Month: December 2023

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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - War in Gaza; Violence in the West Bank

As war rages in Gaza, the Biden administration has begun imposing visa bans on people involved in violence in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, where assaults by Israeli settlers against Palestinians have been on the rise since October 7. 


Guest: Dalia Hatuqa, multimedia journalist living in Ramallah, specializing in Israeli-Palestinian affairs.


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Strict Scrutiny - Fake Cases, Fake Facts, Real Implications

Melissa, Kate, and Leah recap arguments in a big tax case, Moore v. United States, and a bankruptcy case involving Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family. Plus, we have a breaking (and heart-breaking) update on an abortion-related case out of Texas.

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NPR's Book of the Day - Author David Wallace-Wells outlines the biggest climate change misunderstandings

As this year's United Nations Climate Summit wraps up, today's episode examines what people often get wrong about climate change. David Wallace-Wells' 2019 book The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming outlines three major misunderstandings: the speed, scope, and severity of climate change. Here, Wallace-Wells speaks with NPR's Rachel Martin back in 2019 about the worst-case scenario for human life in 2050 and the optimistic outcome we could expect if we take immediate action.

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Opening Arguments - OA843: OA Field Trip! (Plus: Hunter Biden’s Taxes) feat. Kel McClanahan

Liz and Andrew welcome back friend of the show Kel McClanahan to tell us about an oral argument at the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit that you can and should attend in an effort to get the Senate Intelligence Committee’s full report on torture during the Bush administration released to the public!

Then, Liz and Andrew break down what’s really going on with the Hunter Biden tax indictment.

Notes Hunter Biden tax indictment https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.907805/gov.uscourts.cacd.907805.1.0_1.pdf

IRS Criminal Tax Handbook https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-utl/tax_crimes_handbook.pdf

USSC on tax fraud https://www.ussc.gov/research/quick-facts/tax-fraud

Sentencing Guidelines https://www.ussc.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/guidelines-manual/2023/GLMFull.pdf

Musgrave v. Warner (DC Cir.) https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/66696476/shawn-musgrave-v-mark-warner/

 

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It Could Happen Here - The Right Wing Palestine Grifters Part 1: The Left Creates a Monster

In the first of three episodes about the right wing grifters exploiting Israel's crimes in Palestine we look at the conditions on the left that made their rise possible

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The Economics of Everyday Things - 28. Horseshoe Crab Blood

How does the blood of a 450-million-year-old arthropod help prevent lethal infections in humans? And could we exhaust the supply?  Zachary Crockett wades in.

 

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Motley Fool Money - Checking Out Retail’s Year

The key word for retail in 2022 was inventory. This year, it’s shrink.


Deidre Woollard caught up with Motley Fool Senior Analyst Asit Sharma and Contributor Toby Bordelon to check out the retail landscape. They discuss:


- How Americans are spending and changing their priorities.

- The tech replacement cycle, and what that means for Best Buy.

- A slowdown for Home Depot and Lowes.

- Retail trends to watch in 2024.


Tickers discussed: HD, LOW, BBY, LOVE, WRBY, LULU, NKE, UA


Host: Deidre Woollard 

Guest: Asit Sharma, Toby Bordelon

Producer: Ricky Mulvey

Engineers: Rick Engdahl, Tim Sparks

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Consider This from NPR - Trump’s Authoritarian Impulses and the Justice Department

If Donald Trump is elected next November, he's promising to use the power of the presidency to go after political enemies and perceived rivals.

In a recent interview with Fox's Sean Hannity, the former President said he'd only be a dictator on "day one." At other moments, he's pledged to "root out the communists," and said he'd have his Attorney General go after people who run against him.

Consider This host Scott Detrow and NPR Justice Correspondent Carrie Johnson breakdown what a second Trump term would mean for the Justice Department.

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