading it, made Mike rethink his position on this incident.

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Pod Save America - Are Republicans About To Impeach Biden?

Friend of the Pod Alyssa Mastromonaco joins Dan to discuss the latest impeachment madness from the Kevin McCarthy, the Right's plan to destroy government as we know it, and whether Trump miiiight be exaggerating about being more popular than Michael Jackson. Then, Hawaii Senator Mazie Hirono joins the show to talk about recovery efforts in Maui, and Alyssa and Dan answer questions from listeners.

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The Daily Signal - Justice Clarence Thomas Financial Disclosure, Trump Pleads Not Guilty, 2024 Candidates Weigh in on COVID Lockdowns | Aug. 31

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


  • Justice Clarence Thomas releases his annual financial disclosure. 
  • Former President Donald Trump pleads not guilty to charges he faces in Georgia. 
  • Three people have been killed as a result of hurricane Idalia. 
  • GOP 2024 presidential candidates weigh in on the possibility of new COVID-19 lockdowns.  


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